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EssentialSafetyEquipment
ChildRestraint
LATCHChild-RestraintSystems
YourMazdaisequippedwithLATCHloweranchorsforattachmentofspeciallydesigned
LATCHchild-restraintsystemsintherearseat.Bothanchorsmustbeused,otherwisethe
seatwillbouncearoundandputthechildindanger.MostLATCHchild-restraintsystems
mustalsobeusedinconjunctionwithatethertobeeffective.Iftheyhaveatetheryou
mustuseittobetterassureyourchild'ssafety.
WARNING
Followthemanufacturer'sinstructionsfortheuseofthechild-restraintsystem:
Anunsecuredchild-restraintsystemisdangerous.Inasuddenstoporacollisionit
couldmovecausingseriousinjuryordeathtothechildorotheroccupants.Makesure
thechild-restraintsystemisproperlysecuredinplaceaccordingtothechild-restraint
systemmanufacturer'sinstructions.
Neverattachtwochild-restraintsystemstothesameLATCHloweranchor:
Attachingtwochild-restraintsystemstothesameLATCHloweranchorisdangerous.
Inacollision,oneanchormaynotbestrongenoughtoholdtwochild-restraintsystem
attachments,anditmaybreak,causingseriousinjuryordeath.Ifyouusetheseat
positionforanotherchild-restraintsystemwhenanoutboardLATCHpositionis
occupied,usethecenterseatbeltsinstead,andthetetheriftether-equipped.
Makesurethechild-restraintsystemisproperlysecured:
Anunsecuredchild-restraintsystemisdangerous.Inasuddenstoporacollisionit
couldmovecausingseriousinjuryordeathtothechildorotheroccupants.Followthe
child-restraintsystemmanufacturer'sinstructionsonbeltroutingtosecuretheseat
justasyouwouldwithachildinitsothatnobodyistemptedtoputachildinan
improperlysecuredseatlateron.Whennotinuse,removeitfromthevehicleorfasten
itwithaseatbelt,orlatchitdowntoBOTHLATCHloweranchorsforLATCHchild-
restraintsystems.
MakesuretherearenoseatbeltsorforeignobjectsnearoraroundtheLATCHchild-
restraintsystem:
Notfollowingthechild-restraintsystemmanufacturer'sinstructionswheninstalling
thechild-restraintsystemisdangerous.Ifseatbeltsoraforeignobjectpreventthe
child-restraintsystemfrombeingsecurelyattachedtotheLATCHloweranchorsand
thechild-restraintsystemisinstalledimproperly,thechild-restraintsystemcouldmove
inasuddenstoporcollisioncausingseriousinjuryordeathtothechildorother
occupants.Wheninstallingthechild-restraintsystem,makesuretherearenoseat
beltsorforeignobjectsnearoraroundtheLATCHloweranchors.Alwaysfollowthe
child-restraintsystemmanufacturer'sinstructions.
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| Categories | Mazda 3 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2007 |
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