1997 CHEVROLET TRACKER Owners Manual

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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.
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Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
Here Are Questions Many People
Ask About
Safety Belts
-- and the Answers
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Driver Position Safety Belt
Use During Pregnancy
Right Front Passenger Position
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Rear
Seat Passengers
Children
Child Restraints
Larger Children
Safety Belt Extender
Checking Your Restraint Systems
Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash
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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.
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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 original upright position. But
don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving.
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Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is
in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle
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up, your safety belts can’t do their job when
you’re reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it
won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be in
front of you. In a crash you could
go into it,
receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t do its job either. In a crash the
belt could
go up over your abdomen. The belt
forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones.
This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle
is in
motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well
back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.
Head Restraints
Head restraints are fixed on some models 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.
To raise or lower the restraint, push in the release while
you pull up or push down
on the restraint.
Easy Entry Seats (2-Door)
The front seats of your vehicle make it easy to get in and
out
of the rear seat.
0 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 rear seat area, move the
seatback
to its original position. Then move the seat
rearward
until it locks.
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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 to be
sure
it is locked.
To get out, pull the release handle on the rear of the
passenger’s side front seat.
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Folding the Rear Seatback (2-Door Models)
The rear seat in your Geo folds to provide more cargo space.
To fold the rear seat, lower the rear seatback and then
flip the whole rear seat
up against the front seats.
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1. Swing the safety belt buckles forward and down.
2. Pull the knobs on both sides of the seatback. If you
have the split rear seat,
you can fold half of the seat
by pulling only the knob
on the side you wish to fold.
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3. Fold the seatback down.
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4. Unlock the bottom part of the seat:
On the one-piece rear seat, pull out the
release
ring.
0 On the split rear seat, lift the release lever on
either seat.
5. Lift the bottom of the seat up and push it toward the
front
of the vehicle.
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6. Find the support bar on the bottom of the seat. This
7. Pull the inner end of the support off of the seat
bar
keeps the rear seat from unfolding.
bracket and swing it down.
To unfold the seat:
Keep your hands, safety belts and other objects away
from where the seat will rest.
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8. Attach support bar to the floor bracket.
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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 into position.
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