Mazda CX-5 2021 Owner's Manual page 68

Essential Safety Equipment
Child Restraint
WARNING
Use the tether and tether anchor only for a
child-restraint system:
Using the tether or tether anchor to secure
anything but a child-restraint system is
dangerous. This could weaken or damage
the tether or tether anchor and result in
injury.
Always remove the head restraint and
install child-restraint system (except when
installing a backless booster seat):
Installing a child-restraint system without
removing the head restraint is dangerous.
The child-restraint system cannot be
installed correctly which may result in
death or injury to the child in a collision.
Tether strap
Forward
Always attach the tether strap to the
correct tether anchor position:
Attaching the tether strap to the incorrect
tether anchor position is dangerous. In a
collision, the tether strap could come off
and loosen the child-restraint system. If the
child-restraint system moves it could result
in death or injury to the child.
Always install the head restraint and adjust
it to the appropriate position after
removing the child-restraint system:
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Driving with the head restraint removed is
dangerous as impact to the occupant's
head cannot be prevented during
emergency braking or in a collision, which
could result in a serious accident, injury or
death.
Refer to Head Restraints on page 2-20.
Installation on rear center seat
The ISOFIX/LATCH
the center of the rear seat are much further
apart than the sets of ISOFIX/LATCH
lower anchors for child-restraint system
installation at other seating positions.
Child-restraint systems with rigid ISOFIX/
*1
LATCH attachments cannot be installed
on the center seating position. Some
*1
ISOFIX/LATCH equipped
child-restraint systems can be placed in the
center position and will reach the nearest
*1
ISOFIX/LATCH lower anchors which
are 406 mm (16.0 in) apart. ISOFIX/
*1
LATCH compatible child-restraint
systems (with attachments on belt
webbing) can be used at this seating
position only if the child-restraint system
manufacturer's instructions state that the
child-restraint system can be installed to
*1
ISOFIX/LATCH lower anchors that are
406 mm (16.0 in) apart. Do not attach two
child-restraint systems to the same
*1
ISOFIX/LATCH lower anchor. If your
child-restraint system has a tether, it must
also be used for your child's optimum
safety.
The procedure for installation on the rear
outboard seats is the same.
*1
lower anchors at
*1