1993 CADILLAC DEVILLE child seat

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block, it stops. But the
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine CHILD RESTUNTS
Be sure to follow the instructions for the restraint. You may find these
instructions on the restraint itself or in a booklet, or both. These
restraints use the belt system in your vehicle, but the child also has to be
secured within the restraint to help reduce the chance of personal injury.
The instructions that come with the infant or child restraint will show you
how to
do that.
where to Put the Restraint
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in
the rear rather than the front seat. We at General Motors therefore
recommend that you put your child restraint in the rear seat unless the
child is an infant and you’re the only adult in the vehicle. In that case, you
might want to secure the restraint in the front seat where you can keep
an
eye on the baby.
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Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child restraint properly. .--
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1 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 your vehicle -- even when
1 no child is in it.
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If your child restraint
has
a top strap, it
should be anchored.
If you need to have an anchor installed, you can ask your Cadillac dealer
to put it in
for you. If you want to install an anchor yourself, your dealer
can tell you how to do it.
Vehicles first sold in Canada have child restraint anchor bracket hardware
in the glove box, along with instructions for installing it. This should be
used only with a child restraint, and only to secure a child restraint at the
center rear seating position. Additional anchor brackets for child
restraints at one
or both of the rear outside seating positions are available
at Cadillac dealerships in Canada.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Position
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier section about the top
strap
if the child restraint has one.
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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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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.
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1. Make the belt as
long as possible
by
tilting the latch
plate and pulling
it along the belt.
-- 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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You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier secrlon aDout 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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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
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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.
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Here two children are wearing 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 I
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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.