MAZDA MODEL PROTÉGÉ 2001 (in English) Owner's Guide

Essentiai Safet! Equipmenr
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Usin! an Extender Thtit ir Too Lone:
Using an efiender that is too lotg isdangercus. The seat belt will notfitproperl). In an accident, the seat ber
wi not protiide adequate protection
aul lou could be seiousl! injured.
Don't use the ertendet or choose o e
shorter in length if the distutnce
betwee the extender's bucklc a d
the cente. of the user's bodJ is kss
I Pregnsnt Women and Persons with
Serious Medical Condltions
Pregnan!wonen should wear seat belts.Ask your doctor foi specific
recommendations. The lap belt should be
worn SNUGLY AND AS LOw AS
POSSIBLE OVER TI{E HIPS.
Persons with serious medical conditions
also should wear seatbelts. Check wiih
your doctor for any special instnrctions
regarding sp€cific medical condjtions.
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Ess€niial Safety Equipment
NOTE
Your Mazda is equipped with LATCH
lower anchors for allachment of
specially designed LATCH
child-restraint systens in $e outboard
rear seats. Anachment of LATCH
child restralnt sysiems should all fil
the oulboard positions. A child
restrainl system with LAICH
anachments cannor be installed in the
rear center positionunless the seat
belts are used instead. When using
these anchors to secure a
child-resiraini syslem, refer to
"LATCH Child-Restraint Systens"(paze 2-21).
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Holding a Chia white the Vehicte it
Moing:
Hodins a chiu in rour atms vhile
tha whicle is noins is ext.enelr
dangercus. No nutter ho$, strong the
person nut be,he or she cannot hou
onto a chiU i asudden stop or
tolision and it coud res ltin
seious injury or death to the child or
other o.cupants. Ewn in a moalerate
accident, the child mar be exposed to
ab bas Iorces that couA nsult in
serious injury or daath to the child,
or the chiu nat be slanned into the
adult, injuing the adult. Altrolt
secuft a chid in a ptupe.
c hild-re straint s r ste n.
Child Restraint
I Child Restraint Precautions
Statistics confirm that the rear seai is the
best place for all children up io 12 years
of age-tbe more so with a supplenental
restraint system (air bagt.
A wamrnrc
One BeIt- One Passenger:
Using o e seat belt|br more than
o e person ata tine is dangercus. A
seat belt used i,t this Ha! can't
spread the impactforces ploperry
onil the twopassengers couu be
crushed together attd seriouslr
injured ot even ki ed. Neret use one
beltlor nore than one person at a
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Essential Safety Equipm€nt
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P I opcdize lf eltild.R e s t ruht
SJst rr..
For eJfective prctection in r.hicle
accidents and s dden stops, a child
nust be prcperlr rcsbained using a
seat belt or chiA-restraint s}ste,l
dependins o ase and ske. If not,
the chid coud be seriouslr injured
or eren killed in an accident.
Ac.lurroN
A seat bel!or child-restralnt sys|em
can become very hot in a closed
vehicle during warm weafter. To
avoid burning yourselfor a child,
check them before you oryourchild
V Small children
You are required by law to use a
child'restr3int system for childrcn in the
U-S. and Canada. Small children,
generally those who are four years old or
)ounger and who weigh under l8 kg (4O
1b). riding in your vehicle. rnus! beprotected by child-restraint systems made
especially forchildrcn. Check your local
and state or provincial laws for specific
requirenents regarding $e safety of
children riding in tour vehicle.
V Older children
A child who has outgrcwn child-restraint
systems should sit in the rear and use seat
belts, both lap and shoulder.Ifthe
shoulder belt crosses the neck orface.
move lhe child closer to the center ofrhe
vehicle in the outboard seats. and rowards
the buckle on the right if rhe child is
seated in the cenier sea!.
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Essential Safety Equipnent
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Fo ow the Manufacturcr\
Instructions and Alwa\s Keep the
C hid-Restraint Slstem Bucued
Dp!4!
An unsecured chiA-rcstraint srsten
is dangerous.In a sadden stopora
co ision it could now caasing
sefious injury ordeathtothe chiu or
Make sure the child-.estraint sJsten
is proryrb secured in pLace
according to the chiuaestni t
srstem ma ufacturer's instructions.
When not in use, nmore itlrom the
whicle o4.tun it with a seat belt, or
bt.h i! dogn to BOTH LATC H
I Child-Restraint Syst€ms
Wlatever child resrrarnr system you
consider. please pick fte appropriat€ one
for the age and size ofthe child, obey
state law and follow the inslructions tha!
come with the individual child-rcstraint
A rear facing child-restraint sysl,em
should NEVER be used in the front seat
because ii would be too close to the air
bag. The front passenger's seat is also the
least prefened seat fbr other
child-restraint systems.
A wenlgr.r'rc
Reaft F ac ing C hild- Re etuint S! ste n :
Rearfacins child-lestnint srst ns
on the tont seat are partic ul4rlr
dan ge rcu t. The c hiuae straint
srstem can be hit br a deploring air
bag and moved iole tlr ba.krard
rcsulting in seious injury or death to
the chid. NEVER use a rcarfacins
chiu-restruint srsten in thefrcnt
seat $,ith an air bag that coLA
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Ess€ntial Safety Equipment
I Installing Child-Restraint Slstems
Accident statistics reveal that achild is
safer in the rear sea1. The front
passengeas seat is cl$fly rhe worst
choice for any child under 12, and with
rearfacing child-restraint systems il is
clearly unsafe due to airbags.
