2006 Mazda MAZDA6 Owner's Manual - Page 26

Mazda6_8U66-EA-05F_Edition2 Page26 Tuesday, July 26 2005 11:23 AM Black plate (26,1) Essential Safety Equipment Seats qEasy Fold Down Rear Seatbacks and Forward Slide Seat Bottom for Added Luggage Space (5Door/Sport Wagon) The seatback can be folded down and the seat bottom slid forward to provide a flat surface extending from the back of the front seats to the rear of the vehicle for extra luggage space. WARNING Folding Seatbacks with Remote Handle Levers: Not checking the rear seat area for persons before folding the seatbacks with the remote handle levers is dangerous. The rear seat area is difficult to see from the rear of the vehicle. Operating the remote handle levers without checking could cause injury to a person when a seatback suddenly flips forward. Make sure there is nobody in the rear seat area before operating the remote handle levers. When using the remote handle levers: CAUTION To fold down the rear seatbacks and slide forward seat bottoms Be careful of the following when using the remote handle levers: l WARNING Operating the Remote Handle Levers While a Rear-Facing Child-Restraint System is in the Rear Seat: Operating the remote handle levers while a rear-facing child-restraint system is in the rear seat is dangerous. It could cause injury to a child seated in the child-restraint system when the seatback suddenly flips forward. Always remove the child-restraint system from the rear seat before operating the remote handle levers for the rear seat. l On a downward slope, the seatback could flip forward faster than on a flat area. On an upward slope, the seatback may not fold down. When the seatbacks cannot be folded down with levers, pull the rear seatback forward from inside the vehicle. 1. Unfasten the lap portion of the centerrear seat belt (page 2-23). 2-12 Form No.8U66-EA-05F