Chevrolet Silverado: Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Rear Seat) / Double Cab
- 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).
- 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 5 and 6.
- For forward-facing child restraints, attach and tighten the top tether to
the top tether anchor (loop). Refer to the child restraint instructions, the
vehicle LATCH anchor weight limits, and instructions listed in Lower Anchors
and Tethers for Children (LATCH System).
- 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. Reinstall the head restraint or headrest before the seating position is used.
See “Head Restraint or Headrest Removal and Reinstallation” under Lower Anchors
and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) for additional information on installing
the headrest properly.
When securing a child restraint with the seat belts in a rear seat position,
study the instructions that came with the child restraint to make sure it is compatible
with this vehicle...
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...
Other information:
This vehicle has airbags. A rear seat is a safer place to secure a forward-facing
child restraint. See Where to Put the Restraint.
In addition, the vehicle has a passenger sensing system which is designed to
turn off the front outboard passenger frontal airbag under certain conditions...
An arrow on the instrument cluster flashes in the direction of the turn or lane
change.
Move the turn signal lever all the way up or down to signal a turn.
Partially raise or lower the lever for less than one second until the arrow starts
to flash to signal a lane change...
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Warning
Never leave a child, a helpless adult, or a pet alone in a vehicle, especially
with the windows closed in warm or hot weather. They can be overcome by the extreme
heat and suffer permanent injuries or even death from heat stroke.
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