1993 CADILLAC SEVILLE Owners Manual

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you would be able to unbuckle it quickly if you ever had to.
CHILDREN
Everyone in a vehicle needs protection! That includes infants and all
children smaller than adult size. In fact, the law
in every state and
Canadian province says children up to some age must be restrained while
in a vehicle.
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A CAUTION:
Smaller children and babies should always be restrained in a
child or infant restraint, The instructions for the restraint will
say whether it is the right type and size for your child, A very
young child’s hip bones are SO smatl that a regular belt might
not stay low on €he hips, as it should, Instead, the belt wi11 likely
be over the child’s abdomen. In 01 crash the belt would apply
force right on the child’s abdomen, which could cause serious or
fatal injuries, So, be sure that any child small enough for one is
always yruperly restrained in a child or infant restraint.
A CAUTION:
Nevcr hold a baby in your arms while riding in a vehicle, A baby
doesn’t weigh much 0- until a crash. During a crash a baby will
become so heavy you can’t hold it, For example, in a crash at
only 25 myh (40 kmlh), a 12apound (5.5 kg) baby w4ll suddenly
become 8 240-pound (110 kg) force on your arms, The baby
would be almost impossible fo hold.
CAUTION: (Con t inrred)
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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.
?+%ere 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:
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-frunt
passenger’s air bag, always secure a rear-facing child restraint
in the rear seat,
You may secure a fonvard-facing child restraint in the right
front seat, However, before securing a forward-facing chitd
restraint, ALWAYS move the frornt passenger seat as far back
as it will go. Or, secure the child restraint in the rear seat.
CAUTION:
A child in B child restraint in the frontenter seat can be
badly injured by the passenger air bag if it inflates. NWEK
use a child restraint in the fmnt-center seat. It’s ahvays better
to secure a child restmint in the rcar seat, You may, howeiq
secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right-front
passenger seat unty with the seat moved all the way back
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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 i@ure people in the vehicle. Be sure to
properly secure any child restmint in your vehicle v- even when
na.ehild is in it.
Top Strap
I 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.
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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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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
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
restraint.
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. _I ’ . I, b’ .- ?;, ‘i . . .> . _. . ~.
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5. To tighten the
belt, pull up on
the shoulder belt
while
you push
down on the child
restraint.
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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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