Securing Child Restraints; (Front Passenger Seat) - Chevrolet 2012 Malibu Owner's Manual

2-44 Seats and Restraints

Securing Child Restraints

(Front Passenger Seat)

This vehicle has airbags. A rear
seat is a safer place to secure a
forward-facing child restraint. See
Where to Put the Restraint on
page 2‑36.
There is a switch on the instrument
panel that you can use to turn off
the front outboard passenger frontal
airbag. See Airbag On-Off Switch on
page 2‑25 for more information,
including important safety
information.
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WARNING
When using a child restraint
system on the front passenger
seat, the airbag system for the
front passenger seat must be
deactivated. If not, the triggering
of the airbags poses a risk of
fatal injury to the child.
WARNING (Continued)
This is especially the case if
rear-facing child restraint systems
are used on the front
passenger seat.
"Do not use a rearward facing
child restraint on a seat protected
by an airbag in front of it!"
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.
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WARNING
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WARNING
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WARNING (Continued)
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.
Secure rear-facing child restraints
in a rear seat, even if the airbag
is off. If you secure a
forward-facing child restraint in
the right front seat, always move
the front passenger seat as far
back as it will go. It is better to
secure the child restraint in a
rear seat.