Installing Child-Restraint Systems
Accident statistics reveal that a child is safer in the rear seat. The front passenger's seat is clearly the worst choice for any child under 12, and with rear-facing child-restraint systems it is clearly unsafe due to air bags.
Even if your vehicle is equipped with front passenger occupant classification sensor (Search), which automatically deactivates the front passenger air bag, a rear seat is the safest place for a child of any age or size.
Some child-restraint systems now come with tethers and therefore must be installed on the seats that take tethers to be effective.
Some child-restraint systems also employ specially designed LATCH attachments; refer to " How to Use the LATCH Lower Anchor"(Search).
