Seats and
Restraint System
Head Restraints
Head Restraints..................1-2
Front Seats
Manual Seats.....................1-3
Seat Height Adjuster...........1-3
Power Seats.......................1-4
Manual Lumbar..................1-4
Power Lumbar....................1-5
Heated Seats.....................1-5
Heated and Cooled Seats. . .1-6
Memory Seat and Mirrors. . .1-6
Reclining Seatbacks...........1-8
Rear Seats
Rear Seat Operation.........1-10
Third Row Seats...............1-12
Safety Belts
Safety Belts: They Are
for Everyone...................1-15
How to Wear Safety
Belts Properly..................1-18
Lap-Shoulder Belt.............1-23
Safety Belt Use During
Pregnancy.......................1-28
Safety Belt Extender.........1-28
Child Restraints
Older Children..................1-29
Infants and Young
Children..........................1-31
Child Restraint Systems. . . .1-34
Where to Put the
Restraint.........................1-35
Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children
(LATCH)
..........................1-37
Securing a Child
Restraint in a Rear
Seat Position
...................1-43
Securing a Child
Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position
.........1-45
Airbag System
Airbag System..................1-48
Where Are the Airbags?. . . .1-50
When Should an
Airbag In ate?.................1-51
What Makes an
Airbag In ate?.................1-53
How Does an Airbag
Restrain?........................1-53
What Will You See After
an Airbag In ates?..........1-54
Passenger Sensing
System............................1-55
Servicing Your
Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle
............................1-59
Adding Equipment to
Your Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle
............................1-60
Restraint System Check
Checking the Restraint
Systems..........................1-61
Replacing Restraint
System Parts After
a Crash
...........................1-62
Seats and Restraint System 1-1
Power Seats
A. Power Seat Adjustment Control
B.Reclining Seatbacks on
page 1-8.
C.Power Lumbar on page 1-5.
If the vehicle has power seats, the
controls are located on the
outboard side of the seats.Move the seat forward or rearward
by sliding the power seat adjustment
control (A) forward or rearward.
The vehicle may have additional
features to adjust the power seat:
Raise or lower the entire seat
by moving the power seat
adjustment control (A) up
or down.
Raise or lower the front part of the
seat cushion by moving the front
of the control up or down.
Raise or lower the rear part of the
seat cushion by moving the rear
of the control up or down.
The vehicle may have a memory
function which allows seat settings
to be saved and recalled. See
Memory Seat and Mirrors on
page 1-6for more information.
Manual Lumbar
If the vehicle has this feature, the
handle is located on the inboard side
of the seatback. SeeManual
Seats on page 1-3for more
information.
Turn the handle rearward to
decrease lumbar support. Turn
the handle forward to increase
lumbar support.
The lumbar support may need to
be adjusted when changing
the seating position. Driver Seat with Power Seat
Control, Power Recline, and
Power Lumbar shown
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Heated and Cooled Seats
If the front seats have the heated
and cooled seat feature, the buttons
used to control this feature are
located on the front doors near the
door handle.
H(Cooled Seat):To cool the
entire seat, press the button with the
cooled seat symbol.
This symbol will appear on the
climate control display to indicate
that the feature is on. Press the
button to cycle through the
temperature settings of high,
medium, and low and to turn the
cooled seat off. Indicator bars next to
the symbol designate the level of
cooling selected: three for high,
two for medium, and one for low.
z(Heated Seat and Seatback):
To heat the entire seat, press
the button with the heated seat and
seatback symbol.
This symbol will appear on the
climate control display to indicate
that the feature is on. Press the
button to cycle through the
temperature settings of high,
medium, and low and to turn the
heated seat off. Indicator bars next to
the symbol designate the level of
heat selected: three for high, two for
medium, and one for low.
The heated and cooled seats will be
canceled after the ignition is
turned off. To use the heated and
cooled seat feature after the vehicle
is started, you will need to press
the appropriate seat button again.Memory Seat and Mirrors
The vehicle may have the memory
package.
The controls for this feature are
located on the driver’s door panel,
and are used to program and
recall memory settings for the
driver’s seat and outside mirrors.
