1995 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE ECU

Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear it
properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index)
so you can sit up straight.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Don’t let it get twisted.
Pull
up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure. If
the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt
Extender’’ at the end of
ths section.
Make sure the release button
on the buckle is
positioned
so you would be able to unbuckle the
safety belt quickly if you ever had to.
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!. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
2. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Don’t let
it get twisted.
Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure, When
the lap belt
is pulled out all the way, it will
lock.
If it does, let it go back all the way and start
again.
If the belt is not long enough, see “Safety Belt
Extender” at the end of this section. Make sure the
release button
on the buckle is positioned so you
would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if
you ever had to.
The lap part of the belt should be worn low
and snug on
the hips, just touching the thighs. In a crash, this applies
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3. There is a “button stop” on the shoulder belt that
keeps the belt from going too
far into the retractor at
the top of the seatback. Pull the shoulder belt out of
the retractor, and place the guide over the belt. Make sure that the guide is between the button stop on the
belt and the retractor. Insert the two edges
of the belt
into the slots
of the guide.
4. Be sure that the belt is not twisted and it lies flat. The
elastic cord must be under the belt and the guide
on top.
5. Buckle the belt around the child, and make sure that
both the lap belt and the shoulder belt
are secured
properly. Make sure that the shoulder belt crosses
the
shoulder. See “Safety Belts, Rear Seat Passengers” in
the Index.
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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 Restraint
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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. If your child restraint has a top strap, it should be
anchored.
If you need to
have an anchor installed, you can ask
your Pontiac dealer to put it in for you. If you want to
install
an anchor yourself, your dealer can tell you how
to do it.
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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.
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Outside Seat Position
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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.
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2.
3.
Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
Secure the child in the child restraint
as the
instructions say.
Pick up the latch plate, and run the Pap and shoulder
portions
of the vehicle’s safety belt through or
around the restraint. The child restraint instructionk
will show you how.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face or
neck, put it behind the child restraint.
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6. To tighten the belt, feed the lap 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.
Securing a Child Restraint in the Center
Rear Seat Position
U
You’ll be using the lap belt.
See the earlier part 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.
4. Run the vehicle’s safety b’elt through or around the
restraint. The child restraint instructions will show
you how.
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.
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.
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