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For 1990-2009 cars only
Makes 🢒 Opel 🢒 2008 🢒 GT 🢒 Seats and Restraint Systems 🢒 Safety Belts 🢒 Lap-Shoulder Belt

All seating positions in your vehicle have a lap-shoulder belt.

Here is how to wear a lap-shoulder belt properly.

  1. Adjust the seat, if the seat is adjustable, so you can sit up straight. To see how, see "Seats" in the Index.
  2. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Do not let it get twisted.

    3. The lap-shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt go back slightly to unlock it. Then pull the belt across you more slowly.

    If you ever pull the shoulder portion of a passenger belt out all the way, you may engage the child restraint locking feature. If this happens, just let the belt go back all the way and start again.


    Object Number: 1378723 Size: B3
  3. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.

    4. Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure.

    Make sure the release button on the buckle is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if necessary.


    Object Number: 1378907 Size: B3
  4. To make the lap part tight, pull up on the shoulder belt.

    5. It may be necessary to pull stitching on the safety belt through the latch plate to fully tighten the lap belt on smaller occupants.


Object Number: 1378915 Size: B3

To unlatch the belt, push the button on the buckle. The belt should go back out of the way. When the safety belt is not in use, slide the latch plate up the safety belt webbing. The latch plate should rest on the stitching on the safety belt, near the guide loop.

Before you close a door, be sure the belt is out of the way. If you slam the door on it, you can damage both the belt and your vehicle.

Safety Belt Pretensioners

Your vehicle has safety belt pretensioners for front outboard occupants. Although you cannot see them, they are part of the safety belt assembly. They can help tighten the safety belts during the early stages of a moderate to severe frontal or near frontal crash if the threshold conditions for pretensioner activation are met.

Pretensioners work only once. If they activate in a crash, you will need to get new ones, and probably other new parts for your safety belt system. See Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash .