seats CHEVROLET ASTRO CARGO VAN 1995 2.G Owners Manual

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Introduction - How to Use this Manual
This section tells you how to use your manual and includes safety
and vehicle damage warnings and symbols.
Section 1 - Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts
properly. It also explains the air bag system.
Section 2 - Features & Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Section 3 - Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort
controls and how
to operate your audio system.
Section 4 - Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and
how
to drive under different conditions.
Section 5 - Problems on the Road
This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while
driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating, etc.
Section 6- Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running
properly and looking good.
Section 7 - Maintenance Schedule
This section. tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and
what fluids and lubricants to use.
Section 8 - Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact GM for assistance and how to
get service publications. It also gives you information on
“Reporting Safety Defects” on page
8-4.
Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this
manual. You can use
it to quickly find something you want to read.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Seats and Restraint Systems
Section
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle 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.
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats-how to adjust them, take them out
and put them back
in. It also tells you about bucket and bench seats, power
seats, and head restraints.
Front Seats
A CAUTION:
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 th\
e vehicle
is not moving.
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The bucket 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 towards the driver's
door
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.
Power Driver's Seat
You can adjust the seat before entering the vehicle.
The front control makes the front of the seat go up and down.
The rear control makes the rear of the seat
go up and down.
The center control
makes the whole seat go up and down or forward and
rearward.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Reclining Bucket Seats
If you have this feature, you will have a lever on the inside of the seat to
adjust the seatback.
You can adjust the
seatback by lifting
the
lever. Release the
lever
to lock the seat
back where you want
it. Pull up
on the lever
and the seat will
go to
an upright position.
But don't have
a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving.
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Rear Seats
Bucket Seats
If you have rear bucket seats in your vehicle, they will recline and adjust the
same way as the front manual bucket seats. See “Front Seats” earlier in this
section or in the Index.
Bench Seats
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 and rear bench seats can be adjusted forward or rearward by the
lever
at the front of the seat.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Move the seat
adjustment lever
at the
front of the seat
towards 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 non-touring center bench seat has
a pivoting right armrest. The left
armrest can also
be used as a storage compartment.
The storage compartment and beverage cooler can also be used as rear seat
armrests. See “Storage Compartments”
in the Index.
The optional touring bench seats come
with moveable armrests, individual
reclining seatbacks, adjustable headrests and
a fold down center console.
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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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To raise or lower the
center console, press
the button between the
beverage holders.
Only sit
in the center
seating position when
the console
is in an
upright position. For
details about
headrests, see “Head
Restraints’’ in this
section.
Seatback Latches (Non-Touring Bench Seats)
To fold your
non-touring seatback
forward,
pull up on
the latch release lever
while pulling the
seatback toward
you.
The lever is on the
right rear
of your seat.
After the latch has been released, push
the seatback down until it locks in
place.
To raise the seatback, unlock the seat by pushing forward on the lever.
Make sure the seatback
is locked when it is put back in the upright position.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Removable Seats (Touring and Non-Touring Bench Seats)
To Remove The Seat
1. Disconnect the quick release latch plates for the lap-shoulder belt from
the buckles
in the roof.
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2. If you are removing the center seat, remove the right lapshoulder 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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 3. If you have a
safety belt guide
on your seat, pull
the safety belt all
the way out
through the
guide.
4. Pull up on the seatback latch on
the right rear
of
the front seat.
Push the seatback
down until it
locks in place
(non-touring
bench seats only).
5. Lift up on the seat release latch. The latches are near the floor on the
rear legs
of the seat. To relieve pressure on the latch, pull back on the
seat.
6. 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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 3. Attach the quick release latch plate to the buckles in the roof. If you are
installing the center seat, colinect 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.
NOTICE:
Be sure to put the correct seats back in the proper positions so
the safety belts will work properly.
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.
Head Restraints
Head restraints are fixed on some models 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 of a neck injury in a
crash.
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 Supplemental Inflatable Restraint,
or “air bag” system.
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