fold seats GMC SIERRA 1997 Owners Manual

Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust
them, and fold them
up and down. It also tells you about
reclining front seatbacks and head restraints.
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.
If your vehicle has a manual
bucket, split bench
or full
bench seat, you can adjust it
with this lever at the front
of the seat.
Slide the lever at the front
of the seat toward the
passenger’s side to unlock it. Using your body, slide the
seat to where
you want it. Then, release the lever and try
to move the seat with your body in order to make sure
the seat is locked into place.
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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.
Seatback Latches
The front seatback of the base level bench seat folds
forward to let you access the rear of the cab. Your
seatback will move back and forth freely, unless you
come to a sudden stop. Then it will lock into place. If
you have
a Crew Cab, your front seatback is designed
not to fold forward. Access to the rear of the cab is
available by using the rear doors.
The front seatback
of split bench seat and bucket seats
fold forward to let you access the rear of the cab.
To fold a front split bench
or bucket seatback forward,
pull this lever forward and
fold the seatback forward.
To return the seatback to the upright position, just push
the seatback rearward until it latches. After returning the
seatback to its upright position, pull
the seatback
forward to make sure
it is locked.
The rear seatback of a rear bench seat without a center
armrest can be folded forward to let you reach the
area behind
it. Your seatback will move back and forth
freely, unless you come to
a sudden stop. Then, it will
lock into place.
The Crew Cab rear seatback
with a center armrest folds
forward to let you access
the area behind it.
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A CAUTION:
Do not load your vehicle any heavier than the
GVWR, or either the maximum front or rear
GAWR.
If’ you do, parts on your vehicle can
break, or
it can change the way your vehicle
handles. These could cause you to lose control.
Also, overloading can shorten the life of
your vehicle.
NOTICE:
Your warranty does not cover parts or
components that fail because of overloading.
A CAUTION:
Things you put inside your vehicle can strike
and injure people in
a sudden stop or turn,
or in a crash.
0 Put things in the cargo area of your vehicle.
Try to spread the weight evenly.
0 Never stack heavier things, like suitcases,
inside the vehicle
so that some of them are
above the tops of the seats.
0 Don’t leave an unsecured child restraint in
your vehicle.
0 When you carry something inside the
vehicle, secure it whenever you can.
0 Don’t leave a seat folded down unless you
need to.
If you put things inside your vehicle
-- like suitcases,
tools, packages, or anything else
-- they go as fast as the
vehicle goes. If
you have to stop or turn quickly, or if
there is a crash, they’ll keep going. There’s
also important loading information for off-road
driving in this manual. See “Loading
Your Vehicle for
Off-Road Driving” in the Index.
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