1998 GMC ENVOY Owners Manual

Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust
them, and fold them
up and down.
Power Driver’s Seat
Manual Passenger’s Seat
Move the lever under the front of the passenger’s 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.
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.
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.
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Moving the whole button up or down raises or lowers
the whole seat. Heated Front Seats
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
This 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.
This control is located on
the side of the seat facing
the door.
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. The seatbelt must be latched to activate
this feature.
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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~ Reclining Front Seatback
To adjust
the right front passenger’s seatback, lift the
lever
on the outer side of the seat.
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. But don’t have
a seatback reclined if your vehicle
is moving.
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A CAUTION:
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.
Head Restraints
Slide the 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.
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Rear Seats I
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. To
return the head restraints to the upright position,
reach behind the seats and pull the head restraint up until
it locks into position.
Push and pull on the head restraints to check that they
have locked in the upright position. If they haven’t, have
them fixed immediately.
The rear seat head restraints are adjustable.
Push the button located under the head restraint to raise or
lower it. Slide the adjustable head restraint up or down
so
that the top of the head restraint is closest to the top of
your ears. After releasing the button, push
and pull on the
head restraint to make sure it’s locked
in place.
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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 Inflatable Restraint
(SIR), or air bag system.
A CAUTION:
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.
A CAUTION:
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.)
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
30 years of safety belts in vehicles, the
facts are clear.
In most crashes buckling up does
matter
... a lot!
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as
it goes.
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Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat
on wheels.
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Put someone on it.
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Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
doesn't stop.
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