2008 Mazda 3 Owners Manual

EssentialSafetyEquipment

SeatBeltSystems

WARNING

Alwayswearyourseatbeltandmakesurealloccupantsareproperlyrestrained:

Notwearingaseatbeltisextremelydangerous.Duringacollision,occupantsnot

wearingseatbeltscouldhitsomeoneorthingsinsidethevehicleorevenbethrown

outofthevehicle.Theycouldbeseriouslyinjuredorevenkilled.Inthesame

collision,occupantswearingseatbeltswouldbemuchsafer.

Donotweartwistedseatbelts:

Twistedseatbeltsaredangerous.Inacollision,thefullwidthofthebeltisnot

availabletoabsorbtheimpact.Thisputsmoreforceonthebonesbeneaththebelt,

whichcouldcauseseriousinjuryordeath.

Neveruseoneseatbeltonmorethanonepersonatatime:

Usingoneseatbeltformorethanonepersonatatimeisdangerous.Aseatbelt

usedinthiswaycannotspreadtheimpactforcesproperlyandthetwopassengers

couldbecrushedtogetherandseriouslyinjuredorevenkilled.Neveruseonebeltfor

morethanonepersonatatimeandalwaysoperatethevehiclewitheachoccupant

properlyrestrained.

Donotoperateavehiclewithadamagedseatbelt:

Usingadamagedseatbeltisdangerous.Anaccidentcoulddamagethebelt

webbingoftheseatbeltinuse.Adamagedseatbeltcannotprovideadequate

protectioninacollision.HaveanAuthorizedMazdaDealerinspectallseatbelt

systemsinuseduringanaccidentbeforetheyareusedagain.

Haveyourseatbeltschangedimmediatelyifthepretensionerorloadlimiterhas

beenexpended:

Oneorbothfrontairbagsmaydeploy,andthecorrespondingpretensioner(s)may

alsodeployatthesametime.Whileitissafertouseacrash-usedseatbeltthatwas

usedinanaccidentthannoseatbeltatall,usingaseatbeltwithanexpended

pretensionerorloadlimiterloadedreducesthesafetyavailabletoyou.Liketheair

bags,theseatbeltpretensionerswillonlyfunctiononce.Aftertheyareexpended,

theywillnotfunctionagainandmustbereplacedimmediately.Iftheseatbelt

pretensionersarenotreplaced,theriskofinjuryinacollisionwillincrease.Always

haveanAuthorizedMazdaDealerinspecttheseatbeltpretensionersandairbags

afteranycollision.Expendedseatbeltpretensionersandairbagsmustbereplaced

afteranycollisionwhichcausedthemtodeploy.Additionally,theloadlimiterwill

onlylimitloadsonthechestonceinacollisionandthisisanotherreasontohavethe

frontseatbeltsinspected.

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2008 Mazda 3 Owners Manual SKU UPC Model

Gary BRengle on Feb 22, 2017.

Very good reference. Bought car used with no owners manual