1996 BUICK CENTURY child restraint

A CAUTION:
Don’t use the speciaI infantlchild seat attaching
hardware in another vehicle.
If you do, it may not
work well and the child may not be protected
properly in
a crash. The special hardware is for
your vehicle only.
Also, don’t use the special belt for anything but
securing a child restraint in the right front seat.
If an adult or older child uses it, the belt won’t
provide protection and may even increase injury
in a crash.
Once the special hardware is installed, please follow the
instructions
with it and these steps: 1. Unbuckle the automatic lap-shoulder belt by
pushing the button on the buckle. It will stay on
the door, ready to be rebuckled
for use by adults or
older children.
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4. You can make the belt longer by tilting the buckle
5. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
and pulling
it along the belt.
for the child restraint.
6. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
The child restraint instructions will show you how.
7. Run the belt through or around the child restraint.
8. Put the hook on the free end through the slot in the
latch plate.
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9.
10.
To make it tight, pull the belt while you push down
on the child restraint. If the belt won’t stay tight,
switch it end for end.
Push and pull the child restraint in different directions to
be sure it is secure.
Removing the InfantlChild Seat Restraint
1. Push the button on the safety belt buckle and remove
the special latch plate. Leave the latch plate on
the
special belt.
2. Push the spring on the hook near the door and
remove the special belt.
3. Put the belt away in a safe place in your vehicle, so it
won’t
fly around in a crash and injure someone.
4. Remember to reattach the automatic belt again,
once the child restraint is removed. Be sure
it
isn’t twisted.
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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
window
so the child can wear a lap-shoulder belt and
get the additional restraint
a shoulder 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.
0 Children who aren’t buckled up can be thrown out
in a crash.
0 Children who aren’t buckled up can strike other
people who are.
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Never do this.
Here two children
me wearing the same belt. The
belt can’t properly spread the impact
forces. In a
crash, the two children can be crushed together
and seriously injured.
A belt must be used by
only one person at a time.
e.’ What if a child is 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
shoulder,
so that in a crash the child’s upper body
would have the restraint that belts provide. If the
child is
so small that the 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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Note: If for some reason the driver’s door becomes
damaged and needs to be replaced, ask that the
information on the Tire-Loading Information label and
the Certification label be written down
so you may keep
it on file.
Do not load your vehicle any heavier than
the
GVWR, or either the maximum front or
rear
GAWR. If you do, parts on your vehicle
can break, or it can change the way your vehicle
handles. These could cause you to lose control.
Also, overloading can shorten the life of
your vehicle.
If you put things inside your vehicle -- like suitcases,
tools, packages, or anything else
-- they will go as fast
as the vehicle goes. If you have
to stop or turn quickly,
or if there is a crash, they’ll keep going.
Things you put inside your vehiclexan strike
and injure people in a sudden stop or turn, or
in a crash.
Put things in the trunk or rear area of your
vehicle.
In a trunk, put them as far forward
as you can.
Try to spread the weight evenly.
Never stack heavier things, like: suitcases,
inside the vehicle
so that some of them are
above the tops of the seats.
0 Don’t leave an unsecured child restraint in
your vehicle.
When you carry something inside the
vehicle, secure it whenever you can.
Don’t leave a seat folded down unless you
need to.
