Common compatibility problems include vehicle safety belts that cannot be made to tightly lock a child seat in place, and vehicle seat belt attachment points that are positioned so that the seat belt cannot hold the child seat securely. Passenger-side air bags are effective at saving adult lives, but present a deadly compatibility problem for children. Infants less than 1 year of age must never ride in the front seat in a rear-facing safety seat in a vehicle with a passenger air bag. In a crash, the deploying bag could strike the rear facing infant seat very hard, seriously injuring or killing the infant. Older children who are improperly restrained are also at high risk.
All children are safer in the back seat.
Infants must ride in the rear seat, facing the rear of the car. Air Bags Air bags work very well to protect adults and older children who ride facing the front of a vehicle and are properly buckled up. Place an infant in a rear-facing child safety seat in the rear seat of a vehicle if it has a passenger side air bag. Make sure that everyone in the front seat is properly buckled up and seated as far back from the air bag as possible. Know how to properly install your child safety seat in your vehicle and the instructions for your child safety seat.