Mazda Not a Manual manual Child Restraint

Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Refer to Passenger Seat Weight Sensors on page 2-37.

Seating a child in a child-restraint system on the passenger seat is dangerous under certain conditions:

This vehicle is equipped with both a passenger seat weight sensor and a passenger air bag deactivation indicator light (page 2-37). Even with the passenger seat weight sensors, seating a child in a child-restraint system on the passenger seat under the following conditions increases the danger of the passenger air bag deploying and could result in serious injury or death to the child.

ØThe passenger air bag deactivation indicator light does not illuminate when seating a child in the child-restraint system.

ØLuggage or other items are placed on the seat with the child in the child-restraint system.

ØThe seat is washed.

ØLiquids are spilled on the seat.

ØThe passenger seat is moved backward, and it is pushed into luggage or other items placed behind it.

ØLuggage or other items are placed between the passenger seat and center console.

ØAny accessories, which might increase the total seated weight on the passenger seat, are attached to the passenger seat.

Before installing child-restraint system on the passenger seat, move the passenger seat as far back as possible:

In a collision, the force of a deploying air bag could cause serious injury or death to the child.

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