2007 CHEVROLET COLORADO seats

Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides
Your vehicle may have rear shoulder belt
comfort guides for the rear outside positions.
Rear shoulder belt comfort guides may provide
added safety belt comfort for older children
who have outgrown booster seats and for some
adults. When installed on a shoulder belt, the
comfort guide positions the belt away from
the neck and head.
Here is how to install a comfort guide to the
shoulder belt:
1. Slide the guide off of its storage clip located
between the interior body and the seatback.
40

Safety Belt Pretensioners
Your vehicle has safety belt pretensioners for the
driver and right front passenger. Although you
cannot see them, they are part of the safety belt
assembly. They help tighten the safety belts during
the early stages of a moderate to severe frontal
or near frontal crash if the threshold conditions
for pretensioner activation are met.
Pretensioners work only once. If they activate
in a crash, you will need to get new ones,
and probably other new parts for your safety
belt system. SeeReplacing Restraint System
Parts After a Crash on page 96.
Safety Belt Extender
If the vehicle’s safety belt will fasten around you,
you should use it.
But if a safety belt is not long enough, your
dealer/retailer will order you an extender. When
you go in to order it, take the heaviest coat you
will wear, so the extender will be long enough
for you. To help avoid personal injury, do not let
someone else use it, and use it only for the seat
it is made to t. The extender has been designed
for adults. Never use it for securing child seats.
To wear it, attach it to the regular safety belt.
For more information, see the instruction sheet
that comes with the extender.
43

Child Restraints
Older Children
Older children who have outgrown booster seats
should wear the vehicle’s safety belts.
Q:What is the proper way to wear safety
belts?
A:An older child should wear a lap-shoulder belt
and get the additional restraint a shoulder belt
can provide. The shoulder belt should not
cross the face or neck. The lap belt should
t snugly below the hips, just touching the top
of the thighs. It should never be worn over
the abdomen, which could cause severe
or even fatal internal injuries in a crash.
According to accident statistics, children are safer
when properly restrained in the rear seating
positions than in the front seating positions.
In a crash, children who are not buckled up can
strike other people who are buckled up, or can be
thrown out of the vehicle. Older children need
to use safety belts properly.
44

A forward-facing child seat (C-E) provides restraint
for the child’s body with the harness and also
sometimes with surfaces such as T-shaped
or shelf-like shields.A booster seat (F-G) is a child restraint designed
to improve the t of the vehicle’s safety belt
system. Some booster seats have a shoulder belt
positioner, and some high-back booster seats
have a ve-point harness. A booster seat can also
help a child to see out the window.
51

Q:How Should I Use a Child Restraint?
A:A child restraint system is any device designed
for use in a motor vehicle to restrain, seat,
or position children. A built-in child restraint
system is a permanent part of the motor
vehicle. An add-on child restraint system
is a portable one, which is purchased by
the vehicle’s owner. To help reduce injuries,
an add-on child restraint must be secured
in the vehicle. With built-in or add-on
child restraints, the child has to be secured
within the child restraint.
When choosing an add-on child restraint,
be sure the child restraint is designed to
be used in a vehicle. If it is, it will have a label
saying that it meets federal motor vehicle
safety standards. Then follow the instructions
for the restraint. You may nd these
instructions on the restraint itself or in a
booklet, or both.
Securing an Add-on Child Restraint
in the Vehicle
{CAUTION:
A child can be seriously injured or killed in
a crash if the child restraint is not properly
secured in the vehicle. Make sure the child
restraint is properly installed in the vehicle
using the vehicle’s safety belt or LATCH
system, following the instructions that
came with that restraint, and also the
instructions in this manual.
To help reduce the chance of injury, the child
restraint must be secured in the vehicle. Child
restraint systems must be secured in vehicle seats
by lap belts or the lap belt portion of a lap-shoulder
belt, or by the LATCH system. SeeLower Anchors
and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on page 56
for more information. A child can be endangered
in a crash if the child restraint is not properly
secured in the vehicle.
52

i(Top Tether Anchor):
Seating positions with
top tether anchors.
For crew cab models, there are exposed metal
lower anchors for each rear outboard seating
position, located where the seatback meets
the back of the seat cushion.For extended cab models with rear seats,
there are exposed metal lower anchors for
each rear seating position, attached to the
back wall, near the seat cushion.
To assist you in locating the lower anchors, place
your hand in a palm-up position and reach up
between the seat cushion and the seatback.
To assist you in locating
the top tether anchors,
the top tether anchor
symbol is located on
the trim cover.
Front Seat — Regular
and Extended Cab
without Rear Seats
59

For regular and extended cab models without
rear seats, there is a top tether anchor located
behind a removable cover on the back wall behind
the right front passenger seat. You may have to
pull the seatback forward to access the anchor.Do not secure a child restraint in the right front
passenger’s position of a vehicle that has
rear seats if a national or local law requires that
the top tether be attached, or if the instructions
that come with the child restraint say that the
top tether must be attached. There is no place
to attach the top tether in this position.
Accident statistics show that children are safer
if they are restrained in the rear rather than
the front seat. SeeWhere to Put the Restraint
on page 54for additional information.
Regular and Extended Cab without Rear Seats
61

2.2. Route the top tether (A) through the
loop (B) at the top of the seatback to
attach the top tether to the nearest
top tether anchor (C).
3. Tighten the lower anchor attachments and
the top tether. The child restraint instructions
will show you how.
4. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.
Front Seat — Regular/Extended Cab
without Rear Seats
Your vehicle has a right front passenger’s
airbag and a passenger sensing system.
The passenger sensing system is designed
to turn off the right front passenger’s frontal
airbag when an infant in a rear-facing infant
seat or a small child in a forward-facing
child restraint or booster seat is detected.SeeSecuring a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position on page 72andPassenger
Sensing System on page 88for important
safety information and additional information
on installing a child restraint in the right front
seat position.
1. SeeSecuring a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position on page 72for instructions
on installing the child restraint using the
safety belts.
2. If the child restraint manufacturer’s instructions
recommends that the top tether be attached,
attach and tighten the top tether to the top
tether anchor. Refer to the child restraint
instructions and the following steps:
2.1. Pull the seatback forward to access
the top tether anchor. SeeSeatback
Latches on page 16.
2.2. Pull on the nger access tab to remove
the cover to access the top tether
anchor.
67