Mazda 3 2020 Owner's 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 2-39).
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. 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.
▼ 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 2-39).