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Essential Safety Equipment

Child-Restraint

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 seat weight sensors (page  

2-56), 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 2-36).

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.

 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, 

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.

Anchor bracket

For right

For left

For center

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