Due to health issues, we barely drove car after purchase in [redacted]. We are still trying to figure out the car features. I am [[redacted] tall, spouse is [[redacted]]" tall. I ordered an adult booster cushion for car, as my short body sits too low, seatbelts shoulder strap cut right across my neck. cushion worked beautifully for me when I drove the car the previous week. The day we discovered the passenger seatbelt/seat, airbag design flaw, I was passenger in car, we were driving to dr appt, I had just received...
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my adult driver booster cushion. I couldn't find a noț find a way to raise the passenger seat, in order to be able to wear the seatbelt safely and comfortably. After a lifetime of driving and being a passenger, I finally had my dream car for retirement. Seatbelts were varying degrees so pesky, but never as poorly designed as the 2026 Mazda Miata! I decided to sit on my booster cushion as passenger, spouse driving, as checking the owners manual revealed no way to raise passenger seat. What a relief, using the cushion allowed the shoulder belt to ride comfortably across my chest! What I didn't know until I saw the airbag was off, was that Mazda hadn't designed this car for adults under approximately 5'6" tall. I removed the seatbelt from the shoulder guide, to get a small amount of relief from being strangled. Mazda Cust svc referred me back to the dealership, for design flaw. dealership main office referred me to service dept, where I left a phone message for Mr Lewis, service mgr, to call me. He did not. I searched online,to see if there was a recall on my car, nothing outstanding on the 2026 Miata. But what did turn up was a large recall on prior years' Miata models for this exact problem. We are working class seniors, certainly splurged on this car. How sad that Mazda has continued to push out later Miata year models. Shame on Mazda, shame on dealerships, for manufacturing dangerous Miatas and then selling them to the public. Extend recall to 2026 please! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)