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Essential Safety Equipment

Child-Restraint

 Using LATCH Lower Anchor

            Your  Mazda  is  equipped  with  LATCH  lower  anchors  for  attachment  of  specially  designed 
LATCH child-restraint systems in the rear seats. Both anchors must be used, otherwise the 
seat will bounce around and put the child in danger. Most LATCH child-restraint systems 
must also be used in conjunction with a tether to be effective. If they have a tether you must 
use it to better assure your child's safety.

WARNING

  Follow the manufacturer's instructions for the use of the child-restraint system:

  An unsecured child-restraint system is dangerous. In a sudden stop or a collision it could 
move causing serious injury or death to the child or other occupants. Make sure the 
child-restraint system is properly secured in place according to the child-restraint system 
manufacturer's instructions.
  

  Never attach two child-restraint systems to the same LATCH lower anchor:

  Attaching two child-restraint systems to the same LATCH lower anchor is dangerous. 
In a collision, one anchor may not be strong enough to hold two child-restraint system 
attachments, and it may break, causing serious injury or death. If you use the seat 
position for another child-restraint system when an outboard LATCH position is occupied, 
use the center seat belts instead, and the tether if tether-equipped.
  

  Make sure the child-restraint system is properly secured:

  An unsecured child-restraint system is dangerous. In a sudden stop or a collision it could 
move causing serious injury or death to the child or other occupants. Follow the child-
restraint system manufacturer's instructions on belt routing to secure the seat just as you 
would with a child in it so that nobody is tempted to put a child in an improperly secured 
seat later on. When not in use, remove it from the vehicle or fasten it with a seat belt, or 
latch it down to BOTH LATCH lower anchors for LATCH child-restraint systems.
  

  Make sure there are no seat belts or foreign objects near or around the LATCH child-
restraint system:

  Not following the child-restraint system manufacturer's instructions when installing 
the child-restraint system is dangerous. If seat belts or a foreign object prevent the 
child-restraint system from being securely attached to the LATCH lower anchors and the 
child-restraint system is installed improperly, the child-restraint system could move in a 
sudden stop or collision causing serious injury or death to the child or other occupants. 
When installing the child-restraint system, make sure there are no seat belts or foreign 
objects near or around the LATCH lower anchors. Always follow the child-restraint system 
manufacturer's instructions.