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The 1998 Chevrolet C/K Full-Size Pickup Owner’s Manual
111 Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the air bag system.
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Features and Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system.
Your Driving and the Road
Here you‘ll find helpful information and tips about the road andhow to drive under different conditions.
Problems on the Road
This section tells what todo if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheatedengine, etc.
Service and Appearance Care
Here the manual tellsyou how to keep your vehicle running properly and lookinggood.
Maintenance Schedule
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and whatfluids and lubricants to use.
Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact Chevrolet for assistance and how to get service and owner publications.
It
also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” onpage 8- 10.
Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find
something you want to read.
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How to Use this Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to end when
they first receive their new vehicle.If you
do this,it will help you learn about the features and
controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find
that pictures and words work together to explain
things quickly.
Index
A good place to look for what you need is the Index in
back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s in
the manual, and the page number where you’ll find
it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will finda number of safety cautions in this book.
We use
a box and the word CAUTION to tell you
about things that could hurt youif you were
to ignore
the warning.
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These mean there is something that could hurt
you or other people.
In the caution area,we tell you what the hazard is. Then
we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the
hazard. Please read these cautions.
If you don’t, you or
others could be hurt.
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You will also find a circle
with a slashthrough it
in
this book. This safety
symbol means “Don’t,”
“Don’t
do this” or “Don’t
let this happen.”
Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find these notices:
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These mean there is something that could
damage your vehicle.
In the notice area, we tell you about somethingthat can
damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would
not be covered by your warranty, and it could
be costly.
But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid
the damage.
When you read other manuals, you might see
CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or
in different words.
You’ll also see warning labels
on your vehicle. They use
the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.
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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT
EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS OR
FLAMES
SPARK OR ,\I/,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN
SEAT
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
These symbols
have to
do with
your lamps:
SIGNALS e e3
TURN
RUNNING * -0
DAYTIME .
LAMPS
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are on some of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
VENTILATING
FAN
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
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TEMP 4h*yI
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE (0)
COOLANT
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ENGINEOIL w,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK (@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
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LIGHTER I
HORN )a(
SPEAKER
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Model Reference
This manual covers these models:
Regular Cab Pickup
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Extended Cab Pickup
Crew Cab
Chassis Cab
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Section 1 Seats and RestraintSystems
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also
learn about some things you should
not do with air bags and safety belts.
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Seats and Seat Controls
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
Here Are Questions Many People Ask About
Safety Belts
-- and the Answers
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Driver Position
Safety
Belt Use During Pregnancy
Right Front Passenger Position
Air Bag System
Center Passenger Position
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Rear Seat Passengers
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for
Children and Small Adults
Children
Child Restraints
Larger Children
Safety Belt Extender
Checking Your Restraint Systems
Replacing Restraint System Parts After
a Crash
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust
them, and fold
them up and down. It also tells you about
reclining front seatbacks and head restraints.
Manual Front Seat
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
don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when
the vehicleis not moving.
If your vehicle has a manual
bucket, split bench or full
bench seat, you can adjust it
with
this lever at the front
of the seat.
Slide the lever at the front of the seat toward the
passenger’s side to unlock it. Using your body, slide the
seat to where you want it. Then,release the lever and try
to move the seat with your body in order to make sure
the seat is locked into place.

Power Driver’s Seat (Option)
If your vehicle hasapower seat on the driver’s side, you can
adjust it with these controls at the outside edge of the seat.
You can use the round center knob to move the seat to
where you want it.
To raise the seat, move the knob up.
To lower the seat, move the knob down. To move the
seat forward, move the knob toward
the front of the
vehicle.
To move the seat rearward, move the knob
toward the rearof the vehicle.
You can
also raise and lower thefront and rear of the seat.
To raise the front of the seat, movethe front lever up. To
lower thefront of the seat, move thefront lever down. To
raise the rearof the seat, move the rear lever up. To lower
the rearof the seat, move the rear lever down.
The switch located at the front
of this control panel
is for the power lumbar adjustment, which is
explained next.
Power Lumbar Control (If Equipped)
If you have power lumbar
adjustment,you can
increase or decrease
lumbar support in an
area
of the lower seatback.
To increase support, press and hold the frontof the
rocker switch. Let goof the switch when the lower
seatback reaches the desired levelof support.
