1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Owner's Manual - Page 49

Securing a ChiidRestraint inthe Right Front Seat Position You'll be using the lap-shedder belt. See the eadier part about the top strap if the child restraint has one. 1. Because your vehicle hasa right front passenger air bag, always move the seat as far back asit will go before securing a forward-facing child restraint. (See "Seats" in the Index.) 2. h t the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the child restraint. 3. Secure the childin the child restraint as the instructions say. Your vehicle hasa right front passenger air bag. Never put a rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here's why: 4. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the vehicle's safety belt through or around the restraint. The child restraint instructions will show you how. - ~ i A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured if the right front passenger's air bag inflates. Thisis because the back of a rearfacing child restraint would be very close to the inflating air bag. Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in the rear seat.