belt CHEVROLET TRACKER 1998 1.G Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 0 The 1998 Chevrolet Tracker Owner’s Manual
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Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the air\
bag system.
Features and Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system.
Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road\
and how to drive under different conditions.
Problems on the Road
This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc.
Service and Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good.
Maintenance Schedule
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact Chevrolet for assistance and how to get service and owner publications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” o\
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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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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols are used on
an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
BURNS
SPARK
OR ,111,
COULD FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols are important
for
you and
your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN SEAT
BELTS
These symbols
have
to do with
your lamps:
SIGNALS e
TURN
FOG LAMPS
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These symbols
are on some of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD WIPER
WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
REAR
VENTILATING
FAN
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT
TEMP
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BAlTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(a)
ENGINE OIL e,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK
(@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE -%-
P
LIGHTER u
HORN )tr
SPEAKER
cz
FUEL B
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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.
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Safety Belts
-- and the Answers
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Driver Position
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
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Air Bag System
Rear Seat Passengers
Children Child Restraints
Larger Children
Safety Belt Extender
Checking Your Restraint Systems
Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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. But don't have
a seatback reclined if your vehicle is
moving.
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.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it
won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be
in front
of you. 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
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. The
head restraint
can be adjusted to three positions.
To raise the restraint, pull up on the restraint. To lower
the restraint, push in the release while you push down on
the restraint.
Easy Entry Seats (2-Door)
The front seats of your vehicle make it easy to get in and
out
of the rear seat.
When you pull up on the recliner release lever, the
seatback will tilt forward and the whole seat can slide forward
by hand.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Folding the Rear Seatback (2-Door Models)
The rear seat in your vehicle folds to provide more
cargo space.
To fold the rear seat, lower the rear seatback and then
flip
the whole rear seat up against the front seats.
1. Swing the safety belt buckles forward and down.
2. Pull the knobs on both sides of the seatback. If
you have the split rear seat, you can fold half of the
seat by pulling only the
knob on the side you wish
to fold.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To unfold the seat:
Keep your hands, safety belts and other objects away
from where the seat will rest.
1. Pull the support bar out of the floor bracket and
swing it up and toward the bottom
of the seat.
2. Push and secure the support bar into the bracket on
the bottom
of the seat.
Folding the Rear Seatback (4-h~ Models)
The rear seat in your vehicle folds forward to provide
more
cargo space.
To fold the rear seat forward:
3. Slowly pull the seat down to the floor; The seat
should latch into place. Pull up on the bottom
of the
seat to be sure it is locked into position.
4. Pull the seatback up and push it back to lock it into
place. Push and pull the top
of the seatback to be
sure the seatback is locked into position.
1. Pull up on the lock knob on the top of each seatback.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 3. While pulling the lock knob up on each rear
seatback, pull each seatback up and push it into
place.
Push and pull the top of the seatback to be
sure it is locked into position.
1 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 safetv belts.
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And it explains the air bag system.
6. Hook the strap to the floor loop to secure the folded
rear seat.
To raise the rear seat:
1. Unhook the strap from the floor loop and snap it on
the back
of the passenger’s side rear seatback.
2. Slowly pull the seat down to the floor until it latches
into place. Pull up on the bottom
of the seat to be
sure it is locked into position. 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.
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!
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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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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