CHEVROLET CAMARO 1996 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
not do
with air bags and safety belts.
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
A CAUTION:
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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.
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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. 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.
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The driver's seat has three controls on the left side.
The front control makes the front of the seat
go up
and down.
The back control makes the back of the seat
go up
and down.
The center control makes
the whole seat go up and down
or forward and backward.
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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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d!!, CAUTION:
Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is
in motion can be dangerous. Even
if you buckle
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.
Head Restraints
Slide the 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.
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The front seatbacks fold forward
to let
people get into the
back seat.
To fold
a seatback forward, push the seatback toward the
rear as
you 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.

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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.
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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
(SIR), or 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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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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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.
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Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat on wheels.
Put someone on it.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
doesn’t stop. Thcb person keeps going until stopped by something.
In I !-ea1 vehicle, it could be the windshield ...
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