EssentialSafetyEquipment
ChildRestraint
InstallingChild-Restraint
Systems
WARNING
TetheredChild-RestraintSystemsWork
OnlyonTether-EquippedRearSeats:
Installationofatetherequipped
child-restraintsysteminthefront
passenger'sseatdefeatsthesafety
designofthesystemandwillresultin
anincreasedchanceofseriousinjury
ifthechild-restraintsystemgoes
forwardwithoutbenefitofbeing
tethered.
Accidentstatisticsrevealthatachildis
saferintherearseats.Thefront
passenger'sseatisclearlytheworstchoice
foranychildunder12,andwithrear-
facingchild-restraintsystemsitisclearly
unsafeduetoairbags.
NOTE
Evenifyourvehicleisequippedwithfront
passengerseatweightsensors(page2-44),
whichautomaticallydeactivatesthefront
passengerairbag,arearseatisthesafest
placeforachildofanyageorsize.
Placetetherequippedchild-restraint
systemswheretherearetether
anchors.
qRearSeatsChild-Restraint
SystemInstallation
Somechild-restraintsystemsnowcome
withtethersandthereforemustbe
installedontheseatsthattaketethersto
beeffective.InyourMazda,tethered
child-restraintsystemscanonlybe
accommodatedinthefourpositionson
therearseats.
Followtheseinstructionswhenusinga
child-restraintsystem,unlessyouare
attachingaLATCH-equippedchild-
restraintsystemtotherearLATCHlower
anchors.Referto“LATCHChild-
RestraintSystems”(page2-35).
NOTE
Followthechild-restraintsystem
Somechild-restraintsystemsalsoemploy
speciallydesignedLATCHattachments;
referto“LATCHChild-Restraint
Systems”(page2-35).
manufacturer'sinstructionscarefully.Ifyou
arenotsurewhetheryouhaveaLATCH
systemortether,checkinthechild-restraint
systemmanufacturer'sinstructionsandfollow
themaccordingly.Dependingonthetypeof
child-restraintsystem,itmayuseLATCH
systeminsteadofseatbeltsorifthebeltgoes
acrossthechild'schest,mayrecommend
againstusingautomaticlockingmode.
1.
Iftheseatinwhichyouinstallachild-
restraintsystemhasaseatslide
function,slidetheseatasfarbackas
possible.
2.
Makesuretheseatbackissecurely
latchedbypushingitbackuntilitis
fullylocked.
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| Model Year | 2010 |
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