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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Form No. 8S18-EA-03I

Seating a Child in a Child-Restraint 
System on the Front Passenger Seat 
With the Front Passenger Air Bag 
Deactivation Indicator Light Not 
Illuminated:
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 the front passenger air 
bag deactivation indicator light does 
not illuminate even when the total 
seated weight is less than 
approximately 30 kg (66 lb), 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 sitting in 
the front passenger seat could be 
seriously injured or killed. If the front 
passenger air bag deactivation 
indicator light does not illuminate 
after installing a child-restraint 
system on the front passenger seat, 
install the child-restraint system on 
the rear seat and consult an 
Authorized Mazda Dealer as soon as 
possible. While it is always better to 
install any child-restraint system on 
the rear seat, it is essential to do so if 
the front passenger air bag 
deactivation indicator light does not 
illuminate. For further details, refer 
to "Front passenger seat weight 
sensors (page 2-44)".

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