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2008 Chevrolet Aveo Owner Manual M
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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 ............................................... 1-7 Towing ................................................... 4-27
Safety Belts ............................................. 1-14 .......................... 5-1
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Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer/retailer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, 1-800-551-4123 CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, and www.helminc.com the name AVEO are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Propriétaires Canadiens This manual includes the latest information at the time it On peut obtenir un exemplaire de ce guide en français was printed. We reserve the righ
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We tell you what the hazard is and what to do to help Index avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you do not, you or others could be hurt. A good place to quickly locate information about the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is A circle with a slash an alphabetical list of what is in the manual and through it is a safety the page number where it can be found. symbol which means “Do Not,” “Do Not do Safety Warnings and Symbols this” or “Do Not let this happe
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Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols You will also find notices in this manual. The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along Notice: These mean there is something that could with the text describing the operation or information damage your vehicle. relating to a specific component, control, message, A notice tells about something that can damage the gage, or indicator. vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your vehicle’s warr
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Securing a Child Restraint in a Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Rear Seat Position ....................................1-49 Seat Height Adjuster .......................................1-3 Securing a Child Restraint in the Manual Lumbar (Sedan) ..................................1-3 Right Front Seat Position ............................1-52 Reclining Seatback
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Pull up and hold the bar Front Seats located under the front of the 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 and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. seat only when the vehicle is not moving. Then try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the se
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Seat Height Adjuster Manual Lumbar (Sedan) To adjust the height of Your vehicle may the driver’s seat cushion, have manually operated turn the knob located lumbar support for on the outboard side of the driver’s seat. the seat cushion. Turn the knob forward to raise the height of the seat To adjust the front seat lumbar support, use the lever cushion and rearward to lower it. located on the outboard side of the seatback. Push the lever down to adjust the support for the lower part of the seatbac
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Your seats have manual reclining seatbacks. The lever Reclining Seatbacks used to operate them is located on the outboard side of the 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 and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. {CAUTION: If the seatback is not locked, it could move To recline the seatbac
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To return the seatback to an upright position, do the following: {CAUTION: 1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to the seatback and the seatback will return to the upright Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle position. is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you 2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it buckle up, your safety belts cannot do their is locked. job when you are reclined like this. The shoulder belt cannot do its job because it will not be against your
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Head Restraints Pull the head restraint up to raise it. To lower it, press the button, located on the top of the seatback, and push the head restraint down. The front seat head restraints also tilt forward. To tilt the head restraint, first put it in the upright position by tilting it Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the restraint forward fully and releasing it. Then slowly move the head is at the same height as the top of the occupant’s head. restraint forward until it is in the desi
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Rear Seats Rear Seat Operation (Sedan) Folding the Seatback The rear seatbacks can be folded down to increase cargo space. To fold down the seatback: Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to the seat or the safety belts. Always unbuckle the safety belts and return them to their normal stowed position before folding a rear seat. 1. Remove the safety belt strap from the safety belt guide by pulling it through the slot. 2. Push the head restraints all the
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4. Detach the center safety belt from the mini buckle 5. Pull up the release knob located on top of the by inserting the key into the slot in the mini buckle, rear seatback. pressing the release button, and allowing it to 6. Fold the rear seatback forward and down. retract. To return the seatback to the upright position: 1. Hook the safety belts into the safety belt guide. 2. Lift the seatback up and push it to its original position. 1-8
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{CAUTION: {CAUTION: If the seatback is not locked, it could move A safety belt that is improperly routed, not forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could properly attached, or twisted will not provide cause injury to the person sitting there. Always the protection needed in a crash. The person push and pull on the seatback to be sure it wearing the belt could be seriously injured. is locked. After raising the rear seatback, always check to be sure that the safety belts are properly routed and
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Rear Seat Operation (Hatchback) Folding the Rear Seats The rear seats can be folded to increase cargo space. To fold the rear seats: 1. Lower the head restraints completely. 2. Unlatch the center safety belt by pressing the red button on the buckle. 4. Pull up the release knob, located on the top of the seatback, and fold the seatback forward and down. Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to the seat or the safety belts. Always unbuckle the safety bel
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6. Pull the release handles on the rear side of the seat 8. Clip the hook to the front seat head restraint to cushion to unlock the seat cushion. keep the rear seat secure. 7. Lift the seat cushion up and flip it forward. 9. When the rear seat is folded, store the safety belt buckles and center safety belt in the storage area under the floor mat. 1-11
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Unfolding the Seats To return the rear seats to the normal seating position: 1. Unclip the hook from the front seat head restraint. 2. Remove the safety belt buckles and center seat safety belt from the storage area. Notice: Damage to the safety belt buckle or rear seat locking mechanism can occur if the safety belt and buckles are pinched under the rear seat cushion. Do not place the safety belt and buckles on the floor under the rear seat cushion when the rear seat is put back to the sitting po
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8. To reattach the center seat safety belt to the mini buckle, pull it from the retractor. {CAUTION: 9. Reattach the center safety belt by pushing the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks. A safety belt that is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted will not provide the protection needed in a crash. The person {CAUTION: wearing the belt could be seriously injured. After raising the rear seatback, always check If the seatback is not locked, it could move to be sure that the s
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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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After more than 40 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter... a lot! Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. Put someone on it. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a seat on wheels. 1-15
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Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The person keeps going until stopped by something. The rider does not stop. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... 1-16