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Trailer ...................................... 4-33
Transaxle Shift Interlock
....................... 2-23
Transaxle Shift Interlock Check
.................. 7-39
Wear
....................................... 6-31
Brakes. Anti-Lock
............................... 4-6
Braking
........................................ 4-5
Braking in Emergencies
........................... 4-8
Break.In. New Vehicle
.......................... 2- 10
BTSI
......................................... 2-23
BTSICheck
................................... 7-39
Bulb Replacement
.............................. 6-33
Canadian Roadside Assistance
.................... 8-4
Capacities and Specifications
...................... 6-6 1
Carbon Monoxide .................... 2.24.4.27. 4.33
Cargo Security Cover
............................ 2-40
Cassette Deck Service
........................... 7-37
Cassette Tape Player
............................. 3-6
Cassette Tape Player Care
......................... 3-9
Center Passenger Position
........................ 1-27
Certification Label
.............................. 4-28
Chains. Safety
................................. 4-33
Chains. Tire
................................... 6-45
Checking Your Restraint Systems
.................. 1-46
Chemical Paint Spotting
.......................... 6-53
Child Restraints
................................ 1-33
Securing in the Center Seat Position
.............. 1-36
Changing a
Flat Tire
.. t. .......................... 5-24
Securing
in a Rear Outside Seat Position ........... 1-34
Securing in
the Right Front Seat Position .......... 1-38
TopStrap
................................... 1-33
WheretoPut
................................ 1-33 Cigarette
Lighter
............................... 2-42
Circuit Breakers and Fuses
....................... 6-57
Cleaner. Air
................................... 6-14
Cleaning
...................................... 6-46
Aluminum Wheels
............................ 6-51
Fabric
...................................... 6-47
Glass
....................................... 6-49
Inside
of Your Buick .......................... 6-46
Instrument Panel
............................. 6-49
Leather
..................................... 6-49
Outside
of Your Buick ......................... 6-50
Special Problems
............................. 6-48
Stains
...................................... 6-48
Tires
....................................... 6-52
Vinyl ....................................... 6-48
Wheels
..................................... 6-51
Windshield and Wiper Blades
................... 6-50
Climate Control System ........................... 3-1
Clock. Setting the
................................ 3-4
Coinholder
.................................... 2-39
Comfort Controls
................................ 3-1
Compact Spare Tire
............................. 5-37
Control of a Vehicle .............................. 4-5
Convenience Net
............................... 2-40
Convex Outside Mirror
.......................... 2-38
Coolant
....................................... 6-22
Bleedvalves
................................. 5-21
Heater. Engine
............................... 2-14
RecoveryTank
............................... 5-16
Courtesy Lamps
................................ 2-35
Courtesy Transportation
........................... 8-5
Cover. Cargo Security ........................... 2-40
Cooling System
................................ 5-15
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Rear Outside Seat Position
.......................... 1-28
Seat Passengers
.............................. 1-28
Storage Compartment
......................... 2-39
Towing
..................................... 5-11
Window Defogger
............................. 3-3
Rearview Mirror
................................ 2-37
Inside Daymight ............................. 2-37
Reclining Front Seatbacks
......................... 1-2
Recovery Tank. Coolant
.......................... 5- 16
Refrigerants. Air Conditioning
.................... 6-64
Remote
Keyless Entry
................................. 2-4
Trunk Release
................................. 2-7
Replacement
Bulbs
...................................... 6-60
Parts
....................................... 6-64
Wheel
...................................... 6-44
Reporting Safety Defects
.......................... 8-7
Restraints Child
....................................... 1-33
Checking
................................... 1-46
Head
........................................ 1-4
Replacing Parts
After a Crash ................... 1-46
Systemcheck
................................ 7-38
Reverse, Automatic Transaxle
.................... 2- 17
Right Front Passenger Position .................... 1-26
Roadside Assistance
.............................. 8-4
Roadside Assistance. Canadian
..................... 8-4
Rocking Your Vehicle
........................... 5-39
Rotation, Tires
................................. 6-40 Safety
Belts
................................... 1-8
Automatic Ldp-Shoulder
....................... 1-14
Care
....................................... 6-49
Center Passenger Position
...................... 1-27
Children
.................................... 1-31
Driver Position ............................... 1-13
Extender .................................... 1-46
How to Wear Properly ......................... 1-13
Incorrect Usage .................... 1 - 17, 1-44, 1-45
LapBelt .................................... 1-27
Larger Children
.............................. 1-43
Questions and Answers
........................ 1-12
Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions
............ 1-28
Rear Seat Passengers
.......................... 1-28
Replacing After
a Crash ........................ 1-46
Right Front Passenger Position
.................. 1-26
Smaller Children and Babies
.................... 1-31
Station Wagon Third Seat Passenger Position
....... 1-27
Use During Pregnancy
......................... 1-25
Warning Light
........................... 1-8, 2-49
WhyTheyWork ............................... 1-9
Safety Chains .................................. 4-33
Safety Defects, Reporting
......................... 8-7
Safety Warnings and Symbols ...................... viii
Scheduled Maintenance Services
.................... 7-3
Seatback Power Recliner
................................ 1-2
Reclining Front
............................... 1-2
Adults
...................................... 1-13
Lap-Shoulder
................................ 1-29
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