belt CHEVROLET S10 1998 User Guide

Q: What’s wrong.with this?
You can be seriously injured. by a twisted belt. .In
.a crash, you wouldn’t have the .full width of the
belt to spread impact forces. If a belt is twisted,
make It straight so.it can work properly, or ask.
:your dealer to fix.it.
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Safety Belt- Use .During Pregnancv
Safety -belts work for wayone, 'including pregnant
women. Like all occ.upants, the.y .are more likely to.be
serio-usly
injured if they don't wear :safety belts..
To unlatch the-beltj just push the-button on thti buckle.
The belt should go- back out -of .the way.
Before
you :close the door, be sure the; belt is out of-the
way. If ypu.slam the door on it, you can damage.both the
belt and your vehicle.. I
A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulderbdt, and
the lap-portion should be worn as low as possible, below
the
rounding, :throughout .the pregnancy. t "
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Here are-the most imponant things to how about the air
b.ag.systern:
Air ba-gs inflate with.great fo.rce, fiwter than the
blink of
an eye. If you're too close to an inflating
air bag, it .could seriously. injure
you.. This is true.
even
with reduceillforce-frontal air bags, Safety
belts help
keep you in position before arid during
a crash. Always
wear your safe.ty belt, even with
reduced-force air bags, .The -driver should sit
.as
far back as possible while still mairitaining.
control'iof the vehicle,
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Center Passenger Position
Lap Belt
If your. vehicle has a 'bench sear;, someone can :sit,in the
ceater position.
When you sit in a center seating pasition, y.00- have a lap
safety belt, which has na retractor.. To make. the belt
longer; ti&, the latGh .plate arid pdl it along. the-belt.
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Rear passengers who aren’t safety belted can be thrown
out of the vehicle in a crash. And they can strike others
in the vehicle-who are wearing.slfety . _. belts,
Each jump seat
has a lap belt with no retractor. To
make the belt longer, tilt the latch plate a little and p-ull
the belt.
To .make it shmter, pull the belt as shown until it is :snug.
Buckle and.gosition it
the same way:as the lap part of
the driver’s s~dety belt (see “’Driver Pogition” in the
Index). Make sure. the release buttan cm the buckle is
positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety
belt-quickly if
you ever had bo. To unlatch the belt, just
push the button on the buckle.
Don’t use child restraints on these seats. They won’t
work properly.
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A booster .seat (F, GI is designed forchildren who
me about 40-to 60 lbs. (1s to 27 kg) and about
four to-eight years of age. It’s designed to improve
the
fit of thevehcle’s safety belt system. Ekooster
seats.
with shields use lap-only belts; however;
booster seats without shields use lap-shoulder
belts-. Booster seats
can also help a child to see
out the window.
The -child restraint must be secured properly in the right
front. passenger seat. If yuu want to securera rear-facing
cbild restraint in the right front passenger’s-seat, you
need.ts turn off the passenger’s air bag. See “Securing
a; Child Restraint in the Right Front. Seat Position’’ in.
the Index for more on-this, including important
safety information.
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If the air bag
I
r comes on when
you have turned off the air: bag, it means that
something may be wrong with the air bag system.
The right
front passenger’s air bag. could inflate
even
though the switch is -off. I% this ever
happens, don’t secure a $ear-facing child
restraint
in your vehicle until you have your
v.ehicte-.serviced.
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face or
neck, put it behind the child restraiot.
4. Buckle the, belt. Make sure the felease buttoh is
positioned so: you .woul&be -able-. to unbuck1e.th.e
safely belt quickly ifflyou ever hadita
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5. Pull the:rest of the shoulder belt ala the way out uf
the, retractor to. set .the lock.
6. To tighten the belt, fed the shoulder bekback into.
the retractor while you push down on the chld
restraint.
If :you’re using a forward-facing .child
restraint,
you may find it helpful t-0 use.yo.& knee
t6 push do-wn on the child restraint as you tighten
the belt.
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7. Push atrd pull the child restraint in different
.&ec$ions to be sure it is:sec.u.re.
To remove-.the.child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle%
safety
belt and let it go back. all the way. The safety belt
will
move. free1y;again and be ready towork.for an adult
or larger child passenger.
'If you. were using. a -rear-facing- childrestraint, turn on
the
right front paisenger 's. air bag when y~u fernow the;
rear-facing child-res$ainrt from. the-vehkie.
To turn the air bag .on. again, insert your ignition key
into the switch., push in, and muve the switch SO the
ON position.
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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 chi1d: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 p.ortion of the belt
should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching
the- child’s thighs. This applies beit force to. the child’s
pelvic bones in -a crash.
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