2008 Mazda RX-8 Owner's Manual - Page 60

Essential Safety Equipment SRS Air Bags l Side impacts involving trees or poles can cause severe cosmetic damage but may not have enough impact force to activate the side and curtain air bags. Non-activation of side and curtain air bag The side and curtain air bags will not normally inflate in the following cases: l Collision from the rear. l Vehicle roll-over may not provide enough side force to deploy the side and curtain air bags. l Collision from the front, but it may deploy the front air bags. l Side impacts with two-wheeled vehicles may not provide enough force to deploy the side and curtain air bags. qConstant Monitoring The following components of the air bag systems are monitored by a diagnostic system: l l l l l l l l l l l SAS unit Front air bag sensor Air bag modules Side crash sensors Air bag/Front seat belt pretensioner system warning light Front seat belt pretensioners Front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light Related wiring Driver seat slide position sensor Front passenger seat weight sensors Driver and front passenger seat belt buckle switches 2-48