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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Form No. 8R21-EA-02G

Accident statistics reveal that a child is

safer in the rear seats. 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 seats.

Some child-restraint systems also employ

specially designed LATCH attachments;

refer to "LATCH Child-Restraint

Systems" (page 2-47).

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Second-Row Seats Child-

Restraint System Installation

Follow these instructions when using a

child-restraint system, unless you are

attaching a LATCH-equipped child-

restraint system to the rear LATCH lower

anchors. Refer to "LATCH Child-

Restraint Systems" (page 2-47).

1. If the seat in which you install a child-

restraint system has a seat slide

function, slide the seat as far back as

possible.

2. 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.

Installing Child-Restraint

Systems

Tethered Child-Restraint Systems

Work Only on Tether-Equipped Rear

Seats:

Installation of a tether equipped

child-restraint system in the front

passenger’s seat or the third-row

outboard seats defeats the safety

design of the system and will result in

an increased chance of serious injury

if the child-restraint system goes

forward without benefit of being

tethered.

Place tether equipped child-restraint

systems where there are tether

anchors.

WARNING

NOTE

Follow the child-restraint system

manufacturer’s instructions carefully.

If you are not sure whether you have a

LATCH system or tether, check in the

child-restraint system manufacturer’s

instructions and follow them

accordingly. Depending on the type of

child-restraint system, it may not

employ seat belts which are in

automatic locking mode.

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