Securing A Child Restraint In The Right Front Seat Position - GMC 2004 Sierra 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual

Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
(Crew Cab)
If your child restraint is equipped with the LATCH
system, see Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) on page 1-48 . See Top Strap
on page 1-43 if your child restraint has one.
Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag. Never
put a rear-facing child restraint in the right front
passenger's seat. Here's why:
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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 a
rear seat.
A rear seat is a safer place to secure a forward-facing
child restraint. If you need to secure a forward-facing
child restraint in the right front seat position, see Where
to Put the Restraint on page 1-42 .
You'll be using the lap-shoulder belt to secure the
restraint in this position. 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's
frontal air bag, always move the seat as far back as
it will go before securing a forward-facing child
restraint. See Manual Seats on page 1-3 or Power
Seats on page 1-4 .
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.
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