Installing Child-Restraint Systems - Mazda 626 Owner's Manual

! WARNING
Rear-Facing Child-Restraint
System:
Rear-facing child-restraint
systems on the front seat are
particularly dangerous. The
child-restraint system can be hit
by a deploying air bag and moved
violently backward resulting in
serious injury or death to the
child. Never use a rear-facing
child-restraint system in the front
seat with an air bag that could
deploy.
Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
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I Installing Child-Restraint
Systems
Accident statistics reveal that a child is
safer in the rear seat. The front
passenger's seat is clearly the worst
choice for any child under 12, and
with rear-facing child-restraint systems
it is clearly unsafe due to air bags.
Some child-restraint systems now
come with tethers and therefore must
be installed on the seats that take
tethers to be effective. In your Mazda,
tethered child-restraint systems can
only be accommodated in the three
positions on the rear seat.
Essential Safety Equipment
! WARNING
Tethered Child-Restraint Systems
Work Only on Rear Seat:
Installation of a tether equipped
child-restraint system in the front
passenger's seat defeats the safety
design of the system and will
result in an increased chance of
serious injury if the seat goes
forward without benefit of being
tethered. Place tether equipped
child-restraint systems where
there are tether anchors.
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