sensor MAZDA MODEL CX-5 2017 - RHD (UK, Australia) (in English) User Guide

(Without Front Passenger Occupant Classification System)

Driver/Front passenger inflators and air bags
Roll-over sensor*, crash sensors, and diagnostic module (SAS unit)
Seat belt pretensioners (page 2-21)
Front air bag sensors
Side crash sensors
Air bag/seat belt pretensioner system warning light (page 4-42)
Side and curtain inflators and air bags
Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light* (page 2-58)
Front passenger occupant classification sensor* (page 2-58)
Front passenger occupant classification module*
Driver seat slide position sensor* (page 2-50)
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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How the SRS Air Bags Work
Your Mazda is equipped with the following types of SRS air bags. SRS air bags are
designed to work together with the seat belts to help to reduce injuries during an accident.
The SRS air bags are designed to provide further protection for passengers in addition to the
seat belt functions. Be sure to wear seat belts properly.
â–¼ Seat Belt Pretensioners
The pretensioners operate differently depending on what types o
f air bags are equipped. For
more details about seat belt pret ensioner operation, refer to the SRS Air Bag Deployment
Criteria (page 2-54).
Front
The front seat belt pretensioners are designed to deploy in mod erate or severe frontal, near
frontal collisions.
In addition, the pretensioners o perate when a side collision (only on the side in which the
collision occurs) or a roll-over accident (with roll-over senso r) is detected.
Rear Outboard
*
The rear outboard seat belt pretensioners are designed to deplo y in moderate or severe
frontal, near frontal collisions.
â–¼ Driver Air Bag
The driver's air bag is mounted in the steering wheel.
When air bag crash sensors detect a frontal impact of greater than moderate force, the
driver's air bag inflates quickly helping to reduce injury main
ly to the driver's head or chest
caused by directly hitting the steering wheel.
For more details about air bag de ployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria"
(page 2-54).
(With Front Passenger Occupa nt Classification System)
The inflation of the driver's dual-stage air bag is controlled in two energy stages depending
on the driver's seat position. The driver's seat slide position sensor is located under the
driver's seat. The sen sor determines whether the driver's seat is forward of or behind a
reference position and sends the seat position to the diagnosti c module (SAS unit). The SAS
unit is designed to control the deployment of the driver's air bag depending on how close the
driver's seat is to the steering wheel.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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During an impact of moderate severity, the driver's air bag deploys with lesser energy,
whereas during more severe impacts and when the driver's seat is behind the reference
position, it deploys with more energy.
â–¼ Front Passenger Air Bag
The front passenger air bag is mounted in the front passenger i
nstrument panel.
The inflation mechanism for the fr ont passenger air bag is the same as the driver's air bag.
For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Ba g Deployment Criteria"
(page 2-54).
(With Front Passenger Occupa nt Classification System)
In addition, the front passenger air bag is designed to only de ploy when the front passenger
occupant classification sensor detects a passenger sitting on t he front passenger's seat. For
details, refer to the front passenger occupant classification s ystem (page 2-58).
â–¼Side Air Bags
The side air bags are mounted in the outboard sides of the fron
t seatbacks.
When the air bag crash sensors detect a s ide impact of greater than moderate force, the
system inflates the side air bag only on the side in which the vehicle was hit. The side air
bag inflates quickly to reduce i njury to the driver or front passenger's chest caused by
directly hitting interior parts such as a door or window.
For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Ba g Deployment Criteria"
(page 2-54).
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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(With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System)
In addition, the front passenger side bag is designed to only d eploy when the front passenger
occupant classification sensor detects a passenger sitting on t he front passenger's seat. For
details, refer to the front passenger occupant classification s ystem (page 2-58).

â–¼ Curtain Air Bags
The curtain air bags are mounted in the front and rear window p
illars, and the roof edge
along both sides.
When the air bag crash sensors detect a side impact of greater than moderate force, the
curtain air bag inflates quickly and helps to reduce injury mai nly to the rear outboard
passenger's head caused by dir ectly hitting interior parts such as a door or window.
For more details about air bag de ployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria"
(page 2-54).
In a side impact:
Greater than moderate impact to o ne side of the vehicle will cause the curtain air bag on that
side only to inflate.

Only one side curtain air bag will
deploy on the side of the vehicle
that receives the force of an impact.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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(With roll-over sensor)
In a roll-over:
In response to a vehicle roll-over, both curtain air bags inflate.

Both curtain air bags will
deploy after the roll-over
accident is detected.
â–¼ Warning Light/Beep
A system malfunction or operation conditions are indicated by a
warning.
Refer to Warning/Indicator Lights on page 4-42.
Refer to Warning Sound is Activated on page 7-63.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria
This chart indicates the applicable SRS equipment that will deploy depending on the type of
collision.
(The illustrations are the representative cases of collisions.)
SRS equip- ment Types of collision
A severe frontal/near frontal colli- sion A severe side colli-
sion
*2A roll-over/nearroll-over*3A rear collision
Front seat
belt preten- sioner X*1 (both sides)
X*1 (impact side
only) X(both sides)
No air bag and seat
belt pretensioner
will be activated in
a rear collision.
Rear seat
belt preten-
sioner
*X (both sides) X (both sides)
Driver air bag X
Front pas- senger air bag X
*1
Side air bag
X*1 (impact side
only)
Curtain air bag X (impact side on-
ly) X (both sides)
X: The SRS air bag equipment is
designed to deploy in a collision.*1(With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System)
The front passenger front and side air bags and the seat belt pretensioner are designed to deploy when the front
passenger occupant cla ssification sensor detects a passenger si tting on the front passenger's seat.
*2 In a side collision, the seat belt pretensioners and the side/curtain air bags deploy (only on the side in which the
collision occurs).
*3 (With roll-over sensor)
In a roll-over accident, the s eat belt pretensioners and the cu rtain air bags deploy.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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Limitations to side collision detection:
The following illustrations are examples of side collisions that may not be detected as
severe enough to deploy the SRS air bag equipment.

