2001 MAZDA MODEL PROTÉGÉ child restraint

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4. Ifyour child restrainisysiem requiresthe use ofa |elher strap, hook thel,ether strap by following thenranulacturer's inslructions.
V If you must use th€ FRONT SEAT
for children
Ifyou cannot put ali children in the rear
seal. al least put lhe smallest in the rear
sea! and be sure the largest child up fronr
uses lhe shoulderbelt over rhe shoulder
Do not put reaFfacing cbjld,resrrainr
systems on the fronr passenger's seat.
This seat is also not set up for tetber€d
cbild-restraint sysrems. put them in oneof the tbree rear seat posirions set up wiih
Don't allow anyone 10 sleep against the
right front door if you have an optional
side airbag. itcould cause serious
injuries to an out ofposition occupant.
As children more often sleep in cars, it isbetler to put them in the rear seai_ If
ins(alling tbe child-restraint system on
the front seat is unavoidable, follow rhesenstruclions when using a front-facing
child reslraint system in the front
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Re ar- F acing C hild-Re sttuint S! ste n :
Rearfacing child-restraint srstens
o the lront seat are particula j
dange rcu s. T he c hild-re straint
srstem can be hit b! a deploring air
bag and nowd violentlr backwa
resulting in senous i jury or death to
the chid. Newt use a rear-locing
child-rcstraint trsten in the frcntseat eilh anair bae thatcould
To check ifyour Mazda front seats have
side air bags'every Mazda side air bag
will have a"SRS Air Bag" label on the
ou$oard shoulder of the liont seats.
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Seatins Position vith Side Air Bag:
A oeing anrone to lean orq o.
aeainst the front door is dangercus.
If the t'ehi.le b equipped with side
air bags, the impact of an i,tlating
side ab bag couu cause senous
injury or deoth to the person.
Children are more likelt to sleep in
the t'ehick; h,hen the! do, the! are
more at .isk in the front passenger's
seat thet has a side ab bag because
thej mal slump o't into the path of
the seatback-nounted 4h bae. If a
chu can't be seated in the nar, do
not dlow the chiA b kan over or
against the fmnt door, eren if the
chiu k seated in a .hid-.estraint
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Frcnt Passenger's Seat Posuion:
As tot whicle has front air bags and
doublr so becaue !oa. whi.le has
side ab bass, a frcnt-tacins.hu-restraint slsren shouu be pa on
the front seat onry ,'ehen it is
unavotlable- Ahta]s mow the seat as
Iar ba* as possibla, because the forceof a deploJing oir bag cou.lt cause
serb s injuq or daath to the chiw
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3. To gel the reEaclor into dle automaticlocking mode, pull dre sboulder tEltponion of the seat belt unhl fte entirelength of lbe belt is out of ine retactorPush ille child resfaint system finirlyinto he vehicle seat Be sure the belrrctracts as snugly 3s possible. Clickingfrom dre reu?clor will be heard duringrchction if lhe syslem js in aubmaticlocking rnode. If dre belt does not l(rkdle seat down righ! reFat rhis srep.
4. hspec! ihis lincrion before each use ofdre child restrain! sysrem. You should norbe able to prtl the shoulder b€lt out oflhe reu€clcr while fie system is in iheauircmatic lffking mode. When you
rcmove the ciild restsaint system, besure tlle belt fully rctracrs io letum thesystem trc emelgency locking modebefore ecuparts use the seat belts.
LATCH Child-Restraint
Systems*
Your Mazda is equipped wilh LATCH
lower anchors for attachment ofspecially
designed LATCH clrild restraint systems
in the outboard rear seats. Attachment ofLAICH child-restraint slstems should all
fit the outboard positions. Achild
reslraint system with LAICH
altachments cannot be installed in the
rear cenler position unless the seat behs
Both anchors must be used, otherwise rhe
seatwillbounce around and pur the child
in danger. Some LATCH child,restraint
systems must also be used in conjuncrion
wirh a tether to be effecrive. If they have
a tether you must use it to better assureyour child's safety.
V Front pass€ng€r's seat
child-restraint system installation(Laplshoulder belt)
l. Slide $e seatas far back as possible.
2. Secure the child reshaint system wih the
lap poiion of lhe lapshoulder beli. Seethe insmctions on the chlld restrainr
system for bell routing instructions.NOTE
Follow the child resmint sysemmanulacnnef s instuctions carefu lly.Depending on lhe type of child-restraintsystem. 11 may not employ seat belrswhich arc in automatic lftking mode.
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Attachins T||o Chiu-Restmi t
Slstens to the Sane LATCH Lower
An.hor:
Attaching tt'o child-restraint slstemt
to the sane LATCH lover anchor is
dangerous. In a.olision, one
an.hor na! not be strong enough to
hold two child-nst,aint slsten
attachnents an.I na! break, causing
serious Wury or death.Ifrou use
the seat position for another
child-restraint s$ten when ot
outboard LATCH position is
occupie.l, use the cente. reat belts
instead, and the tether iftether
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M an ufactu.e r's I n s tru.tion s for
Child-Rertnint S!sten:
An unsecured chiu-.est.aint ststem
is dangercus.In a sudden stop ora
collision it coud nove causing
serious injur! ot de.th tothe.hiA or
Make sun the chid-rcstruint srsten
is ptupe t sec red in place
according to the child-rcstnint
s! ste m ma n ufac tu rc r' in t truc tion r.
