CHEVROLET CAVALIER 1994 1.G Owner's Guide

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To make the belt shorter, pull its free
end as shown until the belt is
snug.
Buckle, 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
is positioned so you would be
able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly
if you ever had to.
I Children
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

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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. 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 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 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.
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Top Strap
If your child restraint has a top strap, it
should be anchored.
If you need to have an anchor installed,
you can ask your Chevrolet dealer to
put it in for you.
If you want to install
an anchor yourself, your dealer can tell
you how to do it.
For cars first sold in Canada, child
restraints with a top strap must be
anchored according to Canadian Law.
Your dealer can obtain the hardware kit
and install it for you, or you may install
it yourself using the instructions
provided in the kit.
Use the tether hardware
kit available from
the dealer. The hardware and installation
instructions were specifically designed
for this vehicle.
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
restraint.
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. Tilt the latch plate to adjust the
belt if needed.
If the shoulder belt
goes in front of the child’s face or
neck, put
it behind the child restraint.
4. Buckle the belt. Make sure the release
button is positioned
so you would be
able to unbuckle the safety belt
quickly
if you ever had to.

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I shoulder belt while you push down
on the child restraint.
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6. 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.
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 long as possible by
tilting the latch plate and pulling it
along the belt.
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow
the instructions for the child
restraint.
as the instructions say.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint
4. Run the vehicle’s safety belt through
or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions
will show you how.
release button is positioned
so you
would be able to unbuckle the safety
belt quickly if you ever had to.
6. To tighten the belt, pull its free end
while you push down on the child
restraint.
5. Buckle the belt. Make sure the different dtlrections
to be sure it is
secure. If the child restraint isn’t
secure, turn the latch plate over and
buckle it again. Then see if it is
secure. If it isn’t, secure the restraint
in a different place in the vehicle and
contact the child restraint maker for
their advice about how to attach the
child restraint properly.
To remove the child restraint, just
unbuckle the vehicle’s safety belt.
It will
be ready to work for an adult or larger
child passenger.

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Right Front Seat
To use a child restraint here, you will
need a special infant/child seat
attaching belt and the hardware that
goes with it. See the earlier section
about the top strap if the child restraint
has one.
Your dealer can get this and install the
hardware for you. It's free. The special
belt is
GM Part Number 12340286. Your
dealer can find the correct hardware in the
accessory section
of the GM Parts Catalog

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1. Unbuckle the automatic lap-shoulder
belt by pushing the button on the
buckle. It
will stay on the door, ready
to be rebuckled
for use by adults or
older children.
Once
the special hardware is installed,
2. Snap one hook of the infant/child
please
follow the instructions with it seat attaching
belt near the floor at
and these steps: the
door side of the
seat.
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3. Put the belt's special latch plate into
the vehicle's safety belt buckle. P

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 4. You can make the belt longer by
tilting the buckle and pulling it along
the belt.
5. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow
the instructions for the child
restraint.
6. Secure the child in the child restraint
as the instructions say.
7. Run the belt through or around the
child restraint. The child restraint
instructions will show you how.
8. Put the hook on the free end through
the slot
in the latch plate.
9. To make it tight, pull the belt while
you push down on the child restraint.
If the belt won't stay tight, switch it
end for end.
IO. Push and pull the child restraint in
different directions to be sure it
is
secure.
To remove the infant/child seat
restraint:
1. Push the button on the safety belt
buckle and remove the special latch
plate. Leave the latch plate on the
special belt.

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door
and remove the special belt.
Put the belt away
in a safe place in your
vehicle,
so it won’t fly around in a crash
and injure someone.
Remember
to reattach the automatic
belt again, once the child restraint is
removed. Be sure it isn’t twisted.
Larger Children
Children who have outgrown child
restraints should wear the vehicle’s
safety belts.
If you have the choice, a child should si1
next
to a window so the child can wear
a lap-shodder belt
and get the
additional restraint
a shoulder belt can
provide.
Accident statistics
show that children
are safer
if they are restrained in the
rem seat. But they
need to use the
safety belts properly.
Children who aren’t buckled up can
be
thrown out in a crash. children
who aren’t buckled
up can
strike other people
who are. I

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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. See
Rear Safety Belt Comfort
Guides
in the Index.
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.