Mazda Protege 2001 User manual

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operation ofyour Mazda. read this
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Mazda Motor Corporation
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN
02000 Mazda Motor Corporation
Printed in Japan Oct.2000 (Printi)@
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Please be aware that this manual applies to all models. equipment.rnd options. As aresult, you may find some explanations
for equipmentnot installed on yourvebicle.
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resen'e the rightto make changes in specifications at any time without notice and without obligatron.
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How to Use This Manual
We want to help you get rhe most driving
pleasure from your vehicle. Yourowner's
manual, when read from cover to cover.
can do that in many ways.
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manual to best explain how to enjoy your
Mazda By reading yourmanual, you can
find out about the features, imponant
safety infonnation, and driving under
various road conditions.
Index: A good place to start is the Index,
an alphabetical listing of all information
in your manual.
Sections: This inanual has eleven
sections. Sections 1 through l0begin
with a brief list of contents, so you can
usually tell at a glance if thal section has
the information you want.
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which bodily injury or damage to
]our vehicle, orboth, could result if
lhe caution is ignored.
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sometimes suggests how to make
better us€ ofyour vehicle.
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Table of Contents
Your Vehicle at a Glance
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Maintenance
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Your Vehicle at a Glance
YaM Ma?ia h d cohplerwhi.le, but the
design throushout coksi.lets taar sdfert and
.ahlbrt partuount. This rcq4ifts naht
.antroh, lotks, sraphic srnbok, nechanitus
and anenities that need ta be understaod for
Se.tion I iIustrctes this infomalion to
faftilidnze lou with what iee.ls ta be knovn
to help ndke toff tuabnnq safet ond easier,
Interior Oveniew t 2
Dashboard Overview I 3
Doors 1 4
Luggage Companment l- 6
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Your Vehicle at a Glance
Interior Overview
slnroof swnchcs* (page 3-24)
ReNieq miror (pag. 3 23)
vrn) minorlprge 5 4lJ
(page 2 30)
shilt lever (paBe 5 6) Front ear (page 2 2) Clove box (pa8e 5-39)
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Your Vehicle at a clance
Dashboard Orerview
wiper and ssher leeei (Fge 5 35) Hazard Naming fa)her!{'Lh (p,ge b 2)
In{rumenr cluster eage 5 :0)
Lighi conrol/Tun signah Andio systen (pa8e s-s6)
cenler console (t!ge 5-4o)

Your Vehicle at a Glance
OuGde mircrlprge I 2l I
Power aindow switches*
Outside nimr (paBe 3-21)
Froot (Passenger's side)

Your Vehicle at a clance

Your Vehicle at a Glarce
Luggage Compartment

Essential Safety Equipment
P.rsanat salery ani coaJort are ||hat nake
.lrivins tour Mavla d pleasurdble
erpendce. Sectioh 2 describd esehtidl
inJbmatia Ji, optihal sqfe divins incLl.line
seats, seat bek stslhs and the supplenehtal
Front Sears 2 2
Rearsear 2- 5
SeatBelt Systems 2- I
Child ResEaint 220
LAICH Child-Restrainl Systens 2 21
Supplemental Restnint Systems 2 30
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Essential Safety Equipment
Front Seats
I Seat Slide
To move a seat forward or backward.
raise the lever and slide the seat to the
desired position.
A waRlrnrc
Secuin! seats:
Adjustable seats a d seatbacks that
are not securetr tatched arc
dangero s.In a s dde stot or
couhion, the seat or seatbackcould
now,caasing i jut!. Make sure the
odjustable conpon.nts of the seat
are lo.ked in place br attenpting to
sline the seatforward and backwa
and rocking the seatb.ck.
AwtnNmc
Driv e r's S e at Adiustme nt:
Adjusting the bit'er\ seat v,hile the
whicle is mo'ing is dangenus.The
divet couA bse contrct oJ the
whick and have an occident. Adj|st
the dtuet's seat onlr whenthe

Essentbl Safety Equipment
I Head Restraint
I Seat Recline
To change lhe sealback angle. lean
fonvard slightly while raising the l€ver
Then lean back to the desired position
and release ihe lever.
Make sure the leverreturns to its original
position and the seatback is locked in
place by attempting to push it fo.ward
AwenNmc
Reclinins:
Sittins in a nclined position while
the rehicle it nofing is dangerous
because lou tlon't get the full
protection from seat behs. During
sunnen brukins ot a cotlision, )ou
can sline under the lap belt and
suffet seious intemat injudes. For
Duxinun pdecnon, sit u'ell back
A wanlrnrc
Head Restraints Adj stme t:
Driying with the head rcstrahtti
adjusted too low or rcnoved is
dangerous. With no support behitul
rour head, rour ne.k could be
sedoustr injured in a collision.
Alwars dnre with the heotr rcstraints
insetledwhen seats arc beine used
and ,nake surc thet a.e prcperl!
adjusted.
ACAUTION
When retuming a real reclined
seatback to its upright position, make
sure you support lhe seatback while
operating lbe seatback lever Ifthe
seatback is nol supporled, irwill flip
forward suddenly and could cause
lnjufy.

