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Introduction - How to Use this Manual
This section tells you how to use your manual and includes sa\
fety and vehicle damage warnings and symbols.
Section 1 - Seats and Safety Restraints
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety restraints
properly.
Section 2 - Features & Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Section 3 - Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfo\
rt controls and how to operate your audio system.
Section 4 - Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road\
and
how to drive under different conditions.
Section 5 - Problems on the Road
This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while
driving, such as a flat tire
or engine overheating.
Section 6 - Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running
properly and looking good.
Section 7- Scheduled Maintenance Services
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and
what fluids and lubricants to use.
Section 8 - Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact your GM division for
assistance and how
to get service publications. It also gives you
information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page
8-4.
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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Section
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 safety belts .
Seats and Seat Controls ...................................... 1-2
Head Restraints
.......................................... 1-6
Safety Belts: They're for Everyone
............................. 1-7
Why Safety Belts Work ................................... 1-8
Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts
............... 1-11
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
............................ 1-12
Adults
................................................... 1-12
Driver Position
......................................... 1-13
Lap-Shoulder Belt
.................................... 1-13
Safety Belt
Use During Pregnancy .......................... 1-19
Right Front Passenger Position
............................. 1-19
Center Passenger Position
................................. 1-20
LapBelt
............................................ 1-20
Rear Seat Passenger Positions
............................. 1-21
Children ................................................. 1-23
Smaller Children and Babies
.............................. 1-23
Child Restraints ........................................ 1-25
LargerChildren
......................................... 1-30
Safety Belt Extender ....................................... 1-33
Checking
Your Restraint Systems ............................. 1-33
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
.......................... 1-33
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This section tells you about the seats-how to adjust them, and fold them up
and down.
Front Seat (Except Easy Entry)
Move the lever under
the front of the seat to
your left to unlock it.
Slide the seat to where
you want it. Then
release the lever and
try to move the seat
with your body
to
make sure the seat is
locked into place.
Front Seat (Easy Entry Only)
Move the lever under the front of the seat up
to unlock it. Slide the
seat to where you
want it. Then release
the lever and try to
move the seat with your body to make sure the seat is locked
into place.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine I Reclining Front Seatbacks
(Bucket Seats or
60/40 Bench)
To adjust the seatback,
lift the lever on the
outer side
of the seat.
Release the lever to
lock the seatback
where
you want it.
Pull up on the lever
and the seat will go to
an upright position.
But don't have a seatback reclined
if your vehicle is moving.
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STORED POSITION FOLDED-DOWN POSITION
Your extended cab pickup has jump seats in the rear area. To fold the jump
seat down, pull down on the handle on the bottom of the seat until the seat is
in place, then move the seatback to a vertical position. To store the seat, fold
the seatback down on the cushion, then push the entire seat up until it is
flush with the trim panels.
Don’t let the safety belts be damaged by the hinges or the latches. Safety
belts should be folded and stored between the seat cushion and seatb\
ack.
Head Restraints
The head restraints in
this vehicle are not adjustable.
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This section describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear it properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index) so you can sit up
straight.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To make the belt
shorter, pull its free
end as shown until the
belt is snug.
Buckle, position and release it the same way
as the lap part of a
lap-shoulder belt.
If the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt Extender”
at the end of this section.
Make sure the release button on the buckle is positioned
so you would be
able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if
you ever had to.
Rear Seat Passengers
(Extended
Cab Jump Seats)
Lap Belt
These are reserve seating positions equipped with lap belts only.
It’s very important for rear seat passengers to buckle up! Accident statistics
show that unbelted people in the rear seat are hurt more often in crashes
than those who are wearing safety belts.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Rear passengers who aren’t safety belted can be thrown out of the vehicle in
a crash. And they can strike others in the vehicle who are wearing safety
belts.
Each jump seat has a
lap belt with no
retractor.
To make the
belt longer, tilt the
latch plate a little and
pull the belt.
To make it shorter,
pull the belt as shown
until it is snug.
Buckle, position and release it the same way as the lap part of the driver’s
safety belt (see “Driver Position” in the Index). Make \
sure the release button
on the buckle
is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt
quickly if you ever had to.
Don’t use child restraints on these seats. They won’t wor\
k properly.
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