Mazda 3 Owners Manual: Doors and Locks

Rear Door Child Safety Locks

These locks are intended to help prevent children from accidentally opening the rear doors. Use them on both rear doors whenever a child rides in the rear seat of the vehicle. If you slide the ...

Liftgate/Trunk Lid

WARNING Never allow a person to ride in the luggage compartment/trunk: Allowing a person to ride in the luggage compartment/trunk is dangerous. The person in the luggage compa ...

Other materials:

Rear Shock Absorber Disposal
1. Clamp a rear shock absorber on a flat surface or with the piston pointing downwards. 2. Drill a 2—3 mm {0.08—0.11 in} hole at a point 40—50 mm {1.6—1.9 in} from the bottom of the tube, so that the gas can escape. WARNING: Whenever drilling into a rear shock absorber, wear prot ...

Rear Combination Light Removal/Installation
4SD 1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.. 2. Remove the following parts: a. Trunk mat. b. Trunk board. c. Trunk end trim. d. Trunk side trim. 3. Disconnect the connectors shown in the figure and remove the nuts. 4. Pull the rear combination light in the direction of the arrow ...

Air Bypass Valve Inspection [Mzr 2.3 Disi Turbo]
1. Remove the air bypass valve.. 2. Connect the vacuum pump to the vacuum ports of the air bypass valve. 3. Verify that the airflow is as indicated in the table. Vacuum (kPa {mmHg, inHg}) Valve operation condition Airflow between port A—B ...