ECU MAZDA MODEL PROTÉGÉ 2001 Owners Manual (in English)

Essential Safety Equipment
Front Seats
I Seat Slide
To move a seat forward or backward.
raise the lever and slide the seat to the
desired position.
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Secuin! seats:
Adjustable seats a d seatbacks that
are not securetr tatched arc
dangero s.In a s dde stot or
couhion, the seat or seatbackcould
now,caasing i jut!. Make sure the
odjustable conpon.nts of the seat
are lo.ked in place br attenpting to
sline the seatforward and backwa
and rocking the seatb.ck.
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Driv e r's S e at Ad i ustme nt:
Adjusting the bit'er seat v,hile the
whicle is mo'ing is dangenus.The
divet couA bse contrct oJ the
whick and have an occident. Adj|st
the dtuet's seat onlr whenthe

Eslential Safety Equipment
Rear Seat
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Sta.kingCaryo:
Sta.king luggage ot other cargo
higherthatt the seatbacks ol puttine
things on the real package trat is
dansercus. Durins sunden brukins
ot aco ision,objectt can becone
projectiles thrt nar hit and injurc
passengers. Don't stack things
higher tha the seatbdcks or put
things on the rcar package trat.
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Securing Seats:
Adjustable seats a d seatbacks thal
arc not securcb latched arc
dangerou,'.In a sudden stop or
collision,the sedt or seatback coukl
now, causins injury Make surc the
alljustable tonponen* of the seat
are lo&ed in place bJ attenpting to
sude the seatfotwa and backword
and rccking the seatback.I Split-Folding Rear Sealback
To provide nore space in the lrunk:
l. Unfasten lhe Iap porlion ofihe
rear center seat belt (page 2 16).
2. Pull the lock release up and fold the
seatback forward.

Essential Safety Equipment
To relum the seatbacks !o their original
1 . Lift the seatback and pusb it firmly
2. Fasten ihe lap portion of the
rear center sear beit (page 2,16).
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Don't let the rear-center seat t€lt
tongues or buckles g€l caught
between th€ seatback and the rear
package tray.
ACAUTION
Don'r ler the seat belt orbuckle get
caughibetween the seat botlom and
seatback when tblding the seat. The
seatbelt and buckle could be
oamageo.
NOTE
W})en you return ihe seatbacks io
their original position:
. Make sure the seatbacks are
securely latched by rocking the
. Make sure lhe rear seat belts can be
pulled out of the retmctors. If a belt
is iocked, firmly pull and release it.
then slowly pull it out again.
NOTE
. Unlock the sealback before you
fold it forward (page 2-8).
. Wben folding the rear,right
sealback, the rear center seat belt
doesnl have to be unfasiened.
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Essential Safety Equipment
I Rear S€atback Inck
To lock orunlock a seatback, move ihe
NOTE
The seatback locks are part of the
lrunk security systen (page 3- I ,1).
Seat Belt System
Sealbelts help to decrease the possibility
of severe injury during accidents and
sLrdden stops. Mazda recommends ihat
lhe driver and all passengers always wear
All of the seat belt retractors are designed
to keep rhe lap/shoulder belts out oi the
way when not n use.
The driver's seatbelthas no provisions
fo! child-restraint syslems and has only
an emergency locking mode. The driler
nay wear ir comfortably, and iiwill lock
during a collision.
However, the front passenger seat and
rear lap/shoulder belt retractors oper4te in
two modes, energency locking mode and
for child'resrainr systens, automatic
Emergency locking mode
lf the belt has fully rerracled, il will
always be in ihe emergency locking
mode until you move it into automatic
locking node by pulling the belt all the
way oul io its full leng$.In the
emergency locking mode, the bell
remains comfortable on the occupant and
the retractorwill lock in position during a
If the belt feels tight and hinders
comforoble movement while rhe vehicle
is slopped or in motion. you may be in
the aubmatic locking mode because you
have pulled the belt too far out. To reiurn
to the more comfonable emergency
locking mode, wait until you can stop the
vehicle in a safe area, retract the belt
fully to convert it back to emergency
locking mode and then again extend it
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Essential Safety Equipment
To fasten the lap bet portion:
Grasp tongue (A) and jnsen it into the
anchor buckle (B) unlil you hear aclick.
It is now secure for passengeruse.
NOTE
After retuming lhe rear-left seatback
10 i1s upright position. fasten the lap
portion of the belt.
Depress the button on the buckle.
To unfasten the lap portion:
Insen a small object in the anchor buckle(B) slot. such as a key.
NOTE
Always unfasten the lap portion of the
beli before folding the rearleft
seatback. kaving the lap portion of
the belt fastened could cause damage
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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.
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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 Equipnent
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Fo ow the Manufacturcr\
Instructions and Alwa\s Keep the
C hid-Restraint Slstem Bucued
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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.
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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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Essential Safety Equipment
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.

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 $e seatas far back as possible.
2. Secure the child reshaint system wih the
lap poiion of lhe lapshoulder beli. Seethe insmctions on the chlld restrainr
system for bell routing instructions.NOTE
Follow the child resmint sysemmanulacnnef s instuctions carefu lly.Depending on lhe type of child-restraintsystem. 11 may not employ seat belrswhich arc in automatic lftking mode.
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Attachins T||o Chiu-Restmi t
Slstens to the Sane LATCH Lower
An.hor:
Attaching tt'o child-restraint slstemt
to the sane LATCH lover anchor is
dangerous. In a.olision, one
an.hor na! not be strong enough to
hold two child-nst,aint slsten
attachnents an.I na! break, causing
serious Wury or death.Ifrou use
the seat position for another
child-restraint s$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