PONTIAC GRAND-AM 1995 Service Manual

For cars first sold in Canada, child restraints with a top
strap must be anchored according to Canadian Law.
Your dealer can obtain the hardware kit and install it for
you, or you may install it yourself using the instructions
provided in the kit.
Use the tether hardware kit available from the dealer.
The hardware and installation instructions were
specifically designed for this vehicle.
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part
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.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder
portions
of the vehicle’s safety belt through or
around the restraint. The child restraint instructions
will
show you how. Tilt the latch plate to adjust the
belt
if needed.
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Outside Seat Position
If the shoulder belt goes in front of the child’s face or
neck, put it behind the child restraint.
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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. To tighten the belt, pull up on the shoulder belt while
you push down on the child restraint.
6. 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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Securing a Child Restraint in the Center
Rear Seat Position 1. Make the belt as long as possible by tilting the latch
plate and pulling it along the belt.
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You’ll be using the lap belt.
See the earlier part about the top strap if the child
restraint has one.
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
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4. Run the vehicle’s safety belt through or around the
restraint. The child restraint instructions will show
you how.
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. To tighten the belt, pull its free end while you push
down on the child restraint.
1. 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.
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Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position
Was your Pontiac first sold, when new, in Canada? (If it
was, a sticker on the driver’s door will say “conforms to
all applicable Canada motor vehicle
. . . ” etc.) If so,
then this “Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position” part doesn’t apply to your vehicle.
To
learn how to secure a child restraint in the right front
seat, read the
Canadian Owner’s Manual Safety Belt
SuppEernent.
It comes with every new Pontiac first sold
in Canada.
To use a child restraint here, you will need a special
infanuchild seat attaching belt and the hardware that
goes with it. See the earlier part about the top strap if the
child restraint has one.
Your dealer can order the belt and attaching hardware
and install the hardware for
you. It’s free. The special
belt is
GM Part No. 12340286. Your dealer can find the
part number for the correct attaching hardware
in the
accessory section of the
GM Parts Catalog.
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Once the special hardware is ins'talled, please follow the
instructions
with it and these steps:
1. Unbuckle the automatic lap-,shoulder belt by pushing
the button on the buckle.
It will stay on the door, ready to be rebuckled for use
by adults
or older children.
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2. Snap one hook of the infadchild seat attaching belt
near the floor at the door side of the seat.
3. Put the belt’s special latch plate into the vehicle’s
safety belt buckle.
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4. You can make the belt longer by tilting the buckle
and pulling it along the belt.
7. Run the belt through or around the child restraint.
The child restraint instructions will show you how.
8. Put the hook on the free end through the slot in the
latch plate.
5. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
6. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.
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9. To make it tight, pull the belt while you push down
on the child restraint. If the belt won’t stay tight,
switch it end for end.
10. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.
To remove the infanuchild seat restraint:
1. Push the button on the safety belt buckle and remove
the special latch plate. Leave the latch plate on the
special belt.
2. Push the spring on the hook near the door and
remove the special belt.
3. Put the belt away in a safe place in your vehicle, so it
won’t fly around in a crash and injure someone.
4. Remember to reattach the automatic belt again, once
the child restraint is removed. Be sure
it isn’t twisted.
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Larger Children
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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 lap-shoulder 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.
0 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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