EssentialSafetyEquipment
ChildRestraint
Donotallowachildtoleanoveroragainstthesidewindowofavehiclewithside
andcurtainairbags:
Itisdangeroustoallowanyonetoleanoveroragainstthesidewindow,theareaof
thefrontpassengerseat,thefrontandrearwindowpillarsandtheroofedgealong
bothsidesfromwhichthesideandcurtainairbagsdeploy,evenifachild-restraint
systemisused.Ifthevehicleisequippedwithsideandcurtainairbags,theimpactof
inflationcouldcauseseriousinjuryordeathtothechild.Furthermore,leaningover
oragainstthefrontdoorcouldblockthesideandcurtainairbagsandeliminatethe
advantagesofsupplementalprotection.Withthefrontairbagandtheadditional
sideairbagthatcomesoutofthefrontseat,therearseatisalwaysabetterlocation
forchildren.Donotallowachildtoleanoveroragainstthesidewindow,evenifthe
childisseatedinachild-restraintsystem.
Neveruseoneseatbeltonmorethanonepersonatatime:
Usingoneseatbeltformorethanonepersonatatimeisdangerous.Aseatbelt
usedinthiswaycannotspreadtheimpactforcesproperlyandthetwopassengers
couldbecrushedtogetherandseriouslyinjuredorevenkilled.Neveruseonebeltfor
morethanonepersonatatimeandalwaysoperatethevehiclewitheachoccupant
properlyrestrained.
CAUTION
Aseatbeltorchild-restraintsystemcanbecomeveryhotinaclosedvehicleduring
warmweather.Toavoidburningyourselforachild,checkthembeforeyouoryour
childtouchesthem.
NOTE
YourMazdaisequippedwithLATCHloweranchorsforattachmentofspeciallydesignedLATCH
child-restraintsystemsintherearseats.Whenusingtheseanchorstosecureachild-restraintsystem,
referto“LATCHChild-RestraintSystems”(page2-36).
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| Categories | Mazda 5 Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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