Essential Safety Equipment; Seat Belt Systems; Emergency Locking Mode- Page 18

2002 Mazda 626 Owners Manual

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Essential Safety Equipment

Seat Belt Systems

Form No. 8Q50-EA-01G

Pregnant Women and Persons with Serious Medical Conditions

Pregnant women should wear seat belts. Ask your doctor for specific recommendations. 
The lap belt should be worn SNUGLY AND AS LOW AS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIPS.
Persons with serious medical conditions also should wear seat belts. Check with your 
doctor for any special instructions regarding specific medical conditions.

Emergency Locking Mode

If the belt has fully retracted, it will always be in the emergency locking mode until you 
move it into automatic locking mode by pulling the belt all the way out to its full length. In 
the emergency locking mode, the belt remains comfortable on the occupant and the 
retractor will lock in position during a collision.
If the belt feels tight and hinders comfortable movement while the vehicle is stopped or in 
motion, you may be in the automatic locking mode because you have pulled the belt too far 
out. To return to the more comfortable emergency locking mode, wait until you can stop 
the vehicle in a safe area, retract the belt fully to convert it back to emergency locking 
mode and then again extend it around you.

One Belt, One Passenger:
Using one seat belt for more than one person at a time is dangerous. A seat belt used 
in this way can’t 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.

Belt retraction may become difficult if the belts and rings are soiled, so try to keep them 
clean.

WARNING

CAUTION

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