2011 GMC ACADIA seat adjustment

Black plate (1,1)GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual - 2011
Seats and Restraints 3-1
Seats and
Restraints
Head Restraints
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . 3-4
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Heated and Ventilated FrontSeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Third Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Safety Belts
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25 Safety Belt Use During
Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Safety Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . 3-31
Safety Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . 3-35
When Should an AirbagInflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45 Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . 3-46
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . 3-47
Replacing Airbag System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Infants and Young
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . 3-53
Where to Put the Restraint . . . 3-55
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . 3-64
Securing Child Restraints (Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65
Securing Child Restraints (Right Front
Passenger Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67

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Seats and Restraints 3-3
2. Push down on the head restraintafter the button is released to
make sure that it is locked in
place.
The vehicle's second‐row seats
have head restraints in the outboard
seating positions that cannot be
adjusted.
The vehicle's third‐row seats have
headrests in the outboard seating
positions that cannot be adjusted.
The vehicle's head restraints and
headrests are not designed to be
removed.Front Seats
Seat Adjustment
{WARNING
You can lose control of the
vehicle if you try to adjust a
manual driver 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 seat only when
the vehicle is not moving.
A. Seat Adjustment Handle
B. Driver Seat Height Adjustment Lever
C. Seatback Lever

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3-4 Seats and Restraints
To adjust a manual seat:
1. Lift the handle (A) under the seatto unlock it.
2. Slide the seat to the desired position, and then release the
handle.
3. Try to move the seat back and forth to be sure it is locked in
place.
Move the lever (B) up or down to
raise or lower the seat.
Use the lever (C) to adjust the
seatback. See Reclining Seatbacks
on page 3‑7.Power Seat Adjustment
A. Seat Adjustment Control
B. Seatback Control
C. Lumbar Control To adjust a power seat, if equipped:
.Move the seat forward or
rearward by sliding the
control (A) forward or rearward.
.Raise or lower the entire seat
by moving the control (A) up
or down.
.Adjust the seatback by tilting the
top of the control (B) forward or
rearward.
See
Reclining Seatbacks on
page 3‑7.
.Increase or decrease lumbar
support by pressing the front
or rear of the control (C).
See Lumbar Adjustment on
page 3‑6.

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3-6 Seats and Restraints
If something has blocked the
driver seat while recalling a
memory position, the recall may
stop. Remove the obstruction; then
press and hold the appropriate
manual control for the memory item
that is not recalling for two seconds.
Try recalling the memory position
again by pressing the appropriate
memory button. If the memory
position is still not recalling,
see your dealer for service.
Easy Exit Driver Seat
This feature can move the seat
rearward to allow extra room to
exit the vehicle.
S(Easy Exit Driver Seat):Press
to recall the easy exit seat position.
The vehicle must be in P (Park).
If the easy exit seat feature is
programmed on in the vehicle
personalization menu, automatic
seat movement occurs when the
ignition key is removed. A single beep sounds. The driver
seat moves back approximately
8 cm (3 in). To move the seat back
farther, press the easy exit seat
button again until the seat is all
the way back.
If something has blocked the driver
seat while recalling the exit position,
the recall may stop. Remove the
obstruction; then press and hold
the power seat control rearward for
two seconds. Try recalling the exit
position again. If the exit position is
still not recalling, see your dealer
for service.
See
“Easy Exit Seat” underVehicle
Personalization (With DIC Buttons)
on page 5‑47 for more information.
Lumbar Adjustment
Manual Lumbar
If available, move the handle
forward or rearward to increase
or decrease lumbar support.

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3-10 Seats and Restraints
J(Heated Seat and Seatback):
Press to heat the seat and
seatback.
Press the button once for the
highest setting. With each press of
the button, the seat will change to
the next lower setting, and then to
the off setting. The lights indicate
three for the highest setting and
one for the lowest.
The passenger heated seat may
take longer to heat up.
The heated and/or ventilated seats
are canceled after the ignition is
turned off. Remote Start Heated Seats
When it is cold outside, the heated
seats may turn on automatically
during a remote vehicle start.
The heated seats will be canceled
when the ignition is turned on.
Press the desired heated seat
button to use the heated seats
after the vehicle is started.
The heated seat button lights will
not turn on during a remote start.
The temperature of an unoccupied
seat may be reduced.
See
Remote Vehicle Start on
page 2‑5 for more information.Rear Seats
A. Seat Adjustment Handle
B. Reclining Seatback Strap
C. Sliding Seat Lever

