Help me out here. I thought the idea behind the PASSENGER AIRBAG light (see below) was that an additional light could be displayed next to it, in amber, that said the bag was either on or off. Yet in my car it just looks like the picture below, and I wonder why it's there at all? When the car starts up I see the amber lights, but then when I'm just cruising around, it's just PASSENGER AIRBAG... like, yeah, thanks... doesn't say if it's on or off. I find that weird...?!
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PASSENGER AIRBAG light
Help me out here. I thought the idea behind the PASSENGER AIRBAG light (see below) was that an additional light could be displayed next to it, in amber, that said the bag was either on or off. Yet in my car it just looks like the picture below, and I wonder why it's there at all? When the car starts up I see the amber lights, but then when I'm just cruising around, it's just PASSENGER AIRBAG... like, yeah, thanks... doesn't say if it's on or off. I find that weird...?!
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That light, with the white text "Passenger Airbag" is always on. Same in both my 2019 Mazda3s, the one I have now, and the one that was murdered as a 3 week-old.
According to the owner's manual there are indicator lights next to it to indicate when the passenger SRS system including front and side airbags and the belt pre-tensioner, has been disabled (adjacent warning light remains on) and re-enabled ( different adjacent light remains on for a short time).
The problem with the light is that you tend not to notice it, until you do. Then it can't be unseen and gets really annoying... Thanks to my wife for noticing it on Saturday for the first time, to remind me how annoying it can be. The light, not the wife.
According to the owner's manual there are indicator lights next to it to indicate when the passenger SRS system including front and side airbags and the belt pre-tensioner, has been disabled (adjacent warning light remains on) and re-enabled ( different adjacent light remains on for a short time).
The problem with the light is that you tend not to notice it, until you do. Then it can't be unseen and gets really annoying... Thanks to my wife for noticing it on Saturday for the first time, to remind me how annoying it can be. The light, not the wife.
Hahahahahaha, cheers Porl.
And you are right; once you see it, it's like, "Hey, there's a light... why is it on? What does it mean? Why isn't there one for, say, driver's side as well?"
I guess it's the way we're conditioned to lights off=good and lights on=panic. Thanks again.
And you are right; once you see it, it's like, "Hey, there's a light... why is it on? What does it mean? Why isn't there one for, say, driver's side as well?"
I guess it's the way we're conditioned to lights off=good and lights on=panic. Thanks again.
I had Mazda do their follow-up call today, after I picked up my car, yesterday.
Just to be sure, I asked him about the light... and he said something slightly different.
He said yes, it should be on... OK so far... but if I had a passenger, it would go off.
Now, based on Porl's post, it sounds like his stays on even with a passenger?!
Just to be sure, I asked him about the light... and he said something slightly different.
He said yes, it should be on... OK so far... but if I had a passenger, it would go off.
Now, based on Porl's post, it sounds like his stays on even with a passenger?!
TLDR; The light stays on because Mazda. It is only a label for the other lights adjacent to it that are usually off.
I can understand the confusion about this light, but here's a longer explanation:
First, I don't know why Mazda decided this should be on all the time.
If you watch the overhead console when you start the car, you will see the 3 rear seat seatbelt warning lights, along with the white text 'Rear Seatbelts' (I think the words are right - I'm not in the car now). Next to that is, also in white text 'Passenger Airbag', which is what we are all angsty about. To the left of it, REGARDLESS OF WHO OR WHAT IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, is an icon in, from memory, orange, with the word 'ON'. This indicates the passenger side SRS system is active. If you have deactivated the passenger SRS system by using the auxiliary key from your key fob to turn the switch inside the glovebox, then instead of the 'ON' icon, you'll see a different, not sure if its red or orange, 'OFF' icon. A short time after starting the car, the seatbelt text and icons, along with the airbag icon (ON or OFF), goes out, leaving only the white 'Passenger Airbag' text to annoy us. That text, as annoying as it is, is simply a label, not a warning, and strangely, Mazda chose to leave that one lit, while extinguishing the seatbelt one next to it.
