1993 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 36

Child Restraints Be sure to follow the insiructions for the restraint. You may find these instructions on the restraint itself or a booklet, or in both. These restraints use the belt system in your vehicle, but the child also hasto be secured within the restraint to help reduce the chance of personal injury. The instructions that comewith the infant or child restraint will show you howto do that. I. A Where to Put the Restraint Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat.We at General Motors therefore recommend that you put your child restraint in the rear seat. If you are using a rear-facing child restraint, don't put it in the front seat. Here's why: A chlld in a rear-Taclng cnlm restraint can be seriously injured if the right-front passenger's air bag inflates. This is because the back of a 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 the rear seat. You may secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right-front seat. However, before securing a forward-facing child restraint, ALWAYS move the front passenger seat as far back as it will go. Or, secure the child restraint in the rear seat. Nherever you install it, be sure to secure he child restraint properly. A move around in a collision or An unsecured child restraint can sudden stop and injure people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child restraint in your vehicle even when no child i s in it. 35. = '