2004 GMC CANYON Owner's Manual

4. Buckle the belt. Make sure the release button is
positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the
safety belt quickly if you ever had to.5. Pull the rest of the shoulder belt all the way out of
the retractor to set the lock.
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6. To tighten the belt, push down on the child restraint,
pull the shoulder portion of the belt to tighten the
lap portion of the belt and feed the shoulder
belt back into the retractor. If you are using a
forward-facing child restraint, you may nd it
helpful to use your knee to push down on the
child restraint as you tighten the belt.
7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle’s
safety belt and let it go back all the way. The safety
belt will move freely again and be ready to work for an
adult or larger child passenger.
Air Bag Systems
This part explains the air bag systems.
Your vehicle has air bags – one air bag for the driver and
another air bag for the right front passenger. Your vehicle
may also have roof-mounted side impact air bags; one for
the driver and the passenger directly behind the driver
and one for the right front passenger and the person
seated directly behind that passenger.
Air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of injury
from the force of an inating air bag. But these air bags
must inate very quickly to do their job and comply
with federal regulations.
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Here are the most important things to know about the
air bag system:
{CAUTION:
You can be severely injured or killed in a crash
if you are not wearing your safety belt – even if
you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt
during a crash helps reduce your chance of
hitting things inside the vehicle or being
ejected from it. Air bags are “supplemental
restraints” to the safety belts. All air bags are
designed to work with safety belts but do not
replace them.
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CAUTION: (Continued)
Frontal air bags for the driver and right front
passenger are designed to work only in
moderate to severe crashes where the front
of your vehicle hits something. They are not
designed to inate in rollover, rear or low-speed
frontal crashes, or in many side crashes. And,
for some unrestrained occupants, frontal air
bags may provide less protection in frontal
crashes than more forceful air bags have
provided in the past. The roof-mounted side
impact air bags are designed to inate only in
moderate to severe crashes where something
hits the side of your vehicle. They are not
designed to inate in frontal, in rollover or in
rear crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should
wear a safety belt properly — whether or not
there is an air bag for that person.
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{CAUTION:
Both frontal and side impact air bags inate
with great force, faster than the blink of an
eye. If you’re too close to an inating air bag,
as you would be if you were leaning forward,
it could seriously injure you. Safety belts help
keep you in position for air bag ination before
and during a crash. Always wear your safety
belt even with frontal air bags. The driver
should sit as far back as possible while still
maintaining control of the vehicle. Occupants
should not lean on or sleep against the door.
{CAUTION:
Anyone who is up against, or very close to,
any air bag when it inates can be seriously
injured or killed. Air bags plus lap-shoulder
belts offer the best protection for adults, but
not for young children and infants. Neither the
vehicle’s safety belt system nor its air bag
system is designed for them. Young children
and infants need the protection that a child
restraint system can provide. Always secure
children properly in your vehicle. To read how,
see the part of this manual called “Older
Children” or “Infants and Young Children.”
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There is a air bag
readiness light on the
instrument panel which
shows the air bag symbol.
The system checks the air bag electrical system for
malfunctions. The light tells you if there is an electrical
problem. SeeAir Bag Readiness Light on page 3-25
for more information.Where Are the Air Bags?
The driver’s air bag is in the middle of the steering
wheel.
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The right front passenger’s air bag is in the instrument
panel on the passenger’s side.If your vehicle has a roof-mounted side impact air bag
for the driver and the person seated directly behind
the driver, it is located in the ceiling above the side
windows.
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If your vehicle has a roof-mounted side impact air bag
for the right front passenger and the person seated
directly behind that passenger, it is located in the ceiling
above the side windows.
{CAUTION:
If something is between an occupant and an
air bag, the bag might not inate properly or it
might force the object into that person causing
severe injury or even death. The path of an
inating air bag must be kept clear. Do not put
anything between an occupant and an air bag,
and do not attach or put anything on the
steering wheel hub or on or near any other air
bag covering. If your vehicle has side impact
air bags, never secure anything to the roof of
your vehicle by routing the rope or tiedown
through any door or window opening. If you
do, the path of an inating side impact air bag
will be blocked. The path of an inating air bag
must be kept clear.
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When Should an Air Bag Inate?
The driver’s and right front passengers frontal air bags
are designed to deploy only in moderate to severe
frontal, or near-frontal crashes. But they are designed to
inate only if the impact speed is above the system’s
designed “threshold level.”
In addition, your vehicle has “dual stage” frontal air
bags, which adjust the amount of restraint according to
crash severity. For moderate frontal impacts, these
air bags inate at a level less than full deployment.
For more severe frontal impacts, full deployment occurs.
If the front of your vehicle goes straight into a wall
that doesn’t move or deform, the threshold level
for the reduced deployment is about 12 to 16 mph
(19.3 to 26 km/h), and the threshold level for a full
deployment is about 20 to 24 mph (32.2 to 38.5 km/h).
The threshold level can vary, however, with specic
vehicle design, so that it can be somewhat above
or below this range.
If your vehicle strikes something that will move or deform,
such as a parked car, the threshold level will be higher.
The driver’s and right front passenger’s frontal air bags
are not designed to inate in rollovers, rear impacts,
or in many side impacts because ination would not help
the occupant.The side impact air bags are designed to inate in
moderate to severe side crashes. A side impact air bag
will inate if the crash severity is above the system’s
designed “threshold level”. The threshold level can vary
with specic vehicle design. Side impact air bags are
not designed to inate in frontal or near-frontal impacts,
rollovers or rear impacts, because ination would not
help the occupant. A side impact air bag will only deploy
on the side of the vehicle that is struck.
Your vehicle has seat position sensors which enable the
sensing system to monitor the position of the driver’s
seat and the right front passenger’s seat. Seat position
sensors provide information that is used to determine
if the air bags should deploy at a reduced level or at
full deployment.
In any particular crash, no one can say whether an air
bag should have inated simply because of the damage
to a vehicle or because of what the repair costs were.
For frontal air bags, ination is determined by the angle
of the impact and how quickly the vehicle slows down
in frontal or near-frontal impacts. For side impact
air bags, ination is determined by the location and
severity of the impact.
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