Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 1995 s Service Manual

Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides
for Children and Small Adults
(4-Door ,Models) =
Four-door models may have rear shoulder belt comfort guides.
This feature will provide added comfort for children who have
outgrown child restraints and for small adults. The comfoc
guides pull the shoulder belts away from the neck and head.
There is one guide for each outside passenger position in
the rear seat. You will find them tucked in between the seatback
and the interior body, about half-way down the
edge of the seatback. Here
is how you should install the
comfort guides on the shoulder belts:
1. Pull the elastic cord out from between the edge or
the seatback and the interiorbody;to remove the
guide from its storage clip.
2. Slide the guide under and past the belt. The elastic
cord must be under
the belt. Then, place the guide
over the belt, and insert the two edges of the belt into
the slots
of the guide.

3.
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Be sure that the belt is not twisted and it lies flat. 4. Buckle the belt around the child, and make sure that both
The elastic cord must be under the belt and the the lap belt and
the shoulder belt are secured properly.
guide on top. Make sure that the shoulder belt
crosses the
shoulder:
See “Safety Belts, Rear Seat Passengers”
in the Index.
To-remove and store the comfort guides, just perform
these steps
in reverse order. Squeeze the belt edges ’
together so that you can t&e them out from the guides.
Pull the guide upward to expose its storage clip, and
then slide the guide onto the clip. Rotate the guide and
clip inward and in between the seatback and the
interioz‘
body, leaving only the loop of elastic cord exposed.

Children Smaller Children and Babies
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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.
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Be sure to follow the instructions for the restraint. YOU
~,:$i may find these instructions on the restraint itself or in -a
' . ..I. booklet, or both. These restraints use the belt system in
._. j;;j your vehicle, but the child also has to be secured within
, . ':@The #.e instructions that come' with the infant or child ,
, ' ?d
:$;the restraint to help reduce the chance of personal injury.
Yjrestraint'will
.& show you how-to do that. L.-3$& , I . , <:' .^
Where to Put the-Restraint
accident statistics show that children are safer if they
in the rear rather than the front seat. We at
Motors therefore recommend that you put your
child restraint in the rear seat. Never-put a rear-facing
child restraint in'the front passenger seat. Here's why:
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Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child
restraint properly.
Keep
iri mind that .in unsecured child Festraint 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.

6. To tighten the belt, feed the shoulder belt into the
retractor while you push down on the child restraint. 7. 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.
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