Securing
a
Child Restraint in the Right
Front
Seat
Position
A
child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously in,jured if the right front passenger’s
air
bag inflates. This
is
because the back of
a
rear-facing child restraint would
be
very close to
the inflating air bag. Always secure a rear-facing
child restraint in the rear seat.
You‘ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part
about the top strap
if
the child restraint has
one.
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.
Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag.
Never.
put
a
rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here’s why:
2.
3.
Because your vehicle has a right front passenger air
bag, always move the seat as far back
as
it
will
go
before securing a forward-facing child restraint. (See
“Seats”
in
the
Index.)
Put the restraint on the seat.
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.
If
the
shoulder belt goes
in
front
of
the child’s face
or
neck,
put
it
behind the child restraint.
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