1996 OLDSMOBILE AURORA belt

3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt 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.
Don’t let
it get twisted. The lap part
of the belt should
be worn low and snug on
the hips, just touching the thighs.
In a crash, this applies
force to the strong pelvic bones.
And you’d be less likely
to slide under the lap belt. If you slid under
it, the belt
would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause
serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should go
over the shoulder and across the chest. These parts of the
body are best able to take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks if there’s a sudden stop or crash.
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Your car has a shoulder belt tightness adjustment
feature. If the shoulder belt seems too tight, adjust it
before you begin to drive.
1. Sit well back in the seat.
2. Start pulling the shoulder belt out.
4. Let the belt go back all the way. You should hear a
slight clicking sound.
If you don’t, the adjustment
feature won’t set, and you’ll have to start again.
5. Now you can add a small amount of slack. Lean
forward slightly, then sit back. If you’ve added more
than 1 inch
(25 mm) of slack, pull the shoulder belt
out as you did before and start again.
3. Just before it reaches the end, give it a quick pull.
If you move around in the vehicle enough, or if you pull
out the shoulder belt, the belt will become tight again. If
this happens, you can reset it.
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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. Don't
allow more than
1 inch (25 mm) of slack.
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It won't give nearly
as
much protection this way.
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&: What's wrong with this?
A CAUTION:
You can be seriously injured if your belt is
buckled in the wrong place like this.
In a crash,,
the belt would go up over your abdomen. The be12
forces would be there, not
at the pelvic bones. This
could cause serious internal injuries. Always
buckle your ,belt into the buckle nearest you.
A: The belt is buckled in the wrong place.
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What’s wrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is worn under the arm. It should
be
worn over the shoulder at all times.
You can be seriously injured if you wear the
shoulder belt under your arm.
In a crash, your
body would move too far forward, which would
increase the chance of head and neck injury.
Also, the belt would apply too much force to the
ribs, which aren’t as strong
as shoulder bones.
You could also severely injure internal organs
like your liver or spleen.
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A: The belt is twisted across the body.
You can be seriously injured by a twisted belt. In
a crash, you wouldn't have the full width of the
belt to spread impact forces. If
a belt is twisted,
make it straight
so it can work properly, or ask
your retailer to
fix it.
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To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle.
The belt should go back out of the way.
Before you close the door, be sure the belt is out
of the
way.
If you slam the door on it, you can damage both the
belt and your vehicle.
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) or air bag system. Your
Aurora has two air bags
-- one air bag for the
driver and another air bag for the right front passenger.
Here are the most important things to
know about the air
bag system:
A CAUTION:
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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.
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Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the blink
of an eye. If you’re too close to an inflating
air bag, it could 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.
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.
AIR BAG
There is an air bag
readiness light on the
instrument panel, which
shows
AIR BAG.
The system checks the air bag’s electrical system for
malfunctions. The light tells
you if there is an electrical
problem.
See “Air Bag Readiness Light” in the Index
for more information.
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