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Seats and Restraints 3-13
3. Pull forward on the recliningseatback strap (B) and push
down on the seatback.
The head restraint will fold down
automatically.
To return the seatback to the
seating position, lift the upper
corner of the seatback and push
it rearward until it locks into place.
Push and pull on the seatback to
make sure it is locked. Pull up on
the head restraint to return it to the
upright, locked position.
Adjusting the Seats
To adjust the second row seats,
pull outward on the seat adjustment
handle (A). Slide the seat forward
or rearward to the desired position.
Release the handle, and push and
pull on the seat to make sure it is
locked.
Third Row Seats
{WARNING
Using the third row seating
position while the second row
is folded, or pushed forward in
the entry position, could cause
injury in a sudden stop or crash.
Be sure to return the seat to the
passenger seating position. Push
and pull on the seat to make sure
it is locked into place.
Folding the Seatback
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. To fold the third row seatback:
1. Remove anything on or under
the seat.2. Disconnect the rear safety beltmini-latch using a key in the
slot on the mini-buckle, and let
the belt retract into the headliner.
Stow the mini-latch in the holder
in the headliner.

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Seats and Restraints 3-27
To unlatch the belt, push the button
on the buckle. The belt should
return to its stowed position. Slide
the latch plate up the safety belt
webbing when the safety belt is not
in use. The latch plate should rest
on the stitching on the safety belt,
near the guide loop on the side wall.
Before a door is closed, be sure
the safety belt is out of the way.
If a door is slammed against a
safety belt, damage can occur to
both the safety belt and the vehicle.
Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster
The vehicle has a shoulder belt
height adjuster for the driver and
right front passenger seating
positions.
Adjust the height so the shoulder
portion of the belt is on the
shoulder but not falling off of it.
The belt should be close to but
not contacting the neck. Improper
shoulder belt height adjustment
could reduce the effectiveness of
the safety belt in a crash. SeeHow
to Wear Safety Belts Properly on
page 3‑19.
To move it down, push down on
the release button (A) and move
the height adjuster to the desired
position. You can move the height
adjuster up by pushing up on the
shoulder belt guide.
After the adjuster is set to the
desired position, try to move it down
without pushing the release button
to make sure it has locked into
position.

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7-38 Infotainment System
Drivers are encouraged to
set up any auxiliary device
while the vehicle is in P (Park).
SeeDefensive Driving on page 9‑2
for more information on driver
distraction.
To use an auxiliary input device,
connect a 3.5 mm (1/8 in) cable to
the radio's front auxiliary input jack.
O(Power/Volume): Turn clockwise
or counterclockwise to increase
or decrease the volume of the
portable player. Additional volume
adjustments might have to be made
from the portable device if the
volume is not loud or soft enough.
BAND: Press to listen to the radio
when a portable audio device is
playing. The portable audio device
continues playing, so you might
want to stop it or turn it off. CD/AUX (CD/Auxiliary):
Press to
select between CD, or Auxiliary.
.When a CD is in the player
the CD icon and a message
showing the disc and/or track
number displays.
.If an auxiliary input device is not
connected, “No Input Device
Found” displays.
DVD/CD AUX (Auxiliary): Press
to select between DVD, CD,
or Auxiliary.
.If an auxiliary input device is
not connected, “No Aux Input
Device” displays.
.When a disc is in either slot, the
DVD/CD text tab and a message
showing the track or chapter
number displays.
.If an auxiliary input device is not
connected, and a disc is in both
the DVD slot and the CD slot the
DVD/CD AUX button only cycles
between the two sources and
does not indicate “No Aux Input
Device.”
.If a front auxiliary input device is
connected, the DVD/CD AUX
button cycles through all
available options.
If a disc is inserted into top DVD
slot, the rear seat operator can turn
on the video screen and use the
remote control to only navigate
the CD tracks through the remote
control.
See “Using the Auxiliary Input
Jack(s)” later in this section,
or “Audio/Video (A/V) Jacks” under,
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)
System on page 7‑39 for more
information.