2007 CHEVROLET KODIAK Owners Manual

For more support to your lower back, turn the
lumbar adjustment knob clockwise. To decrease
the amount of lumbar support, turn the knob
counterclockwise.
If your vehicle has a lumbar adjustment switch,
it is located below the front of the seat cushion
on the outboard side of the seat.
For more support to your lower back, push
the right side of the switch. To decrease the
amount of lumbar support, press the left side
of the switch.Seatback Adjustment
Your vehicle has one of the following seatback
adjustment levers.
Lever Located On
Outboard Side
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To recline the seatback, do the following:
1. Lift the recline lever.
2. Move the seatback to the desired position,
the release the lever to lock the seatback
in place.
3. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure
it is locked.To return the seatback to an upright position,
do the following:
1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure
to the seatback and the seatback will return
to the upright position.
2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure
it is locked.
Lever Located On
Inboard Side
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{CAUTION:
Sitting in a reclined position when your
vehicle is in motion can be dangerous.
Even if you buckle up, your safety belts
cannot do their job when you are reclined
like this.
The shoulder belt cannot do its job. In a
crash, you could go into it, receiving neck
or other injuries.
The lap belt cannot do its job either. In a
crash the belt could go up over your
abdomen. The belt forces would be there,
not at your pelvic bones. This could
cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle
is in motion, have the seatback upright.
Then sit well back in the seat and wear
your safety belt properly.
Chugger-Snubber Lock-Out Feature
If your vehicle has
this feature, the handle
is located on the
outboard side of
the driver’s and
passenger’s seats.
Move the handle down to reduce any backslap
experienced while in tractor/trailer operation
or while operating a dump truck application.
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Rear Seats
Rear Seat Operation
Folding the Rear Seat (Crew Cab)
{CAUTION:
A safety belt that is improperly routed,
not properly attached, or twisted will not
provide the protection needed in a crash.
The person wearing the belt could be
seriously injured. After raising the rear
seatback, always check to be sure that
the safety belts are properly routed and
attached, and are not twisted.
Notice:Folding a rear seat with the safety
belts still fastened may cause damage to the
seat or the safety belts. Always unbuckle
the safety belts and return them to their normal
stowed position before folding a rear seat.
The rear bench seat on the crew cab can be folded
down to provide more cargo space.To fold down the
seatback, pull this
nylon strap located
on the rear of the
seat, while pulling
the seatback down.
To raise a seatback, pull the nylon strap while
raising the seatback until it locks upright.
{CAUTION:
If the seatback is not locked, it could
move forward in a sudden stop or crash.
That could cause injury to the person
sitting there. Always push and pull on
the seatback to be sure it is locked.
After raising a seatback to an upright position,
push and pull on the seatback to check that it
is locked in place.
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Safety Belts
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use
safety belts properly. It also tells you some things
you should not do with safety belts.
{CAUTION:
Do not let anyone ride where he or she
cannot wear a safety belt properly. If you
are in a crash and you are not wearing a
safety belt, your injuries can be much
worse. You can hit things inside the
vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be
seriously injured or killed. In the same
crash, you might not be, if you are
buckled up. Always fasten your safety
belt, and check that your passengers’
belts are fastened properly too.
{CAUTION:
It is extremely dangerous to ride in a
cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle.
In a collision, people riding in these areas
are more likely to be seriously injured or
killed. Do not allow people to ride in any
area of your vehicle that is not equipped
with seats and safety belts. Be sure
everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and
using a safety belt properly.
Your vehicle has a
light that comes on
as a reminder to
buckle up. See
Safety Belt Reminder
Light on page 164.
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In most states and in all Canadian provinces,
the law says to wear safety belts. Here is
why:They work.
You never know if you will be in a crash. If you
do have a crash, you do not know if it will be
a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can
be so serious that even buckled up, a person
would not survive. But most crashes are in
between. In many of them, people who buckle up
can survive and sometimes walk away. Without
belts they could have been badly hurt or killed.
After more than 40 years of safety belts in
vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes
buckling up does matter... a lot!Why Safety Belts Work
Q:Aren’t safety belts for kids?
A:Yes. And they are for adult truckers, and
anyone else who rides in your vehicle.
Here is why: when your vehicle goes, say,
30 mph (50 km/h), so do you and your passengers.
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If the vehicle hits something, it stops – right then.
But nothing stops the people. They keep moving.Then something will stop them. It could be the
windshield.
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Or it could be the instrument panel.
Now, what if you and your passengers were to
give that big vehicle a chance to deal with
the force of the impact, instead of you?With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle
does. You get more time to stop.
You stop over more distance, and your strongest
bones take the forces. Safety belts are for
everyone.
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