Side impacts involving trees or poles Side impacts with two-wheeled vehicles

Roll-over (Without roll-over sensor)
(With roll-over sensor)
Limitations to ro ll-over detection:
The following illustration is an example of an accident that ma y not be detected as a
roll-over accident. Therefore, the front seat belt pretensioner s and curtain air bags may not
deploy.

Pitch end over end
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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Front Passenger Occupant Classification System*
First, please read "Supplementary Restraint System (SRS) Precautions" (page 2-41)
carefully.
â–¼ Front Passenger Occupant Classification Sensor
Your vehicle is equipped with a front passenger occupant classi
fication sensor as a part of
the supplementary restraint system. This sensor is equipped in the front passenger's seat
cushion. This sensor measures the electrostatic capacity of the front passenger's seat. The
SAS unit is designed to prevent the front passenger front and side air bags and seat belt
pretensioner system from deploying if the front passenger air b ag deactivation OFF
indicator light turns on.
To reduce the chance of injuries caused by deployment of the fr ont passenger air bag, the
system deactivates the front passenger front and side air bags and also the seat belt
pretensioner system when the front passenger air bag deactivation OFF indicator light turns
on. Refer to the following table for the front passenger air ba g deactivation indicator light
illumination conditions.

This system shuts off the front passenger front and side air bags and seat belt pretensioner
system, so make sure the front passenger air bag deactivation i ndicator light turns on
according to the following table.

The air bag/seat belt pretensioner system warning light flashes and the front passenger air
bag deactivation OFF indicator li ght illuminates if the sensors have a possible malfunction.
If this happens, the front passenger front and side air bags an d seat belt pretensioner system
will not deploy.
Front passenger air bag deac tivation indicator lights
These indicator lights turn on to remind you that the front passenger front and side air bags
and seat belt pretensioner will or will not deploy during a col lision.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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If the front passenger occupant classification sensor is normal, both indicator lights turn on
when the ignition is switched ON . The lights turn off after a few seconds. Then, the
indicator lights turn on or off under the following conditions:
Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light on/off con dition chart
Condition detected by the front
passenger occupant classifica- tion system Front passenger air
bag deactivation indi- cator light Front passenger front
and side air bags Front passenger seat
belt pretensioner sys- tem
Empty (Not occupied)
Deactivated Deactivated
A child is seated in a child-re-
straint system
*1Deactivated Deactivated
Adult
*2
Turns off after a short period of time. Ready
Ready
*1 The occupant classification sensor may not detect a child seat ed on the seat, in a child-restraint system, or a
junior seat depending on the ch ild's physical size and seated posture.
*2 If a smaller adult sits on the front passenger seat, the sensors might detect the person as being a child
depending on the person's physique.
The curtain air bag is ready for inflating regardless of what the front passenger air bag
deactivation indicator light on/ off condition chart indicates.
If both of the front pa ssenger air bag deactivation indicator l ights do not turn on for a
specified period of time when the ignition is switched ON or they do not turn on as
indicated in the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light on/off condition chart, do
not allow an occupant to sit in the front passenger seat and co nsult an Authorised Mazda
Repairer as soon as possible. The system may not work properly in an accident.
WA R N I N G
Do not allow an occupant in the front passenger's seat to sit with a posture which makes it
difficult for the front passenger occupant classification sensor to detect the occupant
correctly:
Sitting in the front passenger's seat with a posture which makes it difficult for the front
passenger occupant
classification sensor to detect the occupant correctly is dangerous. If the
front passenger occupant classification sensor cannot detect the occupant sitting on the front
passenger's seat correctly, the front passeng er front and side air bags and pretensioner
system may not operate (non-deploy) or they may operate (deploy) accidentally. The front
passenger will not have the supplementary prot ection of the air bags or the accidental
operation (deployment) of the air bags could result in serious injury or death.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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Under the following conditions, the front passenger occupant classification sensor cannot
detect a passenger sitting on the front passe nger's seat correctly and the deployment/
non-deployment of the air bags cannot be contro lled as indicated in the front passenger air
bag deactivation indicator light on /off condition chart. For example:
 A front passenger is seated as shown in the following figure:
A rear passenger pushes up on the front passenger seat with their feet.
 Luggage or other items placed under the front passenger seat or between the front
passenger seat and driver seat that push up the front passenger seat bottom.
 An object, such as a seat cushion, is put on the front passenger's seat or between the
passenger's back and the seatback.
 A seat cover is put on the front passenger's seat.
 Luggage or other items are placed on the seat with the child in the child-restraint system.
 A rear passenger or luggag e push or pull down on the front passenger seatback.
 Luggage or other items are placed on the seatback or hung on the head restraint.
 The seat is washed.
 Liquids are spilled on the seat.
 The front passenger seat is moved backward, pushing into luggage or other items placed
behind it.
 The front passenger seatback contacts the rear seat.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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