Securing A Child Restraint In The Right Front Seat Position - Pontiac 2005 Montana Owner's Manual

Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
Your vehicle has a front passenger airbag. Never put a
rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here is why:
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CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the front
passenger's airbag inflates. This is because
the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating airbag.
Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in a
rear seat.
If your child restraint is equipped with the LATCH
system, see Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) on page 1-62 .
There is no top strap anchor in the right front
passenger's position. Do not secure a child seat in this
position if a national or local law requires that the
top strap be anchored, or if the instructions that come
with the child restraint say that the top strap must
be anchored. See Top Strap on page 1-59 if the child
restraint has one.
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, you will be using the
lap-shoulder belt to secure the child 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
airbag, 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 Six-Way
Power Seats on page 1-4 .
2. Put the child 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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