1994 CADILLAC SEVILLE child restraint

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine II HOW TO WEM SAFETYBELTS PROPERLY
Adults
- This section is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to know about safety belts and
children. And there are different rules for smaller children and babies. If
a child will be riding in your Cadillac, see the section after this one, called
“Children.” Follow those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
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DRIKER POSITION
This section describes the driver’s restraint system.
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CHILD RESTMNTS
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.
mere 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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Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child restraint properly.
7 Keep in mind that 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
7 in it.
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Top Strap
If your
has a tc
should child
restraint
~p strap, it
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.
For cars first sold in Canada, child restraints with a top strap must be
anchored according to Canadian Law.
Your dealer can obtain the hardware kit and install it for you, or you may
install it yourself using the instructions provided in the kit.
Use the tether hardware kit available from the dealer. The hardware and
installation instructions were specifically designed for this vehicle.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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. i,
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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4. Buckle the belt.
Make sure the
release button
is
positioned so you
would be able to
unbuckle the
safety belt quickly
if you ever had to.
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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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
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
4. Run the vehicle's safety belt through or around the restraint. The child
restraint.
restraint instructions
will show you how.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 5. Buckle the belt.
Make sure the
release button
is
positioned so you
would be able to
unbuckle the
safety belt quickly
if you ever had to.
6. To tighten the belt, pull its free end while you push down on the child
restraint.
7. Push and pull the child restraint in different directions to be sure it is
secure. If the child restraint isn't secure, turn the latch plate over and
buckle it again. Then see
if it is secure. If it isn't, secure the restraint
in a different place in the vehicle and contact the child restraint maker
for their advice about how to attach the child restraint properly.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle's safety belt. It
will be ready to work for an adult or larger child passenger.
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