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a nsecurcd C hid-Resttuint Slsten:
An unsecurc.l child-restrai t sJstem
is dangerous. I a sudden stop or a
co ision it could nove ceusing
serious injury or death to the child or
Fo oi' the chiA-restroint sfstem
nanufacturet's instructions on beU
.outing to secure the seat just as louwoud vith a child in it so that
nobod) ii tempted to put a chiu in
an inprowrb secured seot later on.
When ot ]n use, rcnove it|ronthe
vehicle or fatten it h'ith a seat beh, or
latth it dovn to BOTH LATCH

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LATC H C hi ld- R e s traint S! ste ns :
N ot foltov ing the chiH- rc stnht
sr s te n nan ufac tarer's instructions
when instaling the thid-rertnint
srstem ts dangerous. If seat belts ot a
forcisn object p.erent the chia-
resbai t slstemfron behg secwel!
auached to the LATCH lowet
anchors and the chiLl-restraint
srsten it insta ed inprcpe )', the
chiu-restftint tlstem couA mow in
. sudden stop or.o ition cauiing
seious injury or death to the thid or
When instaling the chiu-restraint
slstem, make sure therc are no seat
betts .rrforcign objects near ot
around the LATCH lower anchors.
Alwars fo0ow the chiu-resttuint
sr stem manufactule r's in struction s.
NOTE
The markings above the LATCH
lower anchors indicate the locations
of LAICH lower anchors for the
attachment of a child resrraint system.
2. Secure the child-restfaint system using
BOTH LATCH lower anchors,
following the child-restraint system
manufacturer's instruction.
I Child-Restraint System lnstallation
Procedure (Using the LATCH
L Expand the area belwe€n rhe seat
bottom and the seatback sligbdy to
verify the iocalions of the LATCH
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3. Ifyour child-restraint system cane
equipped with a tether, tbatprobably
means it is very impotanr to properly
secure the tether for child safety,
please carefully follow the
child-restraint system manuf ac!urer's
instruclions when installing tethers.
Only lhe 3 rear seatpositions on lhis
vehicle are set up for tethers, all
LATCH child-restraint systems are
fully compatible only witlr the two
rear oumoalo sea6.
Supplemental Restraint Systems
I The fmnt and side supplemental
restraint systems include 4 dr bags.
They are located in:
. The steering wheel. The passeng€r side dashboard*. The outbosrd sid€s of th€ fmnt
These systems operale independendy
depending on the lype ofaccideni
ercounteredi botb side air bags are not
likely to deploy ln the same accident
because a vehicle is not often hit from
bolh sides. The front and side air bag
sysiems will not normally deploy during
the sane type of accident unless a
combinalion of frontal and side impacts
In a front end or side impact, the air bag
supplemental restraint systems are
designed to provide only supplemenlal
protection for the driver and front seat
passenger. seat bells must still be wom.
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Air Bags without Seat Bela:
Dependi g onlr on the air bags forp.otettion duing an accident is
dangerous. Alone, air bags ma! not
prcvent seious inider. The
awropnak ab bags can be erye.ted
to in|tate onlr during atontal, sine
or neat-ftontal collision of at least
noderate force. Uehicte occupants
shouA al'vars wear seat beks.
Without seat beli usage. the air bags
cannot provide adequate proteclion
du'ng an accident. Seaibelt usag-. is
. Keep the passenger away from an
inflating air bag.
. Reduce the possibility of injuries
during an accident that is nol designed
fbr air bag inflation. such as roll-over
Reduce the possibility ofinjuries in
fronlal or side collisions that a.re not
severe enough to activate the air bags-
Reduce the possibility ofbeing thrown
Reduce the possibiliry ofinjuries to
lower body and legs during an
accident because the airbags allows
no protecnon to trrese parts.
Hold the driver in a position which
allows better control of the vehicle.
Small children, those under 18 kg (10 lb),
should be protected by a child restraint
systen (page 2-20).
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Child in the Frcnt Seat:
Placing a chiu, 12 rears or under, in
thefn t seat is dangercus.The child
couu be hit br a deploti gairbag
and be seiouslt injurcd or ewn
ki ed. A sleeping chiA is morc likelr
to lean agdinstthe doot and be hit br
the side air bag in a moderate,
right-sine c ollis ion. Whenever
possible,al|'ars secure a ehid 12
rears and under on the /ea. seat with
an apprcpriate chil.l4estruint slstem
for the child's age and size.
Never use a rear-facins
child-restruint sytem on the hontseat with an ab bag that could
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C hild- Re straint S $te n P ositioning :
Rea*faci g child-restraint srstenr
on thefront seat are patticula rdanee rous. T he c hiu-re straint
srsten cM be hit br a deploti g air
bag and noved iolentl| batkvard
rcsuttins in serious injurr or death to
the cdld. Net'er se a rcar-facing
child-nstraint srsten in the ftontseat *ith & air bag that couua System D€scription
The supplemental restraint systems have
two basic subsyst€ms:
. The air bag sysl,em with inflalors and
arr bags.
. The electic system with cmsh sensors
and dlagnostic module.
The air bags are mounted in the
following locations: the center of the
steering wheel, the passenger side ofthe
dashboard. and in tbe outbodrd sides of
ihe fronl seatbacks. They are out of sight