CHEVROLET TRACKER 1996 User Guide

Easy Entry Seats (2-Door)
The front seats of your vehicle make it easy to get in and
out of the rear seat.
When you pull up on the recliner release lever, the
seatback will tilt forward and
the whole seat can
slide
forward by hand.
After someone gets into the rearseat area, move the
seatback
to its original position. Then move the seat
rearward until it locks.
A CAUTION:
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If any easy entry seat isn’t locked, it can move. In
a sudden stop or crash, the person sitting there
could
be injured. And, even if there is no crash or
sudden stop, a driver sitting in an unlocked easy
entry seat could be startled
by the sudden
movement and hit the wrong control or pedal,
causing
an accident. After you’ve used it, be sure
to push rearward on any easy entry seat ta be
sure
it is locked.
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0 To get out, pull the release handle on the rear of the
passenger’s side front seat.
Folding the Rear Seatback (2-Door Models)
The rear seat in your Geo folds to provide more
cargo space.
To fold the rear 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.
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2. Pull the knobs on both sides of the seatback. If
you have the split rear seat, you can fold half of the
seat by pulling only the knob on the side you wish
to fold.
3. Fold the seatback down.
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4. Unlock the bottom part of the seat:
0 On the one-piece rear seat, pull out the
0 On the split rear seat, lift the release lever on
release
ring.
either seat.
5. Lift the bottom
of the seat up and push it toward the
front of the vehicle.
6. Find the support bar on the bottom of the seat. This
bar keeps the rear seat from unfolding.
7. Pull the inner end of the support off of the seat
bracket and swing it down.
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8. Attach support bar to the floor bracket.
To unfold the seat:
Keep your hands, safety belts
and other objects away
from where
the seat will rest.
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2.
3.
4.
Pull the support bar out of the floor bracket and
swing
it up and toward the bottom of the seat.
Push and secure 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 to lock it into
place. Push and pull the top of the seatback
to be
sure the seatback is locked in position.
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The rear seat in your Geo folds forward to provide more
cargo space.
To fold the rear seat forward:
1. Tuck the seatbelts into the storage groove between
the seatbacks.
2. Pull up on the lock knob on the top of each seatback
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3. While pulling up on the lock knob, fold each rear
seatback
down. Both rear seatbacks must be folded
down in order to move the seat forward.
4. Unsnap the strap located on the back of the
passenger’s side rear seatback.
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5. Pull the release ring out to unlock the bottom of
the seat.
6. Lift the bottom of the seat up and push it toward the
front of the vehicle.
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7. Hook the strap to the floor loop to secure the folded
rear seat.
To raise the rear seat:
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Unhook the strap from the floor loop and snap it on
the back of the passenger’s side rear seatback.
Slowly
pull the seat down to the floor until it latches
into place. Pull up on the bottom
of the seat to be
sure it
is locked into position.
While pulling the lock
knob up on each rear
seatback, pull each seatback
up and push it into
place. Push and pull the top of the seatback to be
sure it is locked into position.
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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.
And it explains the air bag system.
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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.
Your vehicle has a light
that comes
on as a reminder
to buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Light” in
the Index.)
In most states and Canadian provinces, the law says to
wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They work.
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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