1994 CHEVROLET ASTRO PASSENGER belt

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is driven:
I Fasten Safety Door LocWUnlock
Belts
These symbols have to do with your lights:
I Master Lighting
S wifc h
Parking Lights
I Turn Signal
Direction
Daytime
Running Lights
A
Hazard Warning
Flasher
1 Fog Lights Headlight
High Beam
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Seats and Safety Belts
Section
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use
your safety belts properly
. You can also learn about some things you should
not do with safety belts .
Seats and Seat Controls .................................... 1-2
Frontseats
............................................. 1-2
Rear Seats
............................ , .. ....... 1-5
Head Restraints
...................... ........ 1-10
Why Safety Belts Work
.................................. 1-12
Safety Belt Reminder Light
............................. 1-16
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............................ 1-16
Adults .......................... .. ............. 1-16
Driver Position
............. ..................... 1-17
Lap-Shoulder Belt
.................................... 1-17
Driver’s Facial Air Bag System
............................ 1-25
Right Front Passenger Position
............................. 1-30
Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions
....................... 1-31
Center Passenger Positions
................................ 1-34
LapBelt
............................................ 1-34
Children
................................................. 1-35
Smaller Children and Babies
.............................. 1-36
Child Restraints
........................................ 1-37
Larger Children
............. ......................... 1-44
Safety Belt Extender
....................................... 1-46
Checking Your Restraint Systems
............................. 1-47
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
.......................... 1-47
Safety
Belts: They’re for Everyone
....... ................. 1-11
Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts
............. 1-15
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
.......................... 1-29
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Seatback Latches (Non-Touring Bench Seats)
To fold your
non-touring seatback
forward, pull up on
the latch release lever
while pulling the
seatback toward you.
The lever is on the
right rear of your seat.
After the latch has been released, push the seatback down until it locks in
place. To raise the seatback, unlock the seat by pushing forward on the
lever. Make sure the seatback
is locked when it is put back in the upright
position.
Removable Seats (Touring and Non-Touring Bench Seats)
To Remove The Seat
1. Disconnect the quick release latch plates for the lapshoulder belt from
the buckles in the roof.
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I BELTFOR
I SEAT REMOVAL
2. If you are
removing the
center seat,
remove the right
lapshoulder belt.
To do this, press
the tip of a key
into the release
hole of the safety
belt attachment
while pulling up
on the safety belt.
3. If you have a
safety belt guide
on your seat, pull
the safety belt all
the way out
through the
guide.
H 4. Pullup on the
seatback latch on
the right rear of
the front seat.
Push the seatback
down until it
locks in place
(non-touring
bench seats only).
5. Lift up on the seat release latch. The latches are near the floor on the
rear legs of the seat. To relieve pressure on the latch, pull back
on the
seat.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 3. Attach the quick release latch plate to the buckles in the roof. If you are
installing the center seat, connect the right lapshoulder belt to the
attachment on the seat cushion. If you have a safety belt guide on your
seat, pull the belt through the guide before reattaching the lapshoulder
belt to the side of the seat. The release hole should be facing outward.
If you installed the safety belt with the release hole facing inward
(toward the seat), slide the plastic cover up
so you can see the buckle.
Disconnect the seat belt. Slide the cover back down and reinstall the
belt correctly.
NOTICE:
Be sure to put the correct seats back in the proper positions so
the safety belts will work properly.
Head Restraints
If your vehicle has the optional touring package, you have adjustable head
restraints.
3
Slide the head
restraint up or down
so that the top of the
restraint is closest to
the top of your ears.
This position reduces
the chances
of a neck
injury in a crash.

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This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also
tells you some things you should not do with safety belts.
And it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint,
or “air bag” system.
This figure lights up as a reminder to buckle up. (See “Safety Belt Reminder
Light” in the Index.)
In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts.
Here’s why:
They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don’t
know
if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be
so serious that even
buckled up a person wouldn’t survive. But most crashes are in between.
In
many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away.
Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine After more than 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In
most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot!
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.
For example, if the
bike is going
10 mph
(16 km/h), so is the
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With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time to
stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces.
That’s why safety belts make such good sense.
Here Are Questions Many People Ask About
Safety Belts
- and the Answers
Q : Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I’m wearing a
safety belt?
A: You could be - whether you’re wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily unbuckle a safety belt, even if you’re upside down. And
your chance of being conscious during and after an accident,
so you
can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted.
Q : Why don’t they just put in air bags so people won’t have to wear
A: Air bags, or Supplemental Inflatable Restraint systems, are in some
safety belts?
vehicles today and will be in more of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only
- so they work with safety belts, not
instead of them. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required
the use of safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has air bags, you
still have to buckle up to get the most protection. That’s true not only
in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions.
: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far fiom home, why should I
wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an accident - even
one that isn’t your fault
- you and your passengers can be hurt. Being
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