2. Essential Safety Equipment- Page 13

Black plate (13,1)

2

Essential Safety Equipment

Use of safety equipment, including seats, seat belt system, child-restraint
systems and SRS air bags.

Seats ............................................................................................... 2-2

Front Seats ................................................................................ 2-2
Second-Row Seats .................................................................... 2-6
Third-Row Seat ....................................................................... 2-10
Head Restraints ....................................................................... 2-12

Seat Belt Systems ........................................................................ 2-14

Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-14
Seat Belt .................................................................................. 2-18
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-20
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-22
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-24

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-26

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-26
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-30
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-36

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-39

Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions ............... 2-39
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-43
How the Air Bags Work .......................................................... 2-46

2-1

Mazda5_8X53-EA-07I_Edition3 Page13
Thursday, March 20 2008 4:10 PM

Form No.8X53-EA-07I