seats MAZDA MODEL 626 2001 Owners Manual

Form No. 8P95-EA-00G
Essential Safety EquipmentPersonal safety and comfort are what make driving your Mazda a pleasurable experience. Section 2 descr\
ibes
essential information for optimal safe drivng including seats, seat belt\
systems and the supplemental restraint
systems.Front Seats 2- 2Rear Seat 2- 9
Seat Belt System 2-14 Child Restraint 2-26
Supplemental Restraint Systems 2-35
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016-1A3E
Front Seats
(Manually Operated)
WARNING
!
Securing the Front Seats:Adjustable seats and seatbacks
that are not securely latched are
dangerous. In a sudden stop or
collision, the seat or seatback
could move, causing injury. Make
sure the adjustable components of
the seat are locked in place.

016-20A1E
J94A2024 Seat Slide

To move each individual front seat
forward or backward, raise the lever
and slide the seat to the desired
position.
WARNING
!
Driver’s Seat Adjustment:Adjusting the driver’s seat while
the vehicle is moving is
dangerous. The driver could lose
control of the vehicle and have an
accident. Adjust the driver’s seat
only when the vehicle is stopped.

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Q016–3G1E
 Head Restraint
WARNING
!
Head Restraints Adjustment:Driving with the head restraints
adjusted too low or removed is
dangerous. With no support
behind your head, your neck
could be seriously injured in a
collision. Always drive with the
head restraints inserted when
seats are being used and make
sure they are properly adjusted.
Stop catch release
J94S2006
Height adjustment
To raise a head restraint, pull it up to
the desired position.
To lower the head restraint, press the
stop-catch release, then push the head
restraint down. Adjust the head restraint so that the
top parallels the top of the passenger’s
ears, never the passenger’s neck.

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016-5BE
Up
Down
J94A2070
 Seat Tilt (Driver’s Seat)
The seat-bottom angle can be adjusted
by rotating the dial. The dial tilts the
seat-bottom upward.

017-1DE
Front Seats
(Electrically Operated)The seat-bottom tilt, seat height and
seat slide can be electrically adjusted.
Move them to the desired positions by
using the switch on the seat’ s lower
side.


017-8A1E
CAUTION
!
•The seat-bottom power adjust is
operated by a motor. Avoid
extended operation because
excessive use can damage the
motor.
• To prevent the battery from
running down, avoid using the
power adjust when the engine is
stopped. The adjuster uses a
great amount of electric power.

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Essential Safety Equipment2-8Make sure the lever returned to its
original position and the seatback is
locked in place by attempting to push
it forward and backward.

016-15BE
WARNING
!
Reclining:Sitting in a reclined position while
the vehicle is moving is dangerous
because you don’ t get the full
protection from seat belts. During
sudden braking or a collision, you
can slide under the lap belt and
suffer serious internal injuries.
For maximum protection, sit well
back and upright.
CAUTION
!
When returning a rear-reclined
seatback to its upright position,
make sure you support the
seatback while operating the
seatback lever. If the seatback is
not supported, it will flip forward
suddenly and could cause injury.

016–3G1E
 Head Restraint
WARNING
!
Head Restraints Adjustment:Driving with the head restraints
adjusted too low or removed is
dangerous. With no support
behind your head, your neck
could be seriously injured in a
collision. Always drive with the
head restraints inserted when
seats are being used and make
sure they are properly adjusted.

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*Some models.
Essential Safety Equipment2-10
WARNING
!
Securing Seat:Adjustable seats and seatbacks
that are not securely latched are
dangerous. In a sudden stop or
collision, the seat or seatback
could move, causing injury. Make
sure the adjustable components of
the seat are locked in place.

019-36AE
J94S2001 Armrest*
The armrest can be used or placed
upright.


Q019-3E1E
J94S2002Split-Folding Rear Seat
To provide more space in the trunk:
1. Unfasten the lap portion of the rear-center seat belt (page 2-22).

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WARNING
!
Rear-Facing Child-RestraintSystem: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.

020-16K1E
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.
WARNING
!
Tethered Child-Restraint SystemsWork 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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Tether
strap
Anchor
bracket
 If you must use the front seat for
children
If you cannot put all children in the
rear seat, at least put the smallest in
the rear seat and be sure the largest
child up front uses the shoulder belt
over the shoulder. Do not put
rear-facing child-restraint systems on
the front passenger ’s seat. This seat is
also not set up for tethered
child-restraint systems, put them in
one of the three rear seat positions set
up with tether anchors. Don’ t allow
anyone to sleep against the right front
door if you have an optional side air
bag, it could cause serious injuries to
an out of position occupant. As
children more often sleep in cars, it is better to put them in the rear seat. If
installing the child-restraint system on
the front seat is unavoidable, follow
these instructions when using a
front-facing child-restraint system in
the front passenger
’s seat. To check if
your Mazda front seats have side air
bags-every Mazda side air bag will
have a “SRS-Air Bag” label on the
outboard shoulder of the front seats.

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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)

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Essential Safety Equipment2-42provide the special care needed in
the removal and installation of
front seats. It is important to
protect the side air bag wiring and
connections to assure that the
bags do not accidently deploy and
that the seats retain an
undamaged air bag connection.

021-12B1E
WARNING
!
Installation of Front-EndEquipment:Installation of front-end
equipment, such as a frontal
protection bar (kangaroo bar, bull
bar, push bar, etc.), snowplow, or
winches, is dangerous. The air
bag crash sensor system could be
affected. This could cause air
bags to inflate unexpectedly, or it
could prevent the air bags from
inflating during an accident.
Front occupants could be
seriously injured. Never install
any front-end equipment to your
vehicle.

021–9AE
WARNING
!
Front Air Bag Storage Areas:Attaching an object to a front air
bag storage area or placing
something in front of it is
dangerous. In an accident, the
object could interfere with front
air bag inflation and injure the
occupants.
Always keep the front air bag
storage areas free of objects.