1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue Owner's Manual - Page 49

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 forthe restraint. You may find these instructions the restraintitself or in a on booklet, or both. These restraints usethe belt system in your vehicle, but the child alsohas to be secured within the restraint to help reduce chance of the personal injury. The instructions that come with the infant orchild restraint will show you how to do that. Both the owner's manual and the child restraint instructions are important, if either oneof these so is not available, obtain a replacement copy from the manufacturer. Where toPut the Restraint Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in the rear rather thanthe front seat.We at General Motors therefore recommend that you put your child restraintin the rear seat. Never put a rear-facing child restraintin the front passenger seat. Here's why: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured if the right front passenger's air bag inflates, even your vehicle has if reduced-force frontalair bags. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflating bag. Always air secure a rear-facing child restraint in rear seat. a You may secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, but before do, always you move the front passenger seat as far back as it will go. It's better to secure the child restraint in a rearseat. 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. 1-41