Safety features of your vehicle

Folding the rear seat

The rear seatbacks may be folded to
facilitate carrying long items or to
increase the luggage capacity of the
vehicle.

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Seatback angle
To recline the seatback:
1. Pull up the seatback recline lever.
2. Hold the lever and adjust the seatback
of the seat to the position you desire.
3. Release the lever and make sure the
seatback is locked in place. (The lever
MUST return to its original position for
the seatback to lock.)
WARNING
The purpose of the fold-down rear
seatbacks is to allow you to carry
longer objects than could not oth-
erwise be accommodated.
Never allow passengers to sit on OJC030035
top of the folded down seatback To fold the rear seat
while the car is moving as this is 1. Insert the rear seat belt buckle in the
not a proper seating position and pocket between the rear seatback and
no seat belts are available for use.
cushion, and insert the rear seat belt in
This could result in serious injury the guide to prevent the seat belt from
or death in case of an accident or
being damaged.
sudden stop. Objects carried on the
2. Set the front seatback to the upright
folded down seatback should not
position and if necessary, slide the
extend higher than the top of the
front seat forward and the rear seat
front seats. This could allow cargo
rearward.
to slide forward and cause injury or
damage during sudden stops. 3. Lower the rear headrests to lowest
position.

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