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Manual seat adjustment
The driver's and passenger's seats can be
adjusted in a number of ways to provide a
comfortable driving and sitting position.
Forward-rearward: Pull the lever up and
slide the seat to the position of your choice.
Use this control to raise or lower the front
edge of the seat cushion.
Use this control to raise or lower the rear
edge of the seat cushion.
Turn this knob (optional on some passeng-
er's seats) to adjust the firmness of the
lumbar support
1.
Turn this knob to adjust the backrest tilt.
Control panel for the optional power seats.
NOTE
Both front seats are equipped with head
restraints that can be adjusted vertically to
suit the height of the passenger. The upper
edge of the head restraint should be at least
on a level with the upper-most point of the
seat occupant's ear (see the section
"Adjusting the front seat head restraints" on
page 104).
WARNING
•Do not adjust the seat while driving.
•Adjust the driver’s seat and seat belt
(see page 20) before driving. The seat
should be adjusted so that the brake
pedal can be depressed fully.
•Position the seat as far rearward as
comfort and control allow.
Accessing the rear seat
Seat access buttons (power seat shown)
Seat adjustment handle
Seat adjustment button
1Also applies to the optional power seat.
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Manual seatMoving the seat forward:
Remove the seat belt from its guide (see
page 21).
Pull up the handle.
Hold the handle up and move it forward
slightly until the backrest begins to move.
Press the handle down.
Fold the backrest forward until it locks in
position.
Move the seat forward.
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Moving the seat rearward:
With the backrest folded forward in the
locked position, slide the seat rearward
until it stops/locks in its original position.
Pull up the handle.
Hold the handle up and move it rearward
slightly until the backrest begins to move.
Press the handle down.
Fold up the backrest to the upright posi-
tion.
> The seat will return to the position it was
in before it was moved.
6. Return the seat belt to its guide.
Seat positionIf the seat does not return to its original posi-
tion:
1. Sit in the seat.
2. Lift the handle (1) and move the seat as far
rearward as possible.
3. While holding the handle up, move the seat
forward to the desired position.
Power seatMoving the seat forward:
Remove the seat belt from its guide (see
page 21).
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Pull up the handle.
Hold the handle up and move it forward
slightly until the backrest begins to move.
Press the handle down.
Fold the backrest forward until it locks in
position.
6. Hold down the button while the seat moves
forward. If the seat is in a high position, it
will be lowered automatically so that the
head restraint does not come in contact
with the sun visor.Moving the seat rearward:1.
With the backrest folded forward in the
locked position, press and hold down the
button until the seat has returned to its
original position.
Pull up the handle.
Hold the handle up and move it rearward
slightly until the backrest begins to move.
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Press the handle down.
Fold up the backrest to the upright posi-
tion.
> The seat will return to its original posi-
tion.
6. Return the seat belt to its guide.
The front passenger's seat belt should be
in its guide while the vehicle is being driven,
even if the seat is not occupied.
WARNING
After the seat has been returned to its orig-
inal position, be sure that the backrest is
securely locked in the upright position.
Power seats*
The power driver's seat can be adjusted:
•If the ignition key is in position I or II.
•During a 10 minute period after the doors
have been unlocked if the door remains
open.
•If the door is closed and the ignition key is
not yet in the ignition, or if the key is in
position 0, the seat can be adjusted or dur-
ing a period of 40 seconds. The power
passenger's seat can only be adjusted if
the ignition key is in position I or II, or if the
engine is running.
NOTE
Both front seats are equipped with head
restraints that can be adjusted vertically to
suit the height of the passenger. The upper
edge of the head restraint should be at least
on a level with the upper-most point of the
seat occupant's ear (see the section
"Adjusting the front seat head restraints" on
page 104).
Adjusting the seat
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Seat adjustment controls
Seat adjustment controls 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the
side of the seat can be used to move the seat
to the position of your choice.
Move this section of the control up or down
to raise/lower the front section of the seat
cushion.
Move the control forward/rearward to
move the seat forward or rearward.
Move this section of the control up or down
to raise/lower the rear section of the seat
cushion.
Backrest tilt.
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NOTE
Both front seats are equipped with head
restraints that can be adjusted vertically to
suit the height of the passenger. The upper
edge of the head restraint should be at least
on a level with the upper-most point of the
seat occupant's ear (see the section
"Adjusting the front seat head restraints" on
page 104).
NOTE
The power seats have an overload protector
that activates if a seat is blocked by any
object. If this occurs, switch off the ignition
(key in position 0) and wait for approxi-
mately 20 seconds before operating the
seat again.
Emergency stopIf the seat inadvertently begins to move, press
any of the buttons to stop the seat.
Programming the seat memory, driver's
seat only*
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Power seat memory buttons
Three different seating positions (and the posi-
tion of the door mirrors) can be stored in the
seat's memory. The memory buttons are
located on the outboard side of the driver’s
seat (see the illustration).
To program (store) a seat/mirror position in
memory button 1:
1. Adjust the seat (and door mirrors) to the
desired position.
2.
Press and hold down the "M" (Memory)
button.3.
With the "M" button depressed, press
memory button 1 to store the seat and mir-
rors' current position.
To move the seat and mirrors to the position
that they were in when memory button 1 was
programmed, press and hold down button 1
until the seat/mirrors stop moving.
As a safety precaution, the seat will stop auto-
matically if the button is released before the
seat has reached the preset position.
Central locking system remote key and
driver's seat memory
The remote key transmitter can also be equip-
ped with an optional function that controls the
electrically operated driver's seat in the follow-
ing way:
1. Adjust the seat/door mirrors to the desired
position.
2. When you leave the car, lock it using the
remote key.
3. The next time the driver's door is unlocked
with the same remote key and that door is
opened within 2 minutes, the driver's seat
and door mirrors will automatically move to
the position that they were in when the
doors were most recently locked with the
same remote key.
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NOTE
The memory function in the remote key
operates independently the memory func-
tion in the seat.
WARNING
•Because the driver's seat can be
adjusted with the ignition off, children
should never be left unattended in the
car.
•Movement of the seat can be STOPPED
at any time by pressing any button on
the power seat control panel.
•Do not adjust the seat while driving. The
seat should be adjusted so that the
brake pedal can be depressed fully. In
addition, position the seat as far rear-
ward as comfort and control allow.
•The seat rails on the floor must not be
obstructed in any way when the seat is
in motion.
Adjusting the front seat head restraints
The front seat head restraints are designed so
that they can be adjusted to two different
height positions.
NOTE
•When the vehicle leaves the factory, the
front seat head restraints will be in the
lower position.
•Due to the low roofline of the Volvo C70,
it is necessary to have the front seat
head restraints in the lowest position if
you wish to fold the seat's backrest for-
ward or operate the power retractable
hard top.
The head restraints should be put in the upper
or lower position according to the height of the
occupant of the seat.
The upper edge of the head restraint should be
at least on a level with the upper-most point of
the seat occupant's ear (see illustration).
To raise or lower a head restraint:
Raising or lowering a head restraint1. Release the head restraint by pressing the
button underneath its left side, at the base
of the support (see the illustration).
2. Move the head restraint until it clicks
(locks) into the upper or lower position.