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For 1990-2009 cars only

If your vehicle has captain chairs in the second row, the seats can be adjusted forward or rearward and the seatbacks can be folded forward or reclined.

Adjusting the Captain Chairs Forward and Rearward

To adjust the captain chairs, use the adjustment bar located below the front of each seat.

Lift the lever to slide the seat forward or rearward. Release the lever. Try to move the seat to make sure it is locked into place.

Folding or Reclining the Seatbacks

Caution: If either seatback is not locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always push and pull on the seatbacks to be sure they are locked.


Object Number: 811496  Size: B3

To recline the seatback, lift the recliner lever located on the outboard side of the seatback. Release the lever when the seatback is in the desired position.

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.

To fold the seatback forward, lift the recliner lever, located on the outboard side of the seatback, fully without applying pressure to the seatback.

To return the seatback to the upright position, lift the recliner lever and move the seatback until it locks in the upright position, Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it locked in place.

Removing the Captain Chairs

    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. Lift the seatback recliner lever to fold the seatback forward.

  2. Object Number: 809565  Size: B3
  3. Pull the nylon strap behind the chair to release the rear hooks from the floor pins.

  4. Object Number: 806983  Size: B3
  5. The seat can then be lifted off the front floor pins.
  6. Remove the seat by rocking it slightly toward the rear of the vehicle and then pulling it out.

Installing the Captain Chairs

Caution: A safety belt that is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted will not provide the protection needed in a crash. The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. After installing the seat, always check to be sure that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted.

Do not put the seats in so that they face rearward because they will not latch that way. The captain chairs have seat position labels, located on the back of each seat, showing where that seat must go. The seat must be placed in the proper location for the legs to attach correctly.

  1. Make sure that the seatback is in the folded forward position and that the safety belts are on the correct side of the seat.

  2. Object Number: 806983  Size: B3
  3. Hook the front latches over the front floor pins.

  4. Object Number: 806981  Size: B3
  5. Push the rear of the seat down to lock the rear latches onto the rear set of floor pins.
  6. Caution: A seat that is not locked into place properly can move around in a collision or sudden stop. People in the vehicle could be injured. Be sure to lock the seat into place properly when installing it.

  7. Push and pull on the seat to check that it is properly attached.
  8. Caution: If either seatback is not locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always push and pull on the seatbacks to be sure they are locked.

  9. Return the seatback to the upright position.