Mazda CX-5 Manual page 56

Essential Safety Equipment
Child Restraint
▼ Baby Seat Installation Position
A baby seat is used in the rear-facing
position only.
Refer to the table, "Child-Restraint System
Suitability for Various Seat Positions" for
baby seat installation position (page
2-41).
WARNING
Always install a baby seat in the correct
seat position:
Installing a baby seat without first
consulting the table "Child-Restraint
System Suitability for Various Seat
Positions" is dangerous. A baby seat
installed on the wrong seat position cannot
be properly secured. In a collision, the child
could hit something or someone in the
vehicle and be seriously injured or even
killed.
Never use a rear-facing child-restraint
system on the front passenger seat
protected by an air bag:
NEVER use a rearward facing child restraint
on a seat protected by an ACTIVE AIRBAG in
front of it, DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY to the
CHILD can occur.
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The child-restraint system can be hit by the
deploying air bag and knocked out of
position. A child in the child-restraint
system could be seriously injured or killed.
▼ Child Seat Installation Position
A child seat is used in front-facing and
rear-facing positions depending on the age
and size of the child. When installing,
follow the manufacturer's instructions in
accordance with the appropriate age and
size of the child as well as the directions
for installing the child-restraint system.
Refer to the table, "Child-Restraint System
Suitability for Various Seat Positions" for
child seat installation position (page
2-41).
Rear-facing type
WARNING
Always install a rear-facing child seat in the
correct seat position:
Installing a rear-facing child seat without
first consulting the table "Child-Restraint
System Suitability for Various Seat
Positions" is dangerous. A rear-facing child
seat installed on the wrong seat position
cannot be properly secured. In a collision,
the child could hit something or someone
in the vehicle and be seriously injured or
even killed.