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 ...

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Engine Disassembly/Assembly [Skyactiv G 2.0]
CAUTION: When the transaxle is installed, do not suspend the engine. Otherwise, the SST installation area of the cylinder head may be damaged due to excess weight. Only suspend the engine after separating the engine and transaxle. Applying excessive force (force of 100 N {10.2 ...

Door Adjustment
1. Loosen the door hinge installation bolts. 2. Adjust the gap and height difference to the standard range by moving the door back and forth, left and right. Standard range a: 2.5―4.5 mm {0.10―0.17 in} b: -1.0―1.0 mm {-0.039―0.039 in} c: 2.5& ...

Drive Plate Removal/Installation [FS5 A EL]
1. Remove the transaxle.. 2. Remove in the order indicated in the table. 1 Drive plate installation bolts (See Drive Plate Installation Bolts Removal Note.) (See Drive Plate Installation Bolts Installation Note.) 2 Backing plate ...