GMC Yukon 2025 - Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash; Securing Child Restraints (with the Seat Belt in the Rear Seat)

GMC Yukon/Yukon XL/Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-17942154) - 2025
88 Seats and Restraints
If t
he child restraint is installed next
t
o acenter seat, make sure the
top tether does not interfere with
the center seating position shoulder
belt/retractor. If it does, find
another suitable seating position
to install the child restraint.
3. Before placing achild in the child restraint,
make sure it is securely held in place. To
check, firmly grip the child restraint at the
LATCH path and attempt to move it side to
side and back and forth. There should be
no more than 2.5 cm (1 in) of movement, for
proper installation.
Replacing LATCH System Parts
After aCrash
{ Warning
A
crash can damage the LATCH system
in
the vehicle. Adamaged LATCH system
may not properly secure the child restraint,
resulting in serious injury or even death
in acrash. To help make sure the LATCH
system is working properly after acrash,
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Warning (Continued)
see your dealer to have the system
inspected and any necessary replacements
made as soon as possible.
If the vehicle has the LATCH system and it was
be
ing used during acrash, new LATCH system
parts may be needed.
New parts and repairs may be necessary even
if the LATCH system was not being used at the
time of the crash.
Securing Child Restraints (With
the Seat Belt in the Rear Seat)
The vehicle may be equipped with afront
center airbag in the inboard side of the driver
seat. Even with afront center airbag, achild
restraint can be installed in any second row
seating position. If you install achild restraint
in asecond row center seat, move the second
row seat to the rearward position, whenever
possible, to minimize contact with the front
center airbag.
When securing achild restraint with the
se
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.
If the child restraint has the LATCH system, see
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) 381 for how and where to install the
child restraint using LATCH. If a child restraint
is secured in the vehicle using aseat belt and
it uses atop tether, see Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH System) 3 81 for top
tether anchor locations.
Do not secure achild seat in aposition without
atop tether anchor if anational or local law
requires that the top tether be anchored, or
if the instructions that come with the child
restraint say that the top strap must be
anchored. Refer to the instructions that came
with the child restraint and see Lower Anchors
and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) 381.
In Canada, the law requires that forward-facing
child restraints have atop tether, and that the
tether be attached.