2001 MAZDA MODEL 626 airbag

Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
Essential Safety Equipment2-30
WARNING
!
Seating Position with Side AirBag:Allowing a child to lean over or
against the front door is
dangerous. If the vehicle is
equipped with side air bags, the
impact of an inflating side air bag
could cause serious injury or
death to the child. Children are
more likely to sleep in the vehicle,
when they do, they are more at
risk in the front passenger’s seat
that has an optional side air bag
because they may slump over into
the path of the seatback-mounted
air bag. If a child can’ t be seated
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in the rear seat, do not allow the
child to lean over or against the
front door, even if the child is
seated in a child-restraint system.
J76TCS04 Rear seat child-restraint system
installation (Lap/shoulder belt)
Follow these instructions when using a
child-restraint system.
1. Secure the child-restraint system with the lap portion of the

Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
Essential Safety Equipment
2-33
WARNING
!
Front Passenger’s Seat Position:As your vehicle has front air bags
and doubly so if your vehicle has
optional side air bags, a
front-facing child-restraint system
should be put on the front seat
only when it is unavoidable.
Always move the seat as far back
as possible, because the force of a
deploying air bag could cause
serious injury or death to the
child.

020-21AE
WARNING
!
Rear-Facing Child-RestraintSystem:Rear-facing child-restraint
systems on the front seat are
paticularly 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.
WARNING
!
Seating Position with Side AirBag:Allowing a child to lean over or
against the front door is
dangerous. If the vehicle is
equipped with side air bags, the
impact of an inflating side air bag
could cause serious injury or
death to the child. Children are
more likely to sleep in the vehicle,
when they do, they are more at
risk in the front passenger ’s seat
that has an optional side air bag
because they may slump over into
the path of the seatback-mounted
air bag. If a child can’ t be seated
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Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
Essential Safety Equipment2-40
WARNING
!
Seating Position with Front AirBags:Sitting too close to the air bag
storage compartments or placing
hands or feet on them is
extremely dangerous. Front air
bags inflate with great force and
speed.
Serious injuries could occur if
someone is too close. The driver
should always hold onto only the
rim of the steering wheel. The
front seat passenger should keep
both feet on the floor. Front seat
occupants should adjust their
seats as far back as possible and(Continued)
always sit upright against the
seatbacks with seat belts worn
properly.
WARNING
!
Seating Position with Side AirBagsSitting too close to the side air bag
storage compartments or placing
hands on them is extremely
dangerous. A side air bag inflates
with great force and speed directly
out of the outboard shoulder of
the front seat and expands along
the front door on the side the car
is hit.
Serious injury could occur if
someone is sitting too close to the
door or leaning against a window
in the front seats or if rear seat
occupants grab the sides of the(Continued)