1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER Owners Manual

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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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Seats and Seat Controls
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
Center Front Passenger Position
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Seat Passengers
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children
and Small Adults (4-DOOr Models)
Center Rear Passenger Position (4-Door Models)
Children
Child Restraints
Larger Children
Safety Belt Extender
Checking Your Restraint Systems
Replacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash

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This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust
them, and fold them
up and down.
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.
Move the lever under the front of the manual seat up to
unlock it. Slide the seat to 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.
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If you have this feature,
there will be a knob on the
outside of the driver and
passenger bucket seats.
Turn the knob to the left to
increase lumbar support and
to the right to decrease
lumbar support.
Power Driver’s Seat (If Equipped)
If you have this feature, there will be a control pad on
your driver’s seat.
Horizontal Control: Raise the front of the seat by
raising the forward edge of the button. Lower the front
of the seat by lowering the forward edge of the button.
Move the seat forward by moving the whole button
toward the front of the vehicle.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Raise the rear of the seat by raising the rear edge of the
button. Lower the rear
of the seat by lowering the rear
edge of the button. Move the seat rearward by moving
the whole button toward the rear
of the vehicle.
Moving the whole button up or down raises or lowers
the whole seat.
Vertical Control: Move the reclining front seatback
rearward by moving the button toward the rear of the
vehicle. Move the seatback forward by moving the
button toward the front
of the vehicle.
Power Lumbar Control (If Equipped)
If you have this control, it is
located on the side
of the
driver’s seat.
Press and hold the front
of the control until you have the
desired lumbar support.
To decrease lumbar support,
press
and hold the rear of the control.
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If you have this feature,
the control is located on
the side of the seat. This
feature will quickly heat
the lower cushion and lower back
of the driver
and front passenger seats
for added comfort.
Press the lower part of the switch to turn the heater
on
low. Press the upper part of the switch to turn the heater
on high. Put the switch in the center position to turn the
heater
off.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
Release the lever to lock the seatback where you
want it.
Pull up on the lever and the seat will go to an
upright position.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle
is moving. 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 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.
The head restraints tilt forward and rearward also.
Seatback Latches
The front seatback folds
forward to let people get
into the back seat or to
access the storage area
behind the seat.
To fold the front seatback
forward, rotate the handle
on the side of the seat
rearward and pull the
seatback forward.
To return the seatback to the upright position, push the
seatback all the way back until the latch catches. If the
seatback was reclined before being folded forward, it
will return to the reclined position.
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.
Easy Entry Seat (2-Door Models)
The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get
in and out of the rear seat.
Tilt the right front seatback completely forward and
the whole seat will slide forward.
0 Move the seatback to its original position after
someone gets
into the rear seat area. Then move the
seat rearward
until it locks.
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If an easy entry right front seat isn’t locked, it
can move. In a sudden stop or crash, the person
sitting there could be injured. After you’ve used
it, be sure to push rearward
on an easy entry seat
to be sure it is locked.
0 Tilt the seatback completely forward again to
get out.
Rear Seats
Your vehicle has a’folding rear seat which lets you fold
the seatbacks down for more cargo space. The rear seat release handles are
on the rear of the
seatbacks. Push back on the seatbacks as you pull up
on the handles. The head restraint will automatically
fold out of the way when the seatback is folded down.
To raise the seatbacks, just lift up the seatbacks and
push until they lock in the upright position. Push and
pull on the seatbacks to check that the latches have
locked in the upright position. If they haven’t, have
them fixed immediately.
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