Chevrolet Trax: Where to Put the Restraint
According to accident statistics, children and infants are safer when properly restrained in a child restraint system or infant restraint system secured in a rear seating position.
Whenever possible, children age 12 and under should be secured in a rear seating position.
Never put a rear-facing child restraint in the front. This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is so great if the airbag deploys.
Warning
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the front outboard passenger airbag inflates. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflating airbag. A child in a forward-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the front outboard passenger airbag inflates and the passenger seat is in a forward position.
The vehicle may have a passenger sensing system which is designed to turn off the front outboard passenger frontal airbag under certain conditions.
Even if the passenger sensing system, if equipped, has turned off the front outboard passenger frontal airbag, no system is fail-safe. No one can guarantee that an airbag will not deploy under some unusual circumstance, even though it is turned off.
Secure rear-facing child restraints in a rear seat, even if the airbag is off. If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the front outboard seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as it will go. It is better to secure the child restraint in a rear seat.
See Passenger Sensing System (U.S. and Canada) for additional information.
When securing a child restraint in a rear seating position, study the instructions that came with the child restraint to make sure it is compatible with this vehicle.
Child restraints and booster seats vary considerably in size, and some may fit in certain seating positions better than others.
Depending on where you place the child restraint and the size of the child restraint, you may not be able to access adjacent safety belt assemblies or LATCH anchors for additional passengers or child restraints. Adjacent seating positions should not be used if the child restraint prevents access to or interferes with the routing of the safety belt.
Wherever a child restraint is installed, be sure to secure the child restraint properly.
Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child restraint in the vehicle - even when no child is in it.
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Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System)
The LATCH system secures a child
restraint during driving or in a crash.
LATCH attachments on the child
restraint are used to attach the child
restraint to the anchors in the
vehicle. The LATCH syste
Lower Anchors
Lower anchors (1) are metal bars
built into the vehicle. There are two
lower anchors for each LATCH
seating position that will
accommodate a child restraint with
lower attachments (2).
Top Tether An
Lower Anchor and Top Tether Anchor Locations
(Top Tether Anchor): Seating
positions with top tether anchors.
(Lower Anchor): Seating
positions with two lower anchors.
To assist in locating the lower
anchors, each seating position with
lower
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Schematic wiring diagrams
SPECIFICATIONS
FASTENER TIGHTENING SPECIFICATIONS
Fastener Tightening Specifications
Adhesives, Fluids, Lubricants, and Sealers
SCHEMATIC WIRING DIAGRAMS
INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR WIRING SCHEMATICS (ENCORE)
Inside Review Mirror
Fig. 1: Inside Review Mirror
INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR WIRING SCHEMATICS
Instrument panel upper trim panel replacement (trax)
Removal Procedure
Remove the instrument panel assembly. Refer to Instrument Panel Assembly
Replacement (Trax).
Remove the windshield defroster outlet duct. Refer to Windshield
Defroster Outlet Duct
Replacement .
Fig. 12: Instrument Panel Bolts
Remove the instrument panel bolts (1).
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