To decrease support, press and hold the rear of the
rocker switch. Letgo of the switch when the lower
seatback reaches the desired levelof support.
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Reclining Seatbacks
To adjust the front seatback, move the leverrearward.
Release the lever
to lock the seatback where you want it.
Move the lever again rearward and the seatback will go
to an upright position.
But don’thave a seatback reclined if your vehicle
is moving.
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Sittingin a reclined position whenyour vehicle is
in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle
up, your safety belts can’t do their jobwhen
you’re reclined like this.
Theshoulder belt can’t do its jobbecause it
won’t be against yourbody. Instead, itwill be in
front of you. In
a crash you could go into it,
receivingneck or otherinjuries.
The lapbelt can’t do itsjob either. In a crash the
belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt
forces would bethere, not atyour pelvic bones.
This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection whenthe vehicle isin
motion, have theseatbackupright. Then sitwell
back inthe seat and wear your safety belt properly.
Head Restraints
Slidethe head restraint up or down so that the top of the
restraint is closest to the top of your ears. This position
reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash.
Seatback Latches
The front seatback of the base-level bench seat folds
forward tolet
you access the rear of the cab. Your
seatback will move back and forth freely, unless you
come
to a sudden stop. Then it will lock into place.If
you have
a Crew Cab,your front seatback is designed
not to fold forward. Access to the rear of the cab is
available by using the rear doors.
The front seatbackof the split bench seat and bucket
seats fold forward to letyou access the rearof the cab.
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To fold a frontsplit bench
or bucket seatback forward,
pull this lever forwardand
fold the seatback forward.
To return the seatback to the upright position, just push
the seatback rearward until it latches. After returning the
seatback to its upright position, pull the seatback
forward
to make sure it is locked.
If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move
forward in a sudden stoporcrash. That could
cause injury
to the person sitting there. Always
press rearwardonthe seatback
to be sure it
is locked.
Easy Entry Seat (Extended Cab Only)
The manual driver and passenger front bucket seats
and the manual
60/40 split bench seat of your vehicle
have an easy entry feature. This makes it easy to get
in
and out of the rear seat. On vehicles with the power
driver’s seat, only the front passenger’s seat has
the
easy entry feature.
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To operate the seat, pull
forward
on the top of this
lever and tilt the back
forward toward the front
of
the vehicle.
When
you do, the seat bottom will release. Just pull or
push the seat forward until
it stops.
To return the seat to its regular position, return the
seatback to its upright position, then push
the whole seat
rearward until it latches.

After returning the seat to its regular position,try to
move
the seat with your body in order tomake sure the
seat
is locked into place.
If any easy entry seatisn’t locked, it can move. In
a sudden stopor crash,the person sitting there
could be injured. And, even if there is no crash or
sudden stop, a driver sitting in anunlocked easy
entry seatcould be startled by the sudden
movement and hit thewrong control or pedal,
causing an accident. After you’ve used it, besure
to push rearward
on any easy entry seatto be
sure itis locked.
Rear Seat (Extended Cab)
Folding the RearSeat
The Extended Cab may have a rear folding seat which
can be folded up to provide more cargo space.
To fold
the seat:
1. Pull forward on the
RELEASE lever under
the seat cushion, behind
the passenger’s side
front seat.Fold the
seatback forwarduntil
it latches with
the
seat cushion.
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2. Lift the entire seat
and push it rearward
into place.
3. Make sure the seat is secure.
The Extended Cab’s rear seat can alsobe folded open
for moreseating space.
To use the seat:
1. Pull the entire seat forward until it is flat.
2. Then pull forward on the RELEASE lever under the
seat cushion, on the passenger’s side of the rear seat.
Push the seatback rearward until it latches.
3. After pushing the seatback upright into position, pull
the seatback forwardto make sure it islocked.
Rear Seat (Crew Cab)
The rear seatback without a center armrest can be folded
forward
to let you reach the area behind it. Your
seatback will move back and forth freely, unless
you
come to a sudden stop. Then, it will lock into place.
The rear seatback with a centerarmrest folds forward to
let
you access the area behind it.
To return the seatback to the upright position, just push
the seatback rearward until
it latches. After returning the
seatback to its upright position, pull the seatback
forward to make sure it is locked.
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