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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Form No. 8S06-EA-03H

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Front Passenger’s Seat Child-
Restraint System Installation

1. Make sure the front passenger air bag 

deactivation indicator light illuminates 
after installing a child-restraint system 
on the front passenger seat.

Seating a Child in a Child-Restraint 
System on the Front Passenger Seat 
With the Front Passenger Air Bag 
Deactivation Indicator Light Not 
Illuminated:
Seating a child in a child-restraint 
system installed on the front 
passenger seat with the front 
passenger air bag deactivation 
indicator light not illuminated is 
dangerous. If the front passenger air 
bag deactivation indicator light does 
not illuminate even when the total 
seated weight is less than 
approximately 30 kg (66 lb), this 
means that the front passenger front 
and side air bags, and seat belt 
pretensioner are ready for 
deployment. If an accident were to 
deploy an air bag, a child sitting in 
the front passenger seat could be 
seriously injured or killed. If the front 
passenger air bag deactivation 
indicator light does illuminate after 
installing a child-restraint system on 
the front passenger seat, install the 
child-restraint system on the rear seat 
and consult an Authorized Mazda 
Dealer as soon as possible. While it is 
always better to install any child-
restraint system on the rear seat, it is 
essential to do so if the front 
passenger air bag deactivation 
indicator light does not illuminate. 
For further details, refer to "Front 
passenger seat weight sensors (page 
2-63).

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