belt Oldsmobile Bravada 2003 Owner's Manuals

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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
Front Seats ...................................................... 1-2
Power Seats
.............................................. 1.2
Power Lumbar
........................................... 1-2
Heated Seats
................................................. 1-3
Power Reclining Seatbacks
.............................. 1-4
Head Restraints
............................................. 1-5
Rear Seats ....................................................... 1-6
Rear Seat Operation
....................................... 1-6
Safety Belts ..................................................... 1-8
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
................. 1-8
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts
...... 1-12
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
................. 1-13
Driver Position
.............................................. 1-1 3
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
............... 1-20
Right Front Passenger Position
.................... 1-21
Rear Seat Passengers
.................................. 1-21
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides
for
Children and Small Adults .......................... 1-24
Safety Belt Extender
..................................... 1-26
Child Restraints ............................................. 1-27
Older Children
.............................................. 1-27
Infants and Young Children
............................ 1-29
Child Restraint Systems
................................. 1-32 Where
to Put the Restraint
............................. 1.35
Top Strap
.................................................... 1-36
Top Strap Anchor Location
............................. 1-37
Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Children (LATCH System)
....................... 1-38
Securing a Child Restraint Designed
for the LATCH System
............................... 1-40
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Outside Seat Position
................................ 1-40
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position
.................................... 1-42
Center Seat Position
..................................... 1-45
Air Bag Systems ............................................ 1-46
Where Are the Air Bags?
............................ 1-49
When Should an Air Bag Inflate?
... ...... 1-51
What Makes an Air Bag Inflate?
..................... 1-52
How Does an Air Bag Restrain?
..................... 1-52
What Will
You See After an Air Bag Inflates? ... 1-53
Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
......... 1-55
Restraint System Check .................................. 1-56
Checking Your Restraint Systems
................... 1-56
Replacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash
............................................ 1-56
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Power Reclining Seatbacks
The vertical power seat control described earlier allows
the seatback to recline.
Sitting
in a reclined position when your vehicle
is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you
buckle up, your safety belts can’t do their job
when you’re reclined like
this.
The shoulder belt can’t do its job. In a crash,
you could go into
it, receiving neck or other
injuries.
The lap belt can’t
do its job either. In a crash
the belt could go up over your abdomen. The
belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic
bones. This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is in
motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit
well back
in the seat and wear your safety belt
properly.
But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle
is
moving.
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Safety Belts
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety
belts
properly. It also tells you some things you should
not do with safety belts.
Don’t let anyone ride where he or she can’t
wear a safety belt properly.
If you are in a
crash and you’re not wearing a safety belt,
your injuries can be much worse.
You can hit
things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it.
You can be seriously injured or killed. In the same crash, you might not be, if you are
buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt,
and check that your passengers’ belts are
fastened properly too.
It is ext ly dangerous to rid n a cargo
area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In
a
collision, people riding in these areas are more
likely to be seriously injured or killed.
Do not
allow people to ride
in any area of your vehicle
that is not equipped with seats and safety belts. Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in a
seat and using
a safety belt properly.
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In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law
says to wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a
crash, you don’t know
if it will be a bad one. I
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or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why
safety belts make such good sense.
Questions and Answers About
Safety
Belts
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident
if I’m wearing a safety belt?
A: You could be - whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even
if you’re upside down. And your chance
of being conscious during and after an accident,
so
you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if
you are belted.
Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have to
wear safety belts?
A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in
most of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only;
so they work with
safety belts - not instead of them. Every air bag
system ever offered for sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even
if you’re in a vehicle that has
air bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions,
but especially in side and other collisions.

0: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
accident
- even one that isn’t your fault - you and
your passengers can be hurt. Being a good
driver doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such as bad drivers.
home, why should I wear safety belts?
Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of
home. And the greatest number of serious injuries
and deaths occur at speeds of less than
40 mph
(65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
This part 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 vehicle, see
Older Children on page 1-27
or lnfants and Young Children on page 7-29. 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.
Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
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Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear it
properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat so you can sit up straight. To see
how, see “Seats” in the Index.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure.
If the belt isn’t long enough, see Safety Belt
Extender on page 1-26.
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.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
5. To make the lap part tight, pull up on the
shoulder belt.
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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 body are best able to take belt
restraining forces.
The safety belt locks
if there’s a sudden stop or crash,
or
if you pull the belt very quickly out of the retractor.
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What’s wrong with this?
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You can be ser.,sly hurt if yo^. shouLr belt
is too loose. In a crash, you would move
forward too much, which could increase injury.
The shoulder belt
should fit against your body.
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It won’t give nearly
as much protection this way.
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