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Protecting Infants
Child Seat Type
Only a rear-facing child seat provides
proper support for a baby's head,
neck, and back.
An infant must be properly
restrained in a rear-facing, reclining
child seat until the child reaches the
seat maker's weight or height limit
for the seat, and the child is at least
one year old.
Placing a rear-facing child seat
in the front seat can result in
serious injury or death during a
collision.
Always place a rear-facing child
seat in the back seat, not the
front.
Two types of seats may be used: a
seat designed exclusively for infants,
or a convertible seat used in the rear-
facing, reclining mode.
Do not put a rear-facing child seat in
a forward-facing position.
facing forward, an infant could be
very seriously injured during a
frontal collision.
Protecting Infants and Small Children
Child Seat Placement
A rear-facing child seat should
always be installed in a back seat, not
in the front. Even with advanced
airbags, which can automatically
turn the passenger's front airbag off
(see page
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safest place for an infant.
When properly installed, a rear-
facing child seat may prevent the
driver or a front passenger from
moving the seat as far back as
recommended, or from locking the
seat-back in the desired position.
In either of these situations, we
strongly recommend that you
If placed
install the child seat in a different
back seating position or get a
smaller rear-facing child seat.
Driver and Passenger Safety
), a back seat is the
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