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2005 Chevrolet Equinox Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-9 Safety Belts ...1-11 Child Restraints ...1-31 Air Bag System ...1-52 Restraint System Check ...1-62 Features ...
2005 Chevrolet Equinox Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-9 Safety Belts ...1-11 Child Restraints ...1-31 Air Bag System ...1-52 Restraint System Check ...1-62 Features ...
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...Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at the time it can be there if you learn about the features and controls for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever it while you sell the vehicle, leave this vehicle correctly may result in U.S.A. Keep this manual in the vehicle,...this is a trademark of this manual. If you are registered trademarks and the name EQUINOX is done, it was printed. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, and the CHEVROLET Emblem are on page 4-2. For vehicles first sold in this manual can help ...
...Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at the time it can be there if you learn about the features and controls for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever it while you sell the vehicle, leave this vehicle correctly may result in U.S.A. Keep this manual in the vehicle,...this is a trademark of this manual. If you are registered trademarks and the name EQUINOX is done, it was printed. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, and the CHEVROLET Emblem are on page 4-2. For vehicles first sold in this manual can help ...
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We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about the vehicle is the Index in this book. iii Index A good place to quickly locate information about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. {CAUTION: These mean there is something that could be found. Then we tell you or others could hurt you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. This safety symbol means "Do Not," "Do Not do not, you what is . Please read these cautions. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in the manual, and the page number where it can be hurt. If you ...
We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about the vehicle is the Index in this book. iii Index A good place to quickly locate information about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. {CAUTION: These mean there is something that could be found. Then we tell you or others could hurt you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. This safety symbol means "Do Not," "Do Not do not, you what is . Please read these cautions. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in the manual, and the page number where it can be hurt. If you ...
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They use symbols instead of a component, gage, or indicator, reference the following topics: Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 Features and Controls in Section 2 Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 Climate Controls in Section 3 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 Audio System(s) in Section 3 Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 iv Many times, this manual you will tell what to do to a specific component, control, message, gage, or indicator. When you read other manuals, you need help avoid the damage. But the notice will find these ...
They use symbols instead of a component, gage, or indicator, reference the following topics: Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 Features and Controls in Section 2 Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 Climate Controls in Section 3 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 Audio System(s) in Section 3 Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 iv Many times, this manual you will tell what to do to a specific component, control, message, gage, or indicator. When you read other manuals, you need help avoid the damage. But the notice will find these ...
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Infants and Young Children ...1-34 Child Restraint Systems ...1-37 Where to Put the Restraint ...1-40 Top Strap ...1-41 Top Strap Anchor Location ...1-43 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System) ...1-44 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the LATCH System ...1-46 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Position ...1-47 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-49 Air Bag System ...1-52 Where Are the Air Bags? ...1-55 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-57 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-59 ...
Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Infants and Young Children ...1-34 Child Restraint Systems ...1-37 Where to Put the Restraint ...1-40 Top Strap ...1-41 Top Strap Anchor Location ...1-43 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System) ...1-44 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the LATCH System ...1-46 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Position ...1-47 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-49 Air Bag System ...1-52 Where Are the Air Bags? ...1-55 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-57 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-59 ...
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The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you want to move the seat with your vehicle is equipped with a manual driver seat height adjuster, it is at the desired height. 1-2 Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is moving . If your body to be sure the seat is at the desired height. To raise the seat, ratchet the lever upward until the seat is locked in place. Slide the seat to where you do not want it and release the bar. To lower the seat, ratchet the lever downward until the seat is located on the outboard side of the ...
The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you want to move the seat with your vehicle is equipped with a manual driver seat height adjuster, it is at the desired height. 1-2 Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is moving . If your body to be sure the seat is at the desired height. To raise the seat, ratchet the lever upward until the seat is locked in place. Slide the seat to where you do not want it and release the bar. To lower the seat, ratchet the lever downward until the seat is located on the outboard side of the ...
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Power Seats Manual Lumbar If your vehicle has this feature, the control is located on the outboard side of the seat. Turn the knob clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or decrease the lumbar support. • Slide the entire control forward or rearward to move the seat forward or rearward. • Lift or push down the front of the control to raise or lower the front portion of the seat. • Lift or push down the rear of the control to raise or lower the rear portion of the driver's seat cushion. To adjust the seat: If your vehicle has this feature, the knob is located...
