steering MAZDA MODEL 6 2021 Owners Manual

Interior Equipment (View B)
ƒDashboard illumination knob............................................................. page 4-20, 4-38, 4-55
„ Active driving display........................................................................................... page 4-64
… Instrument cluster.................................................................................................. page 4-13
† Push button start...................................................................................................... page 4-4
‡ Hazard warning flasher switch.............................................................................. page 4-91
ˆ Mazda Connect........................................................................................................page 5-9
‰ Seat warmer switches........................................... ................................................. page 2-19
Š Glove compartment.............................................. ................................................. page 5-37
‹ Climate control system............................................................................................page 5-2
ΠRear window defogger switch.................................... ........................................... page 4-89
Seat ventilation switches....................................................................................... page 2-20
Ž Heated steering wheel switch................................... ............................................. page 2-21
Horn........................................................... ............................................................page 4-91
Lock release lever................................................................................................... page 2-5
‘ Hood release handle............................................ .................................................. page 6-18
’ Remote fuel-filler lid release................................. ................................................ page 3-27
“ Trunk release button.............................................................................................. page 3-18
Pictorial Index
Interior Overview
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2Essential Safety Equipment
Important information about safety equipment, including seats, seat
belt system, child-restraint systems and SRS air bags.
Seats.................................................... 2-2 Seat Precautions............................2-2
Front Seat......................................2-5
Rear Seat.....................................2-15
Head Restraints...........................2-17
Seat Warmer/Seat Ventilation/Heated
Steering Wheel................................. 2-19 Seat Warmer
*.............................. 2-19
Seat Ventilation
*......................... 2-20
Heated Steering Wheel
*............. 2-21
Seat Belt Systems...... ....................... 2-23
Seat Belt Precautions.................. 2-23
Seat Belt......................................2-26
Seat Belt Warning Systems.........2-27
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and
Load Limiting Systems...............2-27
Seat Belt Extender...................... 2-29
Child Restraint................................ 2-31 Child-Restraint Precautions........ 2-31
Child-Restraint System
Installation.................................. 2-36
Child-Restraint System Suitability
for Various Seat Positions
Table........................................... 2-38
Installing Child-Restraint
Systems....................................... 2-41
SRS Air Bags....................................2-53 Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) Precautions.......................2-53
Supplemental Restraint System
Components................................ 2-59
How the SRS Air Bags Work..... 2-61
SRS Air Bag Deployment
Criteria........................................ 2-65
Limitations to SRS Air Bag........2-66
Front Passenger Occupant
Classification System
*................2-68
Constant Monitoring...................2-72
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Front Seat
▼Adjusting the Driver's Seat
Using the driving position set up procedure recommended by Mazd
a allows you to maintain
a relaxed posture, drive the vehicle for longer periods without feeling tired, and make quick
operations naturally.
Also, you can be assured of a clear view in the forward directi on to help you drive more
safely and comfortably.
The adjustments for the driving position recommended by Mazda a re done using the
following procedures.
1. Moving the steering wheel and seat to their default positions .
2. Adjusting the seatback angle.
3. Adjusting the seat position forward and back.
4. Adjusting the seat height.
5. Adjusting the steering wheel position.
6. Adjusting the head restraint position.
Power operation
Seat Slide
(Manual Seat)
To move a seat forward or backward, raise the lever and slide t he seat to the desired position
and release the lever.
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
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Before making adjustments to the driving position recommended by Mazda
Before making adjustments, move the steering wheel and seat to their default positions.
How to move the steering wh eel to its default position
WARNING
Never adjust the steering wheel while the vehicle is moving:
Adjusting the steering wheel while the vehicle is moving is dangerous. Moving it can very
easily cause the driver to abruptly turn to the left or right. This can lead to loss of control or an
accident.
After adjusting the steering wheel position, make sure it is securely locked by trying to move it
up and down:
Driving with the steering wheel not securely lock ed in position is dangerous. If the steering
wheel moves unexpectedly while driving, you coul d lose control of the steering resulting in an
accident.
Lower the lever, move the steerin g wheel to the lowest position, and then push it down and
all the way back.
Lock release lever
How to move a driver’s seat to its default position
1. Slide the seat all the way back.
2. Lower the seat to its lowest height.
3. Sit squarely in the seat and rest your back against the seatb ack.
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
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With the manual seat, if you raise the seat height, the seat moves forward. Adjust the
seat forward or back again.
Manual Seat Power Seat
Adjusting the steering wheel position
Adjust the steering wheel to the position where it can be opera ted easily and the gauges can
be viewed easily.
1. With your back resting against the seatback, extend both arms , place them on the top of
the steering wheel, and pull the steering wheel towards you to the position of your
wrists.
2. Adjust the steering wheel height so that the gauges can be vi ewed easily.
3. Raise the lever to securely lock the steering wheel.
Adjusting the head r estraint position
To prevent shock to the head and neck, adjust the head restrain ts to their correct positions.
Essential Safety Equipment
Seats
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CAUTION
(Rear)
Before folding a rear seatback, make sure
that the rear seat warmer switch is off. If
a rear seatback is folded while the rear
seat warmer is in operation, it may heat
the seat excessively and damage the seat
surface.
 Do not use organic solvents to clean the
seat. It may damage the seat surface and
the heater.
NOTE
Use the seat warmer when the engine is
running. Leaving the seat warmer on for
long periods with the engine not running
could cause the battery power to be
depleted.
When the engine is stopped while the
seat warmers are operating and then the
ignition is switched ON, the seat
warmers will not turn back on
automatically. To turn the seat warmers
back on, press the switch. In addition,
the rear seat warmer operation stops
automatically after the seat warmers
have operated for about 90 minutes.
The temperature of the seat warmer
cannot be adjusted beyond High, Mid
and Low because the seat warmer is
controlled by a thermostat.
(Vehicles with seat ventilation)
The front seat warmer cannot be used at
the same time as the seat ventilation.
Seat Ventilation*
The seat ventilation uses fans installed in
the seats to draw air around the seat
surface and ventilate them. The ignition
must be switched ON.
Press the seat ventilation switch while the
ignition is switched O N to operate the seat
ventilation. The indicator lights turn on to
indicate that the seat ventilation is
operating. The mode changes as follows
each time the seat ventilation switch is
pressed.
OFF
High Mid
Low
CAUTION
 Do not use organic solvents to clean the
seat. It may damage the seat surface and
the seat ventilation parts.
 Do not place heavy objects with sharp
projections on the seat, or insert needles
or pins into it.
NOTE
Use the seat ventilation when the engine
is running. Leaving the seat ventilation
on for long periods with the engine not
running could cause the battery power
to be depleted.
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Warmer/Seat Ventilation/Heated Steering Wheel
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When the engine is stopped while the
seat ventilations are operating and then
the ignition is switched ON, the seat
ventilations will not turn back on
automatically.
(Vehicles with front seat warmer)
The seat ventilation cannot be used at
the same time as the front seat warmer.
Heated Steering Wheel*
The grips on the left and right of the
steering wheel can be warmed up.
Heated steering
wheel switch
Heating area
The ignition must be switched ON.

