1997 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Owners Manual

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:
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.
7. Lift the seatback recliner lever or pull the nylon strap
on the back of the seat and raise the seatback until it
locks upright.
9. Attach the mini-buckle so that the safety belt is
ready for use when a passenger uses the seat.
8. Push and pull on the seatback to check that it
is locked. The
buckle reattaches by pushing the latch into the
buckle until the red center pops out again.
Repeat Steps
1 through 5 for the other section of the
split bench seat.
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Captain’s Chairs
The Captain’s chairs adjust like the manual front
passenger seats.
The seatback can be
reclined or raised by turning
the knob on the inboard side
of the seat. It is easier to
raise or lower the seatback
if you lean forward and take
the weight off the seatback.
The armrests can be lowered or raised for entering or
exiting the vehicle.
Removing the Captain’s Chairs
1. Pull the nylon strap behind the chair to release the
rear hooks from the floor pins.
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2. The seat can then be lifted off the front floor pins
and removed from the vehicle. Replacing the Captain’s Chairs
The left chair goes in the A and C sets of floor pins.
The right chair goes
in the D and F sets of floor pins.
1. Hook the front latches over the front floor pins.
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2. Push the rear of the seat down to lock the rear latches
onto
the rear set of floor pins.
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3. Push and pull on the seat to be sure it is properly attached.
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
(SRS), or air bag system.
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. 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.
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Your vehicle has a light that
comes on
as a reminder to
buckle up. (See “Safety Belt
Reminder Light”
in
the Index.)
I 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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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 ... 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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