1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE Owners Manual

Manual Front Passenger Seats
To use, pull up the lever on
the front
of the seat to
unlock it.
Slide the seat to where you want it.
To make sure the
seat is locked into place, release the lever and try to
move the seat with your body.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
All front seats recline.
To adjust the seatback,
rotate this knob. It
is easier
to recline the seat if you
lean
forward, taking your
weight
off the seatback.
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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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Manual Lumbar Control
Turn the knob on the
inboard side
of the
seat to adjust the lower
back support.
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
Seat Controls
The rear seats in your vehicle have levers and straps
used to adjust, remove
and replace the seats. By using the levers and straps,
in the correct order,
you can easily
remove the seats
from your vehicle.
When you replace the seats
in the vehicle, be sure to
follow the label on the back of the seat for proper location.
Follow
this diagram when the text in this manual tells you
what sets of floor cups to use
for each seat.
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A B
0
G
FI
D
1 I
H
F
J
B
I
U
Floor Seat Pin Diagram
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Second Row Safety Belt Stowage Dump and Stow Feature
If your vehicle has seats in the third row, there is a
sleeve
on the second row outside safety belt to store the
safety belt while entering and exiting the third
row seats.
If your vehicle has bucket seats in the second row,
follow this procedure:
To store the safety belt, pull the belt out and slide the
moveable sleeve along the belt until it reaches the
patch of Velcro@ on the roof.
Simply press the sleeve against the Velcro patch to
Do not have the second row outside safety belt stored if
someone is sitting in the second row outside position.
To release the second row outside safety belt, pull the
sleeve away from the Velcro patch and
use the safety
belt
as usual. The sleeve should slide freely when not
in use. secure it in place.
There is
also a clip on the safety belt used to secure the
belt after
it is disconnected from the mini-buckle. When
removing
the second row bench seat, secure the loose end
of the safety belt
in this clip. This will keep the safety belt
fi-om dangling and possibly striking something. The
rear seats in
your vehicle can be folded forward.
Use this feature for exiting and entering third row seats.
Push adjustable head restraints fully
down. Fold the
seatback flat on the seat.
If the seat adjusts, slide it all the
way back. Release
the rear set of hooks from the floor
pins; hang on to the straps as the seat folds forward.
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Solid Bench Seat
If you have a solid bench seat, the seatback can be
folded down. The seat can also be folded forward or
removed
to provide extra storage space.
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Second Row Solid Bench Seats
Folding the Seatback
To fold down the seatback,
pull the nylon strap on the
back of the seat.
Removing the Second Row Solid Bench Seat
With the seatback in the upright position, unhook the
side attachment for the safety belt.
This mini-buckle is
located on the right side
of the seat.
Push up the red center on
the buckle with a small
pointed object like a key
or pen.
To raise the seatback, pull the nylon strap on the back of
the seat while raising the seatback until it locks upright.
Push and pull on the seatback to check that it is locked. 1. Pull the nylon strap on the back of the seat to fold
the seatback forward.
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2. From behind the bench seat, pull the nylon strap at
the base
of the seat to release the rear latches from
the floor pins.
the way forward.
3. Do not let go of the straps until the seat is folded all
4. Unhook the front latches by rolling up the gray
handle under the seat until
the handle locks.
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5. Remove the seat by
rocking it slightly at the
top towards the rear
of
the vehicle and then lift
at the front latch release
lever. This should be
done
in one motion.
I 1. Place the front hooks of
the bench seat onto the
front two floor pins. To
do this, the seat will
need to be angled so that
the front hooks clear the
floor pins.
Replacing the Second Row Solid Bench Seat 2. With the seat still folded forward, roll down the gray
handle underneath the seat to lock the front latches.
Don’t put the bench seat
in so it faces rearward because
it won’t latch that way.
The solid benches have seat position labels, located on
the back of the seat, showing where the seat must
go.
Follow that diagram. Use the A, C and E sets of floor
cups.
See “Seat Controls” in the beginning of this
section for more details. The seat must be placed
in the
proper location for the legs to attach correctly.
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3. If the front legs are not attached correctly, the rear
legs will not attach to the rear set
of floor pins.
4. Firmly push the rear hooks into the rear floor pins by
5. Try to raise the bench seat to check that it is
pushing down on the rear of the seat.
locked down.
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