10. Before placing the child in the seat, forcibly move the seat forward
and back to make sure the seat is securely held in place. To check
this, grab the seat at the belt path and attempt to move it side to
side and forward and back. There should be no more than one inch
(2.5 cm) of movement for proper installation.
11. Mazda recommends checking with a NHTSA Certified Child
Passenger Safety Technician (CPST) to make certain the child
restraint is properly installed.
Attaching child safety seats with LATCH
(Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) attachments
The LATCH system is composed of three vehicle anchor points: two (2)
lower anchors located where the vehicle seat back and seat cushion meet
(called the “seat bight”) and one (1) top tether anchor located behind
that seating position.
LATCH compatible child safety seats have two rigid or webbing mounted
attachments that connect to the two lower anchors at the LATCH
equipped seating positions in your vehicle. This type of attachment
method eliminates the need to use seat belts to attach the child seat,
however the seat belt can still be used to attach the child seat. For
forward-facing child seats, the top tether strap must also be attached to
the proper top tether anchor, if a top tether strap has been provided
with your child seat. Mazda Motor Corporation recommends the use of a
child safety seat having a top tether strap. See
Attaching child safety
seats with tether straps
and
Recommendations for attaching safety
restraints for children
in this chapter for more information.
Your vehicle has LATCH lower anchors for child seat installation at the
seating positions marked with the child seat symbol.
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