child restraint CHEVROLET CAVALIER 1994 1.G Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Here YOU’II find information about
the seats
in your Chevrolet and how
to use your safety belts properly
. You
can also learn about some things
you should
not do with safety belts .
Part I
Seats & Restraint Systems
Seats and Seat Controls ........................................................................\
.................... 12
Safety Belts ........................................................................\
........................................ 17
Driver Position ........................................................................\
.................................. 21
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ........................................................................\
... 24
Rear Seat Passengers ........................................................................\
........................ 25
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ........................................................................\
..... 27
Center Passenger Position ........................................................................\
................ 29
Children ........................................................................\
............................................. 30
Smaller Children and Babies ........................................................................\
............ 30
Child Restraints ........................................................................\
................................. 31
Larger Children ........................................................................\
................................. 38
Safety Belt Extender ........................................................................\
.......................... 40
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ........................................................................\
40
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ........................................................................\
.. 20
Right Front Passenger Position ........................................................................\
........ 25

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2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops. But the child keeps going! Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
go as fast as it goes.
1. For example, if the bike is going 10
mph (16 km/h). so is the child.
3. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose
it's just a seat on wheels.
4. Put someone on it.
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5. Get it up to speed. Then stop the
vehicle. The rider doesn't stop. 6. The person keeps going until stopped
In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ...
by something.

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Safety Belt Warning
light
When the key is turned to Run or Start,
a chime will come on for about eight
seconds to remind people to fasten their
safety belts, unless the driver’s safety
belt is already buckled. The safety belt
light will also come on and stay on for
20 seconds, then it will flash for an
additional
55 seconds. If the driver’s
belt is already buckled, neither the
chime nor the light will come on.
How To Wear Safety Belts
Properly
Adults
This section 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 Chevrolet, see the section
after this one, 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.
Vehicles First SoldIn Canada
Was your Chevrolet first sold, when
new, in Canada?
(If it was, a sticker on
the driver’s door will say “conforms to
all applicable Canada motor vehicle
...”
etc.) If so, then the rest of Part 1 does
not apply to your vehicle.
To learn how to use your safety belts,
please read the
Owner’s Manual Safety
Belt Supplement. It comes with every
new Chevrolet first sold in Canada.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To make the lap part tight, pull down
on the buckle end of the belt as you pull
up on the shoulder part. The
lap part of the belt should be worn
low and snug on the hips, just touching
the thighs. In a crash, this applies force
to the strong pelvic bones. And you’d be
less likely
to slide under the lap belt. If
you slid under it, the belt would apply
force at your abdomen. This could cause
serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder
belt should
go over the shoulder and
across the chest. These parts of the bod3
are best able to take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locla if there’s
a sudden
stop or a crash. To
unlatch the belt, just push the
button on the buckle.
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides
for Children and Small Adults
Your vehicle may be equipped with rear
shoulder belt comfort guides. This
feature will provide added comfort for
children who have outgrown child
restraints and for small adults. The
comfort guides pull the shoulder belts
away from the neck and head. (This
feature
is not available on vehicles with
a convertible top.)

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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