EssentialSafetyEquipment
ChildRestraint
LATCHChild-RestraintSystems
YourMazdaisequippedwithLATCHloweranchorsforattachmentofspeciallydesigned
LATCHchild-restraintsystemsintherearseat.Bothanchorsmustbeused,otherwisethe
seatwillbouncearoundandputthechildindanger.MostLATCHchild-restraintsystems
mustalsobeusedinconjunctionwithatethertobeeffective.Iftheyhaveatetheryou
mustuseittobetterassureyourchild'ssafety.
WARNING
Followthemanufacturer'sinstructionsfortheuseofthechild-restraintsystem:
Anunsecuredchild-restraintsystemisdangerous.Inasuddenstoporacollisionit
couldmovecausingseriousinjuryordeathtothechildorotheroccupants.Make
surethechild-restraintsystemisproperlysecuredinplaceaccordingtothechild-
restraintsystemmanufacturer'sinstructions.
Neverattachtwochild-restraintsystemstothesameLATCHloweranchor:
Attachingtwochild-restraintsystemstothesameLATCHloweranchorisdangerous.
Inacollision,oneanchormaynotbestrongenoughtoholdtwochild-restraint
systemattachments,anditmaybreak,causingseriousinjuryordeath.Ifyouusethe
seatpositionforanotherchild-restraintsystemwhenanoutboardLATCHpositionis
occupied,usethecenterseatbeltsinstead,andthetetheriftether-equipped.
Makesurethechild-restraintsystemisproperlysecured:
Anunsecuredchild-restraintsystemisdangerous.Inasuddenstoporacollisionit
couldmovecausingseriousinjuryordeathtothechildorotheroccupants.Follow
thechild-restraintsystemmanufacturer'sinstructionsonbeltroutingtosecurethe
seatjustasyouwouldwithachildinitsothatnobodyistemptedtoputachildin
animproperlysecuredseatlateron.Whennotinuse,removeitfromthevehicleor
fastenitwithaseatbelt,orlatchitdowntoBOTHLATCHloweranchorsforLATCH
child-restraintsystems.
MakesuretherearenoseatbeltsorforeignobjectsnearoraroundtheLATCHchild-
restraintsystem:
Notfollowingthechild-restraintsystemmanufacturer'sinstructionswheninstalling
thechild-restraintsystemisdangerous.Ifseatbeltsoraforeignobjectpreventthe
child-restraintsystemfrombeingsecurelyattachedtotheLATCHloweranchorsand
thechild-restraintsystemisinstalledimproperly,thechild-restraintsystemcould
moveinasuddenstoporcollisioncausingseriousinjuryordeathtothechildor
otheroccupants.Wheninstallingthechild-restraintsystem,makesurethereareno
seatbeltsorforeignobjectsnearoraroundtheLATCHloweranchors.Alwaysfollow
thechild-restraintsystemmanufacturer'sinstructions.
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| Model Year | 2010 |
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