Car Seat Answers From Hare Chevrolet

Jan 18, 2010

A lot of our Indiana Chevy dealership customers have young children, whom they chauffeur around town on a daily basis. Since this is so common for our customers, I thought I’d pull together a few resources to help clarify which types of car seats and for what different children’s ages our customers should be using.

Infants should be sitting in a rear-facing infant seat until their 1st birthday and they weigh at least 20 pounds. Toddlers should move into a rear-facing child seat until they outgrow the height and weight requirements, and then should move into a forward-facing car seat with a full harness until they become too big to fit.

Once your child outgrows their car seat, they should be placed in a booster seat until they fit properly into a regular seat belt, which typically happens somewhere between the ages of 8 and 12. Children under the age of 13 should remain seated in the back seat of your Chevrolet even after they grow too big for a booster seat.

Child safety is extremely important to Hare Auto, so if you have any questions about how to properly use or set up child safety seats, contact our Indianapolis Chevy dealership. You can also visit our Chevrolet website, or call us at 888-827-0711.