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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 specific 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 confirm 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
Classification System)

To reduce the chance of injuries caused by
deployment of the front passenger air bag,
the front passenger seat weight sensors
occupant classification 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 off
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
off, 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 2-72).
 

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