1998 Chevrolet Lumina Owner's Manual - Page 63

Where to Put the Restraint Accident statistics show that children safer if they are are restrained in the rear rather thanthe front seat. We at General Motors therefore recommend that you put your A child in a child restraint in the center front seat child restraintin the rear seat. Never put a rear-facing can be badlyinjured or killed by the right front child restraint in front passenger seat. Here's why: the passenger air bag if it inflates, even though your vehicle has reduced-force frontal air bags. Never secure a child restraint in the center front seat. It's always better to secure a child restraint in the rear seat. You may secure a forward-facing child A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be restraint in theright front passenger seat,but seriously injured if the right front passenger's air before you do, always move front passenger the bag inflates, even though your vehicle has seat asfar back as it will go. It'sbetter to secure reduced-force frontal air bags. This is because the childrestraint in arear seat. the backof the rearfacing child restraint would be very close the inflatingair bag. Always to Wherever you installit, be sure to secure child the secure arearfacing child restraint in a rear seat. restraint properly. You may secure a forward-facing child restraint Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can move in the right front seat, but before you do, always around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in move the front passenger seat as far back as it the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure child any will go. It's better to secure the child restraint in restraint in your vehicle even when no child is in -it. a rear seat. 1-53