2003 BUICK PARK AVENUE Owner's Manual

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BUICK PARK AVENUE 2003  Owners Manual A booster seat (F-G) is a child restraint designed to
improve the ®t of the vehicles safety belt system. Some
booster seats have a shoulder belt positioner, and
some high-back booster seats have a

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BUICK PARK AVENUE 2003  Owners Manual When 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.
Then follo

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BUICK PARK AVENUE 2003  Owners Manual {CAUTION:
A child in a child restraint in the center front
seat can be badly injured or killed by the right
front passengers air bag if it in¯ates. Never
secure a child restraint in the center front

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BUICK PARK AVENUE 2003  Owners Manual In Canada, the law requires that forward-facing child
restraints have a top strap, and that the strap be
anchored. In the United States, some child restraints
also have a top strap. If your child rest

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BUICK PARK AVENUE 2003  Owners Manual Top Strap Anchor Location
Your vehicle has top strap anchors already installed for
the rear seating positions. Youll ®nd them behind
the rear seat on the ®ller panel.
In order to get to a bracket,

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BUICK PARK AVENUE 2003  Owners Manual In order to use the system, you need either a
forward-facing child restraint that has attaching
points (B) at its base and a top tether anchor (C), or a
rear-facing child restraint that has attaching

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BUICK PARK AVENUE 2003  Owners Manual With this system, use the LATCH system instead of the
vehicles safety belts to secure a child restraint.
{CAUTION:
If a LATCH-type child restraint isnt attached to
its anchorage points, the restrain

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BUICK PARK AVENUE 2003  Owners Manual Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Outside Seat Position
If your child restraint is equipped with the LATCH
system, seeLower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) on page 1-39.
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