GM Service Manual Online
For 1990-2009 cars only

Lap-Shoulder Belt

If your vehicle has a bench seat, someone can sit in the center position.

When you sit in the center seating position, you have a lap safety belt, which has no retractor. You also have a shoulder belt, which has a retractor. In order to have the protection of the shoulder belt, you must first connect it to the lap belt.


    Object Number: 807180  Size: B4
  1. Remove the shoulder belt from its stowage location in the roof and pull it all the way down to the lap belt.

  2. Object Number: 806691  Size: B4
  3. Insert the metal knob on the shoulder belt into the keyhole on the lap belt buckle as shown. Be sure to slide the shoulder belt part into the keyhole until it locks into place.

  4. Object Number: 806693  Size: B4
  5. To make the lap belt longer, tilt the latch plate and pull it along the belt.

  6. Object Number: 806694  Size: B4
  7. To make the belt shorter, pull its free end as shown until the belt is snug
  8. Buckle, position and release the lap-shoulder belt the same way as the other lap-shoulder belts. If the belt is not long enough, see Safety Belt Extender .

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.