1998 CHEVROLET S10 Owners Manual

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A booster .seat (F, GI is designed forchildren who
me about 40-to 60 lbs. (1s to 27 kg) and about
four to-eight years of age. It’s designed to improve
the
fit of thevehcle’s safety belt system. Ekooster
seats.
with shields use lap-only belts; however;
booster seats without shields use lap-shoulder
belts-. Booster seats
can also help a child to see
out the window.
The -child restraint must be secured properly in the right
front. passenger seat. If yuu want to securera rear-facing
cbild restraint in the right front passenger’s-seat, you
need.ts turn off the passenger’s air bag. See “Securing
a; Child Restraint in the Right Front. Seat Position’’ in.
the Index for more on-this, including important
safety information.
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Top Strap
If your child restmint:has. a ;top strap, it should.be.
.anchored. If you need to. have an .anchor installed, you
-can ask your GM .dealer to put it in: for YOU, If you want
to install an anchor yourself7 your -dealer -can. tell y~u
how to do it.
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Jump 'Seats (Extended. Cab)
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Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat. Position
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A child in a. rear-facing child restraint can be.
seriously injure.d
or killed if the right front
passenger’s air
bag inflates, even. though your
vehicle has reduced-force.fronta1 air bags. This
is
because the back of the rearfacing chiZd
restraint would be very close to the inflating air
bag. Be sure to-turn off the air bag before using a
rear-facingkhild restraint in the right front seat
positian. E’a forward-facing child restraint is
suitable
for your child, always move the-
passenger seat
as far back as it will go.
To turn sff the. right fi-ont passenger’s airbag,. insert
your ignition key into the switch, push in, .md move the
switch to AIR BAG OFF.
The AIR BAG OFF light will corne on to let you know
that the right front pass-enger’s air bag: is off: The right
front passenger’s air bag. win remain off until you turn- it
back
on again, and the AIR BAG OFF light will stay on
to remind you that the air bag is off.
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If the air bag
I
r comes on when
you have turned off the air: bag, it means that
something may be wrong with the air bag system.
The right
front passenger’s air bag. could inflate
even
though the switch is -off. I% this ever
happens, don’t secure a $ear-facing child
restraint
in your vehicle until you have your
v.ehicte-.serviced.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face or
neck, put it behind the child restraiot.
4. Buckle the, belt. Make sure the felease buttoh is
positioned so: you .woul&be -able-. to unbuck1e.th.e
safely belt quickly ifflyou ever hadita
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5. Pull the:rest of the shoulder belt ala the way out uf
the, retractor to. set .the lock.
6. To tighten the belt, fed the shoulder bekback into.
the retractor while you push down on the chld
restraint.
If :you’re using a forward-facing .child
restraint,
you may find it helpful t-0 use.yo.& knee
t6 push do-wn on the child restraint as you tighten
the belt.
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