seats PONTIAC FIREBIRD 1998 Owners Manual

The 1998 Pontiac Firebird 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 “SRS” 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 comfo\
rt 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.
6-1 Service and Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good.
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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 Pontiac for assistance and ho\
w to get service and owner publications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects”
on page 8-10.
9-1 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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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Pontiac and how to use your safety belts proper\
ly. You can also
learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts.
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1-14 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
1-8 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
Safety
Belts -- and the Answers
1-14 Driver Position
1-21 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
1-22 Right Front Passenger Position
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Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
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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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust
them and
also about reclining front seatbacks, seatback
latches and the folding rear seatback.
Manual Front Seat
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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.
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Move the lever under the passenger’s front 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. Be sure the lever
returns to its original position after moving the seat.
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4-Way Manual Seat
There are two levers at the front of the seat. The left
lever adjusts the seat forward and back.
The right lever
adjusts the angle of the front of the seat.
6-Way Power Seat (If Equipped)
To adjust the seats forward and rearward, lift the lever
under the left front of the seat. Slide the seat to where yo\
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want it. Then release the lever and try to move the seat
with your body to make sure the seat is locked into place.
To raise or lower the entire seat, lift the lever under the
right front of the seat and
lean forward or backward. The
driver's seat has three controls on the left side.
A: The front control makes the front of the seat go up
and down.
B: The center control makes the whole seat go up and
down or forward and backward.
C: The back control makes the rear of the seat go up
and down.
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Fully Articulating Sport Seat (If Equipped)
If your vehicle has these seats, the driver’s seat has the
four-way manual seat adjuster. See “4-Way Manual
Seat” earlier
in this part. The passenger seat has the
two-way manual seat adjuster. See “Manual Front Seat”
earlier
in this part.
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The switch pads on the outer side of the seats “inflate”
and “deflate” parts
of your seatback. The two buttons that have “dots” inflate and deflate the \
side bolster
of the seatback. To inflate, press the raised
button.
To deflate, press the indented button.
The two buttons without dots inflate and deflate the
lumbar (lower back area
of the seatback) support. To
inflate, press the raised button. To deflate, press the
indented button.
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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. If
you have fully articulating sport seats, your recliner
lever looks like this.
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I A CAUTION:
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.
Your vehicle has a light
that comes on as a reminder
to buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Light” in
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the Index.) 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
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Adults
This part is only for people of,adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to
know about
safety belts and children. And there are different
rules for smaller children and babies. If a child will
be riding
in your vehicle, see the part of this
manual called “Children.” Follow those rules for
everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-Shoulder 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 “Seats” in the Index)
so you can sit up straight.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
On convertible models, the shoulder belt may lock if
you pull the belt across you very quickly. If this
happens, let the belt
go back slightly to unlock it.
Then
pull the belt across you more slowly.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
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Rear Seat Passengers
It’s very important for rear seat passengers to buckle up!
Accident statistics show that unbelted people
in the rear
seat are
hurt more often in crashes than those who are
wearing safety belts.
Rear passengers who aren’t safety belted can be thrown out
of the vehicle in a crash. And they can strike others
in the vehicle who are wearing safety belts.
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The rear seats have lap-shoulder belts. Here’s how to
wear one properly.
1. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
On convertible models, the shoulder belt may lock
if you pull the belt across you very quickly. If this
happens, let the belt go back slightly to unlock it,
Then pull the belt across you more slowly.
2. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
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A rear-facing infant restraint (B) positions an infant
to face the rear of the vehicle. Rear-facing infant
restraints are designed for infants
of up to about
20 lbs. (9 kg) and about one year of age. This type
of restraint faces the rear
so that the infant’s head,
neck and body can have the support they need in a
crash. Some infant seats come in
two parts -- the
base stays secured in the vehicle and the seat part
is removable.
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