CADILLAC ELDORADO 1993 10.G Workshop Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine If the belt is not long enough, scc “Safety Belt Extender” at the end of
this section. Make sure the release button on the buckle faces upward or
outward so you would be able to unbucklc it quickly if you evcr had to.
4’ 3. To make the lap
part tight,
pull
buckle end of the
belt
as you pull up
on the shoulder
past.
.- down on the
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just
touching the thighs. In a crash, this applies force to the strong pelvic
bones. And you'd be less
likely to slide under the lap belt. If you slid
under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause
serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should
go over the
shoulder and across the chest. These parts
of the body are best able to
take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks
if there's a sudden stop or a crash.
A CAUTION:
You can be seriously hurt if your shoulder belt is too loose. In a
crash you would move forward too much, which could increase
injury.
The shoulder belt should fit against your body.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine I 0 To unlatch the
belt, just push the
button on the
buckle.
CENTER PASSENGER POSITION
Your vehicle has a rear bench seat. Someone can sit in the center
position.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine When you sit in a
center seating
position, you have
a
lap safety belt, which
has no retractor.
To
make the belt longer,
tilt the latch plate
and pull it along the
belt.
To make the belt
shorter, pull its free
end
as shown until
the belt is snug.
Buckle, position and release it the same way as the lap part of a
1, lap-shoulder belt. If the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt Extender”
I at the end of this section.
Make sure the release button on the buckle faces upward or outward
so
I you would be able to unbuckle it quickly if you ever had to.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine CHILDREN
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Everyone in a vehicle needs protection! That includes infants and all
children smaller than adult size. In fact, the law in every state and
Canadian province says children up to
some age must be restrained while
in a vehicle.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Smaller Children and Babies
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CAUTION:
:.,$ ; . , ,
,_ . Smaller children and babies should always be restrained in a
:-child or hifant restraint. The instructions for the restraint will
. ~ young child's hie 'bones are so small that a regular belt might . .
.: -not'stay low on.the hips, as it should. Instead, the belt will likely
~y whether it .is the right type and size-for .your. child, A very ;2-*-,. ..- -- - . . 1 ... Q
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I-!:,: :be Ovir .the ihild's, abdomen. In a crash the, belt would apply '-2- i.
;-foice right on the. child's abdomen, which could caus-e serious :or*'-!' '
. ._ -fatal . .. injuries; So, be sure that any child smakenough for one is -, ..
diivays properly restrained in a child or infant restraint. %$; .. -- I t ..a --. ..
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hold a baby, in your arms while riding in a vehicle, A'baby'. - ,_
mqesn't weigh much -- until-axrash. During a:craih a baby will .. - '--
become so heavy ym can't hold it. For example, iris crash at Y j:.~ .- -iy 25 mph (40'km/h], a 12-pound ,(55 kg) baby will. suddenly '';?!;:, -
..
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I..!. -a b$come a 240-pound (110 kg) force- on your ;-++ a"sI11.s. T.. :.*-;'$ The baby
.. , ; -.-
. w&ld be almost -impossible t&..hold. -. . .&' c . -72.:: :'Gf
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CAUTION:.(Continued) -83 . T*
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine CHILD RESTRAIINTS
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:
A CAUTION:
I
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously
injured if the right-front passenger’s air bag inflates. This is
because the back of a rear-facing child restraint would be
very close to the inflating air bag.
If your vehicle has a
right-front passenger’s air bag, always secure a rear-facing
child restraint in the rear seat.
You may secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right
front seat. However, before securing
a forward-facing child
restraint,
ALWAYS move the front passenger seat as far back
as it will go. Or, secure the child restraint in the rear seat.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine A CAUTION:
A child in a child restraint in the fhnt-center seat can be badly
injured by the passenger
air bag if it inflates. NEVER use a child
restraintin the front-center seat. It’s always better to secure
a
child restraint in the rear seat. You may, howwer, secure a
fom-rd-facing child restraint in the right-front passenger seat
only
with the seat moved all the way back -I .I . .A
Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child restraint properly.
A 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 restraint in your vehicle
-- even when
no child-is in it: .
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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 Cadillac 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 the
center rear seating position. Additional anchor brackets for child
restraints at one
or both of the rear outside seating positions are available
at Cadillac dealerships
in Canada.
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