remove seats CHEVROLET IMPALA 2003 8.G Owners Manual

Rear Seats
Split Folding Rear Seat
If your vehicle has this feature you can fold either side
of the seatback down for more cargo space. Make
sure the front seat isn't reclined. If it is, the rear seatback
won't fold down all the way.
To lower the rear seatback, follow these steps:
1. Remove the rear
center lap-shoulder belt
latch by using a
pointed object to press
the release button.2. Pull forward on the
seat tab located on the
outboard side of the
seatback cushion
and fold the seatback
down. This will
allow you direct access
to the trunk.
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Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for
Children and Small Adults
Your vehicle may have this feature already. If it doesn't,
you can get it from any GM dealer.
Rear shoulder belt comfort guides will provide added
safety belt comfort for older children who have outgrown
booster seats and for small adults. When installed on
a shoulder belt, the comfort guide better positions
the belt away from the neck and head.
There is one comfort guide available for each outside
passenger position in the rear seat. To provide
added safety belt comfort for children who have
outgrown child restraints and booster seats and for
smaller adults, the comfort guides may be installed on
the shoulder belts. Here's how to install a comfort guide
and use the safety belt:
1. Pull the elastic cord out from between the edge of
the seatback and the interior body to remove the
guide from its storage clip.
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To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle's
safety belt and let it go back all the way. The safety
belt will move freely again and be ready to work for an
adult or larger child passenger.
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
If your child restraint is equipped with the LATCH
system, seeLower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) on page 1-43.
Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag.
Neverput a rear-facing child restraint in this seat.
Here's why:
{CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the right front
passenger's air bag in¯ates. This is because
the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the in¯ating air bag.
Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in a
rear seat.
Although a rear seat is a safer place, you can secure a
forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat.
You'll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part
about the
Top Strap on page 1-41, if the child restraint
has one. Be sure to follow the instructions that came
with the child restraint. Secure the child in the child
restraint when and as the instructions say.
1. Because your vehicle has a right front passenger
air bag, always move the seat as far back as it will
go before securing a forward-facing child restraint.
See
Manual Seats on page 1-2.
2. Put the restraint on the seat.
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