1997 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 43

Securing a Child Restraint in theRight Front Seat Position . , You'll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part about the top strap if the child restraint has one. 1. Because your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag, always move the seat as far back it will go as before securing a forward-facing child restraint. (See "Se,ats"in the Index.) 2. Put the restraint on the seat, Follow the instructions for the child restraint. U Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag. Never put a rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here's why: 3. Secure the child in the child restraint the as instructions say. 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. A child in a rearfacing child restraint can be seriously injured if the right front pass'enger'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 restraintin the rear seat. 1-36