Mazda 3 2004 - Installing Child-Restraint Systems; Anchor Bracket Overview

Installing Child-Restraint
Systems
Accident statistics reveal that a child is
safer in the rear seat. The front
passenger's seat is clearly the worst
choice for any child under 12, and
with rear-facing child-restraint systems
it is clearly unsafe due to air bags.
NOTE
Even if your vehicle is equipped with
front passenger occupant classification
sensor (page 3-18), which
automatically deactivates the front
passenger air bag, a rear seat is the
safest place for a child of any age or
size.
Some child-restraint systems now
come with tethers and therefore must
be installed on the seats that take
tethers to be effective.
Some child-restraint systems also
employ specially designed ISOFIX/
LATCH
*1
attachments; refer to " How
to Use the ISOFIX Lower Anchor
(Mexico)/LATCH Lower Anchor
(Except Mexico)"(page 3-67).
*
1 ISOFIX (Mexico)/LATCH (Except
Mexico)
Anchor Bracket Overview
Anchor brackets for securing
child-restraint systems are equipped in
the vehicle. Locate each anchor
position using the illustration.
To install a child-restraint system, if the
seat is equipped with a head restraint,
remove it. Always follow the
instruction manual accompanying the
child-restraint system.
Anchor bracket location
Use the indicated anchor bracket
locations when installing a
child-restraint system equipped with a
tether.
(4–Door)
1. For right
2. For center
3. For left
4. Anchor bracket
(5–Door)
1. For right
2. For center (Except Mexico)
Equipment to Protect Occupants/Pedestrians
Child-restraint Systems
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