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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACIbTELi CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,\I/,
COULD FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
FASTEN
SEAT
BELTS
These symbols
have
to do with
your lights:
SIGNALS e e3
TURN
PARKING
0
LAMPS pq
RUNNING 0
DAYTIME *
LAMPS '**
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER
VENTILATING
&?
FAN
These symbols are used
on
warning and
indicator lights:
ENGINE t
COOLANT - t-
TEMP -
CHARGING BAllERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(0)
R
COOLANT
ENGINE OIL
w,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK
(@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE *
P
LIGHTER
HORN
)tr
SPEAKER
b
FUEL B
vi
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Ge@ Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
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 air bags
and safety belts.
Seats and Seat Controls
This part tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them,
and also
about reclining front seatbacks, head restraints,
easy entry seats and the folding rear seatback.
Manual Front Seat
You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to
adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is
moving.
The sudden movement could startle and
confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you
don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when
the vehicle is not moving.
Lift the lever under the front seat to unlock it. Slide the
seat to where you want
it. 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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Reclining Front Seatbacks
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 oripinal upright position. But
don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle
is moving.
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Easy Entry Seats (2-Door)
The front seats of your vehicle make it easy to get in and
out of the rear seat.
When you pull up on the recliner release lever, the
seatback will tilt forward and
the whole seat can
slide
forward by hand.
After someone gets into the rearseat area, move the
seatback
to its original position. Then move the seat
rearward until it locks.
A CAUTION:
-
If any easy entry seat isn’t locked, it can move. In
a sudden stop or crash, the person sitting there
could
be injured. And, even if there is no crash or
sudden stop, a driver sitting in an unlocked easy
entry seat could be startled
by the sudden
movement and hit the wrong control or pedal,
causing
an accident. After you’ve used it, be sure
to push rearward on any easy entry seat ta be
sure
it is locked.
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4. Unlock the bottom part of the seat:
0 On the one-piece rear seat, pull out the
0 On the split rear seat, lift the release lever on
release
ring.
either seat.
5. Lift the bottom
of the seat up and push it toward the
front of the vehicle.
6. Find the support bar on the bottom of the seat. This
bar keeps the rear seat from unfolding.
7. Pull the inner end of the support off of the seat
bracket and swing it down.
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8. Attach support bar to the floor bracket.
To unfold the seat:
Keep your hands, safety belts
and other objects away
from where
the seat will rest.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Pull the support bar out of the floor bracket and
swing
it up and toward the bottom of the seat.
Push and secure 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 to lock it into
place. Push and pull the top of the seatback
to be
sure the seatback is locked in position.
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The rear seat in your Geo folds forward to provide more
cargo space.
To fold the rear seat forward:
1. Tuck the seatbelts into the storage groove between
the seatbacks.
2. Pull up on the lock knob on the top of each seatback
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3. While pulling up on the lock knob, fold each rear
seatback
down. Both rear seatbacks must be folded
down in order to move the seat forward.
4. Unsnap the strap located on the back of the
passenger’s side rear seatback.
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