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Seat Belt Pretensioner and

Load Limiting Systems

For optimum protection, the driver and

passenger seat belts are equipped with

pretensioner and load limiting systems.

For both these systems to work properly

you must wear the seat belt properly.

Pretensioners:

In moderate or severe frontal or near-

frontal accidents, the air bag and

pretensioner systems deploy

simultaneously. The seat belt retractors

remove slack quickly as the air bags are

expanding.

In addition, the pretensioner system for

the passenger, like the passenger air bag,

is designed to only deploy in accordance

with the total seated weight on the

passenger seat (page 2-43) or when the

passenger air bag deactivation switch

turned to the ON position (page 2-39).

Any time the air bags and seat belt

pretensioners have fired they must be

replaced.

Load limiter:

The load limiting system releases belt

webbing in a controlled manner to reduce

belt force on the occupant's chest. While

the most severe load on a seat belt occurs

in frontal collisions, the load limiter has

an automatic mechanical function and can

activate in any accident mode with

sufficient occupant movement.

Even if the pretensioners have not fired,

the load limiting function must be

checked by an Authorized Mazda Dealer

after any collision.

WARNING

Wear seat belts only as recom mended

in this owner's manual:

Incorrect positioning of the driver and

passenger seat belts is dangerous.

Without proper positioning, the

pretensioner and load limiting

systems cannot provide adequate

protection in an accident and this

could result in serious injury. For

more details about wearing seat

belts, refer to “Fastening the seat

belts” (page 2-10).

Have your seat belts changed

immediately if the pretensioner or load

limiter has been expended:

If the air bags deploy the

corresponding pretensioner(s) may

also deploy at the same time. Like

the air bags, the seat belt

pretensioners will only function once.

While it is safer to use a cr ash-used

seat belt that was used in an

accident than no seat belt at all,

using a seat belt with an expended

pretensioner or load limiter loaded

reduces the safety available to you. If

the seat belt pretensioners are not

replaced, the risk of injury in a

collision will increase. Expended seat

belt pretensioners and air bags must

be replaced after any collision which

caused them to deploy. Additionally,

the load limiter will only limit loads

on the chest once in a collision and

this is another reason to have the

seat belts inspected. Always have an

Authorized Mazda Dealer inspect the

seat belt pretensioners and air bags

after any collision.

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Essential Safety Equipment

Seat Belt Systems

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