1994 CHEVROLET ASTRO PASSENGER Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Rear Seats
Bucket Seats
If you have rear bucket seats in your vehicle, they will recline and adjust the
same way as the front manual bucket seats. See “Front Seats” earlier
in this
section or in the Index.
Bench Seats
If you have bench seats in your vehicle, each seat can carry up to three
passengers. They can also be removed to increase storage space.
The center and rear bench seats can be adjusted forward or rearward by the
lever at the front
of the seat.
Slide the lever at the
front of the seat to the
right 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.
The non-touring center bench seat has a pivoting right armrest. The left
armrest can also be used as a storage compartment,
The storage compartment and beverage cooler can also
be used as rear seat
armrests. See “Storage CompartmentBeverage Cooler” in the Index.
The optional touring bench seats come
with moveable armrests, individual
reclining seatbacks, adjustable headrests
and a fold down center console.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To adjust your
seatback, pull up on
the lever on the lower
outside of the seat.
The center bench
seatbacks will recline
further back than the
rear bench seatbacks.
To raise or lower the
center console, press
the button between the
beverage holders.
Only sit in the center
seating position when
the console is in an
upright position. For
details about
headrests, see “Head
Restraints” in this
section.
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To fold your
non-touring seatback
forward, pull up on
the latch release lever
while pulling the
seatback toward you.
The lever is on the
right rear of your seat.
After the latch has been released, push the seatback down until it locks in
place. To raise the seatback, unlock the seat by pushing forward on the
lever. Make sure the seatback
is locked when it is put back in the upright
position.
Removable Seats (Touring and Non-Touring Bench Seats)
To Remove The Seat
1. Disconnect the quick release latch plates for the lapshoulder belt from
the buckles in the roof.
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2. If you are
removing the
center seat,
remove the right
lapshoulder belt.
To do this, press
the tip of a key
into the release
hole of the safety
belt attachment
while pulling up
on the safety belt.
3. If you have a
safety belt guide
on your seat, pull
the safety belt all
the way out
through the
guide.
H 4. Pullup on the
seatback latch on
the right rear of
the front seat.
Push the seatback
down until it
locks in place
(non-touring
bench seats only).
5. Lift up on the seat release latch. The latches are near the floor on the
rear legs of the seat. To relieve pressure on the latch, pull back
on the
seat.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 6. Lift up on the
rear of the seat to
remove the seat
assembly
from
the rear latch
pins. Then, pull
back and lift the
seat out of the
vehicle.
To Install The Seat
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1. Lower the seat
into position.
Make sure the
front retainers are
hooked onto the
anchor pins. 111
the seat down to
latch the rear
retainers.
Make sure the seat
is locked in by pulling up and down on the seat.
2. Raise the seatback by
pushing forward
on the latch at the
right rear
of the
seat.
Pull up on
the seatback until
it is locked
securely in the up
position.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 3. Attach the quick release latch plate to the buckles in the roof. If you are
installing the center seat, connect the right lapshoulder belt to the
attachment on the seat cushion. If you have a safety belt guide on your
seat, pull the belt through the guide before reattaching the lapshoulder
belt to the side of the seat. The release hole should be facing outward.
If you installed the safety belt with the release hole facing inward
(toward the seat), slide the plastic cover up
so you can see the buckle.
Disconnect the seat belt. Slide the cover back down and reinstall the
belt correctly.
NOTICE:
Be sure to put the correct seats back in the proper positions so
the safety belts will work properly.
Head Restraints
If your vehicle has the optional touring package, you have adjustable head
restraints.
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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 chances
of a neck
injury in a crash.

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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.
This figure lights up as a reminder to buckle up. (See “Safety Belt Reminder
Light” in the Index.)
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 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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine After more than 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In
most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot!
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.
For example, if the
bike is going
10 mph
(16 km/h), so is the
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