1998 CHEVROLET S10 seats

,Section 1 Seats and Restraint. Systems
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.Manual Lumbar Support
(If Equipped)
Reclining Seatbacks-
(Bucket Seats or 60/40 Bench)
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 ldt to increase: lumbar support and
to the fight to decrease lumbar support.
To. adjust the front seatback,
lift the lever on the auter
,side of the $eat.
Release the
.lever to lwk the seatback where. yau
want it. Pull up on the lever.and the seat will go-to an
upright position.
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How to Wear Sa.fety Belts Prop.e,rIy
Adults
Fist, ym'U want to know which reatmint systems your
vehicle has.;
We'll .start with the driver pasition.
Driv-er Position
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The. driver.has allap-shoulder belt. Here's haw to wear
it properly.
1. Close :and lock the. doox.
2. Adjwt the seat (to se:e how, see '4Seats'" in the Index)
SD you cansit up straight.
3. Pick up the latch plateand pull the. belt across you.
Don't let it .get.twisted,
The .shoulder beit may- lock. -if you pull the belt-across;:
.you very .quickly. If this happens, let. the belt go back
- slightly to. unIock it;. Then pull the: belt across .you
more Slowly.
4. Push the latch plateinto the bu&?.e.until it clicks.
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Rear Seat Passengers
(Extended Cab Jump Seats)
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Rear passengers who aren’t safety belted can be thrown
out of the vehicle in a crash. And they can strike others
in the vehicle-who are wearing.slfety . _. belts,
Each jump seat
has a lap belt with no retractor. To
make the belt longer, tilt the latch plate a little and p-ull
the belt.
To .make it shmter, pull the belt as shown until it is :snug.
Buckle and.gosition it
the same way:as the lap part of
the driver’s s~dety belt (see “’Driver Pogition” in the
Index). Make sure. the release buttan cm the buckle is
positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety
belt-quickly if
you ever had bo. To unlatch the belt, just
push the button on the buckle.
Don’t use child restraints on these seats. They won’t
work properly.
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An infant car bed. (A> is a special bed made -€of use
in :a motor vehicle. It's an infant restraint system
designed to restrain orposition a child on -a
continuaus flat surface. With .an.infant car bed,
make sure that the infant's head rests tow.ard th.e
center &he vehicle..
A rear-facing idant restraint (€3) .positionsan infant.
to face the rear of the-vehicle. Rear-facin.g infant
restraints are designedfur infants of up to:about
20 lbs-. (9 kg) and.-about one yearatage. This type
of restrstirit faces: the rear so that the infhnt':s head,
Beck and-body
-can. have the supporcthey need in a
.crash. Some idant seats .cme in ~WO pats. -- the
base stays secured in the vehicle and the seat part.
is removable.
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A booster .seat (F, GI is designed forchildren who
me about 40-to 60 lbs. (1s to 27 kg) and about
four to-eight years of age. It’s designed to improve
the
fit of thevehcle’s safety belt system. Ekooster
seats.
with shields use lap-only belts; however;
booster seats without shields use lap-shoulder
belts-. Booster seats
can also help a child to see
out the window.
The -child restraint must be secured properly in the right
front. passenger seat. If yuu want to securera rear-facing
cbild restraint in the right front passenger’s-seat, you
need.ts turn off the passenger’s air bag. See “Securing
a; Child Restraint in the Right Front. Seat Position’’ in.
the Index for more on-this, including important
safety information.
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Jump 'Seats (Extended. Cab)
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