seat adjustment MAZDA MODEL 3 4-DOOR 2015 Owners Manual

2–5
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
Front Seat
Seat Operation
*1: With power operation seat only
Power operation*1
Seat Slide
(Manual Seat)
To move a seat forward or backward, raise the lever and slide the seat to\
the desired position
and release the lever.
Make sure the lever returns to its original position and the seat is loc\
ked in place by
attempting to push it forward and backward.
(Power Seat)
To slide the seat, move the slide lifter switch on the outside of the sea\
t to the front or back
and hold it. Release the switch at the desired position.
Height Adjustment (Driver's Seat)
(Manual Seat)
To adjust the seat height, move the lever up or down.
(Power Seat)
To adjust the seat height, move the switch up or down.
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*Some models.2–6
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
Seat Recline
(Manual Seat)
To change the seatback angle, lean forward slightly while raising the lev\
er. Then lean back
to the desired position and release the lever.
Make sure the lever returns to its original position and the seatback is\
locked in place by
attempting to push it forward and backward.
(Power Seat)
To change the seatback angle, press the front or rear side of the reclini\
ng switch. Release the
switch at the desired position.
Lumbar Support Adjustment (Driver's Seat) *
To increase the seat fi rmness, move the lever downward. Move the lever upward to decrease
fi rmness.
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*Some models.2–11
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
Head Restraints
Your vehicle is equipped with head
restraints on all outboard seats and the
rear center seat
* . The head restraints
are intended to help protect you and the
passengers from neck injury.
WARNING
Always drive with the head restraints
installed when seats are being used and
make sure they are properly adjusted: Driving with the head restraints
adjusted too low or removed is
dangerous. With no support behind
your head, your neck could be seriously
injured in a collision.
Height adjustment
To raise a head restraint, pull it up to the
desired position.
To lower the head restraint, press the stop-
catch release, then push the head restraint
down.
Adjust the head restraint so that the center
is even with the top of the passenger's ears.
Front outboard seat
Rear outboard seat
Rear center seat*
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2–13
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
Seat Belt Precautions
Seat belts help to decrease the possibility of severe injury during acci\
dents and sudden
stops. Mazda recommends that the driver and all passengers always wear s\
eat belts.
(U.S.A. and Canada)
All of the seat belt retractors are designed to keep the lap/shoulder be\
lts out of the way when
not in use.
The driver's seat belt has no provisions for child-restraint systems and\
has only an
emergency locking mode. The driver may wear it comfortably, and it will lock during a
collision.
However, the front passenger's seat and all rear lap/shoulder belt retractors o\
perate in
two modes: emergency locking mode, and for child-restraint systems, automatic locking
mode. While we recommend you put all children in the rear seats, if you must u\
se the front
passenger seat for a child, slide the front passenger seat as far back a\
s possible and make
sure any child-restraint system is secured properly.
(Mexico)
The front seats and rear outboard seats have lap/shoulder belts. These belts have retractors
with inertia locks that keep them out of the way when not in use. The locks allow the belts
to remain comfortable on users, but they will lock in position during a \
collision.
The rear center seat has a lap belt with manual adjustment.
WARNING
Always wear your seat belt and make sure all occupants are properly restrained: Not wearing a seat belt is extremely dangerous. During a collision, occupants not
wearing seat belts could hit someone or things inside the vehicle or even be thrown out of
the vehicle. They could be seriously injured or even killed. In the same collision, occupants
wearing seat belts would be much safer.

Do not wear twisted seat belts: Twisted seat belts are dangerous. In a collision, the full width of the belt is not available to
absorb the impact. This puts more force on the bones beneath the belt, which could cause
serious injury or death. So, if your seat belt is twisted, you must straighten the seat belt to
remove any twists and to allow the full width of the belt to be used.

