1994 CHEVROLET ASTRO PASSENGER Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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 Resfrainf
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.
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 in it.
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If your child restraint
has a top strap, it
should be anchored.
If you need to have an anchor installed, you can ask your GM dealer to put
it in for you. If you want to install an anchor yourself, your dealer can tell
you how to do it.
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. Make the belt as long as possible by
tilting the latch plate and pulling it along the belt.
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shoulder portions
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.
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 up on
the shoulder belt
while you push
down on the child
restraint.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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
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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 1. Make the belt as
long as possible
3
by tilting the
latch plate and
pulling it along
the belt.
2.
3.
4.
Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the child
restraint.
Secure the child
in the child restraint as the instructions say.
Run the vehicle’s safety belt through or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show you how.
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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat
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.
If the shoulder belt goes
in front of the child’s face or neck, put it
behind the child restraint.
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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 5. Press the button
on the retractor
cover
to set the
lock.
6. To tighten the
belt, feed the
shoulder belt
back into the
retractor while
you push down
on the child
restraint.
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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Larger Children
Children who have outgrown child restraints should wear the veh\
icle'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 sh\
oulder 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.
Children who aren't buckled up can be thrown out in a crash.
Children who aren't buckled up can strike other people who are.
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