GMC Terrain 2025 - Where to Put the Restraint

GMC Terrain/Terrain Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-18552429) - 2025
Seats and Restraints 63
use and install child restraints. In the U.S.,
s
e
e the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) website to locate the
nearest child safety seat inspection station.
For CPST availability in Canada, check with
Transport Canada or the Provincial Ministry of
Transportation office.
Securing the Child Within the
Child Restraint
{ Warning
A
child can be seriously injured or killed in
a cr
ash if the child is not properly secured in
the child restraint. Secure the child properly
following the instructions that came with
that child restraint.
Where to Put the Restraint
Ac
cording to accident statistics, children and
infants are safer when properly restrained in
an appropriate child restraint secured in arear
seating position.
Whenever possible, children aged 12 and under
should be secured in arear seating position.
Never put arear-facing child restraint in the
fr
ont. This is because the risk to the rear-facing
child is so great if the airbag deploys.
{ Warning
A
child in arear-facing child restraint can
be
seriously injured or killed if the front
passenger airbag inflates. This is because
the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating airbag.
Achild in aforward-facing child restraint
can be seriously injured or killed if the
front passenger airbag inflates and the
passenger seat is in aforward position.
Even if the passenger sensing system has
turned off the front passenger frontal
airbag, no system is fail-safe. No one can
guarantee that an airbag will not deploy
under some unusual circumstance, even
though it is turned off.
Secure rear-facing child restraints in arear
seat, even if the airbag is off. If you secure
aforward-facing child restraint in the front
seat, always move the front passenger seat
as far back as it will go. It is better to secure
the child restraint in arear seat.
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Warning (Continued)
See P
assenger Sensing System 3
52 for
additional information.
When securing achild restraint with the
s
e
at belts in arear seat position, study the
instructions that came with the child restraint
to make sure it is compatible with this vehicle.
Child restraints and booster seats vary
considerably in size, and some may fit in certain
seating positions better than others. Do not
install achild restraint in any rear seating
position where it cannot be installed securely.
Depending on where you place the child
restraint and the size of the child restraint,
you may not be able to access adjacent
seat belts or LATCH anchors for additional
passengers or child restraints. Adjacent seating
positions should not be used if the child
restraint prevents access to or interferes with
the routing of the seat belt.
Adjust the seat in front of achild restraint
to ensure proper installation according to
the child restraint manual. Move the front