BUICK PARK AVENUE 1998 Workshop Manual

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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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Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child
restsa..int properly.
Keep in finad that m unsecured child restraint can move
around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in
the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure my child
restraint in YOU 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 gut it in for YSU. Hf you
want to install m anchor yourself9 your deder can tell
you how to do it.
Canadian law requires that child restraints have a top
strap, and that the strap be anchored.
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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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A child in a child. restraint in the center €ront
seat can be
badly injnred ~1 killed by the sight
front passenger air bag if it idates, even though
your vehicle has reduced-force frontal air bags.
Never secure
a child restraiamt in the center
front seat. It’s always better to secure a child
restraint
in the rear seat. You may secure a
forward-facing child restraint in the right
font passenger seat, but before you do, always
PPEQV~ the fr~nt passenger seat as far back as it
will gap. It’s better to secure the child restraint in
8 rear seat.
See the earlier part about the top strap if the child
restraint has one.
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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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