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Front side doors can be locked
from the inside by depressing the
passenger guard door lock buttons
located
on the upper door panel.
All doors can be locked from the
outside by first depressing the door
lock button and closing the door.
The doors can also be locked by
using the key.
All models have as a standard
safety feature overriding door locks.
When the doors are locked, the door
latch mechanism
is inoperative, pre
venting inadvertent opening of the
door by movement of the inside
handle.
Adjustable Front Seat Back
-Driver's Side
The optional adjustable front
seat back (driver's side) can be
adjusted to two positions by means
of a control handle located at
the right rear of the driver's seat
ADJUSTABLE SEAT BACK
CONTROL HANDLE
cushion. With the control handle
in the full rearward position the
seat back
is adjusted to the full
rearward position; when the control
handle
is actuated (rotated) for
ward the seat back
is adjusted for
ward to a normal position.
REMINDER: Avoid hanging ob
jects on the right hand coat hook
in such a way that you block the
driver's
VISIOn to the right rear
quarter.
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REMINDER: Always lock the
doors when driving, for greater
security in the event of an accident,
to help keep children from open
ing door, and for greater security
against entry by unwelcome per
sons while momentarily stopped.
Front Seat Back Lock
Front seat backs are equipped
with a self-locking mechanism to
keep the seat back locked in place
while in the up position.
The lock
release lever
is located at the lower
rear of the seat back nearest the
door.
To tilt the seat back forward,
lift the lock release lever
and" tilt
the seat back forward. When the
seat back
is returned to ~he up
position, the seat back
wn1 auto
matically lock.
Keep belt restraint webbing and
hardware clear
of mechanism when
tilting folding seats forward
or back-
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Children in automobiles should
be restrained to lessen the risk of in
jury in accidents
or sudden stops.
General
MotOl:S dealers offer sys
tems designed specifically for use
with infants and with small children.
The GM
"Infant Love Seat" is
designed for babies up to 20
pounds. The
GM
"Child Love Seat" (not
available in Canada)
is designed
for children weighing
20 to 40
pounds, up to 3 feet-4 inches in
height, who are
ableto sit up alone.
In using any infant
or child re
straint system, read and comply with
all installation and usage instruc
tions.
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If a child,is traveling in a vehi<;:le
not equipped with a General Motors
infant
or child restraint or other
appropriate infant or child restraint
system , the following precautions
should be taken:
1 . Infants unable to sit up by them
selves should
be· restrained by
placing them in a covered,
padded bassinet which is placed
crossways in the vehicle (width
wise
)on the rear seat. The bassi
net should be securely restrained
with the regular vehicle belt re
straints. An alternate method
is
to position the bassinet so that it
rests against the back of the front
seat, again crossways in the ve
hicle.
2. Children able to sit up by them
selves should be placed on a seat
and restrained with a belt re
straint. When children ride in the
front seat, both lap and shoulder
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der belt causes neck
or face irri
tation due to the child's size, this
may be reduced in some cases by
positioning
the child further in
board.
If serious discomfort con
tinues, the child should
be lap belted
in the rear seat. Never
allow a child to stand
or kneel on
any seat.
3. General Motors recommends that
children be restrained properly
when riding. However, if unusual
conditions prohibit use of re-
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straints and require that a child
must stand, he should stand on
the floor directly behind the
front
seat. This will help minimize the
possibility of injury from frontal
force impacts in the event of such
and accident.
