belt BUICK REGAL 1994 Owner's Guide

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.
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Outside Position (Coupe Only)
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.
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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. 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. Tilt the latch plate to adjust the
belt
if needed.
If the shoulder belt goes
in front of the child’s face or
neck, put
it behind the child restraint.
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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. To tighten the belt, pull up on the shoulder belt while
you push down on the child restraint.
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6. Push and pull the child restraint in different
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. directions to
be sure
it is secure.
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Outside Position (Sedan Only)
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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. 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.
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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 shoulder belt all the way out of
' the retractor to set the lock.
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6. To tighten the belt, feed the shoulder 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.
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 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 chiId 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.
3.
4.
Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
Secure the child
in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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4. You can make the belt longer by tilting the buckle
and pulling
it along the belt.
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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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