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To save your positions in memory,
do the following:
1. Adjust the driver seat, including
the seatback recliner and both
outside mirrors to a comfortable
position.
SeeOutside Power Mirrors on
page 2-32for more information.
Not all mirrors will have the
ability to save and recall
the mirror positions.
2. Press and hold button 1 until
two beeps let you know that
the position has been stored.
A second seating and mirror position
can be programmed by repeating
the above steps and pressing
button 2.
To recall the memory positions,
the vehicle must be in P (Park).
Press and release either button 1
or button 2 corresponding to
the desired driving position.The seat and outside mirrors will
move to the position previously
stored. You will hear a single beep.
Using the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter to enter
the vehicle with the remote recall
memory feature on causes automatic
seat and mirror adjustment. There is
no adjustment when the position has
not been changed by another seating
position or the easy exit feature. See
“MEMORY SEAT RECALL” under
DIC Vehicle Customization (With
DIC Buttons) on page 3-64for more
information.
To stop recall movement of the
memory feature at any time, press
one of the power seat controls,
memory buttons, or power mirror
buttons.If something has blocked the driver
seat while recalling a memory
position, the driver seat recall may
stop working. If this happens, press
the appropriate control for the area
that is not recalling for two seconds,
after the obstruction is removed.
Then try recalling the memory
position again by pressing the
appropriate memory button. If the
memory position is still not being
recalled, see your dealer/retailer
for service.
Easy Exit Seat
The control for this feature is
located on the driver door panel
between buttons 1 and 2.
With the vehicle in P (Park), the
exit position can be recalled
by pressing the exit button. You
will hear a single beep. The driver
seat will move back.
Seats and Restraint System 1-7
If the easy exit seat feature is on in
the Driver Information Center (DIC),
automatic seat movement will occur
when the key is removed from the
ignition. See “EASY EXIT SEAT”
underDIC Vehicle Customization
(With DIC Buttons) on page 3-64for
more information.
Further programming for the
memory seat feature can be done
using the DIC. You can select
or cancel the following:
The automatic easy exit seat
feature.
The remote memory seat recall
feature.
For programming information,
seeDIC Vehicle Customization
(With DIC Buttons) on page 3-64.
Reclining Seatbacks
Manual Reclining Seatbacks
{CAUTION
You can lose control of the
vehicle if you try to adjust a
manual driver’s seat while the
vehicle is moving. The sudden
movement could startle and
confuse you, or make you push a
pedal when you do not want to.
Adjust the driver’s seat only when
the vehicle is not moving.
{CAUTION
If either 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
seatbacks to be sure they are
locked.In vehicles with seats that have
manual reclining seatbacks, the lever
used to operate them is located on
the outboard side of the seat.
To recline the seatback, do the
following:
1. Lift the recline lever.
2. Move the seatback to the desired
position, then 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.
1-8 Seats and Restraint System
This feature can be turned on or off
through the Driver Information
Center (DIC). SeeDIC Vehicle
Customization (With DIC Buttons)
on page 3-64andMemory Seat and
Mirrors on page 1-6for more
information.
Outside Convex Mirror
{CAUTION
A convex mirror can make things
(like other vehicles) look farther
away than they really are. If you
cut too sharply into the right lane,
you could hit a vehicle on the
right. Check the inside mirror or
glance over your shoulder before
changing lanes.
The passenger side mirror is convex
shaped. A convex mirror’s surface
is curved so more can be seen from
the driver seat.
Outside Heated Mirrors
For vehicles with heated mirrors:
<(Rear Window Defogger):
Press to heat the mirrors.
See “Rear Window Defogger” under
Dual Automatic Climate Control
System on page 3-25for more
information.
Object Detection
Systems
Ultrasonic Rear Parking
Assist (URPA)
For vehicles with the Ultrasonic Rear
Parking Assist (URPA) system, it
operates at speeds less than 5 mph
(8 km/h), and assists the driver with
parking and avoiding objects while in
R (Reverse). The sensors on the rear
bumper are used to detect the
distance to an object up to 8 feet
(2.5 m) behind the vehicle, and at
least 10 inches (25.4 cm) off the
ground.
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