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2004 Chevrolet Tracker Owner ManualM
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Seats and Restraint Systems Driving Your Vehicle
Front Seats ............................................... 1-2 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2
Rear Seats ............................................... 1-5 Towing ................................................... 4-47
Safety Belts .............................................. 1-9
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Canadian Owners You can obtain a French copy of this manual from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, About Driving Your Vehicle CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem and the name TRACKER are registered trademarks of General As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate this Motors Corporation. vehicle correctly may result in loss of control or an accident. Be sure to read the “on-pavement” and This manual includes the la
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In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Index Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, you A good place to look for what you need is the Index in or others could be hurt. back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual, and the page number where you will You will also find a circle find it. with a slash through it in this book. This safety Safety Warnings and Symbols symbol means “Don’t,” “Don’t d
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Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this book you will find these notices: Your vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle, Notice: These mean there is something that could are shown along with the text describing the operation damage your vehicle. or information relating to a specific component, control, A notice will tell you about something that can damage message, gage or indicator. your vehicle. Many times, this damage would
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Children (LATCH System) ...........................1-42 Manual Lumbar ..............................................1-3 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-3 LATCH System .........................................1-44 Hea
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Lift the lever located under Front Seats the front seat to unlock it. Manual Seats {CAUTION: 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 Slide the seat to where you want it and release the and confuse you, or make you push a pedal lever. Then try to move the seat with your body to make when you don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s sure the seat is locked into place. seat only when the vehicle is not
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Manual Lumbar Reclining Seatbacks If your vehicle has this feature, turn the knob located on To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outboard the driver’s side seatback to adjust support of the side of the seat cushion. Release the lever to lock the lower back. seatback where you want it. Pull up on the lever, and the seatback will go to the upright position. 1-3
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{CAUTION: 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
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Head Restraints Rear Seats Rear Seat Operation {CAUTION: If a head restraint is not installed on the seatback or stored in the vehicle properly, it could be thrown about the vehicle in a crash or sudden maneuver. People in the vehicle could be injured. Remove the head restraints only when you need to fold the seat, and be sure that the head restraints are stored securely in their proper storage location. When the seat is returned to the passenger position, be sure the head restraints are install
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Folding the Seatback The rear seat in your vehicle folds to provide more cargo space. To fold the rear seats do the following: 2. Pull the release straps located near the center of the vehicle to release the seat cushion. Fold the seat cushion forward. 1. Fold the safety belt buckles and center safety belt (if equipped) into the pocket of the rear seatback. 1-6
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4. Store the head restraint in the top of the folded seat cushion. 5. Pull up on the 3. Remove the head restraint from the seatback by seatback release raising the head restraint fully. Press the release knob(s) on top of the button and remove the head restraint from the seatback and fold seatback. the seatback down. 1-7
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6. Secure the two black To raise the rear seat do the following: straps attached to the 1. Unhook the two black straps from the buttons on back of the folded the seatback. seat cushion by hooking them onto the 2. Fold the rear seatback up. Push and pull on the knobs on the back seatback to ensure it’s locked in position. of the seatback when 3. Reinstall the head restraints by inserting them into folded down. the seatback. Make sure the head restraints are secure in the seatback. 4. Insert the p
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Safety Belts {CAUTION: Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo This part of the manual tells you how to use safety area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a belts properly. It also tells you some things you should collision, people riding in these areas are more not do with safety belts. likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped with seats and safety {CAUTION: belts. Be sure eve
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You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a Why Safety Belts Work crash, you don’t know if it will be a bad one. When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so it goes. serious that even buckled up, a person wouldn’t survive. But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed. After more than 30 years of safety belts
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Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider doesn’t stop. 1-11
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The person keeps going until stopped by something. In or the instrument panel... a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... 1-12
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Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I’m wearing a safety belt? A: You could be – whether you’re wearing a safety belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you’re upside down. And your chance of being conscious during and after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have to wear safety belts? A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why should I wear safety belts? This part is only for people of adult size. A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an Be aware that there are special things to know about accident – even one that isn’t your fault – you and safety belts and children. And there are different your passengers can be hurt. Being a good rules for smaller children and babies. If a child will be driver doesn’t protec
