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Essential Safety Equipment

Form No. 8Q50-EA-01G

Child Restraint

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.

Statistics confirm that the rear seat is the best place for all children up to 12 years of age-
the more so with a supplemental restraint system (air bags).

A rear-facing child-restraint system should 

NEVER

 be used in the front seat because it 

would be too close to the air bag. The front passenger’s seat is also the least preferred seat 
for other child-restraint systems.

Child Restraint Precautions

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