Where To Put The Restraint (Crew Cab Pickup) - Chevrolet 2003 S10 Pickup Owner's Manual

Where to Put the Restraint
(Crew Cab Pickup)
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat.
General Motors, therefore, recommends that child
restraints be secured in a rear seat outside position,
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. Never put a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front
passenger's seat.
Here's why:
A child in a rear-facing child restl-..It 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.
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.
There is a limited space in the rear seating area of a
crew cab pickup model. If you want to secure a
child restraint in a rear outside seating position
o f
a
crew cab model, be sure to study the instructions that
came with your child restraint to see if there is enough
room to secure your seat properly. Don't secure a
child restraint in the center rear seating position,
because the restraints won't work properly.
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