1996 CHEVROLET BLAZER ECU

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
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 vehicle, 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.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index)
so you can sit up straight.
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3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the be
Don’t let it get twisted.
:It across you.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
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 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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 2. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Pull
up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure.
When
the shoulder 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.
3. To make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle
end of the belt as you pull up on the shoulder part.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To remove and store the comfort guides, just perform Lap Belt
~ these steps in reverse order. Squeeze the belt edges
When
you sit in the center rear seating position, you
have a lap safety belt which has a retractor.
1. 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.
3. Feed the lap belt into the retractor to tighten it.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine CAUTION:
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Never hold a baby in your arms while ridinL
vehicle.
A baby doesn't weigh much -- until a
crash. During a crash a baby will become so
heavy you can't hold it. For example, in a crash
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at only 25 mph (40 km/h), a 12-1b. (5.5 kg) baby
will suddenly become a 240-lb.
(110 kg) force on
your arms. The baby would be almost impossible
to hold.
Secure the baby
in an infant restraint.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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 fiont seat, We at
General Motors therefore recommend that you put your
child restraint
in a rear seat outside position unless the
child is
an infant and you're the only adult in the vehicle.
In that case, you might want to secure the restraint in the
right front seat where you can
keep an eye on the baby.
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. Anchbr brackets for the rear outside seat
positions are located on the floor in,the cargo area.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in a
Rear Outside Seat Position
Don’t use the front set of tie-do.wn brackets. Anchor the
top strap
to the rearmast bracket on the same side of the
vehicle as the chi14 restraint.
Once you have the top strap anchored, you’ll be ready
to
secure the child restraint itself. You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt.
See the earlier part
about the top strap
if the child restraint has one.
1. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
3. 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.
If the shoulder belt goes in front
of the child’s face or
neck, put it behind the child restraint.
for
the child restraint.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Center Seat Positions (4-Door Models)
Don't use child restraints in these positions. The
restraints won't work properly.
6. To tighten the belt, feed the shoulder belt back
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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front 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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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 lap and shoulder
portions of
the vehicle's safety belt through or
around the restraint. The child restraint instructions
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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