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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 though you may feel

assured that a front passenger air bag

will not deploy based on the fact that

the front passenger air bag

deactivation indicator light illuminates.

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.

Do not sit too close to the driver and

front passenger air bags:

Sitting too close to the driver and front

passenger air bag modules or placing

hands or feet on them is extremely

dangerous. The driver and front

passenger air bags in

fl

ate with great

force and speed. Serious injuries could

occur if someone is too close. The

driver should always hold onto only the

rim of the steering wheel. The front

seat passenger should keep both feet

on the 

fl

oor. Front seat occupants

should adjust their seats as far back as

possible and always sit upright against

the seatbacks with seat belts worn

properly.

Sit in the center of the seat and wear

seat belts properly:

Sitting too close to the side air bag

modules or placing hands on them, or

sleeping up against the door or

hanging out the windows is extremely

dangerous. The side and curtain air

bags in

fl

ate with great force and speed

directly expanding along the door on

the side the car is hit. Serious injury

could occur if someone is sitting too

close to the door or leaning against a

window, or if rear seat occupants grab

the sides of the front seatbacks. Give

the side and curtain air bags room to

work by sitting in the center of the seat

while the vehicle is moving with seat

belts worn properly.

Do not attach objects on or around

the area where air bags deploy:

Attaching objects to the air bags or

placing something in the area where

the air bags deploy is dangerous. In an

accident, an object could interfere with

air bag in

fl

ation and injure the

occupants. Furthermore, the bag could

be damaged causing gases to release.

Always keep the deployment area of

the air bag modules free of any

obstructions.

For example, you should not do any of

the following as it may interfere with

air bag deployment.

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Do not put a covering on or lean

anything against areas such as the

dashboard and lower portion of the

instrument panel that blocks the

passenger front air bag and knee air

bags.



Do not use seat covers on the front

seats and rear seats equipped with

in-seat side air bags.



Do not hang any backpacks, bags or

pouches that cover the sides of the

seats that block the side air bags.

Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

2-57

Mazda3_8JM2-EA

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