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Essential Safety Equipment
Child Restraint
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.
Some child-restraint systems now come
with tethers and therefore must be
installed on the seats that take tethers to
be effective. In your Mazda, tethered
child-restraint systems can only be
accommodated in the three positions on
the rear seat.
Tethered Child-Restraint Systems
Work Only on Rear Seat:
Installation o f a tether equipped
child-restraint system in the front
passenger’s seat defeats the safety
design o f the system and will result in
an increased chance o f serious injury
if the child-restraint system goes
forward without benefit o f being
tethered.
Place tether equipped child-restraint
systems where there are tether
anchors.
▼ Rear Seat Child-Restraint
System Installation
Follow these instructions when using a
child-restraint system.
NOTE
Follow the child-restraint system
manufacturer’s instructions carefully.
Depending on the type of child-
restraint system, it may not employ
seat belts which are in automatic
locking mode.
1. Secure the child-restraint system with
the lap portion of the lap/shoulder belt.
See the instructions on the child-
restraint system for belt routing
instructions.
2. To get the retractor into the automatic
locking mode, pull the shoulder belt
portion of the seat belt until the entire
length of the belt is out of the retractor.
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Form No. 8Q50-EA-01G
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