1996 CADILLAC DEVILLE child restraint

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Adults
This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special
things to know about
safety belts
and children. And there are different rules
for smaller children
and babies. If a child will be riding
in your Cadillac, see the part of this manual called
“Children.” Follow those rules for everyone’s
protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll
start with the driver position.
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.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index)
so you can sit up straight.
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bag system:
A CAUTION:
You can be severely injured or killed in a crash if
you aren’t wearing your safety belt
-- even if you
have an air bag. Wearing your safety belt during
a
crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things
inside the vehicle
or being ejected from it. The air
bag is only
a “supplemental restraint.” That is, it
works with safety belts but doesn’t replace them.
Air bags
are designed to work only in moderate to
severe crashes where the front of your vehicle hits
something. They aren’t designed to inflate
at all in
rollover, rear, side
or low-speed frontal crashes.
Everyone in your vehicle, including the driver,
should wear
a safety belt properly -- whether or
not there’s an air bag for that person. Air bags
inflate with great force, faster than the
blink of an eye.
If you’re too close to an inflating
air bag, it couid seriously injure
you. Safety belts
help keep you
in position for an air bag inflation
in
a crash. Always wear your safety belt, even
with an air bag. The driver should
sit as far back
as possible while still maintaining control of the
vehicle.
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An inflating air bag can seriously injure small
children. Always secure children properly in your
vehicle. To read how, see the part
of this manual
called “Children” and the caution label on the
right front passenger’s safety belt.
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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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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.
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.
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.
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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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