2016 CHEVROLET CRUZE child restraint

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4 Introduction
3:Headlamp High/Low-Beam
Changer
j: LATCH System Child Restraints
*:Malfunction Indicator Lamp
::Oil Pressure
}:Power
/:Remote Vehicle Start
>: Safety Belt Reminders
7:Tire Pressure Monitor
d:Traction Control/StabiliTrak®
a:Under Pressure
M: Windshield Washer Fluid

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Head Restraint
Adjustment
Do not drive until the head restraints
for all occupants are installed and
adjusted properly.
To achieve a comfortable seating
position, change the seatback
recline angle as little as necessary
while keeping the seat and the head
restraint height in the proper
position.
SeeHead Restraints 056 and Seat
Adjustment 057.
Safety Belts
Refer to the following sections for
important information on how to use
safety belts properly:
.
Safety Belts 064.
. How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly 065.
. Lap-Shoulder Belt 066.
. Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) 089.
Passenger Sensing
System
United States
Canada
The passenger sensing system
turns off the front outboard
passenger frontal airbag and knee
airbag under certain conditions. No
other airbag is affected by the
passenger sensing system. See
Passenger Sensing System 076 for
important information.
The passenger airbag status
indicator will be visible on the
overhead console when the vehicle
is started. See Passenger Airbag
Status Indicator 0121.

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Seats and
Restraints
Head Restraints
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . 58
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety Belts
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Safety Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 69 Safety Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Replacing Safety Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . 72
When Should an AirbagInflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Passenger Sensing System . . . 76
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adding Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 80
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . 81
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Infants and Young Children . . . . 84
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . 86
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . 88
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren (LATCH System) . . . . 89
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Securing Child Restraints (Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Securing Child Restraints (Front Passenger Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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The rear outboard head restraints
are designed to be removed. See
“Head Restraint Removal and
Reinstallation”underLower Anchors
and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) 089.
If you are installing a child restraint
in the rear seat, see “Securing a
Child Restraint Designed for the
LATCH System” underLower
Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) 089.Front Seats
Seat Adjustment
{Warning
You can lose control of the
vehicle if you try to adjust a driver
seat while the vehicle is moving.
Adjust the driver seat only when
the vehicle is not moving.
To adjust a manual seat:
1. Pull the handle at the front of the seat. 2. Slide the seat to the desired
position and release the
handle.
3. Try to move the seat back and forth to be sure it is locked in
place.
Seat Height Adjuster
If equipped, move the lever up or
down to manually raise or lower
the seat.

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Questions and Answers About
Safety Belts
Q: Will I be trapped in the vehicleafter a crash if I am wearing a
safety belt?
A: You could be—whether you are
wearing a safety belt or not.
Your chance of being conscious
during and after a crash, so you
can unbuckle and get out, is
much greater if you are belted.
Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I have to wear safety
belts?
A: Airbags are supplemental
systems only. They work with
safety belts —not instead of
them. Whether or not an airbag
is provided, all occupants still
have to buckle up to get the
most protection.
Also, in nearly all states and in
all Canadian provinces, the law
requires wearing safety belts.
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly
This section is only for people of
adult size.
There are special things to know
about safety belts and children, and
there are different rules for smaller
children and infants. If a child will be
riding in the vehicle, see Older
Children 082 orInfants and Young
Children 084. Follow those rules for
everyone's protection.
It is very important for all occupants
to buckle up. Statistics show that
unbelted people are hurt more often
in crashes than those who are
wearing safety belts.
There are important things to know
about wearing a safety belt properly.
. Sit up straight and always keep
your feet on the floor in front
of you.
. Always use the correct buckle
for your seating position.
. Wear the lap part of the belt low
and snug on the hips, just
touching the thighs. In a crash,
this applies force to the strong
pelvic bones and you would be
less likely to slide under the lap
belt. If you slid under it, the belt
would apply force on your
abdomen. This could cause
serious or even fatal injuries.

