ECU CHEVROLET CAVALIER 1994 1.G Owners Manual

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To reattach the automatic belt:
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see Seats
in the Index) so you can sit up
straight.
belt across you. Don't let it get
twisted.
1. Push the latch plate into the buckle
until it cliclts. Pull up
on the latch
plate to make sure it
is secure.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the
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I: What's wrong with this?
,: The shoulder belt is too loose. It
won't give nearly as much protectior
this way.
Q: What's wrong with this?
A: The belt is buclded in the wrong
place.
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Pear Seat Outside Passenger
Dositions
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The positions next to the windows have
ap-shoulder belts. Here's how to wear
me properly.
1. Pick up the latch plate and pull the
belt across you. Don't let it get
twisted.
until it clicks.
2. Push the latch plate into the buckle
If the belt stops before it reaches the
buckle, tilt the latch plate and keep
pulling until
you can buckle it.
Pull
up on the latch plate to make sure
it is secure.
If the belt is not 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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4. Buckle the belt around the child, and
make sure that both the lap belt and
the shoulder belt are secured
properly. Make sure that the shoulder
belt crosses the shoulder. See
Safety
Belts, Rear Seat Passengers
in the
Index. i
To remove and store the comfort
guides, just perform these steps
in
reverse order. Squeeze the belt edges
together
so that you can take them out
from the guides. Pull the guide upward
to expose its storage clip, and then slide
the guide onto the clip. Rotate the guide
and clip inward and in between the
seatback and the interior body, leaving
only the loop
of elastic cord exposed.
I Center Passenger Position
Lap Belt
If your vehicle has a rear bench seat,
someone can sit in the center position.
When you sit in a center seating
position,
you have a lap safety belt,
which has no retractor.
To make the belt longer, tilt the latch
plate and pull it along the belt.

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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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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.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Convenience Net (OPTION)
Your vehicle may have a convenience
net. You’ll see it just inside the back
wall of the trunk. Put small loads, like
grocery bags, behind the net. It can help
keep them
from falling over during
sharp turns or quick starts and stops.
Unclip a corner of the convenience net
to fit larger objects behind the net, then
reclip it to secure them in place.
The net isn’t for larger, heavier loads.
Store them in the trunk as far forward
as
you can.
You can unhook the net
so that it will
lie flat when you’re not using it.
Trunk Cargo Anchors (OPTION)
If your vehicle has fold-down rear seats,
you’ll find two or four anchors on the
back wall of your trunk.
You can use
these anchors to tie down lighter loads.
They prevent things from shifting during
sudden stops, turns and maneuvers.
These anchors are not for heavier loads.
Store those items as far forward in the
trunk as possible.
New Khicle ‘Break-in"
NOTICE:
Your modern Chevrolet doesn’t
need an elaborate “break-in.” But it
will perform better in the long run
if you follow these guidelines:
Don’t drive at any one speed -
fast or slow - for the fist 500
miles (804 km) . Don’t make full-
throttle starts.
Avoid making hard stops for the
first
200 miles (322 km) or so.
During this time your new brake
linings aren’t yet broken in. Hard
stops with new linings can mean
premature wear and earlier
replacement. Follow this
“brealring-in” guideline every
time you get new brake linings.