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The only reason you would replace the seatbelts on our cars would be if they are completely locked up. Newer cars have pretensioners built into the seat belts that snug up the belt in a crash. However our cars are not equipped with that item. The clock spring will most likely need to be replaced, th...

I handle airbag replacement at work all the time.... on Mazda, the crash sensor near the bumper is a reuseable part. If it's not externally damaged, it should continue to work properly. Since it's illegal (in the US) to ins. companies to put used airbags into a customer's car, a salvage yard would p...

FWIW:

I work in a body shop, and when I put the VIN of a Mazda # into my computer to decode it, it does list the car name as "Mazda Mazda 3" .... just sounds weird to me. BTW, I'm a complete noob, so be gentle....

Ryan