1993 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD child seat

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.
NEVER put
a rear-facing child restraint in the front passenger seat. Here’s why:
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A CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured
if the right-front passenger’s air bag inflates. This is because I
the back of a rear-facing child restraint would be very close to
the inflating air bag. 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. Lj’ ri
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If you need to have
to put
it in for you.
can tell you how to
If your child restraint
has a top strap, it
should be anchored.
I an anchor installed, you can ask your Cadillac dealer
If you want to install an anchor yourself, your dealer
do it.
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Vehicles first sold in Canada have child restraint anchor Dracket 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. ph
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Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Position
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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
2_ 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
release button
faces upward or
outward,
so you’ll
be able to
unbuckle it
quickly
if you ever
need to.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Rear Seat
Position
You'll be using the lap 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.
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3. Pull the lap belt
all the way out
without stopping.
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c_ 4. While holding it out, run the belt through or around the child
restraint. The child restraint instructions will show
you how.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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.
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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine A CAUTION:
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.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
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. @
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
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 A CAUTION:
Never do this.
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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
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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