2000 Oldsmobile Silhouette child restraint

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CAUTION:
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.
To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle.
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for
Children and Small Adults
Your vehicle may have rear shoulder belt comfort
guides. This feature will provide added safety belt
comfort for children who have outgrown child restraints
and for small adults. When installed on a shoulder belt,
the comfort guide pulls the belt away from the neck
and head.
If your vehicle has bucket seats in the second row,
there is one guide for each outside passenger position.
If your vehicle has a bench seat in the second row,
there is one guide for the left
-hand outside passenger
position. To provide added safety belt comfort for
children who have outgrown child restraints and for
smaller adults, the comfort guides may be installed
on the shoulder belts.

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The center position bucket seat is a CENTER OR LEFT
type seat. Because it is the only bucket seat with a lap
belt, and has a buckle on only one side, there are certain
places a CENTER OR LEFT type bucket seat should,
and should not, be used. See ªSeatsº in the Index.
If the CENTER OR LEFT bucket seat is used on the left
side of the vehicle, the person sitting there should use
the lap
-shoulder belt. See ªRear Seat Outside Passenger
Positionsº in the Index.
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.
Smaller Children and Babies
CAUTION:
Children who are up against, or very close to, any
air bag when it inflates can be seriously injured
or killed. Air bags plus lap
-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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CAUTION:
Smaller children and babies should always be
restrained in a child or infant restraint. The
instructions for the restraint will say whether it is
the right type and size for your child. A very
young child's hip bones are so small that a
regular belt might not stay low on the hips, as it
should. Instead, the belt will likely be over the
child's abdomen. In a crash, the belt would apply
force right on the child's abdomen, which could
cause serious or fatal injuries. So, be sure that
any child small enough for one is always properly
restrained in a child or infant restraint.
Infants need complete support, including support for the
head and neck. This is necessary because an infant's
neck is weak and its head weighs so much compared
with the rest of its body. In a frontal crash, an infant in a
rear
-facing restraint settles into the restraint, so the crash
forces can be distributed across the strongest part of the
infant's body, the back and shoulders. A baby should be
secured in an appropriate infant restraint. This is so
important that many hospitals today won't release a
newborn infant to its parents unless there is an infant
restraint available for the baby's first trip in a
motor vehicle.

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Built-in Child Restraint (Option)
Bucket Seat
60/40 Bench Seat
If your vehicle has this option in a bucket seat, each
bucket seat that has the built
-in child restraint fits in
only one location in your vehicle. To find out where a
bucket seat that has a built
-in child restraint must be
located in your vehicle, see ªRemovable Rear Bucket
Seatsº in the Index. If your vehicle has this option in a
60/40 bench seat, you may have one or two built
-in
child restraints. This bench seat will only fit in the
second row of your vehicle. In both types of seats,
the built
-in child restraint works the same way.

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This child restraint system conforms to all applicable
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Each child restraint is designed for use only by children
who weigh between 22 and 40 pounds (10 and 18 kg)
and whose height is between 33.5 and 40 inches
(850 and 1 016 mm) and who are capable of sitting
upright alone.
The child should also be at least one year old. It is
important to use a rear
-facing infant restraint until the
child is about a year old. A rear
-facing restraint gives
the infant's head, neck and body the support they would
need in a crash. See ªChild Restraintsº later in this
section for more information.
Q:What if the top of my child's shoulders is above
the shoulder belt slots for the five
-point child
restraint harness system?
A:A child whose shoulders are above the shoulder
belt slots for the five
-point child restraint harness
system shouldn't use this child restraint. Instead,
the child should sit on the vehicle's regular seat
cushion and use the vehicle's adult safety belts.
CAUTION:
BEFORE YOU USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT,
BE SURE THE TOP OF THE CHILD'S
SHOULDERS IS BELOW THE SLOTS THAT
THE HARNESS GOES THROUGH. A CHILD
WHOSE SHOULDERS ARE ABOVE THOSE
SLOTS COULD BE INJURED DURING A
SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH. IF THE TOP
OF THE CHILD'S SHOULDERS IS ABOVE
THE SLOTS, DON'T USE THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS
IN MOTION.

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Child Restraint
1. Raise the head restraint until the lower edge of the
head restraint is even with the top of the seatback.
2. Rotate the head restraint rearward until it touches the
top of the seatback. Make sure there is no gap
between the lower edge of the head restraint and the
top of the seatback.

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3. Lower the child restraint cushion.You'll be using the child restraint's harness (A)
to secure your child. Don't use the vehicle's
safety belts.

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CAUTION:
Using the vehicle's regular safety belts on a child
seated on the child restraint cushion can cause
serious injury to the child in a sudden stop or
crash. If a child is the proper size for the built
-in
child restraint, secure the child using the child
restraint's harness. But children who are too
large for the built
-in child restraint should sit on
the vehicle's regular seat and use the vehicle's
adult safety belts.
WARNING! FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE
MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS ON THE
USE OF THIS CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM
CAN RESULT IN YOUR CHILD STRIKING THE
VEHICLE'S INTERIOR DURING A SUDDEN
STOP OR CRASH. SNUGLY ADJUST THE
BELTS PROVIDED WITH THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT AROUND YOUR CHILD.
4. Before placing the child in the child restraint, add
slack to the shoulder harness. Pull the black shoulder
harness release strap firmly. At the same time pull
both shoulder harness straps through the slots in the
seatback as shown.
5. Place the child on the child restraint cushion.