child restraint BUICK PARK AVENUE 1994 Owners Manual

@ Part 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Buick. and how to use your safety belts properly . You can also
learn about some things
you should not do with safety belts .
Part 1 includes:
SeatsandSeatControls ........................................................... 14
HeadRestraints
................................................................. 18
SafetyBelts .................................................................... 19
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................................................. 26
Lap-ShoulderBelt
............................................................... 27
Supplemental Restraint System (Air bag) ............................................. 34
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ................................................... 41
Children
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Smaller Children and Babies
.................................................. 46
Child Restraints
............................................................ 48
LargerChildren ............................................................. 58
SafetyBeltExtender .............................................................. 61
Checking Your Restraint System
.................................................... 61
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
................................................. 62
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How To Wear Safety Belts Properly
Adults
This section is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to know about
safety belts and children. And there are different rules
for smaller children and babies. If a child will be riding
in your Buick, see the section after this one, called
“Children.” Follow those rules for everyone’s
protection.
First,
you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This section describes the driver’s restraint system
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Child Restraints
Be sure to follow the instructions for the restraint. You
may find these instructions on the restraint itself or in a
booklet, or both. These restraints use the belt system in
your vehicle, but the child also has to be secured within
the restraint to help reduce the chance
of personal injury.
The instructions that come with the infant or child
restraint will show you how to do that.
Where to Put the Restraint
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restrained
in the rear rather than the front seat. We at
General Motors therefore recommend that you put your
child restraint in the rear seat. NEVER put a rear-facing
child restraint
in the front passenger seat. Here’s why:
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Top Strap
Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child
restraint properly.
Keep
in mind that an unsecured child restraint can move
around
in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in
the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child
restraint
in your vehicle -- even when no child is in it.
If your child restraint has a top strap, it should be
anchored.
If
you need to have an anchor installed, you can ask
your
Buick dealer to put it in for you. If you want to
install an anchor yourself, your dealer can
tell you how
to do it.
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For cars first sold in Canada, child restraints with a top
strap must be anchored according to Canadian Law.
Your dealer can obtain the hardware
kit and install it for
you, or
you may install it yourself using the instructions
provided in the
kit.
Use the tether hardware kit available from the dealer.
The hardware and installation instructions were
specifically designed for this vehicle. You’ll be
using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier
section about the top strap
if the child restraint has one.
1. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
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.
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Outside Position
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face or
neck, put
it behind the child restraint.
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6. To tighten the belt, feed the lap belt into the retractor
while you push down
on the child restraint.
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7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.
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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 a Center Seat
Position
When you secure a child restraint in a center seating
position, you’ll be using the lap belt.
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See tne earlier section about the top strap if the child
restraint has
one.
1. Make the belt as long as possible by tilting the latch
plate and pulling
it along the belt.
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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. Run the vehicle’s safety belt through or around the
restraint.
The child restraint instructions will show
you how.
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.
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7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure
it is secure. If the child restraint
isn’t secure, turn the latch plate over and buckle
it
again. Then see if 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 You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier
section about the top strap if the child restraint has one.
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Your vehicle has a right-front passenger’s air bag.
NEVER put a rear-facing child restraint in this seat.
Here’s why: Because
your vehicle has a right-front passenger’s
air bag, always move the seat as far back as it will go
before securing a front-facing child restraint.
Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
Secure the child
in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
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.
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If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child's face or
neck, put
it behind the child restraint.
6. Pull the rest of the lap belt all the way out of the
retractor to set the lock.
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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