Doors

Warnings and Cautions When Using the Doors

 


Opening/closing of the doors must be done by an adult.

If a person's hand, foot, or neck is pinched in a door, it could result in serious injury.

Do not drive the vehicle with the door-ajar warning light/indication turned on/displayed.

Otherwise, the door may open unexpectedly and result in an accident.

Always take all children and pets with you or leave a responsible person with them.

Leaving a child or a pet unattended in a parked vehicle is dangerous. In hot weather, temperatures inside a vehicle can become high enough to cause brain damage or even death.

Do not leave the key in your vehicle with children and keep them in a place where your children will not find or play with them.

Leaving children in a vehicle with the key is dangerous. This could result in someone being badly injured or even killed.

Keep both doors locked when driving.

Unlocked doors in a moving vehicle are dangerous. Passengers can fall out if a door is accidentally opened and can more easily be thrown out in an accident.

Always close both the windows and convertible top, lock the doors, fuel-filler lid, and trunk lid and take the key with you when leaving your vehicle unattended.

Leaving your vehicle unlocked is dangerous as children could lock themselves in a hot vehicle, which could result in death. Also, a vehicle left unlocked becomes an easy target for thieves and intruders.

After closing the doors and the trunk lid, fuel-filler lid, always verify that they are securely closed.

Doors and the trunk lid, fuel-filler lid not securely closed are dangerous, if the vehicle is driven with a door and the trunk lid, fuel-filler lid not securely closed, the door and the trunk lid, fuel-filler lid could open unexpectedly resulting in an accident.

Always confirm the safety around the vehicle before opening a door and the trunk lid, fuel-filler lid.

Suddenly opening a door and the trunk lid, fuel-filler lid is dangerous. A passing vehicle or a pedestrian could be hit and cause an accident.

 


  • Always confirm the conditions around the vehicle during strong winds or when parked on an incline before opening/closing the doors. Neglecting to check the conditions around the vehicle could result in fingers getting caught in the door or a passing pedestrian being hit, resulting in an unexpected accident or injury.

  • If the power window does not go up or down automatically because the battery is dead, slowly open/close the door while pressing the glass inward. Otherwise, the power window may contact the convertible top/roof and the door cannot be opened/closed resulting in damage to the window.

How to Use the Door Lock

To prevent the key from being left in the vehicle, make sure that you carry the key before locking.

Locking/Unlocking Using the Key

Refer to How to Use the Key (Search).

Locking/Unlocking Using the Request Switch

Locking

When all of the following conditions are met, press the request switch.

  • The vehicle power is switched OFF.

  • Both the doors are closed.

  • You are carrying the transmitter.

  1. Request switch

The following locations are locked by pressing the request switch.

  • Both doors

  • Fuel-filler lid

When locking, the hazard warning lights operate one time.

A beep sound operates one time.

Unlocking

When all of the following conditions are met, press the request switch.

  • The vehicle power is switched OFF.

  • The driver’s door is locked.

  • Three seconds or longer have passed since the doors were locked.

  • You are carrying the transmitter.

  1. Request switch

(Unlocking from the driver's door)

The following locations are unlocked by pressing the request switch on the driver's door.

  • Driver’s door

  • Fuel-filler lid

When unlocking, the hazard warning lights operate two times.

A beep sound operates two times.

(Unlocking from the passenger’s door)

The following locations are unlocked by pressing the request switch on the passenger's door.

  • Both doors

  • Fuel-filler lid

When unlocking, the hazard warning lights operate two times.

A beep sound operates two times.

 


  • The location to be unlocked can be changed.

    Set in the Mazda Connect “Settings” or consult an Authorized Mazda Dealer.

  • The beep sound can be turned on/off using Mazda Connect.

    Set in the Mazda Connect “Settings” or consult an Authorized Mazda Dealer.

Locking/Unlocking Using the Door-Lock Switch

The following locations are locked/unlocked.

  • Both doors

  • Fuel-filler lid

Driver's door

  1. Unlocking

  2. Locking

Passenger's door

  1. Locking

  2. Unlocking

Locking the doors from the outside using the door-lock switch

Doors can be locked from the outside of the vehicle without using the key.

You can lock the doors by pressing the lock side of the door-lock switch with all of the following conditions met, and then closing both the doors.

  • The vehicle power is switched OFF.

  • Either door is open.

After locking by pressing the door-lock switch, closing both the doors with the key left in the vehicle unlocks both doors, and the fuel-filler lid.

Locking/Unlocking Using the Door-Lock Knob

Locking/unlocking only the door where the door-lock knob is operated.

  1. Unlocking

  2. Locking

Locking the doors from the outside using the door-lock knob

A door can be locked by turning the inside lock knob to the lock side and closing the door.

 


In the following cases, the doors are unlocked to prevent the key from being left in the vehicle.

  • When the vehicle power is switched to ACC or ON, and the lock knob on the driver's door is turned to the lock side while either a door is open.

  • The key is left in the vehicle.

Locking Using the Vehicle Speed Sensing Auto Door Lock Function

  • Both the doors and the fuel-filler lid are locked when the vehicle speed exceeds 20 km/h (12 mph).

  • Both the doors and the fuel-filler lid are unlocked when the vehicle power is switched OFF.

Set in the Mazda Connect “Settings” or consult an Authorized Mazda Dealer.

 


In the following cases, the doors are unlocked to prevent the key from being left in the vehicle.

  • If the doors are unlocked by the auto lock/unlock function, it does not operate again until the doors or the trunk lid are opened/closed, or the ignition is switched OFF. The lock/unlock timing and the setting to make this function inoperable can be changed.

    Set in the Mazda Connect “Settings” or consult an Authorized Mazda Dealer.

  • (Door unlock (control) system with collision detection)

    This system automatically unlocks the doors and the fuel-filler lid in the event the vehicle is involved in an accident to allow passengers to get out of the vehicle immediately and prevent being trapped inside. While the ignition is switched ON and in the event the vehicle receives an impact strong enough to inflate the air bags, both the doors and the fuel-filler lid are automatically unlocked after about 6 seconds have elapsed from the time of the accident.

    The doors and the fuel-filler lid may not unlock depending on how an impact is applied, the force of the impact, and other conditions of the accident.

    If door-related systems or the battery is malfunctioning, the doors and the fuel-filler lid will not unlock.

Impact detection door-lock unlock system

This system automatically unlocks both the doors if the vehicle receives a strong impact such as from an accident. By unlocking automatically, occupants can be rescued from outside the vehicle.

If the vehicle receives a strong impact while the vehicle power is switched ON, both the doors will be unlocked automatically after about 6 seconds.

The doors may not unlock depending on how an impact is applied, the force of the impact, and other conditions of the accident.

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