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Child-Restraint

Precautions

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Child-Restraint Precautions

Mazda strongly urges the use of

child-restraint systems for children

small enough to use them.

You are required by law to use a

child-restraint system for children in

the U.S. and Canada.

Check your local and state or

provincial laws for speci

fi

c

requirements regarding the safety of

children riding in your vehicle.

Whatever child-restraint system you

consider, please pick the appropriate

one for the age and size of the child,

obey the law and follow the

instructions that come with the

individual child-restraint system.

A child who has outgrown

child-restraint systems should sit in the

rear and use seat belts, both lap and

shoulder. If the shoulder belt crosses

the neck or face, move the child closer

to the center of the vehicle in the

outboard seats, and towards the

buckle on the right if the child is seated

on the center seat.

Statistics con

fi

rm that the rear seat is

the best place for all children up to 12

years of age, and more so with a

supplemental restraint system (air

bags).

A rear-facing child-restraint system

should 

NEVER

 be used on the front

seat with the air bag system activated.

The front passenger's seat is also the

least preferred seat for other

child-restraint systems.

(With Front Passenger Occupant

Classi

fi

cation System)

To reduce the chance of injuries

caused by deployment of the front

passenger air bag, the front passenger

seat weight sensors occupant

classi

fi

cation sensor works as a part of

the supplemental restraint system. This

system deactivates the front passenger

front and side air bags and knee air

bags, and also the front passenger seat

belt pretensioner system when the

front passenger air bag deactivation

indicator light illuminates.

When an infant or small child sits on

the front passenger seat, the system

shuts o

ff

 the front passenger front and

side air bags and knee air bags, and

seat belt pretensioner system, so make

sure the front passenger air bag

deactivation indicator light illuminates.

Even if the front passenger air bag is

shut o

ff

, Mazda strongly recommends

that children be properly restrained

and child-restraint systems of all kinds

are properly secured on the rear seats

which are the best place for children.

For more details, refer to "Front

passenger seat weight sensors" (page

2-71).

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