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EssentialSafetyEquipment
ChildRestraint
Seatingachildinachild-restraintsystemonthefrontpassengerseatisdangerous:
Thisvehicleisequippedwithbothapassengerseatweightsensorandapassenger
airbagdeactivationindicatorlight(page2-38).Evenwiththepassengerseatweight
sensors,seatingachildinachild-restraintsystemonthepassengerseatunderthe
followingconditionsincreasesthedangerofthepassengerairbagdeployingand
couldresultinseriousinjuryordeathtothechild.Theseareamongthereasonswhy
thepassengerairbagshouldbeturnedoffusingthekey.
ØThetotalseatedweightofthechildwiththechild-restraintsystemonthe
passengerseatisapproximately30kg(66lb)ormorewithachildinthechild-
restraintsystem.
ØLuggageorotheritemsareplacedontheseatwiththechildinthechild-restraint
system.
ØTheseatiswashed.
ØLiquidsarespilledontheseat.
ØThepassengerseatismovedbackward,anditispushedintoluggageorother
itemsplacedbehindit.
ØLuggageorotheritemsareplacedbetweenthepassengerseatandcenter
console.
ØAnyaccessories,whichmightincreasethetotalseatedweightonthepassenger
seat,areattachedtothepassengerseat.
Donotallowachildtoleanoveroragainstthesidewindowofavehiclewithsideair
bags:
Allowinganyonetoleanoveroragainstthedoorisdangerous.Ifthevehicleis
equippedwithsideairbags,theimpactofaninflatingsideairbagcouldcause
seriousinjuryordeathtotheperson.Childrenaremorelikelytosleepinthevehicle;
whentheydo,theyaremoreatriskinthepassenger'sseatthathasasideairbag
becausetheymayslumpoverintothepathoftheseatback-mountedairbag.
Furthermore,leaningoveroragainstthedoorscouldblockthesideairbagand
eliminatetheadvantagesofsupplementalprotection.Becausethesideairbag
deploysfromtheoutboardshoulderoftheseat,donotallowthechildtoleanoveror
againstthesidewindow,evenifthechildisseatedinachild-restraintsystem.
Neveruseoneseatbeltonmorethanonepersonatatime:
Usingoneseatbeltformorethanonepersonatatimeisdangerous.Aseatbelt
usedinthiswaycannotspreadtheimpactforcesproperlyandthetwopassengers
couldbecrushedtogetherandseriouslyinjuredorevenkilled.Neveruseonebeltfor
morethanonepersonatatimeandalwaysoperatethevehiclewitheachoccupant
properlyrestrained.
Alwaysuseachild-restraintsystemdesignedforusewithoutatether:
Usingachild-restraintsystemthatrequiresatetherisdangerous.YourMazdadoes
nothaveachild-restrainttether.Thechild-restraintsystemcannotbeproperly
secured.Inacollision,itcouldmoveandinjureotheroccupantsaswellasresultin
seriousinjuriesordeathtothechild.
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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