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 which the collision occurs) or a roll-over accident is detected. The pretensioners operate differently depending on what types of air bags are equipped. For more details about seat belt pretensioner operation, refer to the SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria.
How the SRS Air Bags Work
Driver Air BagMazda 6 Owners Manual: Curtain Air Bags
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' ...
Mazda 6 Owners Manual: Precaution
Vehicles with ABS/TCS
1. The ABS warning light, BRAKE system warning light, TCS indicator light
and/or TCS OFF light illuminate even when the system is normal.
*1 : In cases where the light may illuminate, only when ABS/TCS HU/CM detects
that speed sensor of rear wheel is malfunctioning.
*2 ...