child restraint CHEVROLET ASTRO 1997 2.G Owners Manual
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Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also
learn about some things
you should not do with air bags and safety belts.
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Seats and Seat Controls
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
Here Are Questions Many People
Ask
About Safety Belts -- and the Answers
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Driver Position Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
Right Front Passenger Position
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR)
System
Rear Seat Passengers
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Belt Comfort Guides
for
Children and Small Adults
Center Passenger Position
(Bench Seat)
Children
Built-in Child Restraint (Option)
Child Restraints
Larger Children
Safety Belt Extender
Checking Your Restraint Systems
Replacing Restraint System Parts After a
Crash
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If you have rear bucket seats in your vehicle, they will
recline and adjust the same way as the front manual
bucket seats. See “Reclining Seatbacks” earlier
in this
section or
in the Index.
Bench Seats
If you have bench seats in your vehicle, each seat can
carry up to three passengers. They can also be removed
to increase storage space.
The center bench (if not equipped with
a built-in child
restraint) and rear bench seats can be adjusted forward
or rearward by
the lever at the front of the seat. Move
the seat adjustment
lever at the front of the seat
toward the passenger’s side
to unlock it. Slide the seat to
where
you want it. Then
release the lever and try to
move the seat with your
body,
to make sure the seat
is locked into place.
The non-touring center bench seat has
a pivoting
right armrest. The left armrest can also be used as
a
storage compartment.
The optional touring bench seats come with moveable
armrests, individual reclining seatbacks, adjustable
headrests
and a fold-down center console.
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Adults
This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to know about safety
belts and children. And there are different rules for smaller
children and babies. If a child will be riding in your
vehicle, see the
part of this manual called “Children.”
Follow those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with
the driver position.
Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear
it properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index)
so you can sit up straight.
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3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let
it get twisted.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Pull up
on the latch plate to make sure it is secure. 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 is
positioned
so you would be able to unbuckle the
safety belt quickly
if you ever had to.
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Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults
Your vehicle may have rear shoulder belt comfort
guides. This feature will provide added safety belt
comfort for children who have outgrown child restraints
and for small adults. When installed on a shoulder belt,
the comfort guide pulls the belt away from the neck
and head.
There is one guide for each outside passenger position in
the rear seats.
To provide added safety belt comfort for
children who have outgrown child restraints and
for
smaller adults, the comfort guides may be installed on
the shoulder belts. Here’s how to install a comfort guide
and use the safety belt:
1. Remove the guide from its storage clip on the side of
the seatback.
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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 in the United States and in every
Canadian province says children up to some age must be
restrained while in a vehicle.
Smaller Children and Babies
(Except Cargo Vans)
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Smaller children and babies si dd 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
1 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
i restrained in a child or infant restraint.
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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. Smaller children
and babies should always be restrained in
a child
restraint. However, infants, who should be
restrained in a rearfacing child restraint, cannot
ride safely in this vehicle. The instructions for the
restraint will
say whether it is the right type and
size for your child.
If a forward-facing child
restraint is suitable for your child, be sure the
child is always properly restrained while riding in
this vehicle.
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A CAUTION:
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
CAUTION: (Continued)
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at only
25 mph (40 kmk), a 12-lb. (5.5 kg) baby
will suddenly become a 240-1b.
(110 kg) force on
your arms. The baby would be almost impossible to hold.
Built-in Child Restraint (Option)
If your vehicle has this option, there’s a built-in child
restraint at each
outboard position of the second row
bench seat.
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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Each child restraint is designed for
use only by children
who weigh between
22 and 60 pounds (10 and 27 kg)
and whose height is between
33.5 and 5 1 inches (850 and
1 295 mm) and who are capable of sitting upright alone.
The child should also be at least one year old. It is
important to use a rear-facing infant restraint until the
child is about a year old.
A rear-facing restraint gives
the infant’s head,
neck and body the support they would
need in a crash. See “Child Restraints” later in this
section for more information.
@ What if the top of my child’s shoulders is above
the shoulder belt slots for the five-point child
restraint harness system?
A: A child whose shoulders are above the shoulder
belt slots for the five-point child restraint harness
system shouldn’t
use the harness. Instead, the child
should sit on the vehicle’s regular seat cushion and
use the vehicle’s adult safety belts.
BEFORE YOU USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT,
BE SURE THE TOP
OF THE CHILD’S
SHOULDERS IS BELOW THE SLOTS THAT
THE HARNESS
GOES THROUGH. IF A
CHILD WHOSE SHOULDERS ARE ABOVE
THOSE SLOTS USES THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT, THE CHILD COULD BE
IN JURED DURING A SUDDEN STOP OR
CRASH.
IF THE TOP OF THE CHILD’S
SHOULDERS
IS ABOVE THE SLOTS, DON’T
USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT WHILE THE
VEHICLE IS
IN MOTION.
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Child Restraint
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1. Lower the child restraint cushion. You’ll
be using the child restraint’s harness (A) to
secure your child. Don’t use the vehicle’s safety belts.
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Using the vehicle’s regular safety belts on a child
seated on the child restraint cushion can cause
serious injury to the child in
a sudden stop or
crash.
If a child is the proper size for the built-in
child restraint, secure the child using the child
restraint’s harness. But children
who are too
large for the built-in child restraint should sit on
the vehicle’s regular seat and use the regular
safety belts.
WARNING! FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE
MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUCTIONS
ON THE
USE
OF THIS CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM
CAN RESULT IN YOUR CHILD STRIKING THE
VEHICLE’S INTERIOR DURING A SUDDEN
STOP OR CRASH. SNUGLY ADJUST THE
BELTS PROVIDED WITH THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT AROUND YOUR CHILD.
2. If the left and right halves of the shoulder harness
clip are fastened together, separate them.
3. Place the child on the child restraint cushion.
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