CHEVROLET ASTRO 1998 2.G Owner's Manual

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A safety belt that is twisted or not properly
attached won’t provide the protection needed in a
crash. The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. After installing the seat, always check to be sure that the safety belts are not
twisted and are properly attached.
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Bucket Seats
If you have rear bucket
seats with
an adjustment
lever at the front
of the
seats, they will recline and
adjust the same way as the See
“Manual Front Seats” and“Rec1ining Seatbacks”
earlier in this section
or in the Index.
You may have rear bucket seats with
an adjustment
release bar at the front of the seats. These seats can be
adjusted forward or rearward with the release bar. Pull
the release
bar up to release the seat bottom and slide the
seat where you want it. Then let
go of the release bar
and try to move the seat with your body, to make sure
the seat is locked into place.
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If you have bench seats in your vehicle, each seat can
carry up to three passengers. They can also be removed
to increase storage space.
The center bench (if not equipped with a built-in child
restraint) and rear bench seats can be adjusted forward
or rearward by the lever at the front of the seat.
Move the seat adjustment
lever at the front
of the seat
toward the passenger’s side
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. The
optional touring bench seats come with moveable
armrests, individual reclining seatbacks, adjustable
headrests and
a fold-down center armrest console.
The non-touring center bench seat has a pivoting
right armrest. The left armrest can also be used as a
storage compartment. To
adjust your seatback, pull up on the lever on the
lower outside of the seat.
The center bench seatbacks will recline further back
than the rear bench seatbacks.
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I console, press the button
between the beverage
holders. Sit in the center
seating position only
when the console is-in an
upright position.
For details about headrests, see “Head Restraints” in
this section.
Removing the Rear Seats
To remove the rear seats, do the following:
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If you are removing the
center seat, remove the
right lap-shoulder belt.
To do this, press the tip
of a key into the release
hole of
the safety belt
attachment while pulling
up
on the safety belt.
If you have
a safety
belt guide on your seat,
pull the safety
belt all
the way out through
the guide.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 3. Pull up on the seatback latch on the right rear of the
front seat. Push the seatback down until it locks in
place (non-tourine bench seats only).
5. Lift up on the rear of the seat to remove the seat
assembly from the rear latch pins. Then, pull back
and lift the seat out
of the vehicle.
4. Lift up on the left seat release lever, then the right.
The latches are near the floor on the rear legs of
the seat. Your
seat release latch lever is sprung with a
two-stage mechanism.
To fully release the latch,
two levels of lift effort will be required. First, a
low effort
to overcome the first stage and then a
moderate effort to fully release the latch.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Replacing the Rear Seats
To replace the rear seats, do the following:
1. Lower the seat into position. Make; sure the front
retainers
are hooked onto the anchor pins.
2. Pull the seat down to latch the rear retainers. Make
sure the seat is locked in by pulling up and down on
the seat.
3. To raise the seatback, unlock the seatback latch by
pushing up on the latch release lever at the right rear
of the seat, while pushing down on the upper edge
of the seatback. Move the seatback into the upright
position. Make sure the seatback is locked when it is
back in the upright position.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 4. If you are replacing the center seat, connect the right
lap-shoulder belt to the attachment on
the seat
cushion.
If you have a safety belt guide on your seat,
pull the belt through the guide before reattaching the
lap-shoulder belt to
the side of the seat. The release
hole should be facing outward.
If you installed the safety belt with
the release hole
facing inward (toward the seat), slide the plastic
cover up
so you can see the buckle. Disconnect the
seat belt. Slide the cover back down and reinstall the
belt correctly.
NOTICE:
Be sure to put the correct seats back in the
proper positions
so the safety belts will
work properly.
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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A CAUTION:
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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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.) 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
30 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 itas 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.