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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

NOTE



  Inspect this function before each use of 

the child-restraint system. You should 

not be able to pull the shoulder belt 

out of the retractor while the system is 

in the automatic locking mode. When 

you remove the child-restraint system, 

be sure the belt fully retracts to return 

the system to emergency locking mode 

before occupants use the seat belts.



  Follow the child-restraint system 

manufacturer's instructions carefully.

  Depending on the type of child-restraint 

system, it may not employ seat belts 

which are in automatic locking mode.

7.  Seat your child safely in the child-

restraint system and secure the child 

according to the instructions from the 

child-restraint system manufacturer.

8.  Switch the ignition ON and make sure 

the front passenger air bag deactivation 

indicator light illuminates after 

installing a child-restraint system on 

the front passenger seat.

  If the front passenger air bag 

deactivation indicator light does not 

illuminate, remove the child-restraint 

system, switch the ignition to OFF, and 

then re-install the child-restraint system 

(page 2-65).

WARNING

Do not seat a child in a child-restraint 

system on the front passenger seat if the 

front passenger air bag deactivation 

indicator light does not illuminate:

While it is always better to install any 

child-restraint system on the rear seat, 

it is imperative that a child-restraint 

system 

ONLY

 be used on the front 

passenger seat if the deactivation 

indicator light illuminates when the 

child is seated in the child-restraint 

system (page 2-65). Seating a child 

in a child-restraint system installed 

on the front passenger seat with the 

front passenger air bag deactivation 

indicator light not illuminated is 

dangerous. If this indicator light does 

not illuminate, this means that the 

front passenger front and side air 

bags, and seat belt pretensioner are 

ready for deployment. If an accident 

were to deploy an air bag, a child in 

a child-restraint system sitting in the 

front passenger seat could be seriously 

injured or killed. If the indicator light 

does not illuminate after seating a 

child in a child-restraint system on 

the front passenger seat, seat a child 

in a child-restraint system on the rear 

seat and consult an Authorized Mazda 

Dealer as soon as possible.

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