belt BUICK PARK AVENUE 1998 Owner's Manual

4. Buckle, position and release the safety belt as
described
in “Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions”
earlier
in this section. Make sure that the shoulder
belt crosses the shoulder.
To remove and store the comfort guides, squeeze the
belt edges together so that you can take them out from
the guides. Slide the guide into its storage pocket on the
side
of the seatback.
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.
Children who are up against, or very close to, any
air bag when it Mates can be seriously injured
or Wed.
This is true even though your vehcile
has reduced-force frontal air bags. Air bags plus
lag-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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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
~ seguiar belt might not stay low on the hips, as it
I should. Instead, the belt will likely be over the
I child’s abdomen. In a crash, the belt would apply
’ f~~e right on the child’s abdomen, which could
~ cause serious or fatal injuries. So, be sure that
1 any child small enough for one is always properly
j restrained in a child or infant restraint.
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A booster seat (F, G) is designed for children who
are about
40 to 6Q Ibs. (18 to 27 kg) md about
four to eight years
of age. It’s designed to improve
the fit of the vehicle’s safety belt system. Booster
seats with shields use lap-only belts; however,
booster seats without
shields use lapshoulder
belts. Booster seats can
also help a child to see
out the window.
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Wnen 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.
Ynen foliow the instructions for the restraint. You may
fixi 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 insmctions that come with
the infant or child
restraint will show YOU how to do that. Both the owner's
manual and the chiid restraint instructions are important,
so if either one of these is not available, obtain a
replacement copy from the manufacturer.
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4. 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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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 gull 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 dl the way. The safety belt
will move freely again and be ready to work for
m adult
or larger child passenger.
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I. Make the belt &Y !omg as possible by tilting the Batch
2. But &e reatmint on the seat.
3. Run the vehidc's safety belt through or around the
restraint.
The child restraint instructions will show
you how.
plate and pulling ,it dong the belt.
4. 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.
5. To tighten the belt, pull its free end 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.
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6. Push and pull the child restraint in differezt
directions
to be sure it is secure.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle’s
sa€ety belt.
It will be ready to work for an adult cr larger
child passenger.
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YQUT vehicle has a right front passenger air bag. Never
put a rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here’s why:
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier
part aboemt the top strap if the chiid restraint has one. Be
sure to FokBow the instructions 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 wi6i go
before securing a forward-facing child restraint.
(See “Seats” in the Index.)
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.
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4. 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.
5. Pull the rest of the kip belt dl the way out of the
retractor to set the lock.
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6. TQ tighten the belt, feed the lap belt back into the
retractor while you push
down on the child restraint.
~QU may find it helpful to use pur knee to push
down on the child restraint as you tighten the belt.
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.
7 Bush and pull the child restraint in different
$0 emove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle’s
directions to be sure it is secure.
belt and let
it go back all the way. The safety belt
Nil1 move freely again and be ready to work for an adult
larger child passenger.
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Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restmined in the rear seat. But they need to use the
safety belts properly.
e Children who aren’t buckled up can be thrown out
e Children who aren’t buckled up can strike other
in
a crash.
people
who are.
. . .. A: ~ove ~e c~d ~QWS~ &e center of fie vekcle, but
be sure that the shoulder belt still is 0111 the child’s
shoulder,
so that in a crash the child’s upper body
would have the restraint
that belts provide. If the
child is sitting in a rear seat outside position, see
“Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides” in the Index.
If the child is SO small that the shoulder belt is still
very close to the child’s face or neck, you might
want to place the child in the center seat position,
the one that has only a lap belt.
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