PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 1993 User Guide

Seats & Safety Eelts
rn Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats-
how to adjust them-and also about
reclining seatbacks and head restraints.
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Manual Front Seat
A You can lose control of the
1 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.
. .
Move the control lever under the front
of the seat 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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Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the power seat on some
models:
Front Control (A): Raise the front of
the seat by holding the switch up. Lower
the front
of the seat by holding the
switch down.
Center Control (B): Move the seat
forward or back by holding the control
to the right or left.
Move the seat higher by holding the
control up. Lower the seat by holding
the control down.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the
seat by holding the switch
up. Lower the
rear
of the seat by holding the switch
down.
Adjustable Suppot Seat (omoN)
On some models, you'll find the
controls on the center console. Slide the
selector switch
to L or R to choose the
front seat
you want to adjust.
JbAdjusts the seat forward
or back.
AJ Adjusts the seat up or down. I
4 Adjusts the seatback to an upright
*or reclined position. Don't have a
seatback reclined if your vehicle
is moving.
Adjusts the position of the
seatback side bolsters.
'9 Tilts the rear of the seat up or
Ad Tilts the front of the seat up or
down.
down.
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Adjustable Support Seat (CONTJ
Lumbar Controls
I Reshapes the lower back area of
the seat.
d. Reshapes the middle back area of
the seat.
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& Reshapes the upper back area of
the seat.
Manual Reclining Seatback
(OPTION)
Lift the lever to release the seatback,
then tilt the seatback forward or
backward, as desired. Release the lever
to lock the seatback in place.
But don’t have a seatback reclined if
your vehicle is moving. L Sitting in a reclined position
motion
can be dangerous. Even if
you buckle up, your safety belts
can’t do their job when you’re
reclined like
this.
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
;+ receiving neck or other injuries.
I Len your vehicle is in
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ne 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
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- )ones. 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.
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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.
On some models, you can also adjust
the head restraint by tilting the pad
forward
or rearward.
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
safety belts. And it explains the
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint,
or
“air bag” system.
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Safety Belts: Zley ’re For
Everyone
(Cont.)
A L Don’t let anyone ride where
they 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
%ten your safety belt, and check
at your passengers’ belts are
-_stened properly too. This
figure lights up when you turn the
key to
Run or Start when your safety
belt isn’t buckled, and you’ll hear a
chime, too. It’s the reminder to buckle
up. In many states and Canadian
provinces, the law says to wear safety
belts. Here’s why:
They work.
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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 very mild. In them,
you won’t get
hurt even if you’re not
buckled up. And some crashes can be
so
serious, like being hit by a train, 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 be
badly hurt or killed.
After
25 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear. In most crashes
buckling up does matter.
. . a lot!
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Why Safety Belfs Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
go as fast as it goes.
1. For example, if the bike is going
10 mph (16 kmlh), so is the child.
2. When the bike hits the block, it 3. Take the simplest ‘‘car.’ ’ Suppose
stops. But the child keeps going! it’s
just a seat on wheels.
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Why Safety Belts Work (CONI)
4. Put someone on it.
7. or the instrument panel.. .
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5. Get it up to speed. Then stop the
“car.” The rider doesn’t stop.
8. or the safety belts!
6. The person keeps going until
stopped by something. In
a real
vehicle,
it could be the
windshield..
.
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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Here Are Questions Many People
Ask About Safety Belts-
and the Answers
Q: Won’t 1 be trapped in the vehicle
after an accident if I’m wearing a
safety belt?
wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily 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.
A: You could be-whether you’re
Q: Why don’t they just put in air
bags
so people won’t have to wear
safety belts?
Inflatable Restraint systems, are in
some 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.
A: “Air bags,” or Supplemental Q:
If I’m a
good driver, and I never
drive far from home, why should I
wear safety belts?
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
(440 h) of home. And the greatest
number of serious injuries and deaths
occur at speeds of less than
40 mph
(65 km/h).
Safety belts are
for everyone.
A: You may be an excellent driver, but
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Satiety Belt Reminder Light
When the key is turned to Run or Start,
a light will come on for about eight
seconds to remind people to fasten their
safety belts. Unless the driver’s safety
belt is buckled, a chime will also sound.
w How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly-Adults
This section is only for people of adult
size.
First, you’ll want to know which
restraint systems your vehicle has. We’ll
start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This section describes the driver’s
restraint system.
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LapShoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt.
Here’s how to wear
it properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see the
Index under Seat Controls) so you
can sit up straight.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the
belt across you. Don’t let it get
twisted.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle
until
it clicks.
If the belt isn’t long enough, see the
Index under Safety Belt Extender.
Make sure the release button on the
buckle faces upward or outward
so you
would be able
to unbuckle it quickly if
you ever had to.
The lap part of the belt should be worn
low and snug
on the hips, just touching
the thighs.
In a crash, this applies force
to the strong pelvic bones. And you’d be
less likely to slide under the lap belt. If
you slid under it, the belt would apply
force at your abdomen. This could cause
serious
or even fatal injuries. The
shoulder belt should go over the
shoulder and across the chest. These
parts of the body are best able to
take
belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks if there’s a sudden
stop or crash.
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