child seat CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1994 Owners Manual

Seats & Safety Belts
Section
Here you'll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use
your safety belts properly . You can also learn about some things you should
not do with safety belts .
Seats and Seat Controls ...................... .......... 1-2
Frontseats ............................................. 1-2
Head Restraints ........................................ 14
Rearseats .............................................. 1-7
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Safety Belts: They're For Everyone ...........................
Why Safety Belts Work .......................
Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts ......
How To Wear Safety Belts Properly ................
Adults ...................................................
Driver Position .........................................
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..........................
Passenger Positions ....................................
Lap-Shoulder Belt ....................................
Children ....................... ....................
Smaller Children and Babies ..............................
Child Restraints ........................................
Larger Children .........................................
Safety Belt Extender .......................................
Checking Your Restraint Systems .............................
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ..........................
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1-14
1-17
1-18
1-18
1-19
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1-26
1-29
1-31
1-31
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When the bike hits the
block, it stops. But the child keeps
going!
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Take the simplest
“vehicle.” Suppose
it’s
just a seat on wheels.
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Put someone on it.
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Child Restraints
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.
Where to Put the Restraint
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.
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 Vehicle dealer to
put it in for you. If you want to install an anchor yourself, your dealer can
tell you how to do it.
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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.
I. 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. Pull out the vehicle’s safety belt. Make the belt as
tilting the latch plate and pulling
it along the belt. long
as possible by
4. Run the lap and
shoulder portions
through or around
the restraint.
The
child restraint
instructions will
show
you how. If
the shoulder belt
goes in front
of
the child’s face or
neck, put it
behind
the child
restraint.
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Securing a Child Restraint in a Center 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.
3.
4.
Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions for the child
restraint.
Secure the child in the child restraint as the instructions say.
Run the vehicle’s safety belt through or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show you
how.
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5. 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.
6.
7.
To tighten the belt, pull its free end while you push down on the child
restraint.
Push and pull the child restraint
in different directions 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.
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat
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.
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Larger Children
Children who have
outgrown child
restraints should wear the vehicle’s safety
belts.
If you have the choice, a child should sit next to a window so the child can
wear a lapshoulder belt and get the additional restraint a shoulder belt can
provide.
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in the
rear seat. But they need to
use the safety belts properly.
Children who aren’t buckled up can be thrown out in a crash.
0 Children who aren’t buckled up can strike other people who are.
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2: What if a child is wearing a lap-shoulder belt, but the child is so
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 a seat that has a lap
belt,
if your vehicle has one.
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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.
Safety Belt Extender
If the vehicle’s safety belt will fasten around you, you should use\
it.
But if a safety belt isn’t long enough to fasten, your dealer will order you an
extender. It’s free. When
you go in to order it, take the heaviest coat you
will wear,
so the extender will be long enough for you. The extender will be
just for you, and just for the seat
in your vehicle that you choose. Don’t let
someone else use it, and use it only for the seat it is made to fit. To wear it,
just attach it to the regular safety belt.
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Safety Belts (continued)
Extender
.................................................... 1-42
Lapshoulder ................................................. 1-29
Larger Children
............................................... 1-40
Properwear ................................................. 1-18
Questions
& Answers .......................................... 1-17
RearSeat
.................................................... 1-28
ReminderLight
............................................... 1-18
Replacing After a Crash
........................................ 1-43
RightFrontPassenger
.......................................... 1-26
Small Children and Babies
...................................... 1-31
Use During Pregnancy ......................................... 1-26
Safety Chains
................................................... 4-39
Safety Warnings and Symbols
........................................ vi
Scheduled Maintenance Services
................................ 747-1 8
Seats
........................................................... 1-2
Controls
...................................................... 1-2
Easy Entry Seat
................................................ 1-6
ManualFront
.................................................. 1-2
PowerDriver’s
................................................ 1-3
RearFolding .................................................. 1-8
Reclining
..................................................... 1-5
Removable
.................................................. 1-10
SeatbackLatches ............................................... 1-5
Secondary Air Injection (AIR System) ............................... 6-59
Service Do-It-Yourself
................................................ 6-3
Parts Identification Label
....................................... 6-80
Publications
................................................... 8-7
Replacement Parts and Filter Recommendations
..................... 6-83
Service Engine Soon Light
................................... 2-7 1, 6-59
Service Station Checks
............................................ 7-29
Shift Indicator Light ......................................... 2-25, 2-72
Shifting Into Park
................................................ 2-28
Single Belt Accessory Drive
....................................... 6-47
SpareTire
...................................................... 5-26
Removal
.................................................... 5-26
Storage
..................................................... 5-37
Specification Charts
.............................................. 6-81
Speedometer
.................................................... 2-65
Starting your Engine
........................................ 2-13, 2-16
Steering ........................................................ 4-7
ColumnShiftLever
............................................ 2-28
In Emergencies
................................................ 4-8
Tips
......................................................... 4-7
Storage Compartments
............................................ 2-56
Other ....................................................... 2-63
Sunvisors
..................................................... 2-53
WhyTheyWork
.............................................. 1-14
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