2004 DODGE STRATUS COUPE Owners Manual

Your vehicle has seat belts and other features that help
protect you and your passengers in an accident.
Seat belts are the most important safety device. When
worn properly, seat belts can reduce the chance of serious
injury or death in various types of crashes. For added
protection during a severe frontal collision, your vehicle
has a Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) with air bags
for the driver and front seat passenger. The seats, head
restraints, and door locks also are safety equipment,
which must be used correctly.
Always check the following before you drive:
7. Everyone in the vehicle is properly wearing their seat
belt.
8. Infants and small children are properly secured in
appropriate child restraints in the rear seat.
9. All doors are closed and locked.
10. Seat backs are fully upright, with head restraints
properly adjusted.No safety equipment can prevent all injuries or deaths
that can occur in severe collisions, but by making sure all
your passengers follow the instructions in this manual,
you can help reduce the risk of injury.
FRONT SEATS
Adjust the driver's seat as far back as possible to a
position that enables you to fully apply the pedals, easily
control the steering wheel, safely operate the vehicle and
also gives you a clear frontal view.
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WARNING!
²Do not attempt to adjust the seat while driving.
This can be dangerous.
²After adjusting the seat, make sure that the seat is
securely locked into position.
²Be sure to have the seat adjusted by an adult. If it
is adjusted by a child, the seat may not be prop-
erly locked into position.
WARNING!
²In order to reduce risk of serious or fatal injury in
a collision, including from a deploying front pas-
senger air bag, all front seat passengers should
move the front passenger seat as far back as
possible, all children 12 years old and under
should ride restrained in the rear seat, and all
children in rear-facing child restraints must ride
in the rear seat.
²In order to reduce risk of serious or fatal injury in
an accident, including from a deploying driver 's
side air bag, the driver should move the driver's
seat as far back as possible, while still maintain-
ing good visibility and good control of the steer-
ing wheel, accelerator and brake pedals.
NOTE: On vehicles with a power seat, to prevent the
battery from running down, operate the power seat with
the engine in operation.
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To adjust seat forward or backward
Type 1 (Manual)
Pull the seat adjusting lever and slide the seat forward or
backward to the desired position. Release the adjusting
lever to lock the seat in position.
WARNING!
To ensure the seat is locked securely, attempt to
move the seat forward or backward without using
the adjusting lever.
Type 2 (Power, driver's side only±if so equipped)
Push the switch to adjust the seat forward or backward to
the desired position. Release the switch, and the seat will
lock at that position.
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1. Backward
2. Forward
CAUTION!
Operate the power seat with care not to have the
hand or foot caught by the seat.
To recline the seatback
In order to recline the seatback, first lean your body
forward slightly and pull the seatback lock lever up, and
then lean backward to the desired position and release
the lever. The seatback will lock in that position.
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Memory reclining knob
When you fold down the seatback by using the memory
reclining knob, the angle of the seatback will be memo-
rized.
Pull the memory reclining knob and fold the seatback
down.Just by pushing the seatback up into position will lock it
in the memorized position.
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Memory reclining
knob
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WARNING!
To minimize risk of severe or fatal personal injury in
the event of a collision or sudden stop, both the
driver and passenger seatbacks should always re-
main in a nearly upright position while the vehicle is
in motion.
The protection provided by the seat belts will be
reduced significantly the more the seatback is re-
clined.
There is greater risk that the seat belts will not be
properly positioned on your body and/or you will
slide under the belt in an accident the more the
seatback is reclined, resulting in severe or fatal
injury.
CAUTION!
Pull the seatback lock lever, and the seatback will
return to its original position. When operating the
lever, sit close to the seatback or check with your
hand on it.
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To adjust seat height (Driver's side only)
Type 1 (Manual)
Turn the knob to raise or lower the whole seat cushion.
1. Raise
2. Lower
Type 2 (Power, driver 's side only-if so equipped)
Front and/or rear parts of the seat cushion height can be
adjusted.
Front part of the seat cushion
Push the switch to raise or lower the front part of the seat
cushion.
1. Raise
2. Lower
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Rear part of the seat cushion
Push the switch to raise or lower the rear part of the seat
cushion.
1. Raise
2. Lower
Whole seat cushion
Push the center of the switch to raise or lower the whole
seat cushion.
1. Raise
2. Lower
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