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Installing Child-Restraint
Systems

Accident statistics reveal that a child is
safer in the rear seats. The front
passenger's seat is clearly the worst choice
for any child under 12, and with rear-
facing child-restraint systems it is clearly
unsafe due to air bags.

Some child-restraint systems now come
with tethers and therefore must be
installed on the seats that take tethers to
be effective. In your Mazda, tethered
child-restraint systems can only be
accommodated in the three positions on
the second-row seats.

Even if your vehicle is equipped with
front passenger seat weight sensors (page
2-62), which automatically deactivates the
front passenger air bag, a rear seat is the
safest place for a child of any age or size.

Some child-restraint systems also employ
specially designed LATCH attachments;
refer to

LATCH Child-Restraint

Systems

(page 2-44).

WARNING

Tethered Child-Restraint Systems Work
Only on Tether-Equipped Rear Seats:

Installation of a tether equipped
child-restraint system in the front
passenger's seat or the third-row
seats defeats the safety design of the
system and will result in an increased
chance of serious injury if the child-
restraint system goes forward
without benefit of being tethered.
Place tether equipped child-restraint
systems where there are tether
anchors.

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Second-Row Seats Child-
Restraint System Installation

Follow these instructions when using a
child-restraint system, unless you are
attaching a LATCH-equipped child-
restraint system to the rear LATCH lower
anchors. Refer to

LATCH Child-

Restraint Systems

(page 2-44).

NOTE

Follow the child-restraint system
manufacturer's instructions carefully. If you
are not sure whether you have a LATCH
system or tether, check in the child-restraint
system manufacturer's instructions and follow
them accordingly. Depending on the type of
child-restraint system, it may not employ seat
belts which are in automatic locking mode.

1. When installing the child-restraint

system on the second-row seat, make
sure that the center-rear seat belt is
routed through the seat belt guide.

2. Make sure the seatback is securely

latched by pushing it back until it is
fully locked.

3. Secure the child-restraint system with

the lap portion of the lap/shoulder belt.
See the manufacturer's instructions on
the child-restraint system for belt
routing instructions.

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  • 1. When installing the child-restraint system on the second-row seat, make sure that the center-rear seat belt is routed through the seat belt guide.
  • 2. Make sure the seatback is securely latched by pushing it back until it is fully locked.
  • 3. Secure the child-restraint system with the lap portion of the lap/shoulder belt.

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