1995 CADILLAC SEVILLE Owners Manual

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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine - 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
I to do that.
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Were 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:
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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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 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 Seat
Position
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part 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.
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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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 1 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.
I 5. To tighten the belt,
pull up
on the
shoulder belt while
you push down
on
the child restraint.
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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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine _D Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Rear Seat
Position
You'll be using the lap belt.
See the earlier part about the top strap
if the child restraint has one.
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.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 4. 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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Position
rour vehicle has a right front passenger 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 part about the top
strap
if the child restraint has one.
1. Because your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag, always move
the seat as far back as
it will go before securing a forward-facing child
restraint. (See “Seats”
in the Index.)
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i- 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.
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