1993 PONTIAC GRAND-AM Owners Manual

Seats & Safety Eelts
Seats und Seat Controls Manual Fmnt Seat
This section tells you about the seats-
how to adjust them-and also about
reclining seatbacks and head restraints.
I You can lose control of the
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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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Manual 4- Way Adjustable Seat
(OPTION)
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.
To Adjust the Seat’s Forward and
Rearward Movement:
Lift the left lever up and adjust the seat
forward
or back. Then release the lever
and try to move the seat to be certain
that
it is locked in place.
To Raise or Lower the Front of the
Seat:
Lift the right lever, and lean forward or
backward.
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I Power Seat Controls (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 front or back.
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.
Manual Lumbar Support
Turn the knob on the side of the driver’s
seat clockwise to increase
support to the
lower back.
Turn the knob counter-
clockwise to decrease the
support.
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Manual Reclining Seatback
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on
the outer side
of the seat and move the
seatback where
you want it. Release the
lever to lock the seatback.
Pull
up on the lever and the seat will go
to an upright position.
Don’t have a seatback reclined,
however, if
your vehicle is moving.
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Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be
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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 it, receiving
neck
or other injuries.
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The 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 bones. 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
Head restraints are fixed on some
vehicles and adjustable on others. Slide
an adjustable 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, the head restraints tilt
forward and rearward
also.
Front Seatback Latches
(2-DOOR MODELS)
The front seatback folds forward to let
people get into the back seat. Your
seatback will move back and forth
freely, unless you come to a sudden
stop, Then it will lock into place.
There's one time the
front seats may not
fold without some help from you. That's
if your vehicle is parked facing down a
fairly steep hill.
To fold a front seatback forward, push
the seatback toward the rear seat as you
lift this latch. Then the seatback will
fold forward. The latcH must be down
for the seat to work properly.
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.
When you tilt the right front seatback
fully forward, the whole seat will slide
forward.
After someone gets into the rear seat
area, move the right front seatback to
its original position. Then move the
seat rearward until it
locks.
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Easy-Entry Seat (CONT.)
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If an easy-entry right fronl
seat isn’t locked,
it can move.
In a sudden stop or crash, the
person sitting there could be
injured. After you’ve used it, be
sure to push rearward
on an easy-
entry seat
to be sure it is locked.
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To get out, again tilt the seatback fully
forward.
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Split Fold-Down Rear Seat
(OPTION)
To Open:
Pull forward on the seat tab.
To Close:
Push the seatback up to its original
position.
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Push the seatback solidly up against the
back plate to ensure inertial latch will
hook and lock securely during sudden
stops.
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.
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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
fasten your safety belt, and check
that your passengers’ belts are fastened 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.
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 Belts 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 km/h), so is the child.
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2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops.
But the child keeps going!
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3. Take the simplest “car.” Suppose
it’s just a seat
on wheels.
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4. Put someone on it.
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5. Get it up to speed. Then stop the
“car.” The rider doesn’t stop.
7. or the instrument panel.. . I 8. or the safety belts!
6. The person keeps going until
stopped
by something. In a real
vehicle,
it could be the
windshield..
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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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