1994 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN seats

Table of Contents
Introduction - How to Use this Manual
This section tells you how to use your manual and includes safety
and vehicle damage warnings and symbols.
Section 1 - Seats and Safety Restraints
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety restraints
properly.
Section 2 - Features & Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Section 3 - Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort
controls and how to operate your audio system.
Section 4 - Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and
how to drive under different conditions.
Section 5 - Problems on the Road
This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while
driving,
such as a flat tire or engine overheating.
Section 6 - Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running
properly and looking good.
Section 7- Schedule Maintenance Services
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and
what fluids and lubricants to use,
Section 8 - Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact your GM division for
assistance and
how to get service publications. It also gives you
information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8-4.
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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Seats & Safety Belts
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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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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats - how to adjust them, and fold them up
and down, It also tells you about reclining front seatbacks and head
restraints.
Front Seats
Manual Front Seat
If your vehicle has a
manual bucket, split
bench, or full bench
seat, you can adjust
it
with this lever at the
front of the seat.
Slide the lever at the front
of the seat toward the outer seat support to unlock
it. Using your body,
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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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 chance of a neck injury in a crash.
Seatback Latches
(Reclining Split Bench and Reclining Bucket Seats)
The front seatback folds forward to let you access the rear of the vehicle.
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To fold the seatback
forward, lift this lever.
Lift the front of the
lever and
the seatback
will fold forward.
To
return the seatback to
the upright position,
push the seatback
rearward
until it
latches.
After returning
the seatback to its upright position, pull the seatback forward
to make sure it is locked.
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Easy htry Seat (Utility Model Front Seats)
The driver and passenger front bucket seat and the 40/60 split bench seat of
your vehicle has
an easy entry feature. This makes it easy to get in and out of
the rear seat.
To operate the seat,
pull forward on the
top
of the lever,
located at the side
of
the seatback, and tilt
the back forward
toward the front of the
vehicle.
When you do, the seat
bottom will release.
Just pull or push the
seat forward until it
stops.
To return the seat to
its regular position,
return the seatback to
its upright position,
then push the whole
seat rearward until it
latches.
After returning the seat to its regular position, try to move \
the seat with your
body, to make sure the seat
is locked into place.
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Rear Seats
Easy Entry Seat (Wagon Model Second Seat)
The right side of the rear 60/40 split folding bench seat, available in the
wagon model, has
an easy entry feature. That makes it easy to get in and out
of the third seat, if you have one.
the seatback toward
the front
of the
vehicle.
When you do,
the seat bottom will release. Just pull or push the seat forward
until it stops.
To return the seat to its regular position, return the seatback to its upright
position, then push the whole seat rearward
until it latches.
After returning the seat to its regular position, try to move
the seat with your
body, to make sure the seat is locked
into place.
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1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index) so you can sit up
straight.
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3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. (On some models,
you may hear a clicking sound as the belt is pulled out. The clicking
sound is the shoulder belt tension feature operating properly.) Don’t
let
the belt get twisted.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks. Pull up on the latch
plate
to make sure it is secure.
If the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt Extender’’ at the end of
this section.
Make sure the release button on the buckle
is positioned so you would be
able
to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you ever had to.
The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just
touching the thighs.
In a crash, this applies force to the strong pelvic bones.
And you’d be less likely to slide under the lap belt. If
you slid under it, the
belt would apply force
at your abdomen. This could cause serious or even
fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should go over the shoulder and across the
chest.
These parts of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks
if there’s a sudden stop or a crash.
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Center Passenger Position
Lap Belt
If your vehicle has front and rear bench seats, someone can sit in the center
positions.
When you sit in a
center seating
position, you have a
lap safety belt, which
has no retractor.
To
make the belt longer,
tilt the latch plate and
pull it along the belt.
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