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:

Tire House Trim Removal/Installation
4SD 1. Remove the rear seat cushion.. 2. Remove the rear scuff plate.. 3. Partially peel back the seaming welt. 4. Remove the fastener. 5. Pull the tire house trim in the direction of arrow shown in the figure while remove the clip A, pin B and C. 6. Pull the tire house trim in the ...

Liftgate Lower Trim Removal/Installation
1. Remove the liftgate upper trim.. 2. Remove the liftgate side trim.. 3. Remove the screw and fasteners. 4. Pull the liftgate lower trim in the direction of arrow (1), (2), (3), then detach clips A, B, pin C and D from the liftgate. 5. Remove the liftgate lower trim. 6. Install ...

Unfastening the Seat Belt
Depress the button on the seat belt buckle. If the belt does not fully retract, pull it out and check for kinks or twists. Then make sure it remains untwisted as it retracts. NOTE If a belt does not fully retract, inspect it for kinks and twists. If it is still not retracting properly, ...