child seat BUICK REGAL 1993 Owners Manual

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learn about some things you should _not do with safety belts .
Part 1 includes:
SeatsandSeatControls ............................................................. 14
HeadRestraints ................................................................... 17
Safety Belts . They’re for Everyone ................................................... 19
Why Safety Belts Work ............................................................. 20
Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts ......................................... 24
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ....................................................
Adults
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DriverPosition .................................................................... 26
Lap-ShoulderBelt ................................................................. 27
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................................................... 33
PassengerPositions ................................................................ 34
Children ........................................................................\
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Smaller Children and Babies ......................................................... 40
Child Restraints ................................................................... 42
LargerChildren ................................................................... 52
Safety BeltExtender ................................................................ 55
Checking Your Restraint System ...................................................... 55
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ................................................... 56
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When the bike hits the block, it stops. But the child
keeps going!
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Take the simplest “vehicle.” Suppose it’s just a seat on
wheels.
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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 unless the child
is an
infant and you're the only adult in the vehicle. In that
case, you might want to secure the restraint
in the front
seat where
you can keep an eye on the baby.
Wherever
you install it, be sure to secure the child
restraint properly.
CAUTION:
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 resfraint in your vehicle
-- even when no child is
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Top Strap
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.
Vehicles first sold in Canada have child restraint anchor
bracket hardware in the glove box, along with
instructions for installing it. This should be used only
with a child restraint, and only to secure a child restraint
at a rear seating position. Additional anchor brackets for
child restraints at the rear seating positions are available
at Buick dealerships in Canada.
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Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Outside Position
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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. Pull out the vehicle’s safety belt and run the lap part
through or around the restraint. The child restraint
instructions will show
you how. Tilt the latch plate to
adjust the belt if needed. See
if
the shoulder belt would go in front of the
child’s face or neck. If so, put it behind the child
restraint.
4. Buckle the belt. Make sure the release button faces
upward or outward,
so you’ll be able to unbuckle it
quickly
if you ever need to.
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Securing a Child Restraint in a Center Seat
Position 1. Make the belt as long as possible by tilting the latch
plate and pulling it along the belt.
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When you secure a child restraint in a center seating
position, you'll be using the lap belt.
See the earlier section about
the top strap if the child
restraint has one.


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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 faces
upward or outward,
so you’ll be able to unbuckle it
quickly if
you ever need 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 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.
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.
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Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat To use a child restraint here, you will need a special
infant/child seat attaching belt and the hardware that
goes with it. See
the earlier section about the top strap if
the child restraint has one.
Your dealer can get these and install the hardware for
you. It’s free. The special belt is GM Part Number
12340286. Your dealer can find the correct hardware in
the accessory section
of the GM Parts Catalog.
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’ A CAUTION:
Don’t use the special infantlchild seat attaching
hardware
in another vehicle. If you do, it may not
work well and the child may not be protected
properly
in a crash. The special hardware is for
your vehicle only.
Also, don’t use the special belt for anything but
securing a child restraint
in the right front seat. If
an adult or older child uses
it, the belt won’t
provide protection and may even increase injury
in a crash.
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Once the special hardware is installed, please follow the
instructions with it and these steps:
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1. Unbuckle the automatic lap-shoulder belt by pushing
the button
on the buckle.
2. Snap one hook of the infant/child seat attaching belt
near the floor at the door side
of the seat.
It will stay
on the door, ready to be rebuckled for use
by adults
or older children.
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3. Put the belt’s special latch plate into the vehicle’s
safety belt buckle. 4. You can make the belt longer by tilting the buckle
and pulling it along the belt.
5. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
6. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions
say.
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