CHEVROLET S10 1997 2.G Owner's Guide

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine .Servicing Yo.ur: Air Bag-Equipped licle
The air bag affects how your vehicle ihould be serviced.
There are parts of the air bag system in ,several places
around your vehicle, Y0.u dm’t-want the sys.ttem to.
inflate. while someone is wo&g on your vehicle.
Your
GM dealer and the GM Service Manual have
information about servicing
your vehicle and the aif bag-
system.
To purchase a service manual, see “Service and
Owner Publications”
in the Index.
For up to two minutes i er tht pition key is
turned
ofT‘and the battery is di-scannected, an -air
bag can.stiIl inflate durin,g improper service. You
can be injured if~you are close to an air bag when
it inflates. Avoid wires wrapped with yelIow tape,
or yellow connectors. They are probably part of
the air bag system. Be.sure to follow proper
service procedures,
and make snm’e the person
performing-
work for you is qualified to do so.
The air bag. system dses not need regular.maintenance.
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Safety belts work for-everyonej including pregnant
women. Like all occupants, they are
more likely to be
seriously injured if they don’t wear safety belts.
A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, and
the lap portion should be w.orn as low as possible, below
the rounding, throughout the pregnancy. The
best way
to’ protect -the fetus is to protect the
-mother. When a safety belt is worn properly,.it’s .more
likely that the fetus won’t be
hurt in a crash. For
pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making
safety belts. ef€ective- is wearing them properly.
Right Front Passenger Position
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the. same
way as the driver’s safety-belt. See “Driver Position”
earlier
in this section.
When the shoulder b,elt is pulled out all the way, it will
lock. If-it does,
let it go back all the way and start again.
Center Passenger Position

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If your vehicle has a bench seat, someone can sit in the
center position.
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 lung enough,
men
YOU sit in a center seating position, you have a lap see “Safety Belt Extender” at the end of this section, -
safety belt, which has no retractor. TO make the belt
longer, tilt the latch plate and pull it along the belt. Make
sure the release button on the buckle is positi&ed
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 Rear .Seat Passengers
(Extended Cab Jump .Seats)
Lap Belt
These a~e resave seating. positions equipped with lap belts.
only. (If your extended cab pickup has the optional side
axes-s. panel, there’s only one reserve seating position.)
It’s very i-mportant for rear seat passerigers to buckle-up!
Accident statistics show thatunbelted people in the rear
seat are huft-moxe often in crashes than those who are
wearing safety belts.
Rear passengers who- aren’t %ifety belted can be thrown
om. of the vehicle in a crash. And they can strike others
in the vehicle who afe:waring safety belts.
Each jwap seat has a lap belt with no retractor. To. make
the belt
longer; tih-the latch plate n little and pull the belt.
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To make it shorter, pull the belt as shdwn until it is snug,.
Buckle and position it the same way as thelap pxrt of
,,the driver’s safety bdt (see “Driver Position” in the
,Index).
Make sure the: release button on the buckle. is
positioned so you would Ine .able to unbuckle the safety
belt quickly
if you ever had to. To unlatch the be:lt, just
push the button on the buckle.
Don’t use child restraints on these seats. They won’t
work properly. Everyone
m a
vehic1.e 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 Babie-s
Smaller children and babies s.hould always be
.restrained in
a child or infant restraint. The
instructions for
the restraint will say whether it is
.the right type
and size for your child. A very
young child’s hip
bones are so small that a
regular belt might not stay low on the hips, as it
.should. Instead, the belt will likely be over the
child’s abd,omen. In
a crash, the belt would apply
.force right on the child’s abdomen, which could cause serious or fatal injuries.
So, be sure that
any child small enough
for one is always properly
restrained in
a child or infant restraint.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Never hold a baby In your arms while riding in a
vehicle. A baby doesn't weigh much -- until a
crash. During a crash a baby will become 30
CAUTION: (Continued) heavy
you can't ho1d.i.t.- For example, in a crash
at only 25 mph (40 kdh), a 12-Ib. (55 kg) baby
will suddenly become
a 2404b. (110 kg) force on
your arms. The baby would be almost.hpassible
to hold.
Secure the
baby in an infant restraint.

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Front
Seat Position
Don’t use child restraints in this position. The restraints
won’t work properly.
Jump Seats (Extended Cab)
Don’t use child restraints in these positicms. The
restraints. won’t
workproperly.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine S.e.curing a Child. ]Restraint-in the Right
Front
Seat PosMo,n,
You'll be using the hp-shoulder.belt. See the earlier part
about the top .strap if the child restraint has one..
1. Put the. restraint on the seat. FollQw The instructions
for the child i-estraifk
'2. Secure the cluld in the- child.re.straint as the
instruckions say.
3. Pick up the latch plate., and run thelap 2nd Bhouldex
portions
of the: vehicle's sakty belt through dr
wound the.restraint. The child restraint instrwtians
wilhhow you how.
If the shoulder bell goes. in front of the. childls face or
neck, put it behind the child restraint.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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.
5. Pull the rest of the shoulder belt all the way out of
the retractor to set the lock.
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