1994 PONTIAC FIREBIRD Owners Manual

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, seatback latches and the folding rear seatback.
Manual Front Seat
Move the lever under the passenger’s
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.
Be sure the lever returns to its original
position after moving the seat.
rour-Way Manual Seat
?o move the driver’s seat forward or
backward, lift the lever under the left
ront of the seat. Slide the seat to where
rou want it. Then release the lever and
ry to move the seat with your body to
nake sure the seat is locked into place.
:o tilt the entire seat, lift the lever under
he right front of the seat.
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Six-Way Power Seat (Option)
The driver’s seat has three controls on thc
eft side.
rhe front control makes the front of the
;eat go up and down.
The back control makes
the back of the
;eat
go up and down.
The center control makes the whole seat
;o up and down or forward and
Jackward.
Fully Articulating Sport Seat
(Option)
If your Pontiac has these seats, the
driver’s seat has the four-way manual seat
adjuster. See “Four-Way Manual Seat”
earlier
in this part. The passenger seat has
the two-way manual seat adjuster. See
“Manual Front Seat” earlier in this part.
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Seats and Restraint Systems
To adjust the thigh support, pull up on the
front
of your seat cushion and move the
support to the position you want.
To
release the support, continue pulling up.
To engage it again, push down firmly.
The switch pads on the outer sides
of the
seats “inflate” and “deflate” parts
of your
seatback. The
two buttons that have “dots” inflate
md deflate the outer parts of the seatback.
To inflate, push the raised button. To
leflate, push the indented button.
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The two buttons without “dots” inflate
and deflate the lumbar (lower
part of the
seatback) support. To inflate, push the
raised button.
To deflate, push the
indented button.
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on
the outer side of the seat. Release the
lever
to lock the seatback where you
want it. Pull up on the lever, and the
seat will -go to its original upright
position. But don’t have the seatback
reclined if
your vehicle is moving.
If you have fully articulating sport seats,
your recliner lever looks like this,,
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Seats and Restraint Systems
Head Restraints
Slide the head restraints 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.
If you have the fully articulating sport
seat, you have a six-way head restraint.
It can be adjusted up and down, forward
and rearward, or tilted.
To adjust it forward, pull the restraint
forward.
To adjust it rearward, pull the
restraint forward all the way to release
it. Then move it to the position you
want.
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The front seatback folds forward to let
people get into the back seat. To fold a
seatback forward, push the seatback
toward the rear as you lift this latch.
Then the s'eatback will fold forward.
When you return
the seatback to its
original position, make sure the seatback
is locked. The latch must be down for
the
seat to work properly.
Folding Rear Seatback
The rear seatback in your Pontikc folds
down
to provide more storage Space. :.
To fold the seatback down: , :i :
1. Pull forward on both levas$
2. Fold the seatback down. ..!!
To raise the seatback:
1. Pull it up to the locked, up6ght
2. Be sure both latches hold the seatback
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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.
’his figure lights up as a reminder to
uckle 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: 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
can be
so serious that even buckled up a
person wouldn’t survive. But most
crashes 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 safety 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 kmk), so is the child. When the bike
hits the block, it stops. But
the child keeps going! Take the simplest vehicle. Suppwe it's
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