Installing Child-Restraint Systems - Mazda 3 Sedan 2020 Owner's Manual

Essential Safety Equipment
Child Restraint
Installing Child-Restraint
Systems

▼ Installing Child-Restraint Systems

Accident statistics reveal that a child is
safer in the rear seat. The front
passenger's seat is clearly the worst
choice for any child under 12, and
with rear-facing child-restraint systems
it is clearly unsafe due to air bags.
NOTE
Even if your vehicle is equipped with
front passenger occupant classification
sensor (page 2-71), which
automatically deactivates the front
passenger air bag, a rear seat is the
safest place for a child of any age or
size.
Some child-restraint systems now
come with tethers and therefore must
be installed on the seats that take
tethers to be effective. In your Mazda,
tethered child-restraint systems can
only be accommodated in the three
positions on the rear seat.
Some child-restraint systems also
employ specially designed ISOFIX/
LATCH *1 attachments; refer to "Using
ISOFIX Lower Anchor (Mexico)/Using
LATCH Lower Anchor (Except
Mexico)" (page 2-50).
*
1 ISOFIX (Mexico)/LATCH (Except
Mexico)
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WARNING
Tethered Child-Restraint Systems
Work Only on Tether-Equipped Rear
Seats:
Installation of a tether equipped
child-restraint system in the front
passenger's seat defeats the safety
design of the system and will result in
an increased chance of serious injury if
the child-restraint system goes forward
without benefit of being tethered.
Place tether equipped child-restraint
systems where there are tether
anchors.
▼ Anchor Bracket
Anchor brackets for securing
child-restraint systems are equipped in
the vehicle. Locate each anchor
position using the illustration.
To install a child-restraint system,
remove the head restraint. Always
follow the instruction manual
accompanying the child-restraint
system.
Anchor bracket location
Use the indicated anchor bracket
locations when installing a
child-restraint system equipped with a
tether.
(4–Door)
1. For right
2. For center (Except Mexico)
3. For left