Some child-restraint systems now come
with tethers and therefore must be
instdled on lhe seais thai take tethers to
be effective. In your Mazda. tethered
child-restraint systems can only be
accommodated in tbe three positions on
Sorne child-restraint systems also emplo]
specially designed LAfCH attachmenls;
refer to "LATCH Child-Restraint
Stslems" (page 2 27).
Awtnu^tc
Tethercd C hia-Resttuint S$tems
wo* Onb on Rear Seat:
Insto ation of a tether equipped
chiu-rcstraint ststem in the fuo t
Ntsenger seat delbats the safetr
des;gn ofthe srsten and wi result
in an incleased chonce ofseious
inju.r if the chiaaestruint srsten
soes foNad without benefit of
being tethercd. Place tether equipped
.hild-restruint slstens wherc therc
Awenumc
Seating Positiotr t!,ith S le Ab Bag:
A owing anrone to lean orer or
against the front door is dangercus.
If the yehicle b equrrped h,ith side
air boes, the inpact of an infuting
side ab bag could cause serious
Wury or death to the percon.
Chiuren arc norc likelr to sleepin
the vehicle; when ther do,ther aR
nofe at sk in the ffont passenge.'s
seat that has a side air bag because
the! nu! slump owr i,tto th. poth oI
the seatba.k-nounted air bag. If a
chiucan't be seated in the rear, do
not a oh, the chid to lean ovat or
agdinst the front door, eve if the
chid is seated in a chiA-ftstraint
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3. Inspect this function before each use
of lhe child-restraint system. You
should notbe able to pull the sboulder
beh outofthe relracior while the
system is in rhe auromatic locking
mod€. When you remove tbe
child restraint system. be sure the belt
fully retracts lo retum the system to
emergency locking mode before
occupants use ihe seal belts,
V Rear seat child-r€straint system
installation (Lap'/shoulder belt)
Follow lhese instructions when using a
child restraint syslem, unless you are
auaching a LATCH equipp€d
child-restrain! system to the rear LATCH
lower anchors. Refer to "LATCH
Child-Restraint Systems" (page 2-27).
l. Secure the child-restraint sysien with
the lap podon of the I adsboulder belt.
See fte instructions on the
child restraint system for beli routing
2- To gel ihe retraclor inlo the automatic
locking mode. pull the shoulderbell
porrion of the seat belt until the entire
length of the belt is out of ihe
retractor Push the child restraini
system firmly into $e vehicle seat. Be
sure lhe belt retracts as snugly as
possible. Clicking from the retracior
will be heard during retra.iion ifthe
slslem is in the aulomatic locking
mode. If the belt does noi lock the seat
down tight. repeat th's step.
NOTE
Follow the child resiraini syslem
manufacturer's instructions caref ully.
lf you are not sure whetber you hav-- a
LATCH system or tether, check in the
child-restraint system manufacturer's
instructions and fbliow them
accordingly. Depending on the type of
child resiraint system. itmay not
employ seat belts which are in
automaric locking mode.

Essential Safety Equipment
For earngbl sal ror rear len $d
4. Ifyour child restrainisysiem requiresthe use ofa |elher strap, hook thel,ether strap by following thenranulacturer's inslructions.
V If you must use th€ FRONT SEAT
for children
Ifyou cannot put ali children in the rear
seal. al least put lhe smallest in the rear
sea! and be sure the largest child up fronr
uses lhe shoulderbelt over rhe shoulder
Do not put reaFfacing cbjld,resrrainr
systems on the fronr passenger's seat.
This seat is also not set up for tetber€d
cbild-restraint sysrems. put them in oneof the tbree rear seat posirions set up wiih
Don't allow anyone 10 sleep against the
right front door if you have an optional
side airbag. itcould cause serious
injuries to an out ofposition occupant.
As children more often sleep in cars, it isbetler to put them in the rear seai_ If
ins(alling tbe child-restraint system on
the front seat is unavoidable, follow rhesenstruclions when using a front-facing
child reslraint system in the front
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Essential Safety Equipment
AwtnNuvc
Re ar- F acing C hild-Re sttuint S! ste n :
Rearfacing child-restraint srstens
o the lront seat are particula j
dange rcu s. T he c hild-re straint
srstem can be hit b! a deploring air
bag and nowd violentlr backwa
resulting in senous i jury or death to
the chid. Newt use a rear-locing
child-rcstraint trsten in the frcntseat eilh anair bae thatcould
To check ifyour Mazda front seats have
side air bags'every Mazda side air bag
will have a"SRS Air Bag" label on the
ou$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
A wanlunvc
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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Eslential Safe!] Equipment
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 $e seatas far back as possible.
2. Secure the child reshaint system wih the
lap poiion of lhe lapshoulder beli. Seethe insmctions on the chlld restrainr
system for bell routing instructions.NOTE
Follow the child resmint sysemmanulacnnef s instuctions carefu lly.Depending on lhe type of child-restraintsystem. 11 may not employ seat belrswhich arc in automatic lftking mode.
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Ess€ntial Safety Equipment
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Attachins T||o Chiu-Restmi t
Slstens to the Sane LATCH Lower
An.hor:
Attaching tt'o child-restraint slstemt
to the sane LATCH lover anchor is
dangerous. In a.olision, one
an.hor na! not be strong enough to
hold two child-nst,aint slsten
attachnents an.I na! break, causing
serious Wury or death.Ifrou use
the seat position for another
child-restraint s$ten when ot
outboard LATCH position is
occupie.l, use the cente. reat belts
instead, and the tether iftether
Awz^nxmc
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