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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Child Restraint Precautions

Mazda strongly urges the use of child-restraint systems for children small enough to use

them.

You are required by law to use a child-restraint system for children in the U.S. and Canada.

Check your local and state or provincial laws for specific requirements regarding the safety

of children riding in your vehicle.

Whatever child-restraint system you consider, please pick the appropriate one for the age

and size of the child, obey the law and follow the instructions that come with the individual

child-restraint system.

A child who has outgrown child-restraint systems should sit in the rear and use seat belts,

both lap and shoulder. If the shoulder belt crosses the neck or face, move the child closer to

the center of the vehicle in the outboard seats, and towards the buckle on the right if the

child is seated on the center seat.

Statistics confirm that the rear seat is the best place for all children up to 12 years of age,

and more so with a supplemental restraint system (air bags).

A rear-facing child-restraint system should NEVER be used on the front seat with the air

bag system activated. The front passenger's seat is also the least preferred seat for other

child-restraint systems.

(With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System)

To reduce the chance of injuries caused by deployment of the front passenger air bag, the

front passenger occupant classification sensor work as a part of the supplemental restraint

system. This system deactivates the front passenger front and side air bags and also the

front passenger seat belt pretensioner system when the front passenger air bag deactivation

indicator light illuminates.

When an infant or small child sits on the front passenger seat, the system shuts off the front

passenger front and side air bags and seat belt pretensioner system, so make sure the front

passenger air bag deactivation indicator light illuminates.

Even if the front passenger air bag is shut off, Mazda strongly recommends that children be

properly restrained and child-restraint systems of all kinds are properly secured on the rear

seats which are the best place for children.

For more details, refer to “Front passenger occupant classification sensor” (page 2-60).

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WARNING

Use the correct size child-restraint system:

For effective protection in vehicle accidents and sudden stops, a child must be

properly restrained using a seat belt or child-restraint system depending on age and

size. If not, the child could be seriously injured or even killed in an accident.

Follow the manufacturer's instructions and always keep the child-restraint system

buckled down:

An unsecured child-restraint system is dangerous. In a sudden stop or a collision it

could move causing serious injury or death to the child or other occupants. Make

sure any child-restraint system is properly secured in place according to the child-

restraint system manufacturer's instructions. When not in use, remove it from the

vehicle or fasten it with a seat belt, or latch it down to BOTH LATCH lower anchors

for LATCH child-restraint systems and the corresponding tether anchor.

Always secure a child in a proper child-restraint system:

Holding a child in your arms while the vehicle is moving is extremely dangerous. No

matter how strong the person may be, he or she cannot hold onto a child in a

sudden stop or collision and it could result in serious injury or death to the child or

other occupants. Even in a moderate accident, the child may be exposed to air bag

forces that could result in serious injury or death to the child, or the child may be

slammed into an adult, causing injury to both child and adult.

Never use a rear-facing child-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that

could deploy:

Rear-facing child-restraint systems on the front seat are particularly dangerous even

though you may feel assured that a front passenger air bag will not deploy based on

the fact that the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light illuminates. The

child-restraint system can be hit by a deploying air bag and moved violently

backward resulting in serious injury or death to the child.

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(Except Mexico)

Vehicles with a front passenger air bag have a warning label attached as shown

below. The warning label reminds you not to put a rear-facing child-restraint system

on the front passenger seat at any time.

(Mexico)

NEVER use a rearward facing child restraint on a seat protected by an ACTIVE

AIRBAG in front of it, DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY to the CHILD can occur.

Vehicles with a front passenger air bag have a warning label attached as shown

below. The warning label reminds you not to put a rear-facing child-restraint system

on the front passenger seat at any time.

Do not install a front-facing child-restraint system on the front passenger seat unless

it is unavoidable:

Installing a front-facing child-restraint system on the front passenger seat is

dangerous. In the event of a collision, the force of a deploying air bag could cause

serious injury or death to the child. If installing a front-facing child-restraint system

on the front passenger seat is unavoidable, move the front passenger seat as far

back as possible.

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When installing a child-restraint system on the front passenger's seat, adjust the seat

bottom to the highest position at which the seat belt securing the child-restraint

system is securely tightened (Vehicles with height adjustment on front passenger's

seat):

Installing a child-restraint system on the front passenger's seat with the seat bottom

at a low position is dangerous. The seat belt cannot securely fasten the child-

restraint system which may result in death or injury to the child in the event of a

collision.

Seating a child in a child-restraint system on the front passenger seat is dangerous

under certain conditions (With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System):

Your vehicle is equipped with front passenger occupant classification sensor. Even

with the front passenger occupant classification sensor, if you must use the front

passenger seat to seat a child, using a child-restraint system on the front passenger

seat under the following conditions increases the danger of the front passenger air

bag deploying and could result in serious injury or death to the child.

Ø The front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light does not illuminate when

seating a child in the child-restraint system.

Ø Luggage or other items are placed on the seat with the child in the child-restraint

system.

Ø A rear passenger or luggage pushing or pulling down on the front passenger

seatback.

Ø Luggage or other items are placed on the seatback or hung on the head restraint.

Ø The seat is washed.

Ø Liquids are spilled on the seat.

Ø The front passenger seat is moved backward, pushing into luggage or other items

placed behind it.

Ø The front passenger seatback contacts the rear seat.

Ø Luggage or other items are placed between the front passenger seat and driver

seat.

Ø An electric device is put on the front passenger's seat.

Ø An additional electrical device, such as a seat warmer is installed to the surface of

the front passenger seat.

The designated positions with seat belts on the rear seats are the safest places for

children. Always use seat belts and child restraints.

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Do not allow a child or anyone to lean over or against the side window of a vehicle

with side and curtain air bags:

It is dangerous to allow anyone to lean over or against the side window, the area of

the front passenger seat, the front and rear window pillars and the roof edge along

both sides from which the side and curtain air bags deploy, even if a child-restraint

system is used. The impact of inflation from a side or curtain air bag could cause

serious injury or death to an out of position child. Furthermore, leaning over or

against the front door could block the side and curtain air bags and eliminate the

advantages of supplemental protection. With the front air bag and the additional

side air bag that comes out of the front seat, the rear seat is always a better location

for children. Take special care not to allow a child to lean over or against the side

window, even if the child is seated in a child-restraint system.

Never use one seat belt on more than one person at a time:

Using one seat belt for more than one person at a time is dangerous. A seat belt

used in this way cannot spread the impact forces properly and the two passengers

could be crushed together and seriously injured or even killed. Never use one belt for

more than one person at a time and always operate the vehicle with each occupant

properly restrained.

Always remove the child-restraint system from the rear seat before operating the

remote handle levers for the rear seat (Vehicles with remote handle):

Operating the remote handle levers while a rear-facing child-restraint system is in

the rear seat is dangerous. It could cause injury to a child seated in the child-

restraint system when the seatback suddenly flips forward.

CAUTION

A seat belt or child-restraint system can become very hot in a closed vehicle during

warm weather. To avoid burning yourself or a child, check them before you or your

child touches them.

NOTE

Your Mazda is equipped with LATCH lower anchors for attachment of specially designed LATCH

child-restraint systems in the rear seats. When using these anchors to secure a child-restraint system,

refer to “Using LATCH Lower Anchor ” (page 2-40).

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