Chevrolet 2002 Impala, Owner'S Manual

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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)” in the Index.
Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag. Never
put a rear
-
facing child restraint in this seat. Here’s why:
CAUTION:
A child in a rear
-
facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the right front
passenger’s air bag inflates. This is because 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 the rear seat.
Although a rear seat is a safer place, you can secure a
forward
-
facing child restraint in the right front 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. 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.
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.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face
or neck, put it behind the child restraint.