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Just like the other restraint systems in your vehicle, your
built-in child restraint needs to be periodically checked
and may need to have parts replaced after a crash. See
"Checking Your Restraint Systems" and "Replacing Seat
and Restraint System Parts After a Crash" in the Index.
Child Restraints
Be sure the child restraint is.designed to be used in a
vehicle. If it is, it will have a label saying that it meets
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Then follow the instructions for the restraint. You may
find these instructions on the restraint itself or in a
booklet, or both. These restraints use the belt system
in
your vehicle, but the child also has to be secured within
the restraint to help reduce .the chance
of personal injury.
The instructions that come with the infant or child
restraint will show you how to do that.
Where to Put the Restraint
Accident statistics show that children are safer
if they
are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat. We at
General Motors therefore recommend that
you put your
child restraint in the rear seat. Never put a rear-facing
child restraint in the front passenger seat. Here's why:
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A
CAUTION:
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
rearfacing child restraint would be very close to
the inflating air bag. Always secure a rear-facing
child restraint in the rear seat.
You may, however, secure' a forward-facing child
restraint in the right front seat.
Before
you'
secure
a
forward-facing child restraint, always move the
front passenger seat as
far
back
as
it will go. Or,
secure the child restraint in the rear seat.
b
Wherever you installit, be sure to secure the child
restraint properly.
Keep i n 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
restr*nt in your vehicle
--
even when no c'hild is in it.
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