Bssential Sfety Eqnipmeni
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V Height adjustment
To raise a head restraint. pull it up to the
To lowe. lhe head reslrainl. press the
stop-catch release. $en push rhe head
Adjust tbe head restraint so tha! the top
parallels the top of the passenger's earsi
never lhe passenger's neck.
I Seat Tilt* (Driver's Seat)
The seat bottom angle can be adjustedby
rotaiing rhe dial. Th€ front dial lilts ihe
front of $e seat bottom upward.
The seat bottom angle can be adjusted by
rotating the dial. The rear dial tihs the
rear of the seal bottom upward.
2-4 'sonemodels.

Eslential Safety Equipment
Rear Seat
Aw,cnMNc
Sta.kingCaryo:
Sta.king luggage ot other cargo
higherthatt the seatbacks ol puttine
things on the real package trat is
dansercus. Durins sunden brukins
ot aco ision,objectt can becone
projectiles thrt nar hit and injurc
passengers. Don't stack things
higher tha the seatbdcks or put
things on the rcar package trat.
Awtnumc
Securing Seats:
Adjustable seats a d seatbacks thal
arc not securcb latched arc
dangerou,'.In a sudden stop or
collision,the sedt or seatback coukl
now, causins injury Make surc the
alljustable tonponen* of the seat
are lo&ed in place bJ attenpting to
sude the seatfotwa and backword
and rccking the seatback. I Split-Folding Rear Sealback
To provide nore space in the lrunk:
l. Unfasten lhe Iap porlion ofihe
rear center seat belt (page 2 16).
2. Pull the lock release up and fold the
seatback forward.

Essential Safety Equipment
To relum the seatbacks !o their original
1 . Lift the seatback and pusb it firmly
2. Fasten ihe lap portion of the
rear center sear beit (page 2,16).
AcaurroN
Don't let the rear-center seat t€lt
tongues or buckles g€l caught
between th€ seatback and the rear
package tray.
ACAUTION
Don'r ler the seat belt orbuckle get
caughibetween the seat botlom and
seatback when tblding the seat. The
seatbelt and buckle could be
oamageo.
NOTE
W})en you return ihe seatbacks io
their original position:
. Make sure the seatbacks are
securely latched by rocking the
. Make sure lhe rear seat belts can be
pulled out of the retmctors. If a belt
is iocked, firmly pull and release it.
then slowly pull it out again.
NOTE
. Unlock the sealback before you
fold it forward (page 2-8).
. Wben folding the rear,right
sealback, the rear center seat belt
doesnl have to be unfasiened.
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Essential SafetJ Equipment
A wanlvnvc
Unk'cked Seatback:
A seatback plart an irynrtant rola i,t
rour prctection in a rehi.le. Leavirrg
the seatback unlocked is dangerout as
it can alloui passengers to be ejeded or
thmvn aroutrd a d baggage to stike
occupa ts i a suAkn stop or
collbi , rcsuxing in sewre injwr.
Afrer rctuming th? seat at anf line,
even when there are no other
passengers, ro.k ttu seatbeck to nnke
swe itis locked i place.
A waRlrlvc
Pa ss e n qsralLLfu
ldalslalbaeL!
Driving with a passe ger on the
fotded 'eatback is danserous.
Auor)ing a child to sit up on the
foued seatbatk rrhile the whicle is
moving k particulaflr dangerour. In
a su.Uen stop or ewn a minor
.o ision, a chiU not in a oper seat
or chiu-restraint srstem and seat
bett could be thnwn fonra , back
or eye out of the ca. .esultins in
senous injuries or death.The chiu
or othel objecs itt the baggage ana
could be thrcwn into otheroccupants
&nd cause senous injur!. Never
alk'|| a passengerto sitor stand on
the fotded seatbock v,hile the vehicle
AWARNING
Childft and the Fotding Rear
Js46i
Plaring vith the folding reot seats is
dangercus. 1:he foldiig rcar
seatbacks cannot be folded doi'tl
Jion inside the luggage
comparlment Do not give the car
kers to chidrc and do not a otr
then to plar in the whi.lc.

Essential Safety Equipment
I Rear S€atback Inck
To lock orunlock a seatback, move ihe
NOTE
The seatback locks are part of the
lrunk security systen (page 3- I ,1).
Seat Belt System
Sealbelts help to decrease the possibility
of severe injury during accidents and
sLrdden stops. Mazda recommends ihat
lhe driver and all passengers always wear
All of the seat belt retractors are designed
to keep rhe lap/shoulder belts out oi the
way when not n use.
The driver's seatbelthas no provisions
fo! child-restraint syslems and has only
an emergency locking mode. The driler
nay wear ir comfortably, and iiwill lock
during a collision.
However, the front passenger\ seat and
rear lap/shoulder belt retractors oper4te in
two modes, energency locking mode and
for child'resrainr systens, automatic
Emergency locking mode
lf the belt has fully rerracled, il will
always be in ihe emergency locking
mode until you move it into automatic
locking node by pulling the belt all the
way oul io its full leng$.In the
emergency locking mode, the bell
remains comfortable on the occupant and
the retractorwill lock in position during a
If the belt feels tight and hinders
comforoble movement while rhe vehicle
is slopped or in motion. you may be in
the aubmatic locking mode because you
have pulled the belt too far out. To reiurn
to the more comfonable emergency
locking mode, wait until you can stop the
vehicle in a safe area, retract the belt
fully to convert it back to emergency
locking mode and then again extend it
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