GM Service Manual Online
For 1990-2009 cars only

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.


Object Number: 1202273  Size: A3

Pull up and hold the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock it.

Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Then try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place.

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.


Object Number: 1251664  Size: A3

Pull up and hold the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock it.

Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Then try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place.

Manual Seats With Sliding Storage Tray

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.

If your vehicle has a sliding storage tray under the front seat, the manual seat lever looks like this.


Object Number: 1272871  Size: A2

Pull up and hold the lever located under the front of the seat to unlock it.

Slide the seat to where you want it and release the lever. Then try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place.

Manual Seats Without Sliding Storage Tray

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.

If your vehicle does not have a sliding storage tray under the front seat, the manual seat bar looks like this.


Object Number: 1272868  Size: A2

Pull up and hold the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock it.

Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Then try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place.