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Seats and Restraint Systems
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -
how to adjust them, and also about
reclining front seatbacks, head restraints,
seatback latches, easy entry seats and the
folding rear seatback.
Front Seat
Move the lever under the front 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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3
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the
Iuter side
of the seat. Release the lever to
ock
the seatback where you want it. Pull
1p on the lever, and the seat will go to its
Iriginal upright position. But don’t have
he seatback reclined
if your vehicle is
noving.
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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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Seats and Restraint Systems
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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Replacing Brake System Parts ..... 176
Replacing Safety Belts after
a Crash
..................... 34
Restraint Systems. Seats and
...... 9
Restraints Checking Your System
......... 33
Child
....................... 27
Head
....................... I1
Where to Put the .............. 27
Right Front Passenger Position
(Safety Belts)
................ 23
Right Front Seat. Securing a Child
Restraint
in the ............... 30
Road. Problems on the ........... 13 I
Road. Your Driving and the ....... 99
Roads. Hill and Mountain ........ 121
Roadside Assistance Program.
Chevrolet/Geo
............... 237
Roadside Assistance. Canadian
.... 237
Rocking Your Vehicle to Get
It out ...................... 154
Rotation. Tire .................. 185
Running Lights. Daytime
......... 56
Running Your Engine while
You’re Parked
................ 51
Safety Belts
Reporting Safety Defects
......... 236
Adults
... ............ 19
Care of ..................... 191
Children
.................... 26
Safety Belts
Extender
.................... 33
How
to Wear Properly ......... 19
Lap-Shoulder ................ 20
Larger Children
.............. 32
Questions People Ask
......... 18
Reminder Light
.............. 19
Replacing after a Crash ........ 34
Smaller Children and Babies
.... 26
They’re for Everyone
.......... 15
Use during Pregnancy
......... 23
Why They Work .............. 16
Safety Chains
.................. 127
Safety Defects
Reporting
to General Motors .... 236
Reporting
to the Canadian
Government
...........
Reporting to the United States
Government
............... 236
Safety Warnings and Symbols ..... 5
Scanning the Terrain ............ 109
Schedule. Maintenance .......... 203
Scheduled Maintenance Services ... 206
Scheduled Maintenance Services.
Explanation
of ............... 2 14
Seats
And Restraint Systems
......... 9
And Seat Controls ............ 10
Easy Entry .................. 12
Folding Rear
................. 13
Seatback. Reclining Front ........ 10
.. 236 Securing
a Child Restraint
Rear Seat
................... 28
Right Front Seat
.............. 30
Service
....................... 156
And Appearance Care
......... 155
Parts Identification Label ....... 196
Publications ................. 238
Publications Ordering Information.
Chevrolet/Geo
............. 240
Work. Doing Your Own
........ 156
Setting the Clock
............... 88
Sheet Metal Damage
............ 193
Shift Speeds
................... 45
Shifting into P (Park)
............ 48
Shifting out of P (Park) .......... 49
Skidding
...................... 107
Smaller Children and Babies
(Safety Belts)
................ 26
Snow or Ice. Driving on .......... 123
Speakers. Adjusting the
AM/FM Stereo
............... 89
AM/FM Stereo with Cassette Tape
and Compact Disc Player
..... 94
AM/FM Stereo with Cassette Tape
Player
.................... 90
Special Care for Canvas Top ...... 193
Specifications. Capacities and
..... 200
Speedometer and Odometer ....... 66
Stalling
on an Incline ............ 114
Starting Your Engine ............ 40
Starting. Jump
................. 133
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