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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or a crash,
or if you pull the belt very quickly out of the retractor.
I A CAUTION:
You can be seriously hurt if your shoulder belt is
too loose.
In a crash, you would move forward
too much, which could increase injury. The
shoulder belt should
fit against your body.
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To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle.
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Children
Everyone in a vehicle needs protection! That iiicludes
infants and all children smaller
than adult size. In fact,
the law
in every state in the United States and in every
Canadian province says children up to some age
must be
restrained while
in a vehicle.
Smaller Children and Babies
‘A CAUTION:
Smaller children and babies should always be
restrained in
a child or infant restraint. The
instructions for the restraint
will say whether it is
the right type and size
for your child. A very
young child’s hip bones are
so small that a
regular belt might not stay low on the hips, as it
should. Instead, the belt
will likely be over the
child’s abdomen. In
a crash, the belt would apply
force right
on the child’s abdomen, which could
cause serious or fatal injuries.
So, be sure that
any child small enough for one is always properly
restrained
in a child or infant restraint.
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Child Restraints
Be sure the child restraint is designed to be used in a
vehicle.
If it is, it will have a label saying that it meets
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Then 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
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:
I A CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured if the right front passenger’s air
bag inflates. This is because the back of
a
rear-facing child restraint would be very close to
the inflating
air bag. Always secure a rearfacing
child restraint in the rear
seat.
You may, however, secure a forward-facing child
restraint in the right front seat. Before
you secure
a forward-facing child restraint, always move the
front passenger seat
as far back as it will go. Or,
secure the child restraint in the rear .seat.
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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
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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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 lap and shoulder
portions
of the vehicle’s safety belt through or
around the restraint. The child restraint instructions
will show you how.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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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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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5. To tighten the belt, pull up on the shoulder belt while
6. Push and pull the child restraint in different
you push down on the child restraint.
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
You’ll be using the lap belt.
A CAUTION:
A child in a child restraint in the center front seat
can be badly injured by the right front passenger
air bag
if it inflates. Never secure a child restraint
in the center front seat.
It’s always better to
secure a child restraint in the rear seat. You may,
however, secure a forward-facing child restraint
in the right front passenger seat, but only with
the seat moved all the
way back.
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
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instmctions
plate and pulling it along the belt.
for the child restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
4. Run the vehicle’s safety belt through or ar0~-;.:1 the
restraint. The child restraint instructions
will .;::?.ow
you how.
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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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7. Push and pull the child restraint in different Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
directions to be sure it is secure. If it isn’t, secure the Front Seat Position
restraint in a different place in th.e 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.
Your vehicle has
a right front passenger air bag. Never
put a rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here’s why:
A CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured if the right front passenger’s air bag inflates. This
is because the back of a
rear-facing child restraint would be very close to
the inflating
air bag. Always secure a rear-facing
child restraint in the rear seat.
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