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
Front Passenger Air BagMazda 6 Owners Manual: Camshaft position (cmp) sensor inspection
Caution
When foreign material such as an iron chip is on the CMP sensor,
it can cause abnormal output from the sensor because of flux turbulence and
adversely affect the engine control. Be sure there is no foreign material on
the CMP sensor when replacing.
Note
Perform the follow ...
Mazda 6 Owners Manual: Rear door removal/installation
Warning
Handling the side air bag sensor improperly can accidentally
deploy the side air bag module, which may seriously injure you. Read AIR BAG
SYSTEM SERVICE WARNINGS before working around the B-pillar areas. (See
SERVICE WARNINGS.)
Note
The side air bag sensor is located in t ...