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.Wear the shoulder belt over the
shoulder and across the chest.
These parts of the body are best
able to take belt restraining
forces. The shoulder belt locks if
there is a sudden stop or crash.
{Warning
You can be seriously injured,
or even killed, by not wearing
your safety belt properly.
. Never allow the lap or
shoulder belt to become
loose or twisted.
. Never wear the shoulder
belt under both arms or
behind your back.
. Never route the lap or
shoulder belt over an
armrest.
Lap-Shoulder Belt
All seating positions in the vehicle
have a lap-shoulder belt. The following instructions explain
how to wear a lap-shoulder belt
properly.
1. Adjust the seat, if the seat is adjustable, so you can sit up
straight. To see how, see
“Seats” in the Index.
2. Pick up the latch plate and pull
the belt across you. Do not let
it get twisted.
The lap-shoulder belt may lock
if you pull the belt across you
very quickly. If this happens, let
the belt go back slightly to
unlock it. Then pull the belt
across you more slowly. If the shoulder portion of a
passenger belt is pulled out all
the way, the child restraint
locking feature may be
engaged. If this happens, let
the belt go back all the way
and start again.
Engaging the child restraint
locking feature in the front
outboard seating position may
affect the passenger sensing
system. See
Passenger
Sensing System 076.
If the webbing locks in the latch
plate before it reaches the
buckle, tilt the latch plate flat to
unlock.

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activation are met. Safety belt
pretensioners can also help tighten
the safety belts in a side crash or a
rollover event.
Pretensioners work only once. If the
pretensioners activate in a crash,
the pretensioners and probably
other parts of the vehicle's safety
belt system will need to replaced.
SeeReplacing Safety Belt System
Parts after a Crash 069.
Rear Safety Belt Comfort
Guides
Rear safety 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.
Comfort guides are available
through your dealer for the rear
outboard seating positions.
Instructions are included with the
guide.
Safety Belt Use During
Pregnancy
Safety belts work for everyone,
including pregnant women. Like all
occupants, they are more likely to
be seriously injured if they do not
wear safety belts.
A pregnant woman should wear a
lap-shoulder belt, and the lap
portion should be worn as low as
possible, below the rounding,
throughout the pregnancy. The best way to protect the fetus is
to protect the mother. When a safety
belt is worn properly, it is more likely
that the fetus will not be hurt in a
crash. For pregnant women, as for
anyone, the key to making safety
belts effective is wearing them
properly.
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 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 fit. The extender
has been designed for adults. Never
use it for securing child restraints.
To wear it, attach it to the regular
safety belt. For more information,
see the instruction sheet that comes
with the extender.

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Here are the most important things
to know about the airbag system:
{Warning
You can be severely injured or
killed in a crash if you are not
wearing your safety belt, even
with airbags. Airbags are
designed to work with safety
belts, not replace them. Also,
airbags are not designed to inflate
in every crash. In some crashes
safety belts are the only restraint.
SeeWhen Should an Airbag
Inflate? 073.
Wearing your safety belt during a
crash helps reduce your chance
of hitting things inside the vehicle
or being ejected from it. Airbags
are “supplemental restraints” to
the safety belts. Everyone in the
vehicle should wear a safety belt
properly, whether or not there is
an airbag for that person.
{Warning
Because airbags inflate with great
force and faster than the blink of
an eye, anyone who is up
against, or very close to any
airbag when it inflates can be
seriously injured or killed. Do not
sit unnecessarily close to any
airbag, as you would be if sitting
on the edge of the seat or leaning
forward. Safety belts help keep
you in position before and during
a crash. Always wear a safety
belt, even with airbags. The driver
should sit as far back as possible
while still maintaining control of
the vehicle. The safety belts and
the front outboard passenger
airbags are most effective when
you are sitting well back and
upright in the seat with both feet
on the floor.
Occupants should not lean on or
sleep against the door or side
windows in seating positions with
seat-mounted side impact airbags
and/or roof-rail airbags.
{Warning
Children who are up against,
or very close to, any airbag when
it inflates can be seriously injured
or killed. Always secure children
properly in the vehicle. To read
how, see Older Children 082 or
Infants and Young Children 084.
There is an airbag readiness light
on the instrument cluster, which
shows the airbag symbol. The
system checks the airbag electrical
system for malfunctions. The light
tells you if there is an electrical
problem. See Airbag Readiness
Light 0121 for more information.