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EssentialSafetyEquipment
ChildRestraint
qRearSeatChild-RestraintSystem
Installation
InstallingChild-Restraint
Systems
Followtheseinstructionswhenusinga
child-restraintsystem,unlessyouare
attachingaLATCH-equippedchild-
restraintsystemtotherearLATCHlower
anchors.Referto“LATCHChild-
RestraintSystems”(page2-27).
Accidentstatisticsrevealthatachildis
saferintherearseat.Thefrontpassenger's
seatisclearlytheworstchoiceforany
childunder12,andwithrear-facingchild-
restraintsystemsitisclearlyunsafedueto
airbags.
NOTE
Somechild-restraintsystemsnowcome
withtethersandthereforemustbe
installedontheseatsthattaketethersto
beeffective.InyourMazda,tethered
child-restraintsystemscanonlybe
accommodatedinthetwopositionsonthe
rearseat.
Followthechild-restraintsystem
manufacturer'sinstructionscarefully.If
youarenotsurewhetheryouhavea
LATCHsystemortether,checkinthe
child-restraintsystemmanufacturer's
instructionsandfollowthem
accordingly.Dependingonthetypeof
child-restraintsystem,itmaynot
employseatbeltswhicharein
Somechild-restraintsystemsalsoemploy
speciallydesignedLATCHattachments;
referto“LATCHChild-Restraint
Systems”(page2-27).
automaticlockingmode.
1.
Securethechild-restraintsystemwith
thelapportionofthelap/shoulderbelt.
Seethemanufacturer'sinstructionson
thechild-restraintsystemforbelt
routinginstructions.
WARNING
TetheredChild-RestraintSystems
WorkOnlyonTether-EquippedRear
Seats:
2.
Togettheretractorintotheautomatic
lockingmode,pulltheshoulderbelt
portionoftheseatbeltuntiltheentire
lengthofthebeltisoutoftheretractor.
Installationofatetherequippedchild-
restraintsysteminthefront
passenger'sseatdefeatsthesafety
designofthesystemandwillresultin
anincreasedchanceofseriousinjury
ifthechild-restraintsystemgoes
forwardwithoutbenefitofbeing
tethered.
Placetetherequippedchild-restraint
systemswheretherearetether
anchors.
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| Categories | Mazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2005 |
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