Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
If your child restraint is equipped with the LATCH system,
see Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) on page 1-62. See Top Strap on
page 1-57 if the child restraint has one.
Your vehicle has a front passenger air bag. Never put a
rear facing child restraint in this seat. Here is why:
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A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the front
passenger’s air bag inflates. This is because
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the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating air bag.
Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in a
rear seat.
A rear seat is a safer place to secure a forward-facing
child restraint. If you need to secure a forward-facing
child restraint in the right front seat, you will be using the
lap-shoulder belt. Be sure to follow the instructions
that came with the child restraint. Secure the child in the
child restraint when and as the instructions say.
1. Because your vehicle has a right front passenger’s
air bag, always move the seat as far back as it will
go before securing a forward-facing child restraint.
See Manual Passenger Seat on page 1-3.
2. Put the restraint on the seat.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder
portions of the vehicle’s safety belt through or
around the restraint. The child restraint instructions
will show you how.
Tilt the latch plate to adjust the belt if needed.
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