Seat Controls; Manually Operated Front Seats; Front Seatback Latches - Chevrolet El Camino 1983 Owner's Manual

SEAT CONTROLS
M8nually Operated Front
seai. ' . ;' "
The front seats may
be adjusted forward
or rearward by
rr10ving
~'
ConIr!)l
leva"
at the
front
of
the
seat
to
the
left
and exerting slighfbody pressure in the
direction desired. The seat is
locked
in positio:O
when the
!eYer is released.
CAUTION:
Do not ..::I;u.t •
~
.....
aIied
drl __ •
IItfII
while Ihe whicIII
II;
moying, The • • could _
~.xI ~xpededly ~
- * I
~!tIe.,;-
to
loa cOftltol of
the
~
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After adjusting a manua..,.
operated
seat, push fOfWard
and
featWard on the
sea1 to be sure
the
seat Q,lsters have
latched. Taka
the-vencle to your
doaIef
for
service if
you
flOlilhal.eit~, seat 'equster
does
not
latch.
Front se.tback'
LafcheS "
Vehicles
with
fokIOg
tfont
seats
have
inertial ' S eatback
latches.
The
la~
I n
desiglod
to
prev~t
fQrward
rnoveinent
of the tronlseatback onIy-dlring, a
sudden sloWing
of the
vehicle. Normatly, when Y9U want .to get to the ,stowage
compartment the seatback can be titted forward without
un~tcning,
but
~
the vehicle is " nose
doWn."
such
as
00
a very Steep hi_, tile inertial 'latch may
keep
the
seatbac\(
Irom _
being I1'pVed
k;xwara.
tf
this
~.
there
is
a latch
release
lever
at the
bottom,
on
the
outboard side or
in
the
center
reaJ: of
each
front
Se8tback.
Pull rearward slightly on
the seatback
while "pulling
up
On_ the
see.tbaCk latch
release
lever.
This will
reteaSe
the
latch
' s o
the -seatb&ck
can
be
moved
klfwatl.
The latch release ·Iever- must be in_ the
,,~
.. positjo'n for the inertiallatrih
to
work
property
during a
sudden
'slowing
of
the
vehicle.
-Check
ncNI ~
then
to
see if each-
seatback latch
release'
lever moves up and
dOwn treety.'
tf the lever
does
not move freely, take
the
V9tjc1e
to
)"tU'
dealer
for
service.
Thel'e
is
no
oonven/ent owner tesi
d
the' inertial seatback latch,
If
you
'suspect
the
latch is
not working, ask your deale("to Inspect
it. , .
'-',
Keep seat belt webbing' Mel hardware clear of ' seat hinging, and latching
mechanisms when
you til 'a
toIdtng
Seat,
ThiS
~
pr",ent
damage
to
these
beft
systems. ' " .
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