Owners Manual

When choosing a child restraint, be sure the child
restraint is designed to be used in a vehicle.
If it is, it
will have a label saying that
it meets federal motor
vehicle safety standards.
Then follow the instructions for the restraint. You may
find these instructions on the restraint itself or in a
booklet, or both. These restraints use the belt system in
your vehicle, but the child also has to be secured
within the restraint to help reduce the chance of personal
injury. When securing an add-on child restraint, refer
to the instructions that come with the restraint which may
be on the restraint itself or in a booklet, or both, and
to this manual. The child restraint instructions are
important,
so if they are not available, obtain a
replacement copy from the manufacturer.
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 a 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 child in a rear-facing child restraint in the
right front passenger seat unless your vehicle has
the passenger sensing system and the passenger air
bag status indicator shows
off. Never put a rear
facing child restraint in the right front passenger seat
unless the air bag is
off. Here’s why:
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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. Be sure the air
bag is
off before using a rear-facing child
restraint in the right front seat position.
Even though the passenger sensing system is
designed to turn
off the passenger’s frontal air
bag
if the system detects a rear-facing child
restraint, no system is fail-safe, and no one
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