1998 BUICK PARK AVENUE ECU

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.
3. Pick up the Batch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure.
E
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 i€ you ever had to.
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Young children and infants need the protection that
a child restraint system can provide. Always
secure children properly in your vehicle.
To
read how, see the part of this manual called
“Children”
and see the caution labels on the
smvisoss and the right front passenger’s
safety belt.
There is an air bag
readiness light
on the
instrument panel, which
BAG
shows AIR BAG.
The system checks the air bag 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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Where are the air bags?
The driver’s air bag is in the middle of the
steering wheel.
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4. Buckle, position and release the safety belt as
described
in “Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions”
earlier
in this section. Make sure that the shoulder
belt crosses the shoulder.
To remove and store the comfort guides, squeeze the
belt edges together so that you can take them out from
the guides. Slide the guide into its storage pocket on the
side
of the seatback.
Children
Everyone in a vehicle needs protection! That includes
infants and all children smaller
than adult size. Neither
the distance traveled nor the age and size of the traveler
changes the need,
for everyone, to use safety restraints.
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.
Children who are up against, or very close to, any
air bag when it Mates can be seriously injured
or Wed.
This is true even though your vehcile
has reduced-force frontal air bags. Air bags plus
lag-shoulder belts offer the best protection for
adults, but not for young children
and infants.
Neither the vehicle’s safety belt system nor its air
bag system is designed for them. Young children
and
infants need the protection that a child
restraint system can
provide. Always secure
children
properly in your vehicle.
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A rear-facing infant restraint (B) positions an infant
to face the rear of the vehicle. Wear-facing infant
restraints are designed
for infants of up to about
20 Ibs. (9 kg) agld about one year of age. "his type
of restraint faces the rear so that the infant's head,
neck
and body can have the support they need in a
crash. Some infant seats come in two parts -- the
base stays secured
in the vehicle and the seat part
is removable.
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Wnen choosing a child restraint, 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.
Ynen foliow the instructions for the restraint. You may
fixi 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 insmctions that come with
the infant or child
restraint will show YOU how to do that. Both the owner's
manual and the chiid restraint instructions are important,
so if either one of these is not available, obtain a
replacement copy from the manufacturer.
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Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child
restsa..int properly.
Keep in finad that m unsecured child restraint can move
around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in
the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure my child
restraint in YOU vehicle -- even when no child is in it.
If your child restraint has a top strap, it should be
anchored. If you need to have an anchor installed, you
can ask your Buick dealer to gut it in for YSU. Hf you
want to install m anchor yourself9 your deder can tell
you how to do it.
Canadian law requires that child restraints have a top
strap, and that the strap be anchored.
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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.
5.
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To tighten the belt, pull up on the shoulder belt while
you push down on the child restraint. If you're using
a forward-facing child restraint, you may find it
helpful to use your knee
to push down on the child
restraint as
you tighten the belt.
Push and gull 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 dl the way. The safety belt
will move freely again and be ready to work for
m adult
or larger child passenger.
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A child in a child. restraint in the center €ront
seat can be
badly injnred ~1 killed by the sight
front passenger air bag if it idates, even though
your vehicle has reduced-force frontal air bags.
Never secure
a child restraiamt in the center
front seat. It’s always better to secure a child
restraint
in the rear seat. You may secure a
forward-facing child restraint in the right
font passenger seat, but before you do, always
PPEQV~ the fr~nt passenger seat as far back as it
will gap. It’s better to secure the child restraint in
8 rear seat.
See the earlier part about the top strap if the child
restraint has one.
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