Never use one seat belt on more than one person at a time: Using one seat belt for more than one person at a time is dangerous. A seat belt used
in this way cannot spread the impact forces properly and the two passengers could
be crushed together and seriously injured or even killed. Never use one belt for more
than one person at a time and always operate the vehicle with each occupant properly
restrained.
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3–34
Before Driving
Mirrors
Rearview Mirror
WARNING
Do not stack cargo or objects higher
than the seatbacks: Cargo stacked higher than the
seatbacks is dangerous. It can block
your view in the rearview mirror, which
might cause you to hit another car
when changing lanes.
Rearview mirror adjustment
Before driving, adjust the rearview mirror
to center on the scene through the rear
window.
NOTE
For the manual day/night mirror, perform
the adjustment with the day/night lever in
the day position.
Reducing glare from headlights
Manual day/night mirror
Push the day/night lever forward for day
driving. Pull it back to reduce glare of
headlights from vehicles at the rear.
Night
Day Day/Night lever
Auto-dimming mirror
The auto-dimming mirror automatically
reduces glare of headlights from vehicles
at the rear when the ignition is switched
ON.
(With Homelink wireless control
system)
Press the OFF button (
) to cancel the
automatic dimming function. The indicator
light will turn off.
To reactivate the automatic dimming
function, press the ON button (
). The
indicator light will illuminate.
Indicator lightOFF button
ON button
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10–6
Index
Over Rev. buzzer ................................. 7-38
Overhead Console ............................. 5-140
Overhead Lights ................................ 5-135
Overheating ......................................... 7-19
Overloading ......................................... 3-50
Owner Maintenance Battery replacement ...................... 6-39
Closing the Hood........................... 6-25
Engine Compartment Overview .... 6-26
Opening the Hood ......................... 6-24
Owner Maintenance Precautions... 6-22
P
Parking Brake ...................................... 4-68
Personalization Features ..................... 9-12
Power Steering .................................... 4-89
Power Windows .................................. 3-36
Power steering warning buzzer ........... 7-38
R
Radar Sensor ....................................... 4-64
Rear Coat Hooks ............................... 5-141
Rear Cross Traffi c Alert (RCTA) ...... 4-110
Rear Door Child Safety Locks ............ 3-20
Rear Seat ............................................... 2-8
Rear View Monitor............................ 4-124
Displayable range on the screen ... 4-126
Picture quality adjustment ........... 4-131
Rear view monitor operation ....... 4-128
Rear view parking camera
location ........................................ 4-125
Switching to the rear view monitor
display ......................................... 4-125
Variance between actual aoad
conditions and displayed Image
... 4-130
Viewing the display ..................... 4-127
Rear Window Defogger ...................... 4-56
Rear Window Washer .......................... 4-55
Rear Window Wiper ............................ 4-55
Rearview Mirror .................................. 3-34
Recommended Oil .............................. 6-27 Recording of Vehicle Data .................. 8-21
Recreational Towing ........................... 3-52
Registering Your Vehicle in A Foreign
Country ............................................... 8-17
Replacement
Electrical battery ........................... 6-39
Fuse ............................................... 6-59
Light Bulbs .................................... 6-46
Tires ............................................... 6-44
Wheel ............................................ 6-45
Wiper ............................................. 6-33
Rocking the Vehicle ............................ 3-47
S
SRS Air Bags Front passenger occupant classifi cation
system ............................................ 2-57
How the SRS air bags work .......... 2-50
Limitations to SRS air bag ............ 2-55
Monitoring..................................... 2-62
SRS air bag deployment criteria ... 2-54
Supplemental restraint system
components ................................... 2-48
Safety Defects, Reporting ................... 8-13
Satellite Radio ..................................... 5-47
Saving Fuel and Protection of the
Environment ........................................ 3-45
Scheduled Maintenance ........................ 6-4
Seat Belt System 2-point type ................................... 2-19
3-point type ................................... 2-16
Automatic locking ......................... 2-15
Emergency locking ........................ 2-15
Extender ........................................ 2-21
Pregnant women ............................ 2-15
Seat belt warning beep ........................ 7-36
Seats
Front seat ......................................... 2-5
Head restraint ................................ 2-11
Rear seat .......................................... 2-8
Seat warmer ..................................... 2-7
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