CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 1995 5.G User Guide

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 0 Section I Seats and Restraint Systems
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 how to adjust the seats and
explains reclining seatbacks, folding rear seats and head
restraints.
Manual Front Seat
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Two-way Manual Seat Four-Way Manual Seat (Option)
The
driver's seat may have a bar and a handle under the
front edge
of the seat. Lift the bar to unlock the seat and
slide it forward and back.
Lift the
bar under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide
the seat to where
you want it and release the bar. Try to
move the seat with your body to be sure the seat
is
locked in place.
Lift the handle
to tilt the seat up or down.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Power Seat (Option)
FRONT (A): Raise the front of the seat by holding the
switch up. Hold the switch down to lower the front of
the seat.
CENTER (B): Move the seat forward or back by
holding the control to the front
or back. Raise or lower
the seat by holding the control up
or down.
REAR (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding the
switch up. Hold the switch down to lower the rear
of the
seat.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
Lift the lever to release the seatback, then move the
seatback to where you want it. Release the lever to lock
the seatback
in place. Pull up on the lever without
pushing on the seatback, and the seatback will move
forward.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is
moving.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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. I
reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash.
Seatback Latches
The front seat folds forward
to let people get into the
back seat.
Your seatback
will move back and forth
freely, unless you come to a
sudden stop. Then it will
lock in place.
If your vehicle is parked facing down a fairly steep hill,
the seatback may not fold without some help from you.
To fold the locked seatback forward, push the seatback
toward the rear and lift
this latch. Then the seatback will
fold forward. The latch must be down for the seat to
work properly.
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Split Folding Rear Seat (Option)
Pull forward on the seat tab to fold the seat down. To
return the seat to its original position, push it back up
and make sure it latches.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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. Your
vehicle has a light that
comes on as a reminder to
buckle
up. (See “Safety Belt
Reminder Light” in the
Index
.)
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In many 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.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's
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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Here Are Questions Many People Ask
About Safety Belts -- and the Answers
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if
I’m wearing a safety belt?
A: You could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you’re upside down. And your chance of
being conscious during and after an accident,
so
you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if
you are belted.
Why don’t they just put in air bags so people
won’t have to wear safety belts?
A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be
in more of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only;
so they work with
safety belts -- not instead of them. Every air bag
system ever offered for sale has required the use
of
safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has air
bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions,
but especially in side and other collisions.
If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from
home, why should I wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
accident
-- even one that isn’t your fault -- you and
your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver
doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within
25 miles (40 km) of
home. And the greatest number
of serious injuries
and deaths occur at speeds of less than
40 mph
(65 kdh).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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