1993 PONTIAC GRAND-PRIX child seat

Part 1
Here YOU'II 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 ........................................................................\
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Safety Belts ........................................................................\
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ........................................................................\
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Driver Posltlon
safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
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Right Front Passenger Position
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Center Passenger Posltlon
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Rear Seat Passengers ........................................................................\
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Children
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Smaller Children and Babies
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Child Restraints
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Larger Children
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Safety Belt Extender ........................................................................\
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Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
1. For example, if the bike is going
as fast as it goes.
10 mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
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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Rear Seat Outside Passenger
Positions
(CONT.)
To unlatch the belt, just push the
button on the buckle.
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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.
Smaller Children and Babies
I CAUTION
I A Smaller children and babies
4 A should always be restrained
111 d 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 small 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 nr infmt rpstrsint.
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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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An unsecured child restraint
can move around in a
callision or sudden stop and injure
people
in the vehicle. Be sure to
properly secure any child restraint
in your vehicl-ven when no I
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.
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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.
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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 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.
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.
5. To tighten the belt, pull up on the
shoulder belt while you push
down
on the child restraint.
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Securing a Child Restraint in a
Rear Outside Position (CONT.)
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 a Center 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
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Securing a Child Restraint in the
Righf Front Seat
To use a child restraint here, you will
need a special infant/child seat
attaching belt and the hardware that
goes with it. See the earlier section
about the top strap
if the child restraint
has one.
Your dealer can get these and install the
hardware for
you. It’s free. The special I I
belt is GM Part No. 12340286. Your
dealer can find the correct hardware in
the accessory section
of the GM Parts
Catalog.
A Don’t use the special
infant/child seat attaching
hardware in another vehicle.
If you
do, it may not work well and the
child may not be protected properly
in a crash. The special hardware is
for your vehicle only.
Also, don’t use the special belt for
anything but securing a child
restraint in the right front seat. If
an adult or older child uses it, the
belt won’t provide protection and
may even increase injury in a crash.
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Once the special hardware is installed,
please follow the instructions with it
and these steps:
1. Unbuckle the automatic lap-shoulder
belt by pushing the button
on the
buckle. It will stay
on the door, ready
to be rebucltled for use by adults or
older children.
2. Snap one hook of the infantkhild
seat attaching belt near the floor at
the door side
of the seat.
3. Put the belt’s special latch plate into
the vehicle’s safety belt buckle.
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