Press the switch to turn on the heated
steering wheel. The heated steering wheel
operates for about 30 minutes and then
turns off automatically.
The indicator light illuminates when the
heater is operating.

To turn off the heated steering wheel
before the 30 minutes has elapsed, press
the switch again.
CAUTION
The following types of persons should be
careful not to touch the steering wheel.
Otherwise, it could cause a
low-temperature burn.
 Infants, small children, elderly people,
and physically challenged people
 People with delicate skin
 People who are excessively fatigued
 People who are intoxicated
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Warmer/Seat Ventilation/Heated St eering Wheel
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People who have taken sleep-inducing
medicine such as sleeping pills or cold
medicine
Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Warmer/Seat Ventilation/Heated Steering Wheel
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Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions
The front and side supplemental restraint systems (SRS) include different types of air bags.
Please verify the different types of air bags which are equippe d on your vehicle by
locating the “SRS AIRBAG ” location indicators. These indicators are visible in the area
where the air bags are installed.
The air bags are installed i n the following locations:

The steering wheel hub (driver air bag)
The front passenger dashboard (front passenger air bag)
The outboard sides of the fron t seatbacks (side air bags)
The front and rear window pillar s, and the roof edge along both sides (curtain air bags)

Vehicles with the Front Passenger Occupant Classification Syste m have a sensor which
detects an impending roll-over accident.

The air bag supplemental restraint systems are designed to prov ide supplemental protection
in certain situations so seat belts are always important in the following ways:

Without seat belt usage, the air bags cannot provide adequate p rotection during an accident.
Seat belt usage is necessary to:
Keep the occupant from being thrown into an inflating air bag.
Reduce the possibility of injuri es during an accident that is not designed for air bag
inflation, such as rear impact.
Reduce the possibility of inju ries in frontal, near frontal or side collisions or roll-over
accidents that are not severe enough to activate the air bags.
Reduce the possibility of being thrown from your vehicle.
Reduce the possibility of injuries to lower body and legs durin g an accident because the
air bags provide no protection to these parts of the body.
Hold the driver in a position whic h allows better control of the vehicle.

Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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Never use a rear-facing child-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that could
deploy:
Rear-facing child-restraint systems on the front seat are particularly dangerous even though
you may feel assured that a front passenger air bag will not deploy based on the fact that the
front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light illuminates. The child-restraint system
can be hit by a deploying air bag and moved viol ently backward resulting in serious injury or
death to the child.
Do not sit too close to the driver and front passenger air bags:
Sitting too close to the driver and front passenger air bag modules or placing hands or feet on
them is extremely dangerous. The driver and front passenger air bags inflate with great force
and speed. Serious injuries could occur if someon e is too close. The driver should always hold
onto only the rim of the steering wheel. The front seat passenger should keep both feet on the
floor. Front seat occupants should adjust their seats as far back as possible and always sit
upright against the seatbacks with seat belts worn properly.
Sit in the center of the seat and wear seat belts properly:
Sitting too close to the side air bag modules or placing hands on them, or sleeping up against
the door or hanging out the windows is extrem ely dangerous. The side and curtain air bags
inflate with great force and speed directly expand ing along the door on the side the car is hit.
Serious injury could occur if someone is sitting too close to the door or leaning against a
window, or if rear seat occupants grab the side s of the front seatbacks. Give the side and
curtain air bags room to work by sitting in th e center of the seat while the vehicle is moving
with seat belts worn properly.
Do not attach objects on or around the area where driver and front passenger air bags
deploy:
Attaching an object to the driver and front passenger air bag modules or placing something
in front of them is dangerous. In an accident , an object could interfere with air bag inflation
and injure the occupants.
Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
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