Buick Envista 2025 - Child Restraint Systems

Buick Envista Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-18181221) - 2025
Seats and Restraints 59
Child restraints are devices used to restrain,
s
eat, or position children in the vehicle and are
sometimes called child seats or car seats.
There are three basic types of child restraints:
•
Forward-facing child restraints
•
Rear-facing child restraints
•
Belt-positioning booster seats
The proper child restraint for your child
depends on their size, weight, and age, and also
on whether the child restraint is compatible
with the vehicle in which it will be used.
For each type of child restraint, there are many
different models available. When purchasing
a child restraint, be sure it is designed to be used
in a motor vehicle and is designed by a genuine
child restraint manufacturer. If it is, the child
restraint will have alabel saying that it meets
federal motor vehicle safety standards.
The instruction manual that is provided with
the child restraint states the weight and
height limitations for that particular child
restraint. In addition, there are many kinds
of child restraints available for children with
special needs.
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To reduce the risk of neck and head injury
i
n acrash, infants and toddlers should
be secured in arear-facing child restraint
until age two, or until they reach the
maximum height and weight limits of their
child restraint.
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A young child's hip bones are still so small
t
hat the vehicle seat belt may not remain
low on the hip bones, as it should. Instead, it
may settle up around the child's abdomen.
In acrash, the belt would apply force on
a body area that is unprotected by any bony
structure. This alone could cause serious or
fatal injuries. To reduce the risk of serious or
fatal injuries during a crash, young children
should always be secured in an appropriate
child restraint.
Child Restraint Systems
Rear-Facing Infant Restraint
A
rear-facing child restraint provides restraint
with the seating surface against the back of
the infant.
The harness system holds the infant in place
and, in acrash, acts to keep the infant
positioned in the restraint.