1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Owner's Manuals

6. To tighten the belt, feed the shoulder belt into the
retractor while you push down on the child restraint. 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.
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5. Buckle the ielt. Make s&e the release, button is
positioned
sd you would be .able to unbuckle the
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You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part 1,
about the top strap if the child restraint has one.
1. Because your vehicle has a right fibnt passenger air
bag, always move the seat as far back asit will go
before securing a forward-facing child restraint. (See
“Seats” in the Index.)
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.
If the^ shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face or
neck, put it behind the child restraint.
4. Pick up the latch plate,:and run the lap and shoulder
portions of the vehic1e”s safety belt through or
around the restraint. The child restraint instructions
will show ypu 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.
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the retractor to set
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the lock.
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I ' 7. To tighten the belt, feed the shoulder belt back into
the retractor while
you pu.sh. down on the child
restraint.
8. Push.and pull the child restraint in different
To remove the child festraint, 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. directions to be sure
it is secure.

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
wihdow ‘so‘the child can wear a lap-shoulder belt and
getthe. additional restraint
a shoulder belt can provide.
‘Accident statistics show that children are safer,i€they
are restrained in the rear seat. But they need to use the
safety belts properly.
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0 Children.who aren’t buckled up Can be thrown out in
, Children who aren’t buckled up .can strike other
,a, crash.
people who. we.
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, &.’ What if a childis 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
:. .? would have the,restraint that belts provide. If the
child is sitting in
a rear seat outside position, see
“Rear Safety Belt,
Comfo~? Guides” in the Index.
If the child is so small thatthe 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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