2003 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Owners Manual

Securing a Child Restraint Designed
for the LATCH System
1. Find the anchors for the seating position you want
to use, where the bottom of the seatback meets the
back of the seat cushion.
2. Put the child restraint on the seat.
3. Attach the anchor points on the child restraint to the
anchors in the vehicle. The child restraint
instructions will show you how.
4. If the child restraint is forward-facing, attach the top
strap to the top strap anchor. See
Top Strap on
page
1-38. Tighten the top strap according to
the child restraint instructions.
5. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions
to be sure it is secure.
TO remove the child restraint, simply unhook the
top
strap from the top tether anchor and then disconnect the
anchor points.
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Seat Position
i
If your child restraint is equipped with the LATCH
system, see
Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Children (LA TCH System) on page
1-40.
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See Top Strap on
page 1-38 if the child restraint has one. Be sure to
follow the instructions that came with the child restraint.
Secure the child in the child restraint when and as
the instructions say.
1. Put the restraint on the seat.
2. 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.
1-42
ProCarManuals.com

EP- c
ProCarManuals.com

4.
5.
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 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.
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
I -44
ProCarManuals.com

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 or killed
if the right front
passenger’s air bag inflates. This is because
the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating air bag.
Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in a
rear seat.
Although a rear seat is a safer place, you can secure a
forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat.
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See
Top Strap on
page 1-38 if the child restraint has one. Be sure to
fnlln\A/ the instr~~dinns that came with the child restraint
Secure the child in the child restraint when and as
the instructions say.
1. Because your vehicle has a right front passenger
air bag, always move the seat as far back as it will
go before securing a forward-facing child restraint.
See
Power Seats on page 1-2.
2. Put the restraint on the seat.
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.
4. Buckle the belt. Make sure the release button is
positioned
so you would be able to unbuckle the
QulbLy U’CIIL yulu \ly II ywu uv-I IlUU LW. clfnt
halt PII ~i,-Jfl\l if \/AI I o
nr hcaA tn
1 -45
ProCarManuals.com

5. Pull the rest of the lap belt all the way out of the
retractor to set the lock. 6.
To tighten the belt, feed the lap belt back into the
retractor while you push down on the child restraint.
You may find it helpful to use your knee to push
down on the child restraint as you tighten the belt.
directions to be sure it
is secure.
7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
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.
1-46
ProCarManuals.com

Air Bag Systems
This part explains the frontal and side impact air bag
systems.
Your vehicle has four air bags
- a frontal air bag for the
driver, another frontal air bag for the right front
passenger, a side impact air bag for the driver, and
another side impact air bag for the right front passenger.
Frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the risk
of injury from the force of an inflating air bag. But these
air bags must inflate very quickly to do their job and
comply with federal regulations.
Here are the most important things to know about the
air bag system:
You can be severely ,njured or killed in a crash
if you aren’t wearing your safety belt - even if
you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt
during
a crash helps reduce your chance of
hitting things inside the vehicle or being
ejected from
it.
CAUTION: (Continued)
Air bags are designe ,o work with safety belts
but don’t replace them.
Frontal air bags for the driver and right front
passenger are designed to deploy only in
moderate to severe frontal and near frontal
crashes. They aren’t designed to inflate at all
in rollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes,
or in many side crashes. And, for some
unrestrained occupants, frontal air bags may
provide less protection in frontal crashes than
more forceful
air bags have provided in
the past.
The side impact air bags for the driver and right front passenger are designed to inflate
only in moderate to severe crashes where
something hits the side of your vehicle. They
aren‘i ciesigneci to iniiaie in ironiai, in roiiover
or in rear crashes.
Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety
belt properly
- whether or not there’s an air
bag for that person.
1-47
ProCarManuals.com

Bot rontal and le impact E bags inf e
with great force, faster than the blink of an
eye. If you’re too close to an inflating air bag,
as you would be
if you were leaning forward, it
could seriously injure you. Safety belts help keep you in position for air bag inflation before
and during a crash. Always wear your safety
belt, even with frontal air bags. The driver
should sit as far back as possible while
still
maintaining control of the vehicle. Front
occupants should not lean on or sleep against
the door.
Anyone who
is up against, or very close to,
any air bag when
it inflates can be seriously
injured or killed.
CAUTION: (Continued)
I I
-
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.
To read how, see the
part of this manual called “Older Children” or “Infants and Young Children”.
There
is an air bag
readiness light on the
instrument panel, which
shows the air bag symbol.
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 on page 3-34.
1 -48
ProCarManuals.com

Where Are the Air Bags?
The driver’s frontal air bag is in the middle of the
ut”-, I, 1y ““I ,L,-,. ctnnrinry rrrhnnl
I I
instrument panel on the passenger’s side.
The driver’s side impact air bag
is in the side of the
driver’s seatback closest to the
door.
1-49
ProCarManuals.com