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EssentialSafetyEquipment
ChildRestraint
qRearSeatChild-RestraintSystem
Installation
InstallingChild-Restraint
Systems
Followtheseinstructionswhenusinga
child-restraintsystem,unlessyouare
attachingaLATCH-equippedchild-
restraintsystemtotherearLATCHlower
anchors.Referto“LATCHChild-
RestraintSystems”(page2-40).
Accidentstatisticsrevealthatachildis
saferintherearseat.Thefrontpassenger's
seatisclearlytheworstchoiceforany
childunder12,andwithrear-facingchild-
restraintsystemsitisclearlyunsafedueto
airbags.
NOTE
Followthechild-restraintsystem
Somechild-restraintsystemsnowcome
withtethersandthereforemustbe
installedontheseatsthattaketethersto
beeffective.InyourMazda,tethered
child-restraintsystemscanonlybe
accommodatedinthethreepositionson
therearseat.
manufacturer'sinstructionscarefully.Ifyou
arenotsurewhetheryouhaveaLATCH
systemortether,checkinthechild-restraint
systemmanufacturer'sinstructionsandfollow
themaccordingly.Dependingonthetypeof
child-restraintsystem,itmayuseLATCH
systeminsteadofseatbeltsorifthebeltgoes
acrossthechild'schest,mayrecommend
againstusingautomaticlockingmode.
Evenifyourvehicleisequippedwith
frontpassengerseatweightsensors(page
2-57),
frontpassengerairbag,arearseatisthe
safestplaceforachildofanyageorsize.
whichautomaticallydeactivatesthe
1.
Makesuretheseatbackissecurely
latchedbypushingitbackuntilitis
fullylocked.
2.
Raisetheheadrestrainttothetop
lockedposition(exceptcenterseat
position).
Somechild-restraintsystemsalsoemploy
speciallydesignedLATCHattachments;
referto“LATCHChild-Restraint
Systems”(page2-40).
RefertoHeadRestraintsonpage2-13.
3.
Securethechild-restraintsystemwith
thelapportionofthelap/shoulderbelt.
Seethemanufacturer'sinstructionson
thechild-restraintsystemforbelt
routinginstructions.
WARNING
TetheredChild-RestraintSystemsWork
OnlyonTether-EquippedRearSeats:
Installationofatetherequipped
child-restraintsysteminthefront
passenger'sseatdefeatsthesafety
designofthesystemandwillresultin
anincreasedchanceofseriousinjury
ifthechild-restraintsystemgoes
forwardwithoutbenefitofbeing
tethered.
Placetetherequippedchild-restraint
systemswheretherearetether
anchors.
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| Model Year | 2010 |
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