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2021 Mazda 3 Owners Manual - SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria



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 equipment Types of collision
A severe frontal/near frontal collision A severe side collision*2 A rear collision
Front seat belt pretensioner X*1 (both sides) X*1 (impact side only) No air bag and front seat belt pretensioner will be activated in a rear collision.
Driver air bag X  
Front passenger air bag X*1  
Side air bag (Some Models)   X*1 (impact side only)
Curtain air bag (Some Models)   X (impact side only)
X : The SRS air bag equipment is designed to deploy in a collision.
  1. (With Passenger Air Bag Deactivation Switch) The front passenger front and side air bags and the seat belt pretensioner are designed to deploy depending on the status of the front passenger air bag deactivation switch.
  2. (With Side/Curtain Air Bags) In a side collision, the seat belt pretensioners and the side/curtain air bags deploy (only on the side in which the collision occurs).

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