Where to put the restraint, Caution – Pontiac 2002 Firebird User Manual

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Where to Put the Restraint

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 the rear seat 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 front passenger seat. Here’s why:

CAUTION:

A child in a rear

-

facing child restraint 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.

Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child
restraint properly.

Keep in 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 restraint in your vehicle

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even when no child

is in it.

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