1993 PONTIAC GRAND-AM child seat

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Here you^ find information about
the seats in your Pontiac. and how to
use your safety belts properly . You
can also learn about some things
you should
not do with safety belts .
Seats & Safety 6elts
Seats and Seat Controls .............................................. 8
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................................... 17
DriverPosition .................................................... 18
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
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Right Front Passenger Position
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Rear Seat Passengers
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Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides
..................................... 26
Center Passenger Position
........................................... 28
Smaller Children and Babies
......................................... 29
Child Restraints
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Safety Belt Extender
............................................... 40
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ................................... 40
SafetyBelts .......................................................
Children ......................................................... 29
LargerChildren
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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!
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3. Take the simplest “car.” Suppose
it’s just a seat
on wheels.
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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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There is one guide for each outside
passenger position in the rear seat.
You
will find them tucked in between the
seat back and the interior body, about
half-way down the edge of the seat
back. Here is how you should install the
comfort guides on the shoulder belts:
1. Pull the elastic cord out from
between the edge
of the seat back and
the interior body to remove the guide
from its storage clip.
2. Slide the guide under and past the belt.
The elastic cord must be under the
belt. Then, place the guide over the
belt, and insert the two edges of the belt
into the slots
of the guide.
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3. Be sure that the belt is not twisted
and it lies flat. The elastic cord must
be under the belt and the guide
on
top.
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.
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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.
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Smaller Children and Babies
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& Secure the baby in an infant
restraint.
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Child Restraints
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.
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I 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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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 Pontiac 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 a rear seating
position. Additional anchor brackets for
child restraints at the rear seating
positions are available at Pontiac
dealerships in Canada.
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.
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Securing a Child Restraint in a
Rear Outside Position (CONK:)
See if the shoulder belt would go in
front of the child's face or neck. If
so, put it behind the child restraint.
4. Buckle the belt. Make sure the
release button faces upward or
outward,
so you'll be able to un-
buckle it quickly if you ever need to.
5. To tighten the belt, pull up on the
shoulder belt while you push down
on the child restraint.
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.
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Securing a Child Restraint in the
Center Seat Position
When you secure a child restraint in the
center seating position, you'll be using
the lap belt. See the earlier section
about the top strap if the child restraint
has one.
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.
5. Buckle the belt. Make sure the
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