Mazda MX-5 2024 Owner's Manual page 61

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
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.
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.
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Equipment to Protect Occupants/Pedestrians
Child-restraint Systems
Passenger's Seat Child-Restraint
System Installation (Except Mexico)
1. Make sure the ignition is switched
off.
2. Slide the seat as far back as
possible.
3. Place the child-restraint system on
the seat without putting your
weight on the seat and secure the
child-restraint system with the lap
portion of the lap/shoulder belt.
See the manufacturer's instructions
on the child-restraint system for
belt routing instructions.
4. To get the retractor into the
automatic locking mode, pull the
shoulder belt portion of the seat
belt until the entire length of the
belt is out of the retractor.
5. Push the child-restraint system
firmly into the vehicle seat. Be sure
the belt retracts as snugly as
possible. A clicking noise from the
retractor will be heard during
retraction if the system is in
automatic locking mode. If the belt
does not lock the seat down tight,
repeat the previous step and also
this one.
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