1993 CADILLAC ELDORADO Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat
Your vehicle has a right-front passenger's air bag. NEVER put a
rear-facing child restraint in this position. Here's
why:
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A rear-facing child restraint in the front seat could be pushed
into the seatback by the right-front passenger's air bag if it
inflates.
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously
injured if this happens. Always secure a rear-facing child
restraint in the rear seat.
You'll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier section about the top
strap if the child restraint has one.
1. Always move the seat as far back as it will go before securing a
front-facing child restraint.
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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 4. 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.
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.
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6. Pull the rest of
lap belt all the
way out
of the
retractor to set
the lock. the
a
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Larger Children
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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 b\
elt
can provide.
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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Children who aren’t buckled up can be thrown out in a crash.
0 Children who
aren’t buckled up
can strike other
people who are.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine A CAUTION:
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Here two children arc learing 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.
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.
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