CADILLAC FLEETWOOD 1993 2.G Workshop Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine CENTER REAR PASSENGER POSITION
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Your vehicle has a rear bench seat, and someone can sit in the center
position.
1. Pick up the latch plate and, in a single motion, pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
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2. Push the latch
plate into the
buckle until it
clicks.
If the belt
stops before it
reaches the
buckle, let it go
back into the
retractor all the
way and start
again.
3. Feed the lap belt into the retractor to tighten it.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Position and release it the same way as the lap part of a lap-shoulder
belt.
If the belt isn't long enough, see "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 unbuckle it quickly if you ever had
to.
RERR SEAT PASSENGERS
It's very important for rear seat passengers to buckle up! Accident
statistics show that unbelted people in the rear seat are hurt more often
in crashes than those who are wearing safety belts.
Rear passengers who aren't safety belted can be thrown out of the vehicle
in a crash. And they can strike others
in the vehicle who are wearing
safety belts.
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The positions next to the windows have lap-shoulder belts. Here’s how to
wear one properly. ~
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2. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks. Pick
up the latch
plate and pull the
belt across you.
Don’t let it get
twisted.
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before it reaches the
buckle, tilt the latch
plate and keep
pulling until you can
buckle it.
If the belt is not long enough, see “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 unbuckle it quickly if you ever had to.
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part tight, pull
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buckle end of the
belt as you pull up
on the shoulder
part.
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

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serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should
go over the
shoulder and across the chest.
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very quickly out of the retractor.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine - CHILDREN
- 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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A CAUTION:
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 regular belt might
not stay low on the hips, as it should. Instead, the belt will likely
be over the child’s abdomen. In a crash the belt would apply
force right
on the child’s abdomen, which could cause serious or
fatal injuries.
So, be sure that any child small enough for one is
always properly restrained in a child or infant restraint.
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Never hold a baby in your arms while riding in a vehicle. A baby
doesn’t weigh much
-- until a crash. During a crash a baby will
become
so heavy you can’t hold it. For example, in a crash at
only
25 mph (40 km/h), a 12-pound (5.5 kg) baby will suddenly
become
a 240-pound (110 kg) force on your arms. The baby
would be almost impossible to hold.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine CHILD RESTUNTS
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:
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A CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured
if the right-front passenger’s air bag inflates. This is because I
the back of a rear-facing child restraint would be very close to
the inflating air bag. 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. Lj’ ri
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