child seat CADILLAC SEVILLE 1993 4.G Owners Manual

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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.
?+%ere 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:
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-frunt
passenger’s air bag, always secure a rear-facing child restraint
in the rear seat,
You may secure a fonvard-facing child restraint in the right
front seat, However, before securing a forward-facing chitd
restraint, ALWAYS move the frornt passenger seat as far back
as it will go. Or, secure the child restraint in the rear seat.
CAUTION:
A child in B child restraint in the frontenter seat can be
badly injured by the passenger air bag if it inflates. NWEK
use a child restraint in the fmnt-center seat. It’s ahvays better
to secure a child restmint in the rcar seat, You may, howeiq
secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right-front
passenger seat unty with the seat moved all the way back
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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 i@ure people in the vehicle. Be sure to
properly secure any child restmint in your vehicle v- even when
na.ehild is in it.
Top Strap
I 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.
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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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine I Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Position
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
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
restraint.
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. _I ’ . I, b’ .- ?;, ‘i . . .> . _. . ~.
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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.
Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Rear Seat
Position
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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1. Make the belt as
tilting the latch
plate and pulling
it along the belt.
fl long as possible by
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the child
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
restraint.
4. Run the
vehicle’s safety belt through or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will
show you how.
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Your vehicle has a right-front passenger’s air bag. NEVER put a
rear-facing child restraint in this position. Here’s why:
A rear-facing child restraint in the front seat could he pushed
into the seatback by the right front passenger‘s air bag if it
Inflates, A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously
injured if this happens. Always secure a rear-facing child
restraint in the rear seat.
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier section about the top
strap
if the child restraint has one.
1. Always move the seat as far back as it will go before securing a
front-facing child restraint.
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.
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Children who have outgrown child restraints should wear the vehicle's
safety belts.
If
you have the choice, a child should sit next to a window so the child can
wear a lap-shoulder belt and get the additional restraint a shoulder belt
can provide.
Accident statistics show that children are safer
if they are restrained in
the rear seat. But they need to use the safety belts properly.

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A CAUTION:
Newr do this.
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Were two chitdren are wearing the same belt. The belt can’t
properly spread the impact forces, In
a crash, the two children
can be
crushed together and seriously iqjured. A belt must be
used by only one person at a time,
Q: What if a child is wearing a lap-shoulder belt, but the child is so
small that the shoulder belt is very close to the child’s face or neck?
A: Move the child toward the center of the vehicle, but be sure that the
shoulder belt still
is on the child’s shoulder, so that in a crash the
child’s upper body would have the restraint that belts provide.
If the
child is
so small that the shoulder belt is still very close to the child’s
face or neck,
you might want to place the child in the center seat
position, the one that has only a lap belt.
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Never do this,
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Here a child is sitting in a seat that has 8 lapshoulder belt, but
the shoulder part is behind the chlid, If the child wears the; bit
in t.his way,.in a crash the child might slide under the belt, The
belt's fwce would then be applied right on the child's abdomen,
That could muse serious or fatal injuries.
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Wherever the child sits, the lap portion of the belt should be worn low,
snug below the hips, and just touching the child's thighs. This applies belt
force to the child's pelvic bones in a crash.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Remote ’Runk Release ............................... 74
Remote Keyless Entry ................................. 68
Replacement Fasteners .............................. 262
Replacing Brake System Parts ........................ 293
Replacing Safety Belts ............................... 61
Replacing Tires .................................... 310
Replacing Wheels .................................. 313
Reporting Safety Defects
to Canadian Gov’t.
................ See Owner Assistance
to General Motors
................ See Owner Assistance
to
U.S. Gov’t ..................... See Owner Assistance
Restarting Your Car When It’s Moving
................. 86
Restraint, Infant .................................... 46
Restraint, Occupant ................................. 10
Restraint Systems, Checking Your ...................... 61
Restraints, Child .................................... 46
Restraints, Head .................................... 10
Restraints, Larger Children ........................... 57
Retained Accessory Power ........................... 327
Reverse Gear Position ............................... 85
“ Riding” The Brakes ............................... 180
Road Sensing Suspension ............................ 143
Road, Your Driving And The ......................... 165
RoadSigns ........................................ 165
Roads, Hill and Mountain ........................... 203
Rocking Your Car Out Of Snow, Ice, Sand Or Mud ...... 260
Rotation, Tire ..................................... 309
Rotate, If You’re Stuck And Your Front Wheels Can’t ..... 88
Run (Ignition Key Position) ........................... 80
Running Your Engine While You’re Parked .............. 96
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Safety Belt Extender ................................. 61
Safety Belt Reminder Light ......................... 11,17
Safety Belt Replacement, Need For .................... 61
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................... 36
Safety Belt Usage By Adults ........................... 18
Safety Belt Usage By Children ......................... 43
Safety Belts
........................................ 10
Safety Belts, Center Rear Passenger’s Position ........... 41
Safety Belts, Cleaning ............................... 319
Safety Belts, How To Wear Properly .................... 18
Safety Belts, Torn .................................... 62
Safety Belts, Rear Seat ............................... 38
Safety Belts, Replacing After A Crash .................. 61
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