1994 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD child seat

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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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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. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the
vehicle’s safety belt through or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show you how. Tilt the latch plate to adjust
the belt if needed.
If the shoulder belt goes
in front of the child’s face or neck, put it
behind the child restraint.
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Push and pull
the child restraint
in different
directions to b.e
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
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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Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the child
restraint.
Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
3. Pull the lap belt
all the way out
without stopping.
4. While holding it out, run the belt through or around the child
restraint.
The child restraint instructions will show YOU how.
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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 seat. Here’s why:
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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. Because your vehicle has a right-front passenger’s air bag, always
move the seat as far back as it will go before securing a front-facing
child restraint.
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2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the child
restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
4. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the
vehicle’s safety belt through or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show you how.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face or neck, put it
behind the child restraint.
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Larger Children
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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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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