1996 PONTIAC PONTIAC Owners Manual

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.
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front
Seat Position (4-Door Models)
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Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag. Never
put a rear-facing chdd restraint in this seat. Here’s why:
I A CAUTION:
A child in a rearfacing child restraint can be
seriously injured if the right front passenger’s
air bag inflates.
This is because the back of a
rearfacing child restraint would be very close to
the inflating
air bag. Always secure a rearfacing
child restraint in the rear seat.
If you have a two-door model, see “Securing a Child
Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position (2-Door
Models)” later in this section.
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You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part
about the top strap if the child restraint has one.
1. Because your vehicle has a right front passenger air
bag, always move the seat as far back as it will
go
2.
3.
4.
before securing a forward-facing child restraint. (See
“Seats” in the Index.)
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. 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.
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6. Pull the rest of the shoulder belt all the way out of
the retractor to set the lock.
7. To tighten the belt, feed the shoulder belt back
into the retractor while
you push down on the
child restraint.
8. 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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Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position
(2-Door Models)
Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag. Never
put a rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here’s why:
A C TION:
A child in a rearfacing child restraint can be
seriously injured
if the right front passenger’s
air bag inflates. This is because the back of a
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If you have a four-door model, see “Securing a Child
Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position (4-DOOr
Models)” earlier in this section.
Was your two-door Pontiac first sold, when new,
in Canada?
(If it was, a sticker on the driver’s door
will say “conforms to all applicable Canada motor
vehicle
. . . ” etc.) If so, then this “Securing a Child
Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position (2-Door
Models)” part doesn’t apply to your vehicle.
To learn
how to secure
a child restraint in the right front seat,
read
the Canadian Owner’s Manual Safety Belt
Supplement. It comes with every new vehicle first sold
incanada.
the inflating air bag. Always secure a rearfacing
child restraint in the rear seat.
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To use a child restraint here, you will need a special
infantkbild seat attaching belt and
the hardware that
goes with it. See the earlier part about the top strap if the
child restraint has one.
Your dealer can order the belt and attaching hardware
and install the hardware for
you. It’s free. The special
belt
is GM Part No. 12340286. Your dealer can find the
past number for
the correct attaching hardware in the
accessory section
of the GM Parts Catalog.
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A CAUTION:
Don’t use the special infadchild 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:
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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.
2. Because your vehicle has a right front passenger air
bag, always move the seat as far back as it will go
before securing a forward-facing child restraint. (See
‘‘Seats” in the Index.)
3. Snap one hook of the infantkhild. seat attaching belt
near the floor at the door side of the seat.
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4. Put the belt’s special latch plate into the vehicle’s
safety belt buckle.
5. You can make the belt longer by tilting the buckle
and pulling it along the belt.
5. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
7. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions
say.
8. Run the belt through or around the child restraint.
The child restraint instructions will show you how.
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9. Put the hook on the free end through the slot in the
latch plate. 10.
11. 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.
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