1997 CHEVROLET TRACKER Owners Manual

4. 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 into position.
Folding the Rear Seatback (4-Door Models)
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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5. Pull the release ring out to unlock the bottom of the seat. 6. Lift the bottom of the seat up and push it toward the
front of the vehicle.
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7. Hook the strap to the floor loop to secure the folded
To raise the rear seat: rear
seat.
I. Unhook the strap from the floor loop and snap it on
the back of the passenger’s side rear seatback.
2. Slowly pull the seat down to the floor until it latches
into place. Pull up on the bottom
of the seat to be
sure it is locked into position.
seatback, pull each seatback up
and push it into
place.
Push and pull the top of the seatback to be
sure it
is locked into position.
3. While pulling the lock knob up on each rear
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 air bag system.
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Don’t let anyone ride where he or she can’t wear
a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and
you’re not wearing
a safety belt, your injuries
can be much worse. You can hit things inside the
vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously
injured or killed. In the same crash, you might
not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten your
safety belt, and check that your passengers’ belts
are fastened properly too.
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It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area,
inside
or outside of a vehicle. In a collision,
people riding in these areas are more likely to be
seriously injured or killed.
Do not allow people
to ride in any area
of your vehicle that is not
equipped with seats and safety belts.
Be sure
everyone in your vehicle is in
a seat and using a
safety belt properly.
Your vehicle has a light that
comes
on as a reminder to
buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Light” in
the Index.)
In most 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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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.
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Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat on wheels.
..
Put someone on it.
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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 ...
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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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