belt CHEVROLET ASTRO PASSENGER 1993 1.G Owners Manual

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Vehicle Symbo/s
These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle. For example,
these symbols are used on an original battery:
A
Caution
Possible Injury
A void Sparks
or Flames Protect Eyes
by Shielding Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns Spark
or Flame Could
Explode Battery
These symbols are Important foryou and your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is driven:
Fasten Safety
Belts Door Lock/Unlock
PO335

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your safety belts properly
. You can also learn about some things you should
not do with safety belts .
Seats and Seat Controls ........................................................................\
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Front Seats
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Rear Seats
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Head Restraints
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Safety Belts: They’re For Everyone
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Why Safety Belts Work
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Questions People
Ask ........................................................................\
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Safety Belt Reminder Light
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..... 1-17
How To Wear Safety Belts Properly ................................................................. 1-18
Driver Position ........................................................................\
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Lap-Shoulder Belt
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Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
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Right Front Passenger Position
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Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions
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Center Passenger Positions
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.... 1-30
Children
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Smaller Children and Babies
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.. 1-32
Child Restraints
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Larger Children
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Safety Belt Extender
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................... 1-42
Checking Your Restraint Systems
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Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
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Adults
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats-how to adjust them, tak\
e them out
and put them back in. It also tells you about bucket and ben\
ch seats, power
seats, and head restraints.
Front Seats
Manual Seats
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A You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual
2 driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden moveme\
nt
could startle and confuse
you, or make you push a pedal when you
don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the ve\
hicle is not
moving.
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The bucket seats can be adjusted forward or rearward by the l\
ever at the
front
of the seat.
Slide the lever at the front
of the seat to the left 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.
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AM101010
1 CAUTION
*
4 dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can’t do their job
Sitting
in a reclined position when your vehicle
is in motion can be
when you’re reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’t
do its job because it won’t be against your
body. Instead,
it will be in front of you. In a crash you could go into
it, receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t
do its job either. In a crash the belt could go up
over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at you\
r pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the
seatback upright. Then sit well back
in the seat and wear your safety
I belt properly.

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The non-touring center bench seat has a pivoting right armrest.\
The left armrest can also be
used as a storage compartment,
The storage compartment and beverage cooler can also be used as rear seat
armrests. See "Storage CornpartmenVBeverage Cooler" in the Index.
The optional touring bench seats come with moveable armrests, i\
ndividual reclining seatbacks, adjustable headrests and a fold down center console.
.:
PO461
To adjust your seatback, pull up on the lever on the lower outsi\
de of the
seat.
The center bench seatbacks will recline further back than the \
rear bench
seatbacks.
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Removable Seats (Touring and Non-Touring Bench Seats)
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To remove the seat:
1. Disconnect the quick release latch plates for the lap-shoulder \
belt from
the buckles in the roof.
2. If you are removing the center seat, remove the right lap-shoulder\
belt.
To do this, press the tip of a key into the release hole of the safety belt
attachment while pulling up on the safety belt.
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If you have a safety belt guide on your seat, pull the safety belt all the
way out through the guide.
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To install the seat:
a
1.
2.
3.
Lower the seat into position. Make sure the front retainers ar\
e hooked
onto the anchor pins.
Do the same for the rear retainers. Make sure the
seat is locked in by pulling up and down on the seat.
Raise the seatback by pushing forward on the latch at the rig\
ht rear of
the seat. Pull up on the seatback until it is locked securely in the up
position.
Attach the quick release latch plate
to the buckles in the roof. If you are
installing the center seat, connect the right lap-shoulder belt \
to the
attachment on the seat cushion. If you have a safety belt gui\
de on your
seat, pull the belt through the guide before reattaching the l\
ap-shoulder
belt
to the side of the seat. The release hole should be facing outward.
If you installed the safety belt with the release hole facing inw\
ard
(toward the seat), slide the plastic cover
up so you can see the buckle.
Disconnect the seat belt. Slide the cover back down and reinst\
all the
belt correctly.
A
To avoid personal injury, do not ride in the right position of the
center seat unless the safety belt is securely anchored. Be sure the
buckle on the free end of the belt is fastened securely to the latch
plate mounted at the base of the seat.
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NOTICE
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Be sure to put the correct seats back in the proper positions so the safety
belts will work properly.
Head Restrahts
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If your vehicle has the optional touring package, you have adjusta\
ble head
restraints.
Slide the head restraint up or down
so that the top of the restraint is closest
to the top of your ears.
This position reduces the chances
of a neck injury in a crash.
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Safety Belts: They’= For Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts pr\
operly. It also tells
you some things
you should not do with safety belts.
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A Don’t let anyone ride where they can’t wear a safety bel\
t properly. If
- b you are in a crash and you’re not wearing a safety belt, your injuries\

can be
much worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be
ejected from it. You can be seriously injured or killed. In the same
crash, you might not be
if you are buckled up. Always fasten your
safety belt, and check that your passengers’ belts are faste\
ned
I properly too. I
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AM110001
This figure lights up when you turn the key to RUN or START when your
safety belt isn’t buckled, and you’ll hear a chime too.
It’s the reminder
to buckle up. In many states and Canadian provinces, the
law says to wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don’t
know
if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are very mild. In them, you won’t get hurt eve\
n if you’re not
buckled up. And some crashes can be
so serious, like being hit by a train,
that even buckled up a person wouldn’t survive. But most cr\
ashes are in
between. In many
of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes
walk away. Without belts they could be badly hurt
or killed.
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buckling up
does matter . . . a lot!
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Why Safety Belts Work
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AM115001
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. For example, if
the bike is going 10 mph (16 km/h), so is the child. When the bike hits the
block, it stops. But the child keeps going!
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