CHEVROLET CAMARO 1997 4.G User Guide

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Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Chevrolet and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also
learn about some things you should
nut do with air bags and safety belts.
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and Seat Controls
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
Here Are Questions Many People Ask
About Safety Belts
-- and the Answers
How
to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Driver Position
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
Right Front Passenger Position
Air Bag System 1-26
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Rear Seat Passengers
Children
Child Restraints
Larger Children Safety Belt Extender
Checking Your Restraint Systems
Replacing Restraint System Parts After
a Crash

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust
them, and also about reclining front seatbacks, seatback
latches and the folding rear seatback.
Manual Front Seat
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You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to
adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is
moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when
you
don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when
the vehicle is
not moving.
Move the lever under the passenger’s front seat to
unlock it.
Slide the seat to where you want it. Then release the
lever and try to move the seat with your body to make
sure the seat is locked into place.
Be sure the lever
returns to its original position after moving the seat.
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There are two levers at the front of the driver’s seat. The
left lever adjusts the seat forward and rearward. The
right lever adjusts the angle
of the front of the seat.
To adjust the seats forward and rearward,
lift the lever
under the left front of the seat. Slide the seat to where you
want it. Then release the lever and
try to move the seat
with your body to make sure the seat is locked into place.
To raise or lower the front of the seat, lift the right lever
and lean forward
or backward. The
driver’s seat has three controls on the left side.
A. The front control makes the front of the seat go up
and down.
B. The center control makes the whole seat go up and
down or forward and backward.
C. The back control makes the back of the seat go up
and down.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of
the seat. Release the lever to lock the seatback where
you want it. Pull up on the lever, and the seat will go to
its original upright position.
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But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving.
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Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is
in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle
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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.
The front seatbacks fold forward to let people get
into the back seat.
To fold a
seatback forward, lift the
latch located on
the lower backside
of the
seatback. Then the seatback
will fold forward.
When you return the seatback to its original position,
make sure
the seatback is locked. The latch must be
down for the seat to work properly.
If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move forward
in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury
to the person
sitting there. Always press rearward
on the seatback to be sure it is locked.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Folding Rear Seatback
The rear seatback in your Camaro folds down to provide
more storage space.
To fold the seatback down:
1. Pull forward on both levers.
2. Fold the seatback down.
To raise the seatback:
1. Pull it up to the locked, upright position.
2. Be sure both latches hold the seatback in place. Have
them fixed
if they don’t.
Safety Belts: They’re 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.
And it explains the air bag system.
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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine In most states and Canadian provinces, the law says to
wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They work.
It is extremely dangerous to ride in 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.
Your vehicle has a light that
comes on as a reminder to
buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Light” in
the Index.) 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.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so
serious that even buckled up a person wouldn’t survive.
But most crashes are in between. In many of them,
people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk
away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt
or killed.
After more than
25 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter
... a lot!
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes,
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just
a seat on wheels. Put someone
on
it.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
doesn't stop. The
person keeps going until stopped
by something.
In
a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ...
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine or the instrument panel ... 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.
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