child seat CHEVROLET BLAZER 1996 2.G Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
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 be
Don’t let it get twisted.
:It across you.
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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle.
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides
for Children and Small Adults @-Door Models)
Four-door models 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 seat. 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:
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Be sure the child restraint is designed to be used in a
vehicle. If it is, it will have a label saying that it meets
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Then 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 fiont seat, We at
General Motors therefore recommend that you put your
child restraint
in a rear seat outside position unless the
child is
an infant and you're the only adult in the vehicle.
In that case, you might want to secure the restraint in the
right front seat where you can
keep an eye on the baby.
Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child
restraint ,properly.
Keep in mind that 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.
Top Strap
If your child restraint has a top strap, it should be
anchored. Anchbr brackets for the rear outside seat
positions are located on the floor in,the cargo area.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in a
Rear Outside Seat Position
Don’t use the front set of tie-do.wn brackets. Anchor the
top strap
to the rearmast bracket on the same side of the
vehicle as the chi14 restraint.
Once you have the top strap anchored, you’ll be ready
to
secure the child restraint itself. You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt.
See the earlier part
about the top strap
if the child restraint has one.
1. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder
portions of the vehicle’s safety belt through or
around the restraint. The child restraint instructions
will show you how.
If the shoulder belt goes in front
of the child’s face or
neck, put it behind the child restraint.
for
the child restraint.
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Don't use child restraints in these positions. The
restraints won't work properly.
6. To tighten the belt, feed the shoulder belt back
into
the retractor while you push down on the
child restraint.
7. Push and pull the 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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position

You'll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part
about the top strap if the child restraint has one.
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2.
3.
Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
Secure the child in the. child restraint as the
instructions
say.
Pick up the latch plate, and,run the lap and shoulder
portions of
the vehicle's safety belt through or
around the restraint. The child restraint instructions
will show
you how.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child's face or
neck, put it behind the child restraint.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 1 6. To tighten the belt, feed the. shoulder belt back
, ’ into the retractor while you push down on the
7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
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child restraint.
directions to be sure it is secure. If you’re using a
bucket seat, adj.ust the seat forward until the lap
portion of the safety belt holds the restraint firmly.
But don’t move it any more
than needed to tighten
the lap belt.
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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Larger Children 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.
Children who aren't buckled up can be thrown out in
a crash.
0 Children who aren't buckled up can strike other
people who are.
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Here two children 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 injured.
A belt must be used by
only one person at a time.
&: 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 sitting
in a rear outside position of a
four-door model, see “Rear Safety Belt Comfort
Guides”
in the Index. 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 a
seat that has a lap belt,
if your vehicle has one.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine A CAUTION:
Never do this.
Here a child is sitting in
a seat that has a
lap-shoulder belt, but the shoulder part
is behind
the child. If the child wears the belt in this way, in
a crash the child might slide under the belt. The
belt’s force would then be applied right
on the
child’s abdomen. That could cause serious or
fatal injuries.
Wherever the child sits, the lap portion
of the belt
should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching
the child’s thighs. This applies belt force
to the child’s
pelvic bones in a crash.
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