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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Installing Child-Restraint 

Systems

The passenger lap/shoulder belt can easily 

be converted into the automatic locking 

mode, which must be done to hold the 

child-restraint system.

NOTE

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  To check if your seats have side air 

bags:

  Mazda vehicles equipped with side 

air bag will have an embossed "SRS 

AIRBAG" marking on the outboard 

shoulder of the seats.

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  Follow the child-restraint system 

manufacturer's instructions carefully. 

Depending on the type of child-restraint 

system, it may not employ seat belts 

which are in automatic locking mode, 

however if it uses an upper tether, it 

may not be mounted properly in this 

vehicle as there is no safe way to anchor 

the tether. Confirm whether the child-

restraint system can be used with seat 

belts by reading the child-restraint 

system manufacturer's instructions.

WARNING

Do not allow a child or anyone to lean 

over or against the side window of a 

vehicle with side air bags:

It is dangerous to allow anyone to 

lean over or against the side window, 

the area of the passenger seat from 

which the side air bags deploy, even 

if a child-restraint system is used. The 

impact of inflation from a side air bag 

could cause serious injury or death to 

an out of position child. Furthermore, 

leaning over or against the door could 

block the side air bags and eliminate 

the advantages of supplemental 

protection. Because the side air bag 

deploys from the outboard shoulder of 

the seat, do not allow the child to lean 

over or against the side window, even 

if the child is seated in a child-restraint 

system.

CAUTION

When moving the seats forward and 

rearward, make sure you hold onto 

the seatback with your hand while 

operating. If the seatback is not held, 

the seat will move suddenly and could 

cause injury.

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