2003 CHEVROLET ASTRO Owners Manual

Front Seats
Manual Seats
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The bucket seats can be
adjusted forward or
rearward using the lever
located under the front
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 seat adjustment lever toward the ouboard side
of the seat 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 that the seat is locked
into place.
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Power Seat
If your vehicle has this feature, there will be controls
located on the inboard side of the driver’s seat.
Manual Lumbar
To raise or lower the front of the seat cushion, raise or
lower the lever located toward the front of the vehicle.
To raise or lower the rear of the seat cushion, raise
or lower the lever located toward the rear of the vehicle.
To move the entire seat backwards, forward, or up or
down, move the center knob.
If your vehicle has this feature, there will be a knob
located on the inboard side of the driver’s and
passenger’s bucket seats.
Turn the knob toward the front of the vehicle
to increase
lumbar support. Turn the knob toward the rear of the
vehicle to decrease lumbar support.
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Reclining Seatbacks
There is a lever located on the inside of the seat to
adjust the seatback.
You can adjust the seatback by lifting the lever and leaning back. Release the lever to
lock the seatback where
you want it. Pull up on the
lever, lean forward and
the seatback will
go to an
upright position.
But don’t have a seatback reclined
if your vehicle
is moving.
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Head Restraints
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. Adjust
your head restraint
so that the top of the restraint
is closest to the top
of your head. This position
reduces the chance
of a neck injury in a crash.
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Seatback Latches
The seatback lever is
located on the right rear
of your seat.
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To fold your non-touring
bench seatback forward,
pull up on the latch release
lever while pulling the
seatback toward the rear
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of the vehicle. After the
latch has been released, push the seatback
toward the front of the vehicle until it locks into place.
To raise the seatback, unlock the seatback latch
by pushing up on the lever while pushing down on the
upper edge
of the seatback. Move the seatback into
the upright position. Make sure the seatback is locked
whe
t is back in the upright 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.
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Rear Seats
Rear Seat Operation
Removing the Rear Seats
To remove the rear seats, do the following:
1. If you are removing the
center seat, remove
the right lap-shoulder
belt.
To do this, press
the release hole of the
safety belt attachment
while pulling up on
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If you have a safety
belt guide on your
seat, pull the safety
belt all the way
out through the guide.
3. To store the safety belt while the second row bench
seat is removed, pull the belt out and put both
buckles in the passenger’s side rear storage bin.
Route the belt out of the forward edge of the
storage bin. Close the cover to retain the belt.
4. Pull up on the seatback latch on the right rear of
the seat. Push the seatback down until it locks
into place.
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5. Lift up on the left and the right seat release levers
at the same time. The latches are near the floor on
the rear legs
of the seat.
6. Lift up on the rear of the seat to remove the seat
assembly from the rear latch pins. Then, pull back
and
lift the seat out of the vehicle.
Your seat release latch lever is operated with
a two-stage mechanism.
To fully release the
latch, two levels of
lift effort will be required.
First, a low effort to overcome the first stage and
then
a moderate effort to fully release the latch.
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Replacing the Rear Seats
1. Lower the seat into position. Make sure the front
retainers are hooked onto the anchor pins.
2. Pull the seat down to latch the rear retainers.
Make sure the seat
is locked in by pulling up
and down on the seat.
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.
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