1997 GMC SAVANA Owners Manual

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle\
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 Supplemental Inflatable
Restraint (SIR) System
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Center Passenger Position
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,
take them out and put them back in. It also
tells you
about reclining front seatbacks.
Manual Front Seats
The buckets seats can be adjusted forward or rearward
with the lever at the front of the seat.
To adjust the seat, pull the lever up to release the seat
bottom and slide
the seat 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.
I A CAUTION:
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.
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Power Seat (Option) To lower it, move the right lever down. To raise the rear
of the seat, move the left lever up.
To lower it, move the
I left lever down.
I Reclining Seatbacks
If your vehicle
has a power seat on the driver or
passenger’s side, you can adjust
it with this switch at the
front center cushion of
the seat.
You can use these switches
to move the seat where you want
it.
To raise the seat, move the center knob up. To lower the
seat, move the center knob down.
To move the seat forward,
move the center knob toward the right.
To move the seat
rearward, move the center
knob toward the left.
You can raise and lower the front and rear of the seat.
To raise the front of the seat, move the right lever up.
To adjust the seatback, lift the front of this lever which
is located at the inner edge of the seat cushion.
Move the seatback with your body and release the lever
to lock the seatback where you want it. Lean forward
and pull up
on the front of the lever and the seatback
will go
to an upright position.
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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
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.
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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.
Rear Seats
A CAUTION’:
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If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move
forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could
cause injury to the person sitting there. Always
press rearward on the seatback to be sure it
is locked.
CI 7TION:
A seat that isn’t locked into place properly can
move around in
a collision or sudden stop. People
in the vehicle could be injured. Be sure to lock
the seat into place properly when installing it.
A CAUTION:
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A safety belt that is twisted or not properly
attached won’t provide the protection needed in
a crash. The person wearing the belt could be
seriously injured. After installing the
seat, always
check to be sure that the safety belts are not
twisted and are properly attached.
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Removing the Rear Seat
2. Lift the carpedmat flap at the inboard side of the seat
base
in the rear.
1. Disconnect the quick release latch plates for the lap
shoulder belts on the bench seat
to be removed. To
do this, press the tip of a key into the release hole
of the safety belt buckle while pulling up on the
safety belt.
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3. Locate the red handle on the inboard side of the seat
base, rotate the red handle up.
4. Once the red handle is rotated up, pull the handle
to remove the locking pin.
5. Stow the locking pin on the rear of the seat base
in the hole that is provided.
6. Repeat this procedure for the pin on the other
seat base.
7. Remove the seat from the vehicle.
8. Install the trim covers to the floor rails.
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9. Stow the seat belt latch plate on the clip at the
window trim.
Replacing the Rear Seat
1. Remove the trim covers from the floor rails.
2. Position the seat into the open slots in both rails.
Push the seat forward in the rail, hooking both seat
bases onto the pins inside of
the rails.
3. Both locking pins that lock the seat into place must
be installed before operating the vehicle.
4. To install the locking pin at the rear of the seat base,
pull the carpedmat flap back
on the inboard side to
locate the hole in the rail for the pin.
5. Remove the pin from its stowed position on the seat
base while holding the carpet/mat flap back.
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