GMC savana 2002 Manual Do Utilizador

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Where to Put the Restraint (Except Cargo
Vans and Cab and Chassis Models)

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. If your vehicle has a front passenger
air bag, 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. If your vehicle
has a right front passenger’s air bag, always
secure a rear

facing child restraint in a rear seat.

CAUTION: (Continued)

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

even when no

child is in it.