Chevrolet Silverado: Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Rear Seat) / Crew Cab
- Put the child restraint on the seat.
- Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the vehicle
seat belt through or around the child restraint. The child restraint instructions
will show you how.
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- Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Position the release
button on the buckle, away from the child restraint, so that the seat belt could
be quickly unbuckled if necessary.
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- Pull the shoulder belt all the way out of the retractor to set the lock.
When the retractor lock is set, the belt can be tightened but not pulled out
of the retractor.
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- To tighten the belt, push down on the child restraint, pull the shoulder
portion of the belt to tighten the lap portion of the belt, and feed the shoulder
belt back into the retractor. When installing a forward-facing child restraint,
it may be helpful to use your knee to push down on the child restraint as you
tighten the belt.
Try to pull the belt out of the retractor to make sure the
retractor is locked. If the retractor is not locked, repeat Steps 4 and 5.
- If the child restraint has a top tether, follow the child restraint manufacturer's
instructions regarding the use of the top tether. See Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH System) for more information on using the top tether anchors.
- Before placing a child in the child restraint, make sure it is securely
held in place. To check, grasp the child restraint at the seat belt path and
attempt to move it side to side and back and forth. When the child restraint
is properly installed, there should be no more than 2.5 cm (1 in) of movement.
To remove the child restraint, unbuckle the vehicle seat belt and let it return
to the stowed position. If the top tether is attached to a top tether anchor, disconnect
it.
For outboard rear seating positions, if the child restraint cannot be installed
properly with the head restraint in place, the head restraint may be removed. See
your dealer for assistance with removal, and store the removed head restraint in
a secure place. When the child restraint is removed, reinstall the head restraint
before the seating position is used. For reinstallation instructions, see “Head
Restraint or Headrest Removal and Reinstallation” under Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH System).
Remove the head restraint or headrest prior to installing a forward-facing
child restraint in an outboard rear seating position. See “Head Restraint or
Headrest Removal and Reinstallation” under Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System)...
Warning
A child in a child restraint in the center front seat can be badly injured
or killed by the frontal airbags if they inflate. Never secure a child restraint
in the center front seat...
Other information:
Rear-Facing Infant Restraint
A rear-facing child restraint provides restraint with the seating surface against
the back of the infant.
The harness system holds the infant in place and, in a crash, acts to keep the
infant positioned in the restraint...
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could
cause injury or death, you should immediately inform the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying General Motors.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it
finds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall
and remedy campaign...
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