Where To Put The Restraint - Chevrolet 2012 Malibu Owner's Manual

2-36 Seats and Restraints
Where to Put the
Restraint
According to accident statistics,
children and infants are safer when
properly restrained in a child
restraint system or infant restraint
system secured in a rear seating
position.
We recommend that children and
child restraints be secured in a rear
seat, including: an infant or a child
riding in a rear-facing child restraint;
a child riding in a forward-facing
child seat; an older child riding in a
booster seat; and children, who are
large enough, using safety belts.
If a child restraint is secured in
the right front passenger seat, there
is a switch on the instrument panel
to manually turn off the front
passenger frontal airbag. See
Airbag On-Off Switch on page 2‑25
and Securing Child Restraints (Rear
Seat) on page 2‑42 or Securing
Child Restraints (Front Passenger
Seat) on page 2‑44 for more
information, including important
safety information.
DO NOT place rear-facing child seat
on this seat unless the airbag is
switched off. DEATH OR SERIOUS
INJURY can occur. This is because
the risk to the rear-facing child is so
great, if the airbag deploys.
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WARNING
A child in a rear-facing child
restraint can be seriously injured
or killed if the front passenger
airbag inflates. This is because
the back of the rear-facing child
restraint would be very close to
the inflating airbag.
A child in a forward-facing child
restraint can be seriously injured
or killed if the front passenger
airbag inflates and the passenger
seat is in a forward position.
Even if the airbag switch has
turned off the right front
passenger frontal airbag, no
system is fail-safe. No one can
guarantee that an airbag will not
deploy under some unusual
circumstance, even though it is
turned off.
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