Riding With Children - Mazda 2 HYBRID Owner's Manual

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1-2. Child safety
WARNING
When installing a child restraint
system
For safety reasons, always install a
child restraint system in a rear seat. In
the event that the rear seat cannot be
used, the front seat can be used as
long as the airbag manual on-off sys-
tem is set to "OFF".
If the airbag manual on-off system is
left on, the strong impact of the airbag
deployment (inflation) may cause
serious injury or even death.
When a child restraint system is
not installed on the front passen-
ger seat
Ensure that the airbag manual on-off
system is set to "ON".
If it is left off, the airbag may not
deploy in the event of an accident,
which may result in serious injury or
even death.

Riding with children

Observe the following precau-
tions when children are in the
vehicle.
Use a child restraint system
appropriate for the child, until
the child becomes large
enough to properly wear the
vehicle's seat belt.
It is recommended that chil-
dren sit in the rear seats to
avoid accidental contact with
the shift lever, wiper switch,
etc.
Use the rear door child-protec-
tor lock or the window lock
switch to avoid children open-
ing the door while driving or
operating the power window
accidentally. (→P.130, 151)
Do not let small children oper-
ate equipment which may
catch or pinch body parts, such
as the power window, hood,
back door, seats, etc.
WARNING
When children are in the vehicle
Never leave children unattended in
the vehicle, and never allow children
to have or use the key.
Children may be able to start the vehi-
cle or shift the vehicle into neutral.
There is also a danger that children
may injure themselves by playing with
the windows or other features of the
vehicle. In addition, heat build-up or
extremely cold temperatures inside
the vehicle can be fatal to children.