Something to consider along with this, is that while there are clearly exceptions across the automotive world, and perhaps even within the Mazda ecosystem, there are some generally standardised conventions that can be applied to our cars and what they display to us. Generally, anything lit or written in WHITE is for information, or a label. Think stuff like the PRND lights, speed or tach and other numbers on gauges. Stuff lit in green, is something to note, like the indicator arrows flashing green, or the green outline around the i-ActiveSense icon (which funnily enough, is white). Then there are orange icons or lights, that highlight cautionary information, low fuel lights are usually orange. Then red ones, that highlight a warning, or potentially serious information, low oil, seatbelt not fastened etc. All of this follows with the written convention in operation or maintenance manuals of 'Warnings', 'Cautions', and 'Notes'.
Cheers all.
I can understand the confusion about this light, but here's a longer explanation:
First, I don't know why Mazda decided this should be on all the time.
If you watch the overhead console when you start the car, you will see the 3 rear seat seatbelt warning lights, along with the white text 'Rear Seatbelts' (I think the words are right - I'm not in the car now). Next to that is, also in white text 'Passenger Airbag', which is what we are all angsty about. To the left of it, REGARDLESS OF WHO OR WHAT IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, is an icon in, from memory, orange, with the word 'ON'. This indicates the passenger side SRS system is active. If you have deactivated the passenger SRS system by using the auxiliary key from your key fob to turn the switch inside the glovebox, then instead of the 'ON' icon, you'll see a different, not sure if its red or orange, 'OFF' icon. A short time after starting the car, the seatbelt text and icons, along with the airbag icon (ON or OFF), goes out, leaving only the white 'Passenger Airbag' text to annoy us. That text, as annoying as it is, is simply a label, not a warning, and strangely, Mazda chose to leave that one lit, while extinguishing the seatbelt one next to it.
Something to consider along with this, is that while there are clearly exceptions across the automotive world, and perhaps even within the Mazda ecosystem, there are some generally standardised conventions that can be applied to our cars and what they display to us. Generally, anything lit or written in WHITE is for information, or a label. Think stuff like the PRND lights, speed or tach and other numbers on gauges. Stuff lit in green, is something to note, like the indicator arrows flashing green, or the green outline around the i-ActiveSense icon (which funnily enough, is white). Then there are orange icons or lights, that highlight cautionary information, low fuel lights are usually orange. Then red ones, that highlight a warning, or potentially serious information, low oil, seatbelt not fastened etc. All of this follows with the written convention in operation or maintenance manuals of 'Warnings', 'Cautions', and 'Notes'.
Cheers all.
My 3 months OLD Mazda3 Astina (5dec2020 purchase date) has been grounded due to airbag light
Dealer ground my car for 2 weeks as they need to replace the whole airbag system
No parts avail in Australia to Mazda Aust arrange a loan car for me tomorrow
Dealer ground my car for 2 weeks as they need to replace the whole airbag system
No parts avail in Australia to Mazda Aust arrange a loan car for me tomorrow
I know this is old but thought I'd share what mine looks like in the US. I have an early 2019 model. My car has different lights. The driver related airbag, and other safety lights are fitted in the gauge cluster. We also don't have things such as i-eloop here. I'm sitting in the passenger seat to illuminate the passenger seatbelt light. The airbag light turns off after a few seconds of me sitting there whether buckled in or not. If there is no passenger sitting there, then the pass airbag off with the figure next to it remain illuminated the entire time. All other lights regardless of passengers or not turn off within a few seconds.
Little hard to see but the non illuminated icons are visible for driver seatbelt and airbag above it.
Edit: I also have not heard of anyway to disable the front airbag with a key as mentioned above. I don't see anywhere to insert the key in the glovebox.
warning light on the dash saying that car must be inspected.... took car in yesterday now I get a rental car from Mazda Australia till the rectify the issue...
It was annoying at night as the PASSENGER AIRBAG white light was bright despite all the other lights dimming,
I took the assembly appart and added black tape on the inside. it's now OFF all the time hehe
I took the assembly appart and added black tape on the inside. it's now OFF all the time hehe
There is a button behind the steering just below the speedometer dials- one with a setting sun sign - that sets interior lights to dim after sunset- just discovered - what a relief
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