1994 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE Owners Manual

Seats & Restraint Systems
4 Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the
seats-how to adjust them-and also
about reclining seatbacks and head
restraints.
Manual Front Seat
Move the control lever under the front of
the 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. Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the power seats on some models:
Front Control (A): Raise the front of the
seat by holding the switch
up. Lower the
front of the seat by holding the switch down.
Center Control (B): Move the seat
forward by pressing the control toward
the front, or backward by pressing
it
toward the rear of the vehicle.
Move the seat higher by holding the
control up. Lower the seat
by holding the
control down.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat
by holding the switch up. Lower the rear of
the seat by holding the switch down.
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Adjustable Support Seat
(OPTION)
On some models, you’ll find the controls
on the center console. Slide the selector
switch to
“L” or “R’ to choose the front
seat
you want to adjust.
J- Adjusts the seat forward
or back. -
‘I AJ Adjusts the seat up or down.
4. Adjusts the seatback to an
upright or reclined position.
Don’t have a seatback reclined
if your vehicle is moving. Adjusts the position
of the
seatback sid’e bolsters.
up or .down.
0 Tilts the rear of the seat
up or down.
Tilts the
front of the seat
Lumbar Controls
Reshapes the lower back
area
of the seat.
Reshapes the middle back
area of the seat.
Reshapes the upper back
area of the seat.
Manual Reclining
Seatback (OPTION)
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Lift the lever to release the seatbacgi, then
tilt the seatback forward or backwatd as
desired. Release the lever to lock th9
seatback
in place.
But don’t have
a seatback reclined if your
vehicle is moving.
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Head Restraints
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.
On some models, you can also adjust the
head restraint
by tilting the pad forward or
rearward.
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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
.
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
:an be
so serious that even buckled up a
person wouldn’t survive.
But most
:rashes 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.
After more than
25 years of safeiy belts in
vehicles, the facts are clear. In most
crashes buckling up does matter
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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. When the bike hits
the block, it stops.
But
the child keeps going!
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Take
just a the simplest vehicle.
seat on wheels. Suppose it’s
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Get it up
to speed. Then stop the vehicle.
The rider doesn’t stop.
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Why Safety Belts Work
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The person keeps going until stopped by
something.
In a real vehicle,
it could be the
windshield
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or the instrument panel ... or 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
strongest bones take the forces. That’s
why safety belts make such good sense.
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Here Are Questions
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 can 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, or Supplemental Inflatable
Restraint systems, are
in some
vehicles today and
will be in more of
them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only
-- so they
work 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 has air bags, you still have
to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only
in
frontal collisions, but especially in
side and other collisions.
Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never
drive far from home, why should
I
wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if
you’re in an accident -- even one that
isn’t your fault
-- you and your
passengers can be hurt. Being a good
driver doesn’t protect you from things
beyond your control, such as bad
drivers.
Most accidents occur within 25 miles
(40 km) of home. And the greatest
number of serious injuries and deaths
occur at speeds
of less than 40 mph
(65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
BELTS
Safety Belt Reminder
Light
Yhen the key is turned to “Run” or
Start”, a chime will come on for about
ight seconds to remind people
to fasten
heir safety belts. The safety belt light
vi11 also come on and stay on for about
10 seconds. If the driver’s belt is already
buckled, neither the chime nor the light
vill come on.
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