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If You Must Use the Front Seat for

Children

If you cannot put all children in the

rear seat, at least put the smallest

children in the rear and be sure the

largest child up front uses the shoulder

belt over the shoulder.

NEVER put a rear-facing child-restraint

system on the front passenger seat

whether your vehicle is equipped with

an occupant classi

fi

cation sensor or

not.

This seat is also not set up for tethered

child-restraint systems, put them in

one of the rear seat positions set up

with tether anchors.

Likewise the ISOFIX/LATCH

*1

child-restraint system cannot be

secured in the front passenger's seat

and should be used in the rear seat.

Do not allow anyone to sleep against

the side window since your vehicle has

side and curtain air bags, it could

cause serious injuries to an out of

position occupant. As children more

often sleep in cars, it is better to put

them in the rear seat. If installing the

child-restraint system on the front seat

is unavoidable, follow these

instructions when using a front-facing

child-restraint system in the front

passenger's seat.

*

1 ISOFIX (Mexico)/LATCH (Except

Mexico)

NOTE



To check if your front seats have side

air bags:

Mazda vehicles equipped with side

air bag will have a "SRS AIRBAG" tag

on the outboard shoulder of the

front seats.



To check if your vehicle has curtain

air bags:

Mazda vehicles equipped with

curtain air bag will have an "SRS

AIRBAG" marking on the window

pillars along the roof edge.

WARNING

Always move the front passenger seat

as far back as possible if installing a

front-facing child-restraint system on

it is unavoidable:

As your vehicle has front air bags and

doubly so because your vehicle has

side air bags, a front-facing

child-restraint system should be put on

the front passenger seat only when it is

unavoidable.

Even if the front passenger air bag

deactivation indicator light illuminates,

always move the seat as far back as

possible, because the force of a

deploying air bag could cause serious

injury or death to the child.

Never use a rear-facing child-restraint

system in the front seat with an air

bag that could deploy:

Rear-facing child-restraint systems on

the front seat are particularly

dangerous.

Even in a moderate collision, the

child-restraint system can be hit by a

deploying air bag and moved violently

backward resulting in serious injury or

death to the child. Even though you

may feel assured that the front

passenger air bag will not deploy

based on the fact that the front

passenger air bag deactivation

indicator light illuminates, you should

not use a rear-facing child-restraint

system in the front seat.

Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

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