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These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your 
vehicle is driven: 
IC I 
Fasten Safety Door 1 ock/Unlock 
Belts 
These symbols have to do with your lights: 
Master  Lighting 
Switch 
Parking  Lights 
I 
Turn Signal 
Direction 
Fog  Lights 
A 
U 
Hazard  Warning 
Flasher 
1 
Headlight 
High Beam 
Daytime 
Running  Lights 
0 
Off 
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Seats & Safety  Belts 
Section 
Here you'll  find information about the seats  in your  vehicle  and how to use 
your  safety  belts  properly . You can also  learn  about some  things you should 
not do with  safety  belts . 
Seats  and Seat  Controls ...................... .......... 1-2 
Frontseats ............................................. 1-2 
Head  Restraints ........................................ 14 
Rearseats .............................................. 1-7 
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Safety  Belts:  They're For Everyone ........................... 
Why Safety  Belts  Work ....................... 
Questions  Many People  Ask  About  Safety Belts ...... 
How To Wear Safety  Belts  Properly ................ 
Adults ................................................... 
Driver Position ......................................... 
Safety Belt Use During  Pregnancy .......................... 
Passenger Positions .................................... 
Lap-Shoulder  Belt .................................... 
Children ....................... .................... 
Smaller Children  and Babies .............................. 
Child Restraints ........................................ 
Larger Children ......................................... 
Safety  Belt Extender ....................................... 
Checking  Your Restraint Systems ............................. 
Replacing Safety  Belts  After a Crash .......................... 
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Rear Folding Seat (Utility Model) 
If your vehicle  has a rear  seat,  the  seat can be  folded  flat  for  more  cargo 
space. Before folding,  make sure nothing 
is under  or in front of the seat. 
When the  seat is folded,  it  will  lay  flat on  the 
floor. 
To fold  the  seat, pull 
on the lever at the 
front 
of the  seat 
cushion  marked 
RELEASE. 
.... Then,  using  the  handle 
at  the  side 
of the 
seatback,  pull  the 
seatback  forward and 
fold it into the seat 
cushion. 
While the seat  is 
in the  folded  position,  hang  the larch plate  end  of  the  outer 
passenger  position  safety  belts 
on the hooks at  the  top of each  retractor 
cover, out of the way. 
To return  the  seat to the passenger  position, just lift up on the  seatback  and 
push it rearward  until it latches. 
After  returning  the 
seat to  the  passenger  position,  pull  forward on the 
seatback  to  make  sure  it 
is locked in place.  Also,  return the safety  belts 
to their  original  position, so they will  be  available  for  rear  seat  passengers 
to use. 
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Folding Second Seat  (Wagon  Models) 
If  your vehicle has  a 60/40 second seat, either side  may  be folded down  to 
give  you more cargo space. Before folding,  push  the  buckle  portion  of  the 
safety  belt down  into the seat cushion pockets,  out of  the  way.  Also, make 
sure  that  nothing  is under  or in front  of the seat. When  the seat  is folded, it 
will  lay  flat on the  floor. 
To fold the seat,  push 
down  on the lever  at 
the  outer  side 
of the 
seat  cushion and, 
using  the handle 
mounted  on the  side 
of  the seat, pull  the 
seat  cushion  up  and 
fold  it  forward. 
After  folding the  seat 
cushion fully  forward. 
push  down  on the 
lever  again  and  fold 
the seatback forward 
until  it  is flat. 
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To create a load floor, 
release  the  panels 
from  the  seatback 
by 
I 
pushing  rearward  on 
the  latch,  and 
fold 
them  out to cover  the 
rear  seat footwell. 
To return  the  seat to 
the  passenger  position, 
lift  the  load  floor 
panels  and  latch  them 
into the  seatback. 
Then,  lift the  seatback  up  and  push  rearward 
until it latches.  Lower  the  seat 
cushion  until it latches 
in position. 
After  returning  the seat  to the  passenger  position,  pull  forward 
on the 
seatback  and 
up on the  seat  cushion  handle to make sure  the  seat is locked in 
place. Also,  pull the safety  belt  buckles out of the seat  cushion  pockets, so 
they will be available for rear  seat passengers to use. 
Removable  Rear (Third) Seat (Wagon Models) 
If your vehicle  has  a rear  seat, it can  be  taken  out for more  cargo space. 
Before removing the seat,  unlatch  the outside passenger  position  safety  belts 
from  the  seat  frame. 
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To unlatch the safety 
belt,  press 
in on the 
inside of the buckle 
cover 
sleeve and pull 
the  latch plate out of 
Then,  hang  the  latch 
plate  end 
of the belt 
on the hook at  the  top 
of the  retractor  cover, 
out of the  way. 
To remove  the seat, fully open  the rear  load  doors and enter  the  back of the 
vehicle. 
Move 
the seatback 
release  lever,  at 
the 
right rear of  the  seat, 
toward  the center 
of 
the  vehicle. 
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Then, fold the 
seatback forward  into 
the  seat  cushion. 
To  unlatch  the  seat 
from 
the floor,  pull  up 
on the center  release 
handle 
at the  rear of 
the  seat  and lift the 
rear  of  the  seat up, out 
of the  floor. 
Turn  the  seat  sideways  and  take 
it out of the  vehicle. 
To put  the  seat  back in, hold the seat  sideways  and  put  it into  the  vehicle. 
Turn 
the seat to the forward  position  and  set it down, with the latches  at the 
bottom 
of the  seat over  the  hooks in the floor.  Pull  up  on  the  center  release 
handle  and  let the  seat  drop  into  place.  Release the  handle 
to let  the  seat 
latch  close  and  make  sure  it  locks 
into place.  Then,  move the seatback 
release  lever at the  right  rear 
of the  seat  toward  the  center of the vehicle and 
raise 
the seatback. 
After  returning  the  seatback 
to the  upright  position,  push the seatback 
forward 
to make  sure it is locked in place. 
Then, return the outside  passenger  position  safety  belts to the seat frame 
buckles, 
so they will  be  available  for  rear  seat passengers  to use. 
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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. 
This figure lights  up 
as a reminder to buckle  up. (See “Safety  Belt  Reminder 
Light” 
in the  Index.) 
It will  light  when you turn the key to RUN or START when your safety  belt 
isn’t  buckled,  and  you’ll  hear 
a tone  or buzzer, too. 
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