1993 BUICK LESABRE Owners Manual

6. To tighten the belt, feed the lap belt into the retractor
while
you push down on the child restraint.
7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions
to be sure it is secure.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle's
safety belt and let
it go back all the way. The safety belt
will move freely again and be ready
to work for an adult
or larger child passenger.
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Securing a Child Restraint in a Center Seat
Position
When you secure a child restraint in a center seating
position, you'll be using the lap belt.
See the earlier section about the top strap if the child
restraint has one.
1. Make the belt as long as possible by tilting the latch
plate and pulling it along the belt.
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2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
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4. Run the vehicle’s safety belt through or around the
restraint, The child restraint instructions will show
you
how.
5. Buckle the belt. Make sure the release button faces
upward or outward,
so you’ll be able to unbuckle it
quickly if
you ever need to.
6. To tighten the belt, pull its free end while you push
down
on the child restraint.
7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it
is secure. If the child restraint
isn’t secure, turn the latch plate over and buckle it
again. Then see if it
is secure. If it isn’t, secure the
restraint in
a different place in the vehicle and
contact the child restraint maker for their advice.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle’s
safety belt. It will be ready to work for
an adult or larger
child passenger.

Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier
section about the top strap if the child restraint has one.
1. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions
say.
3. Pull out the vehicle’s safety belt and run the lap part
through or around the restraint. The child restraint
instructions will show
you how.
See
if the shoulder belt would go in front of the
child’s face
or neck. If so, put it behind the child
restraint.
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4. Buckle the belt.
Make sure the release button faces upward or
outward,
so you'll be able to unbuckle it quickly if
you ever need to.
retractor to set the lock.
5. Pull the rest of the lap belt all the way out of the
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6. To tighten the belt, feed the lap belt back into the
retractor while
you push down on the child restraint.
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Larger Children
PA
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7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle’s
safety belt and let
it go back all the way.
directions to
be sure
it is secure.
Children who have outgrown child restraints should
wear the vehicle’s safety belts.
If you have the choice, a child should sit next to
a
window so the child can wear a lap-shoulder belt and
get the additional restraint a shoulder belt can provide. The safety belt will move freely again and be ready to
work for an adult or larger child passenger.
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Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restrained in the rear seat. But they need to use the
safety belts properly.
Children who aren't buckled up can be thrown out in
a crash.
Children who aren't buckled up can strike other
people
who are.
I Never do this.
g the same belt. The
belt can't properly spread the impact forces. In a
crash, the
two children can be crushed together
and seriously injured.
A belt must be used by
only one person at a time.
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Q." What if a child is wearing a lap-shoulder belt, but the child
is so small that the shoulder belt is
very close to the child's face or neck?
A: Move the child toward the center of the vehicle, but
be sure that the shoulder belt still is on the child's
shoulder,
so that in a crash the child's upper body
would have the restraint that belts provide.
If the
child is
so small that the shoulder belt is still very
close to the child's
face or neck, you might want to
place the child in the center seat position, the one
that has only a lap belt.
A CAUTION:
Never do this.
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I Here a child is sitting in a seat that has a
lapshoulder belt, but the shoulder part is behind
the child. If the child wears the beltin this way, in
a crash the child might slide under the belt. The
belt's force would then
be applied right on the
-Lsld's abdomen. That dould cause serious or
I laral injuries. 0 0
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