1994 PONTIAC GRAND-AM Owners Manual

Seats & Restraint Systems
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. Manual 4- Way Adjustable
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There are two levers at the front of the
seat. The left lever adjusts the seat
forward and back. The right lever adjusts
the angle
of the front of the seat.
To Adjust the Seat’s Forward and
Rearward Movement:
Lift the left lever up and adjust the seat
forward or back. Then release the lever
and try to move the seat to be certain that
it is locked in place.
To Raise or Lower the Front of the
Seat:
Lift the right lever, and lean forward or
backward.
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Power Seat Controls
(OPTION)
To adjust the power seat on some models:
Front Control: Raise the front of
the seat by holding the switch up. Lower
the front of the seat by holding the switch
down.
Center Control: Move the seat
forward or back by holding the control
to
the front or back.
Move the seat higher by holding the
control
up. Lower the seat by holding the
control down.
Rear Control: 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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Manual Lumbar Support
Turn the knob on the side of the driver’s
seat clockwise
to increase support to the
lower back. Turn the knob
counterclockwise
to decrease the support.
Manual Reclining
Seatback
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the
outer side of the seat and move the
seatback where you want
it. Release the
lever to lock the seatback.
Pull up on the lever and the seat will go to
an upright position.
Don’t have a seatback reclined, however,
if your vehicle is moving.
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Manual Reclining
Seafback
(CONT.)
Head Restraints
Head restraints are fixed on some vehicles
and adjustable on others. Slide an
adjustable 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, the head restraints tilt
forward and rearward also.
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Front Seatback Latches
(TWO-DOOR MODELS)
The front seatback folds forward to let
people get into the back seat. Your
seatback
will move back and forth freely,
unless you come to a sudden stop. Then
it
will lock into place.
There’s one time the front seats may not
fold without some help from you. That’s
if your vehicle is parked going down a
fairly steep
hill.
To fold a front seatback forward, push the
seatback toward the rear seat as you
lift
this latch. Then the seatback will fold
forward. The latch must be down for the
seat to work properly.
Easy-Entry Seat
(TWO-DOOR MODELS)
The right front seat of your vehicle makes
it easy to get in and out of the rear seat.
When you tilt the right front seatback
fully forward, the whole seat will slide
forward.
After someone gets into the rear seat
area, move the right front seatback to
its original position. Then move the
seat rearward until
it locks.
To get out, again tilt the seatback fully
forward.
Split Fold-Down Rear Seat
(OPTION)
To Open:
Pull forward on the seat tab.
To Close:
Push the seatback up to its original
position.
Push the seatback solidly up against the
back plate to ensure the inertial latch will
hook and lock securely during sudden
stops.
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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
Restraint System, or “air bag” system.
This figure lights up as a reminder to
buckle
up. (See “Safety Belt Warning
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
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
... a lot!
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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 black, it stops. But
the child keeps going! Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose! it's
just
a seat on wheels.
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Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle.
The rider doesn’t stop. 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.
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.
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