Where To Put The Restraint - Chevrolet 2003 Express Van Owner's Manual

Where to Put the Restraint
Passenger Vans without an Air Bag Off
Switch
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat. We,
therefore, recommend that child restraints be secured
in a rear seat including an infant riding in a rear-facing
infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child
seat and an older child riding in a booster seat. If your
vehicle has a front passenger air bag,
never
put a
rear-facing child restraint in the front passenger seat.
Here's why:
A child in a rear-fac..
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seriously injured or killed if the air bag inflates.
This is because the back of the rear-facing
child restraint would be very close to the
inflating air bag. If your vehicle has a right
front passenger's air bag, always secure a
rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat.
You may secure a forward-facing child
restraint
in
the right front seat, but before you
do, always move the front passenger seat as
far back as it
will go. It's better
to secure the
child restraint in a rear seat.
Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child
restraint properly.
Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can
move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure
people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure
any child restraint in your vehicle
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even when no child
is in it.
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