Securing
a
Child Restraint
in
the
Right
Front Seat Position
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Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag.
Never.
put a rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here’s why:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured 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
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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.
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3.
4.
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. Follow the instructions
for
the
child restraint.
Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
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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