1993 CADILLAC ELDORADO Owners Manual

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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine CHILD RESTRAIINTS
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. NEVER put
a rear-facing child restraint
in the front passenger seat. Here’s why:
A CAUTION:
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A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously
injured if the right-front passenger’s air bag inflates. This is
because the back of a rear-facing child restraint would be
very close to the inflating air bag.
If your vehicle has a
right-front passenger’s air bag, always secure a rear-facing
child restraint in the rear seat.
You may secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right
front seat. However, before securing
a forward-facing child
restraint,
ALWAYS move the front passenger seat as far back
as it will go. Or, secure the child restraint in the rear seat.
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A child in a child restraint in the fhnt-center seat can be badly
injured by the passenger
air bag if it inflates. NEVER use a child
restraintin the front-center seat. It’s always better to secure
a
child restraint in the rear seat. You may, howwer, secure a
fom-rd-facing child restraint in the right-front passenger seat
only
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Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child restraint properly.
A CAUTION:
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
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
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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. Tilt the latch plate to adjust the belt
if needed.
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
5.
release button
faces upward or
outward,
so you’ll
be able to
unbuckle it
quickly
if you ever
need to.
To tighten the
belt, pull
up on
the shoulder belt
while
you push
down on the child
restraint.
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6. 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.
Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Rear 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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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.