2003 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA height adjustment

Seat
Adjustment

/!\Warning!
Theseatmaymoveunexpectedlyifyouat-
tempttoadjustwhiledriving.Thiscould
causesuddenlossofcontrolorpersonalin-
jury.

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Donotadjustseatswhilethevehicleisinmo-
tion.
Thebackrestlocksmustbeengagedatall
timeswhilethevehicleisinmotion.

IntheCabriolet,thewindstopmaybedam-
agedduringseatadjustmentandwhenfold-
ingbackthefront-seatbackrests.
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Adjustseatsothattheseatbackrestdoes
nottouchthewindstop.

Safetybeltsonlyofferprotectionwhenthe
backrestisuprightandthebeltsare
properlypositionedonthebody.
Improperlypositionedsafetybeltscan
causeseriouspersonalinjuryinanacci-
dent.
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Donotoperate
thecarwiththedriverorpas-
sengerbackrestsexcessivelyreclined(see

"Seat
position").
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Seat
position
Acorrectsittingpositionisimportantforsafe
andfatigue-freedriving.
Werecommendthefollowingprocedurefor
adjustingthedriver'sseattosuitindividual
requirements:
1.Adjusttheseatheighttogiveyourself
enoughheadroomandagoodoverviewof
thevehicle.
2.Adjusttheseatuntil,withtheaccelerator
pedalfullydepressed,yourlegisstraightbut
yourentirefootstillrestsontheaccelerator
pedal.
3.Gripthetophalfofthesteeringwheel.
Setthebackrestangleandsteering-wheel
positionsothatyourarmsarealmost
outstretched.However,yourshouldersmust
stillrestonthebackrest.
4.Ifnecessary,correcttheseatfore-and-aft
adjustment.
Adjustingbasicseat

A-Seatheightadjustment
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Raiselockinglever.

[>Setthe
desiredseatheightbyshiftingyour
bodyweight.

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Releasethelever.

B-Foreandaft
[>
Raiselockinglever.
Moveseattodesiredpositionandrelease
lever.
Ensurethattheseatengagescorrectly.
C-Backrestangle
[>Operateswitchuntilthedesiredbackrest
angleisreached.
Electricallyadjustableseat
[>
Presstheswitchinthedirectionindicatedby
thearrowsuntilthedesiredseatpositionis
reached.
A-
Seatheightadjustment

B-Fore
andaftadjustment
C-Seatangleadjustment
D-Backrestangleadjustment
E-Lumbarsupport
(pelvisandspinalcolumnsupport)*

Topermitarelaxedsittingposture,thebackrest
curvatureissteplesslyadjustableinverticaland
horizontaldirectionsforindividualpelvisandspi-
nalcolumnsupport.
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Presstheswitchinthedirectionindicatedby
thearrowsuntilthedesiredbackrestcurva-
tureisreached.

Seat
backrest
Foldingforward
[>PullupleverFinthesidepartofthebackrest
andfoldthebackrestforward.
Foldingback
[>Tiltbackandengagethebackrestsothatit
cannottipforwardwhenthecarisbraked.
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Safetybeltheightadjustment

(CoupeandTargamodels)
Adjusttheheightofthesafetybeltsothatit
runsacrossthemiddleoftheshoulder,not
againsttheneck.
Adjustingbeltheight
I>Up-pushbeltdeflector.
I>Down-pressbutton(arrow)andmovebelt
deflector.
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Automaticlockingretractor
Thesafetybeltsforthepassengerandrear
seatsareequippedwithanautomaticlockingre-
tractorforsecuringthechildrestraintsystem.
Whenactivated,thisretractorallowsyoutose-
curelyfastenthechildrestraintsysteminplace
sothatinadvertentmovementswillnotoccur.
Activatingtheautomaticlockingretractor
1.Pullthesafetybeltretractorcompletelyout.
Atthispointthelockingmechanismisacti-
vated.
2.Insertthesafetybelttongueintothebuckle
andmakecertainthatitisproperlylatched.
3.Allowthesafetybelttoretractuntilitistight
onthechildrestraintsystem.Youmayfur-
thertightenthebeltbypullingonittoallow
moreofittoretract.
Releasingthesafetybelt
1.Unbucklethesafetybeltlatch.
2.Thenmakecertainthatthebelthasfullyre-
tracted.
Atthispointtheautomaticlockingfeaturewill
bedisengaged.

Floor

Thesurfaceuponwhichthevehiclerestsisflat
andapproximatelylevel.
Screen
Thescreenuponwhichheadlampbeamsare
projectedisperpendiculartothefloorandthe
vehicle'slongitudinalaxis,flat,uniformlylightin
color,unobstructed,andwideandhighenough
toaccommodatethevehiclebeampatternsto
beaimed.
Thescreenshouldbewideenoughtoprovideat
least1mofspaceoutboardofthevehicle's
headlampspacing.

Adjustmentscrews

I>Detachsidecarpetinginluggagecompart-
ment.
ThereforeunscrewplasticnutA.
Openthecoveroftheappropriateadjustment
screw.
Thesettingisadjustedbyturningthehexagon
socketscrewsrightorleft,asappropriate.
B-Headlightverticaladjustment
C-Foglightheightadjustment

Verticaladjustment(screw
B)
I>turnclockwise=beammovesdown
turncounterclockwise=beammovesup
Note
I>Donotalterthelateraladjustment.
Foglight
adjustment
Thefoglight
adjustmentCshouldonlybedone
ataspecialistworkshopwithanopticaladjust-
mentunit.
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