2007 Mazda RX 8 Owners Manual

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EssentialSafetyEquipment
ChildRestraint
InstallingChild-Restraint
Systems
WARNING
TetheredChild-RestraintSystems
WorkOnlyonTether-EquippedRear
Seats:
Accidentstatisticsrevealthatachildis
saferintherearseat.Thefrontpassenger's
seatisclearlytheworstchoiceforany
childunder12,andwithrear-facingchild-
restraintsystemsitisclearlyunsafedueto
airbags.
Installationofatetherequippedchild-
restraintsysteminthefront
passenger'sseatdefeatsthesafety
designofthesystemandwillresultin
anincreasedchanceofseriousinjury
ifthechild-restraintsystemgoes
forwardwithoutbenefitofbeing
tethered.
Somechild-restraintsystemsnowcome
withtethersandthereforemustbe
installedontheseatsthattaketethersto
beeffective.InyourMazda,tethered
child-restraintsystemscanonlybe
accommodatedinthetwopositionsonthe
rearseat.
Placetetherequippedchild-restraint
systemswheretherearetether
anchors.
qRearSeatChild-RestraintSystem
Installation
Evenifyourvehicleisequippedwith
frontpassengerseatweightsensors(page
2-40),
frontpassengerairbag,arearseatisthe
safestplaceforachildofanyageorsize.
whichautomaticallydeactivatesthe
Followtheseinstructionswhenusinga
child-restraintsystem,unlessyouare
attachingaLATCH-equippedchild-
restraintsystemtotherearLATCHlower
anchors.RefertoLATCHChild-
RestraintSystems(page2-29).
Somechild-restraintsystemsalsoemploy
speciallydesignedLATCHattachments;
refertoLATCHChild-Restraint
Systems(page2-29).
NOTE
Followthechild-restraintsystem
manufacturer'sinstructionscarefully.If
youarenotsurewhetheryouhavea
LATCHsystemortether,checkinthe
child-restraintsystemmanufacturer's
instructionsandfollowthem
accordingly.Dependingonthetypeof
child-restraintsystem,itmaynot
employseatbeltswhicharein
automaticlockingmode.
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CategoriesMazda Manuals, Mazda RX-8 Manuals
Model Year2007
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