Installing Child-Restraint Systems; Anchor Bracket; Essential Safety Equipment- Page 46

Installing Child-Restraint

Systems

Accident statistics reveal that a child is
safer in the rear seat. 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.
 

NOTE

Even if your vehicle is equipped with front
passenger occupant classification sensor
(page 2-57), 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 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 rear seat.
 
Some child-restraint systems also employ
specially designed LATCH attachments;
refer to "Using LATCH Lower Anchor"
(page 2-39).

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 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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Anchor Bracket

Anchor brackets for securing
child-restraint systems are equipped in the
vehicle. Locate each anchor position using
the illustration.
To install a child-restraint system, remove
the head restraint. Always follow the
instruction manual accompanying the
child-restraint system.
 

Anchor bracket location

Use the indicated anchor bracket locations
when installing a child-restraint system
equipped with a tether.

For center

For left

For right

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* Except Mexico

Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

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