Mazda 2 2015 Owner's Manual page 51

Essential Safety Equipment
Child Restraint
Rear-facing type
WARNING
Always install a front-facing child seat
in the correct seat position:
Installing a front-facing child seat
without fi rst consulting the table
"Child-Restraint System Suitability for
Various Seat Positions" is dangerous. A
front-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.
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.
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. If your vehicle is
equipped with a front passenger air
bag deactivation switch, always set the
switch to the OFF position if installing
a rear-facing child-restraint system on
the front passenger seat is unavoidable.
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Front-facing type
WARNING
Never install a front-facing child seat
in the wrong seat position:
Installing a front-facing child seat
without fi rst consulting the table
"Child-Restraint System Suitability for
Various Seat Positions" is dangerous. A
front-facing child seat installed in 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.
Do not install a front-facing child-
restraint system on the front passenger
seat unless it is unavoidable:
In a collision, the force of a deploying
air bag could cause serious injury or
death to the child. If installing a front-
facing child-restraint system on the
front passenger seat is unavoidable,
move the front passenger seat as far
back as possible and make sure that the
front passenger air bag deactivation
switch is in the OFF position. Refer to
Front Passenger Air Bag Deactivation
Switch (page 2-46 ).