1994 CHEVROLET TRACKER belt

How to Use This Manual
How to Use This
Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual
from beginning to end when they first
receive their new vehicle. This will help
you learn about the features and controls
for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll
find that pictures and words work
together to explain things quickly.
Index: A good place to look for what
you need is
the Index in back of the
manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all that’s
in the manual, and the page
number where you’ll find
it.
Parts 1-8: Each part of this manual
begins with a brief list
of its contents, so
you can often find at a glance if a part
contains the information you want.
How to Use This Manual: This part
tells you how to use your manual and
includes safety and vehicle damage
warnings and symbols.
Part 1 - Seats & Restraint Systems:
This part tells you how to use your seats
and safety belts properly.
Part 2 - Features & Controls: This part
explains how to start and operate your
Geo.
Part 3 - Comfort Controls & Audio
Systems:
This part tells you how to adjust
the comfort controls and how to operate
your sound system.
Part 4 - Your Driving and the Road:
Here you’ll find helpful information and
tips about the road and how to drive under
different conditions.
Part 5 - Problems on the Road: This
part tells you what to
do if you have a
problem while driving, such as a flat tire
or engine overheating, etc.
Part 6 - Service & Appearance Care:
Here the manual tells you how to keep
your Geo running properly and looking
good.
Part 7 - Maintenance Schedule: This
part tells when
to perform vehicle
maintenance and what fluids and
lubricants to use.
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NOTICE:
These mean there is something that
could damage
your vehicle.
Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find these
notices.
In the notice area, we tell you about
something that
can darnage your vehicle.
Many times, this damage would not be
covered by your warranty. and
it could be
costly. But
the notice will tell you what to
do to help avoid the damage.
When
you read other manuals. you might
see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings
in
different colors or in different words.
You’ll also see warning labels
on your
vehicle. They use yellow for cautions. bluc
for notices and the words CAUTION or
NOTICE.
Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you will
find on your vehicle. For example. these
symbols are used on an original battery:
Caution Possible Injury A
Protect Eyes by Shielding
@
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames
Sparks
or Flame Could
Explode Battery
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These symbols are important for you and
your passengers whenever your vehicle is
driven:
Fasten Safety Belts
These symbols have to do with your lights:
Master lighting Switch
Turn Signal Direction
Hazard Warning Flashers
-0 -
- Headlight High Beam
Headlight Low Beam Parking Lights
Brightness Control
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Here you'll find information
about the seats in your
Geo and
how to use your safety belts
properly.
You can also learn
about some things you should
not do with safety belts.
Part 1
Seats & Restraint Systems
Seats and Seat Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Safety Belts: They're for Everyone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Why Safety Belts Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , , . . . . . 16
Here Are Questions Many People Ask about Safety Belts - and the Answers . . I8
Safety Belt Reminder Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . 19
Children ......................................................... 26
Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . 27
LargerChildren ................................................... 32
Safety BeltExtender ............................................... 33
Checking Your Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing Safety Belts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Folding Rear Seat
The rear seat in your Geo folds to provide
more cargo space.
To fold the seat. lower the rear seatback
and then
flip the whole rear seat up
against
the front seats.
1. Swing the safety belt buckles forward
and down. Pull the knobs on both sides
of the
seatback.
If you have a split rear seat,
you can
fold half of the seat by pulling
only the knob on the side
you want to
fold.
3. Fold the seatback down.
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4. Unlock the bottom part of the seat.
On the one-piece rear seat, pull ou
On the split rear sear, lift the
the release
ring.
release lever on either seat.
5. Lift the bottom of the seat up and pus1
it toward the front of the vehicle.
i. Find the support bar on the bottom of
the seat. This bar keeps the rear seat
from unfolding.
’. Pull the inner end of the support off of
the seat bracket and swing it down.
’. Push the support bar into the floor
bracket.
Be sure the support bar is
secured.
‘0 unfold the seat:
ieep your hands, safety
belts and other
bjects away from where the seat
will
:st.
Pull the support bar out of the floor
bracket and swing
it up and toward the
bottom of the seat.
Push the support bar into the bracket
on the bottom
of the seat.
Slowly pull the seat down to
the floor.
The seat should latch into place. Pull
up
on the bottom of the seat to be sure
it is locked in position.
Pull the seatback
up and push it back.
Push and pull the
top of the seatback
to
be sure it is locked in place.
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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.
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’his figure lights up as a reminder to
luckle up. (See “Safety Belt Reminder
ight” in the Index.)
n many states and Canadian provinces,
he law says to wear safety belts. Here’s
vhy: Thev work. tou
never know if you’ll be in a crash. If
rou do have a crash, you don’t know if it
vi11 be a bad one.
1 few crashes are mild, and some crashes
:an be
so serious that even buckled up
L person wouldn’t survive. But most
:rashes are in between.
In many of them,
Ieople who buckle up can survive and
lometimes walk away. Without belts they
:odd have been badly hurt or killed.
4fter more than
25 years of safety belts
n vehicles, the facts are clear. In most
:rashes buckling up does matter
. . . a lot!
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Seats and Restraint Systems
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 child.
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When the bike hits the block, it stops. But
the child keeps going!
Fdke the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's
just a seat on wheels.
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Seats and Restraint Systems
or the instrument panel ... x the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the
vehicle does.
You get more time to stop.
You stop over more distance, and your
;trongest bones take the forces. That’s
why safety belts make such good sense.
Many People Ask about
Safety Belts - and the
Answers
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle
after an accident if
I’m wearing a
safety belt?
A: You could be - whether you’re
wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily unbuckle a safety belt, even
if you’re upside down. And your
chance of being conscious during and
after an accident,
so you an unbuckle
and get out, is much greater
if you are
belted.
Q: Why don’t they just put in air bags
so people won’t have to wear safety
belts?
A: Air bags are in some vehicles today
and
will be in more of them in the
future. But they are supplemental
systems only
- so they work with
safety belts, not instead of them.
Every air bag system ever offered for
sale has required the use
of safety
belts. Even if you’re
in a vehicle that
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