2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO Owners Manual

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WARNING (Continued)
fail-safe. No one can guarantee
that an airbag will not deploy
under some unusual
circumstance, even though it is
turned off.
Secure rear-facing child restraints
in a rear seat, even if the airbag
is off. If you secure a
forward-facing child restraint in
the right front seat, always move
the front passenger seat as far
back as it will go. It is better to
secure the child restraint in a
rear seat.
SeePassenger Sensing System
on page 3‑32 for additional
information.
If the vehicle does not have a rear
seat that will accommodate a
rear-facing child restraint, a child
restraint should not be installed in
your vehicle, even if the airbag
is off. If your child restraint has the LATCH
system, see
Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) on page 3‑47 for how and
where to install your child restraint
using LATCH. If a child restraint is
secured using a safety belt and it
uses a top tether, see Lower
Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) on page 3‑47 for
top tether anchor locations.
Do not secure a child seat in a
position without a top tether anchor
if a national or local law requires
that the top tether be anchored, or if
the instructions that come with the
child restraint say that the top strap
must be anchored.
In Canada, the law requires that
forward-facing child restraints have
a top tether, and that the tether be
attached. You will be using the lap-shoulder
belt to secure the child restraint in
this position. Follow the instructions
that came with the child restraint.
1. Move the seat as far back as it
will go before securing the
forward-facing child restraint.
2. Put the child restraint on the seat.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of
the vehicle's safety belt through
or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show
you how.

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4. Push the latch plate into thebuckle until it clicks.
Position the release button on
the buckle so that the safety belt
could be quickly unbuckled
if necessary.5. Pull the shoulder belt all the wayout of the retractor to set the
lock. When the retractor lock is
set, the belt can be tightened but
not pulled out of the retractor.
6. If the vehicle does not have a rear seat and the child restraint
manufacturer recommends using
a top tether anchor, attach the
top tether to the top tether
anchor. Refer to the instructions
that came with the child restraint
and to Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) on page 3‑47.7. 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. When installing
a forward-facing child restraint, it
may be helpful to use your knee
to push down on the child
restraint as you tighten the belt.
Try to pull the belt out of the
retractor to make sure the
retractor is locked. If the
retractor is not locked, repeat
Steps 5 and 7.

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8. Tighten the top tether. SeeLower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) on
page 3‑47.
9. Before placing a child in the child restraint, make sure it is
securely held in place. To check,
grasp the child restraint at the
safety belt path and attempt to
move it side to side and back
and forth. When the child
restraint is properly installed,
there should be no more than
2.5 cm (1 in) of movement. If the vehicle is equipped with the
passenger sensing system, and
when the passenger sensing system
has turned off the right front
passenger frontal airbag, the off
indicator on the passenger airbag
status indicator should light and stay
lit when you start the vehicle. See
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator
on page 5‑11.
If a child restraint has been installed
and on indicator is lit, see
“If the On
Indicator is Lit for a Child Restraint”
under Passenger Sensing System
on page 3‑32 for more information.
To remove the child restraint,
unbuckle the vehicle safety belt and
let it return to the stowed position.

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Storage 4-1
Storage
Storage Compartments
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . 4-3
Storage
Compartments
Glove Box
Lift up on the glove box lever to
open it.
Cupholders
This vehicle may have
two cupholders located on the lower
part of the front doors as well as
two cupholders located at the front
end of the console. Vehicles with
bench seats may have cupholders
attached to the front of the
center seat.For vehicles that are an extended
cab or crew cab model, the vehicle
also has two rear cupholders. On
crew cab models, the cupholders
are located at the front end of the
rear center seat cushion. The
cupholder can be removed for
cleaning by pressing the tab below
the cupholder and sliding the
cupholder forward.
On extended cab models, the rear
seat cupholders are located on top
of the rear center console.
Vehicles with ashtrays will use one
of the cupholders.

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4-2 Storage
Rear Storage
Extended cab models might have
storage compartments under the
rear seats.
To access the storage
compartments, lift the cushion on
the bottom of the rear seats. This
exposes the storage boxes under
the seat.
To open a storage box, unhook the
bottom and lift the two latches on
each side of the storage box.Lift the lid from the center area to
access the storage box.

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Center Console Storage
For vehicles with bench seats, there
may be a center armrest storage
area. Lift up on the upper tab
located at the front of the armrest to
release the latch to open.
For vehicles with bucket seats or
uplevel packages, the vehicle may
have a two-tiered center armrest
storage area. Lift up on the upper or
lower tab at the front of the armrest
to open the upper or lower
storage area.

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