2006 PONTIAC VIBE fold seats

Front Seats......................................................1-2
Manual Seats................................................1-2
Driver Seat Height Adjuster..............................1-3
Reclining Seatbacks........................................1-3
Head Restraints.............................................1-5
Passenger Folding Seatback............................1-6
Rear Seats.......................................................1-7
Rear Seat Operation.......................................1-7
Safety Belts.....................................................1-9
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone.................1-9
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts......1-13
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly.................1-14
Driver Position..............................................1-14
Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment.....................1-21
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy..................1-22
Right Front Passenger Position.......................1-22
Rear Seat Passengers..................................1-22
Safety Belt Pretensioners...............................1-25
Safety Belt Extender.....................................1-25
Child Restraints.............................................1-26
Older Children..............................................1-26
Infants and Young Children............................1-28Child Restraint Systems.................................1-31
Where to Put the Restraint.............................1-36
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH)......................................1-37
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Seat Position............................................1-42
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position....................................1-45
Airbag System...............................................1-49
Where Are the Airbags?................................1-52
When Should an Airbag Inate?.....................1-55
What Makes an Airbag Inate?.......................1-57
How Does an Airbag Restrain?.......................1-57
What Will You See After an Airbag Inates?........1-58
Passenger Sensing System............................1-59
Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle...........1-64
Adding Equipment to Your
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle.............................1-64
Restraint System Check..................................1-66
Checking the Restraint Systems......................1-66
Replacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash............................................1-67
Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
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3. Fold the seatback down.
To raise the seatback, do the following:
1. Pull up on one of the levers located on either side
of the back of the passenger’s seatback.
2. Pull the seatback up and push it back to lock it into
place. Make sure the safety belt is not twisted or
caught in the seatback.
3. Push and pull the top of the seatback to be sure it
is locked into position.
4. Use the reclining front seatback lever to adjust the
seatback to a comfortable position.
Rear Seats
Rear Seat Operation
You can fold either side of the seatback down for more
cargo space. The rear right side seatback can also
be used as a temporary table while the vehicle is
stopped. Make sure the front seatback isn’t reclined or
in the rearward most position. If it is, the rear seatback
won’t fold down all the way.
{CAUTION:
A rear seatback folded forward, or any other
object contacting or pressing the front
seatback may affect the proper functioning of
the passenger sensing system. SeePassenger
Sensing System on page 1-59.
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Storage Areas
Glove Box
Open the glove box by pulling the bottom of the
handle upward.
Cupholder(s)
There are two xed cupholders located in the console
area between the two front seats. There are also
two cupholders that fold out of the rear of the console
storage unit.
Coinholder(s)
Your instrument panel may have a coinholder located to
the left of the steering wheel and on the center
console near the parking brake.
Instrument Panel Storage Area
There are storage compartments located on the
instrument panel in two places. They are below the
interior/instrument panel brightness dial and below the
shift lever. Pull the top of the door toward you to open it
or for the compartment below the shift lever, push the
button to open it.
Center Console Storage Area
A storage area is located in the console between
the seats.
To access the storage area, pull up the lock release
lever while raising the lid.
Floor Mats
The driver’s side oor mat is held in place by
two locator hooks.
Be sure the driver’s side oor mat is properly placed on
the oor so that it does not block the movement of
the accelerator pedal.
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If you put things inside your vehicle — like suitcases,
tools, packages, or anything else — they will go as fast
as the vehicle goes. If you have to stop or turn
quickly, or if there is a crash, they will keep going.
{CAUTION:
Things you put inside your vehicle can strike
and injure people in a sudden stop or turn, or
in a crash.
Put things in the rear area of your vehicle.
Try to spread the weight evenly. If you
have fold-down rear seats, you will nd
four anchors on the back wall of your trunk.
You can use these anchors to tie down
lighter loads. They are not strong enough
for heavy things, however, so put them
as far forward as you can in the trunk or
rear area.
CAUTION: (Continued)
CAUTION: (Continued)

Never stack heavier things, like suitcases,
inside the vehicle so that some of them
are above the tops of the seats.
Do not leave an unsecured child restraint
in your vehicle.
When you carry something inside the
vehicle, secure it whenever you can.
Do not leave a seat folded down unless
you need to.
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Safety Belts (cont.)
Safety Belt Extender....................................1-25
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy.................1-22
Safety Belts Are for Everyone......................... 1-9
Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster........................1-21
Safety Warnings and Symbols.............................. iii
Scheduled Maintenance..................................... 6-5
Seatback, Folding Passenger............................. 1-6
Seats
Driver Seat Height Adjuster............................. 1-3
Head Restraints............................................ 1-5
Manual........................................................ 1-2
Passenger Folding Seatback........................... 1-6
Rear Seat Operation...................................... 1-7
Reclining Seatbacks...................................... 1-3
Securing a Child Restraint
Rear Seat Position......................................1-42
Right Front Seat Position..............................1-45
Service........................................................... 5-3
Accessories and Modications......................... 5-3
Adding Equipment to the Outside of Your
Vehicle..................................................... 5-5
California Proposition 65 Warning.................... 5-3
Doing Your Own Work................................... 5-4
Engine Soon Light.......................................3-35
Publications Ordering Information...................7-14
Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle..............1-64
Setting the Time.............................................3-43
Sheet Metal Damage.......................................5-87Shifting Into Park (P).......................................2-25
Shifting Out of Park (P)...................................2-26
Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster...........................1-21
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change.......................... 3-7
Spare Tire
Compact....................................................5-81
Installing....................................................5-73
Removing...................................................5-71
Storing.......................................................5-78
Specications, Capacities.................................5-96
Speedometer..................................................3-26
StabiliTrak
®System.........................................4-10
StabiliTrak®Indicator Light................................3-34
Starting Your Engine.......................................2-16
Steering........................................................4-12
Steering, Suspension and Front Drive Axle Boot
and Seal Inspection.....................................6-17
Steering Wheel, Tilt Wheel................................. 3-6
Storage Areas
Center Console Storage Area........................2-34
Coinholder(s)..............................................2-34
Cupholder(s)...............................................2-34
Glove Box..................................................2-34
Instrument Panel Storage Area......................2-34
Rear Cargo Accessory Track System..............2-36
Rear Storage Area.......................................2-35
Stuck in Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow......................4-30
Sun Visors.....................................................2-12
Sunroof.........................................................2-37
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