1993 CHEVROLET CAVALIER child seat

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Here YOU’II find information about
the seats in your Chevrolet and how
to use your safety belts properly
. You
can also learn about some things
you should
not do with safety belts .
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Seats & Safety Belts
Seats and Seat Controls ............................................. 12
SafetyBelts ...................................................... 17
How. to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................................... 22
DriverPosition ................................................... 23
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................................... 27
Right Front Passenger Position
....................................... 27
Rear Safety Belt
Comfort Guides ..................................... 30
Center Passenger Position
........................................... 32
Children
......................................................... 33
Smaller Children and Babies
......................................... 34
Child Restraints
................................................... 35
LargerChildren ................................................... 43
SafetyBeltExtender ............................................... 44
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
................................... 45
RearSeatPassengers ............................................... 28
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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
go as fast as it goes.
1. For example, if the bike is going
10 mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
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2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops.
But the child keeps going!
3. Take the simplest “car.” Suppose
it’s just a seat on wheels.
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Seats & Safety Belts
?ear Seat Outside Passenger
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The safety belt locks if there's a sudden
'top or a crash.
CAUTION I
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You can be seriously hurt if
your shoulder belt
is too
loose. In
a crash you would move
forward too much, which could
increase injury. The shoulder belt
should fit against
your body.
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To unlatch the belt, just push the button
on the buckle.
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides
for Children and Small Adults
Your vehicle may be equipped with rear
shoulder belt comfort guides. This
feature will provide added comfort for
children who have outgrown child
restraints, and for small adults. If your
vehicle does not have comfort guides,
you may ask your dealer
to order and
install them for you. The comfort guides
pull the shoulder belts away from the
neck and head.

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Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides
for Children and Small Aduits
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4. Buckle the belt around the child, and
make sure that both the lap belt and
the shoulder belt are secured
properly. Make sure that the shoulder
belt crosses the shoulder. See the
Index under Safety Belts.
To remove and store the comfort guides,
just perform these steps in reverse order.
Squeeze the belt edges together
so that
you can take them out from the guides.
Pull the guide upward to expose its
storage clip, and then slide the guide
onto the clip. Rotate the guide and clip
inward and
in between the seat back and
the interior body, leaving
only the loop
of elastic cord exposed.
Center Passenger Position
If your vehicle has a rear bench seat,
someone can sit in the center position.
When you sit
in a center seating
position, you have a lap safety belt,
which has
no retractor.

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Smaller children and babies
should always be restrained in
a child or infint 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 smalI that
a regular belt might not stay low
on the hips, as it should. Instead,
the belt will likely be over the
child's abdomen. In a 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 properly
restrained in a child or infant
restraint.
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Secure the baby in an infant
restraint.

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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.
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. Wherever
you install it, be sure to
secure the child restraint properly.
An unsecured child restraint
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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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Top Strap
If your child restraint has a top strap, it
should be anchored.
If you need to have
an anchor installed, you can ask your
Chevrolet 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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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.
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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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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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.
as the instructions say.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint
4. Run the vehicle’s safety belt through
or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show you
how.
release button faces upward or out-
ward,
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.
5. Buckle the belt. Make sure the