CHEVROLET TRACKER 1994 User Guide

Seats and Restraint Systems
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -
how to adjust them, and also about
reclining front seatbacks, head restraints,
seatback latches, easy entry seats and the
folding rear seatback.
Front Seat
Move the lever under the 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.
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Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the
Iuter side
of the seat. Release the lever to
ock
the seatback where you want it. Pull
1p on the lever, and the seat will go to its
Iriginal upright position. But don’t have
he seatback reclined
if your vehicle is
noving.
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Head Restraints
Head restraints are fixed on some
vehicles and adjustable on others. Slide
an adjustable head restraint
up or down
so that the top of the restraint is closest
to the top of your ears. This position
reduces the chance ofa neck injury
in a
crash.
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To raise or lower the restraint, push in the
release while you pull up or push down
on the restraint. Easy Entry Seats
The front seats of your vehicle make it
easy to get
in and out of the rear seat.
0 When you pull up on the recliner
release lever, the seatback will tilt
forward and the whole seat will slide
forward.
After someone gets into the rear seat
area, move the seatback to its original
position. Then move the seat rearward
until it locks.
0 To get out, pull the release handle on
the rear of the right front seat.
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Folding Rear Seat
The rear seat in your Geo folds to provide
more cargo space.
To fold the seat. lower the rear seatback
and then
flip the whole rear seat up
against
the front seats.
1. Swing the safety belt buckles forward
and down. Pull the knobs on both sides
of the
seatback.
If you have a split rear seat,
you can
fold half of the seat by pulling
only the knob on the side
you want to
fold.
3. Fold the seatback down.
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4. Unlock the bottom part of the seat.
On the one-piece rear seat, pull ou
On the split rear sear, lift the
the release
ring.
release lever on either seat.
5. Lift the bottom of the seat up and pus1
it toward the front of the vehicle.
i. Find the support bar on the bottom of
the seat. This bar keeps the rear seat
from unfolding.
’. Pull the inner end of the support off of
the seat bracket and swing it down.
’. Push the support bar into the floor
bracket.
Be sure the support bar is
secured.
‘0 unfold the seat:
ieep your hands, safety
belts and other
bjects away from where the seat
will
:st.
Pull the support bar out of the floor
bracket and swing
it up and toward the
bottom of the seat.
Push the support bar into the bracket
on the bottom
of the seat.
Slowly pull the seat down to
the floor.
The seat should latch into place. Pull
up
on the bottom of the seat to be sure
it is locked in position.
Pull the seatback
up and push it back.
Push and pull the
top of the seatback
to
be sure it is locked in place.
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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.
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’his figure lights up as a reminder to
luckle up. (See “Safety Belt Reminder
ight” in the Index.)
n many states and Canadian provinces,
he law says to wear safety belts. Here’s
vhy: Thev work. tou
never know if you’ll be in a crash. If
rou do have a crash, you don’t know if it
vi11 be a bad one.
1 few crashes are mild, and some crashes
:an be
so serious that even buckled up
L person wouldn’t survive. But most
:rashes are in between.
In many of them,
Ieople who buckle up can survive and
lometimes walk away. Without belts they
:odd have been badly hurt or killed.
4fter more than
25 years of safety belts
n vehicles, the facts are clear. In most
:rashes buckling up does matter
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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go
as fast as it goes.
For example, if the bike is going 10 mph
( 16 km/h), so is the child.
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When the bike hits the block, it stops. But
the child keeps going!
Fdke the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's
just a seat on wheels.
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Put someone on it. Get
it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle.
I'he 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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or the instrument panel ... x 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
;trongest bones take the forces. That’s
why safety belts make such good sense.
Many People Ask about
Safety Belts - and the
Answers
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle
after an accident if
I’m wearing a
safety belt?
A: You could be - whether you’re
wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily unbuckle a safety belt, even
if you’re upside down. And your
chance of being conscious during and
after an accident,
so you an unbuckle
and get out, is much greater
if you are
belted.
Q: Why don’t they just put in air bags
so people won’t have to wear safety
belts?
A: Air bags are in some vehicles today
and
will be in more of them in the
future. But they are supplemental
systems only
- so they work with
safety belts, not instead of them.
Every air bag system ever offered for
sale has required the use
of safety
belts. Even if you’re
in a vehicle that
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has air bags, you still have to buckle
up to get the most protection. That’s
true not only
in frontal collisions, but
especially
in side and other collisions.
Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never
drive far from home, why should
I
wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if
you’re in an accident - even one that
isn’t your
fmlt - you and your
passengers can be
hurt. Being a good
driver doesn’t protect you from things
beyond your control, such as bad
drivers.
Most accidents occur within 25 miles
(40 km) of home. And the greatest
number
of serious injuries and deaths
occur at speeds
of less than 40 mph
(65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
w How to Wear Safety
Belts Properly
Adults
This section is only for people of adult
size.
Be aware that there are special things to
know about safety belts and children.
And there are different rules for smaller
children and babies.
If a child will be
riding
in your Geo, see the section after
this one, called “Children.”
Follow those
rules for everyone’s protection. Safety Belt Reminder
Light
Nhen the key is turned to “ON” or
‘START,” a light will come on for about
:ight seconds
to remind people to fxten
heir safety belts. Unless the driver’s
afety belt is already buckled, a chime
vill also sound.
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