Mazda 6 Owners Manual: 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 mainly to the driver's head or chest caused by directly hitting the steering wheel. For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria".
(With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System)
The driver's dual-stage air bag controls air bag inflation in two energy stages. During an impact of moderate severity, the driver's air bag deploys with lesser energy, whereas during more severe impacts, it deploys with more energy.
Front Seat Belt Pretensioners
The front seat belt pretensioners are designed to deploy in moderate or severe
frontal, near frontal collisions.
In addition, the pretensioners operate when a side collision (only on the side
in ...
Front Passenger Air Bag
The front passenger air bag is mounted in the front passenger dashboard.
The inflation mechanism for the front passenger air bag is the same as the driver's
air bag.For more details about air bag d ...
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Mazda 6 Owners Manual: System Operation
Make sure that the Lane-keep Assist System (LAS) & Lane Departure Warning System
(LDWS) OFF indicator light in the instrument cluster is turned off. When the Lane-keep
Assist System (LAS) & Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS) OFF indicator light is
turned on, press the switch and make ...
Mazda 6 Owners Manual: Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) (Some models)
The Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) system is designed to assist the driver in
checking the area to the rear of the vehicle on both sides while the vehicle is
reversing by alerting the driver to the presence of vehicles approaching the rear
of the vehicle.
The Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) ...