Mazda 6 Owners Manual: Curtain Air Bags

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The curtain air bags are mounted in the front and rear window pillars, 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 mainly to the rear outboard passenger's head caused by directly hitting interior parts such as a door or window. For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria".

In a side impact:

Greater than moderate impact to one side of the vehicle will cause the curtain air bag on that side only to inflate.

(With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System) In a roll-over:

In response to a vehicle roll-over, both curtain air bags inflate.

Warning Light/Beep

A system malfunction or operation conditions are indicated by a warning.Refer to Warning/Indicator Lights. Refer to Warning Sound is Activated.

Side Air Bags

The side air bags are mounted in the outboard sides of the front seatbacks. When the air bag crash sensors detect a side impact of greater than moderate force, the system inflates the side air bag ...

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.) X: The SRS air bag equipmen ...

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