Mazda 3 Owners Manual: Push-Starting
Do not push-start your Mazda.
| WARNING Never tow a vehicle to start it: Towing a vehicle to start it is dangerous. The vehicle being towed could surge forward when its engine starts, causing the two vehicles to collide. The occupants could be injured. |
| CAUTION Do not push-start a vehicle that has a manual transaxle. It can damage the emission control system. |
NOTE You cannot start a vehicle with an automatic transaxle by pushing it.
Starting a Flooded Engine
If the engine fails to start, it may be
flooded (excessive fuel in the engine).
Follow this procedure:
If the engine does not start within
five seconds on the first try, wait ten
seconds a ...
Overheating
If the high engine coolant temperature
warning light illuminates, the vehicle loses
power, or you hear a loud knocking or
pinging noise, the engine is probably too
hot.
WARNING
Switch ...
Other materials:
Vehicle Loading
WARNING
Do not tow a trailer with this vehicle:
Towing a trailer with this vehicle is dangerous because it has not been
designed to tow a
trailer and doing so will aff ect the drive system which could result in
vehicle damage.
This section will guide you in the proper l ...
Variable Tumble Shutter Valve Actuator Inspection [Mzr 2.0, Mzr 2.5]
Operation Inspection
1. Remove the air hose..
2. Disconnect the vacuum hose from the variable tumble shutter valve actuator.
3. Connect a vacuum pump to the variable tumble shutter valve actuator.
NOTE:
Covered with a hood, the rod of the variable tumble shutter valve actuator
...
Mazda Radar Cruise Control
(MRCC)
The Mazda Radar Cruise Control (MRCC) system is designed to maintain headway
control *1
according to the vehicle speed using a radar sensor (front) to detect the
distance to a vehicle
ahead, and by presetting the vehicle speed between 30 km/h (19 mph) and 145 km/h
(90
mph), the driver is fr ...
