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Child Restraints
Be sure the child restraint is designeld 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 dol 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 recommen'd that
you put your
child restraint in the rear seat.
Never gut a rear-facing
child restraint in the front passenger seat. Here's
why:
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.
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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Your dealer can obtain the hardware kit and install it for
you, or
you may install it yourself using the instructions
provi’ded 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.
1. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
for the child restraint.
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.
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. Pull the rest of the shoulder belt all the way out of
the retractor to set the lock.
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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Securing a Child Restraint in the Center
Rear Seat Position
You'll be using the 1aD belt.
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See the earlier part about the top strap if the child
restraint
has one.
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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.
1. Make the belt as long as possible by tilting the latch
plate
and pulling it along the belt.
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
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4. Run the vehicle’s safety belt through or around the
restraint. The child restraint instructions will show
you how.
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.
7, Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it
is secure. If it isn’t, secure the
restraint in a different place in the 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.
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Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position
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Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag. Never
put a rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here’s why:
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’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 s’eat as far back as it will go
before securing a forward-facing child restraint.
(See “Seats” in the Index.)
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
4. 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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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, Pull the rest of the shoulder belt all the way out of
the retractor to set the lock.
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Larger Children
7. To tighten the belt, feed the shoulder belt back
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. Children who
have outgrown child restraints should
wear the vehicle’s safety belts.
If you have the choice, a child should sit next to a
window
so the child can wear a lap-shoulder belt and
get the additional restraint
a shoulder belt can provide.
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