Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Seats and Restraint Systems
- Front Seats
- Rear Seats
- Safety Belts
- Child Restraints
- Older Children
- Infants and Young Children
- Child Restraint Systems
- Where to Put the Restraint
- Top Strap
- Top Strap Anchor Location
- Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System)
- Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the LATCH System
- Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Position
- Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position
- Air Bag Systems
- Restraint System Check
- Features and Controls
- Keys
- Doors and Locks
- Windows
- Theft-Deterrent Systems
- Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
- New Vehicle Break-In
- Ignition Positions
- Starting Your Engine
- Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal
- Engine Coolant Heater
- Automatic Transmission Operation
- All-Wheel Drive
- Parking Brake
- Shifting Into Park (P)
- Shifting Out of Park (P)
- Parking Over Things That Burn
- Engine Exhaust
- Running Your Engine While You Are Parked
- Mirrors
- OnStar System
- HomeLink Transmitter
- Storage Areas
- Sunroof
- Vehicle Personalization
- Instrument Panel
- Instrument Panel Overview
- Climate Controls
- Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators
- Instrument Panel Cluster
- Speedometer and Odometer
- Tachometer
- Safety Belt Reminder Light
- Air Bag Readiness Light
- Passenger Air Bag Status Indicator
- Charging System Light
- Voltmeter Gage
- Brake System Warning Light
- Anti-Lock Brake System Warning Light
- Traction Off Light
- Engine Coolant Temperature Gage
- Transmission Temperature Gage
- Malfunction Indicator Lamp
- Oil Pressure Gage
- Cruise Control Light
- Tow/Haul Mode Light
- Fuel Gage
- Low Fuel Warning Light
- Driver Information Center (DIC)
- Audio System(s)
- Setting the Time
- Radio with Cassette and CD
- Rear Seat Entertainment System
- Rear Seat Audio (RSA)
- CD Changer
- Theft-Deterrent Feature
- Audio Steering Wheel Controls
- DVD Distortion
- Understanding Radio Reception
- Care of Your Cassette Tape Player
- Care of Your CDs and DVDs
- Care of Your CD Changer
- Care of Your CD and DVD Player
- Cleaning the Video Screen
- Fixed Mast Antenna
- XM Satellite Radio Antenna System
- DAB Radio Antenna System
- Driving Your Vehicle
- Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle
- Defensive Driving
- Drunken Driving
- Control of a Vehicle
- Braking
- Road Sensing Suspension
- Stabilitrak System
- Steering
- Off-Road Recovery
- Passing
- Loss of Control
- Operating Your All-Wheel-Drive Vehicle Off Paved Roads
- Driving at Night
- Driving in Rain and on Wet Roads
- City Driving
- Freeway Driving
- Before Leaving on a Long Trip
- Highway Hypnosis
- Hill and Mountain Roads
- Winter Driving
- If You Are Stuck: In Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow
- Towing
- Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle
- Service and Appearance Care
- Maintenance Schedule
- Maintenance Schedule
- Introduction
- Your Vehicle and the Environment
- Maintenance Requirements
- How This Section is Organized
- Part A: Scheduled Maintenance Services
- Using Your Maintenance Schedule
- Scheduled Maintenance
- Part B: Owner Checks and Services
- At Each Fuel Fill
- At Least Once a Month
- At Least Twice a Year
- At Least Once a Year
- Part C: Periodic Maintenance Inspections
- Steering and Suspension Inspection
- Exhaust System Inspection
- Fuel System Inspection
- Engine Cooling System Inspection
- Transfer Case and Front Axle (All-Wheel Drive) Inspection
- Brake System Inspection
- Part D: Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
- Part E: Maintenance Record
- Maintenance Schedule
- Customer Assistance Information
- Supplement
- Index
Seat Position Sensors
How
Does
an
Air
Bag Restrain?
Vehicle’s with dual stage air bags are also equipped
monitor the position of both the driver and passenger
front seats. The seat position sensor provides
information which is used
to
determine
if
the air bags
should deploy at a reduced level or at full depoyment.
In moderate
to severe frontal or near frontal collisions,
the instrument panel. In moderate
to
severe side
collisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside
of the vehicle. The air bag supplements the protection
provided by safety belts. Air bags distribute the force of
with special
which
enable
the
sensing system to even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or
What Makes an
Air
Bag Inflate?
In an impact of sufficient severity, the air bag sensing
system detects that the vehicle is in a crash. For both
frontal and side impact air bags, the sensing system
triggers a release of gas from the inflator, which inflates
the air bag. The inflator, the air bag and related hardware
are all part of the air bag modules. Frontal air bag
modules are located inside the steering wheel and
instrument panel. For side impact air bags, the air bag
modules are located in the seatback closest to the
driver’s and/or right front passenger’s door.
the impact~more evenly over the occupant’s upper
body, stopping the occupant more gradually. But the
frontal air bags would not help
you
in many types
of collisions, including rollovers, rear impacts, and many
side impacts, primarily because an occupant’s motion
is not toward the air bag. Side impact air bags would not
help you in many types of collisions, including frontal
or near frontal collisions, rollovers, and rear impacts,
primarily because an occupant’s motion is not toward
those air bags. Air bags should never be regarded
as
anything more than a supplement
to
safety belts, and
then only in moderate
to
severe frontal or near-frontal
collisions for the driver’s and right front passenger’s
frontal air bags, and only in moderate to severe
side collisions for vehicles with a driver’s and right front
passenger’s side impact air bag.
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