Mazda CX-5 Owners Manual: Rear Seat

Split Folding

The seatbacks can be folded down to provide more space in the luggage compartment.

WARNING

Tightly secure cargo in the luggage compartment when it is transported with the seatbacks folded down:

Driving without tightly securing cargo and luggage is dangerous as it could move and become an obstruction to driving during emergency braking or a collision resulting in an unexpected accident.

Always remove the child-restraint system from the rear seat before operating the remote handle levers for 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.

Make sure there is nobody in the rear seat area before operating (pulling) the remote handle levers (Vehicles with remote handle):

Not checking the rear seat area for persons before folding the seatbacks with the strap/remote handle levers is dangerous. The rear seat area is difficult to see from the rear of the vehicle. Operating (pulling) the remote handle levers without checking could cause injury to a person when a seatback suddenly flips forward.

CAUTION

● When operating the rear seatback knob, make sure you support the seatback with your hand. If the seatback is not supported with your hand, it will flip forward suddenly and could cause injury to the finger that pushes the rear seatback knob down.

● (Vehicles with remote handle) Before folding the seatbacks down with the remote handle levers, make sure there is no cup in a rear cup holder. Folding the seatbacks with the remote handle levers while a cup is in the cup holder could soil or damage the seat bottom and seatback.

● (Vehicles with remote handle) Be careful of the following when using the remote handle levers:

● On a downward slope, the seatback could flip forward faster than on a flat surface.

● 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.

Folding both seatbacks down

Using remote handle

After checking that the rear seats are clear, open the liftgate and lower the seatback you want to fold down using the remote handle.

When folding the left side, operate the outer part of the remote handle.

CAUTION

●Check the position of a front seat before folding a seatback.