GMC SIERRA 1997 Repair Manual

Front (All)
1. Make the belt as long as possible by tilting the latch
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
plate and pulling it along the belt.
for the child restraint.
4. Run the vehicle’s safety belt through or around
the restraint. The child restraint instructions will
show you how.
Rear (Extended and Crew Cab)
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
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Front (All)
5. 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.
6. To tighten the belt, pull its free end while you push
down on the child restraint.
7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions
to be sure it is secure. If it isn’t, secure the
restraint in a different place in the vehicle and
contact the child restraint maker for their advice
about how to attach the child restraint properly.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle’s
safety belt. It will be ready
to work for an adult or larger
child passenger.
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position (Crew Cab)
Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag. Never
put a rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here’s why:
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A child in a rearfacing child restraint can be
seriously injured if the right front passenger’s air
bag inflates. This is because the back of a rearfacing child restraint would be very close to
the inflating air bag. Always secure a rearfacing
child restraint in the rear seat.
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part
about the top strap if the child restraint has one.
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
“Seats” in the Index.)
for the child restraint.
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
4. 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.
If the shoulder belt goes in front
of the child’s face or
neck, put it behind the child restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
5. 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.
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6. Pull the rest of the lap belt all the way out of the
retractor to set the lock. 7. To tighten the belt, feed the lap belt back into the
retractor while you push down on the child restraint.
8. 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.
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Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position (Except Crew Cab)
If your vehicle has air bags, there is a switch on the
instrument panel that you can use to turn
off the right
front passenger's air bag. But use this switch only when
you want to secure a rear-facing child restraint at the
right front passenger's position.
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A child in a rearfacing child restraint can
be seriously injured if the right front passenger's air bag inflates. This is because
the back of a rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating air bag.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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CAUTION: (Continu
Be sure to turn
off the air bag before using a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front
seat position. To turn
off the right
front passenger’s air bag, insert
your ignition key
into the switch, push in, and move
the switch to AIR BAG OFF.
The AIR BAG OFF light will come on to let you know
that the right front passenger’s air bag is off. The right
front passenger’s air bag will 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.
A CAUTdN:
If the air bag readiness light ever 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. If this ever
happens, don’t secure
a rear-facing child
restraint in your vehicle until you have your
vehicle serviced.
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You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part
about the top strap
if the child restraint has one.
1. If your vehicle has air bags and you are using a
rear-facing child restraint in this seat, make sure
the
air bag is turned off. If your child restraint is
forward-facing, always
move the seat as far back as
it will go before securing it in this seat. (See “Seats”
in the Index.)
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions
say.
4. 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.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face
or neck, put it behind the child restraint.
5. 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.
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6. Pull the rest of the lap belt all the way out of the
retractor to set the lock.
7. To tighten the belt, feed the lap belt back into the
8. Push and pull the child restraint in different
retractor while
you push down
on the child restraint.
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.
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If your vehicle has air bags, turn on the right front
passenger’s air bag when you remove the rear-facing
child restraint.
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To turn the air bag on again, insert your ignition key
into the switch, push in, and move the switch to the
ON position.
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If the right front passenger’s air bag is turned
off, an adult or a child who is no longer an infant
sitting in the right front passenger’s position
won’t have the extra protection of an
air bag. In
a crash, the air bag wouldn’t be able to inflate
and help protect the person sitting there. Make sure the air bag
is turned on unless you are
using
a rear-facing child restraint in the right
front seat position.
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Larger Children
Children who have outgrown child restraints should
wear
the vehicle’s safety belts.
If you have the choice, a child should sit next to a
window
so the child can wear a lap-shoulder belt and
get
the additional restraint a shoulder belt can provide.
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restrained
in the rear seat. But they need to use the
safety belts properly.
Children who aren’t buckled up can be thrown out
Children who aren’t buckled up can strike other
in a crash.
people who are.
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