fold seats GMC JIMMY 1997 Owner's Manual

Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust
them, and fold them
up and down.
Manual Front Seat
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. Ad.just the driver’s seat only when
the vehicle is not moving.
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.
Move the lever under the
front
of the easy entry seat
up 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.
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Easy Entry Seat (2-Door Models)
The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get
in and out of the rear seat.
0 Tilt the right front seatback completely forward and
the
whole seat will slide forward.
0 Move the seatback to its original position after
someone sets into
the rear seat area. Then move the
seat rearward
until it locks.
If an easy entry right front seat isn’t locked, it
can move.
In a sudden stop or crash, the person
sitting there could be iqjured. After you’ve used
it, be sure to push rearward
on an easy entry seat
to
be sure it is locked.
e Tilt the seatback completely forward again to get out.
Rear Seats
Your vehicle has a folding rear seat which lets you fold
the seatbacks down for more cargo space.
The rear seat release handles are
in the upper center of
the rear of the seatbacks. Push back on the seatbacks as
you pull up on the handles.
To raise the seatbacks, just lift up the seatbacks and push
until they lock in the upright position.
Push and pull on the seatbacks to check that the latches
have locked
in the upright position. If they haven’t. have
them fixed immediately.

Things you put inside your vehicle can strike and
injure people in
a sudden stop or turn, or in
a crash.
Put things in the cargo area of your vehicle.
Try
to spread the weight evenly.
Never stack heavier things, like suitcases,
inside the vehicle
so that some of them are
above the tops
of the seats.
Don’t leave an unsecured child restraint in
your vehicle.
When you carry something inside the
vehicle, secure it whenever you can.
Don’t leave a seat folded down unless you
need to.
There’s
also important loading information for off-road
driving
in this manual. See “Loading Your Vehicle for
Off-Road Driving” in the Index.
Payload
The payload capacity is shown on the Certification/Tire
label. This
is the maxjInum load capacity that your
vehicle can carry.
Be sure to include the weight of the
occupants
as part of your load. If you added any
accessories
or equipment after your vehicle left the
factory. remelnber to subtract the weight of these things
from the payload. Your dealer can help you with this.
Add-on Equipment
When you carry rernovable items, yo11 may need to put a
limit 011 how many people you carry inside your vehicle.
Be sure to weigh your vehicle before you buy and install
the new equipment.
NOTICE:
Your warranty doesn’t cover parts or
components that fail because
of overloading.
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