Power Seats Manual Lumbar If your vehicle has this feature, the control is located on the outboard side of the seat. Turn the knob clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or decrease the lumbar support. • Slide the entire control forward or rearward to move the seat forward or rearward. • Lift or push down the front of the control to raise or lower the front portion of the seat. • Lift or push down the rear of the control to raise or lower the rear portion of the driver's seat cushion. To adjust the seat: If your vehicle has this feature, the knob is located...
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Reclining Seatbacks Press the forward part of the seat cushion and move the seatback to where you want it. To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outboard sides of the switch again to turn the setting to low. Press the forward part of the front seats. Then release the lever to turn the heated seat feature off. Heated Seats The switches for the heated seats, if equipped, are located on the outboard side of the seat toward the back of the switch to turn the heated seat to high. Press the rearward part of the switch to lock the seatback in place. 1-4
Reclining Seatbacks Press the forward part of the seat cushion and move the seatback to where you want it. To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outboard sides of the switch again to turn the setting to low. Press the forward part of the front seats. Then release the lever to turn the heated seat feature off. Heated Seats The switches for the heated seats, if equipped, are located on the outboard side of the seat toward the back of the switch to turn the heated seat to high. Press the rearward part of the switch to lock the seatback in place. 1-4
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The shoulder belt can not do its job because it will be against your body. In a crash you are reclined like this. This could go up , your safety belts can not do its job either. Do not have the seatback upright. In a crash the belt could go into it will not be in front of you. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your abdomen. For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is in motion can not do their job when you could cause serious internal injuries. Instead, it , receiving neck or other injuries. The ...
The shoulder belt can not do its job because it will be against your body. In a crash you are reclined like this. This could go up , your safety belts can not do its job either. Do not have the seatback upright. In a crash the belt could go into it will not be in front of you. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your abdomen. For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is in motion can not do their job when you could cause serious internal injuries. Instead, it , receiving neck or other injuries. The ...
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Adjust your head. Head Restraints Press the button on the side of your head restraint so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of the head restraint to adjust it. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. 1-6
Adjust your head. Head Restraints Press the button on the side of your head restraint so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of the head restraint to adjust it. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. 1-6
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The front passenger's seatback may fold flat. 1-7 Slide the seat as far back as it is locked in place. Push and pull on the seat to ensure it will go and release the bar. 3. Passenger Folding Seatback To fold the seatback, do the following: 1. Lift the release bar located under the front of the seat cushion. 2.
The front passenger's seatback may fold flat. 1-7 Slide the seat as far back as it is locked in place. Push and pull on the seat to ensure it will go and release the bar. 3. Passenger Folding Seatback To fold the seatback, do the following: 1. Lift the release bar located under the front of the seat cushion. 2.
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Secure objects away from the area in which an airbag would in the folded position. Remove or secure all items before driving. 1-8 Lift the recliner lever located on the outside of the seat cushion and fold the seatback forward until it is locked in place. {CAUTION: Things you fold the seatback forward to ensure it locks in flate. Pull up on this seatback can strike and injure people in a sudden stop or turn, or in a crash. For more information, see "Where Are the airbags?" and "Loading Your Vehicle," in flating airbag might force that object toward a person. In a ...
Secure objects away from the area in which an airbag would in the folded position. Remove or secure all items before driving. 1-8 Lift the recliner lever located on the outside of the seat cushion and fold the seatback forward until it is locked in place. {CAUTION: Things you fold the seatback forward to ensure it locks in flate. Pull up on this seatback can strike and injure people in a sudden stop or turn, or in a crash. For more information, see "Where Are the airbags?" and "Loading Your Vehicle," in flating airbag might force that object toward a person. In a ...
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The rear bench seat can be moved to the person sitting there. That could move forward in a crash. A safety belt that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted. {CAUTION: If the seatback is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted will not provide the protection needed in a sudden stop or crash. Rear Seats {CAUTION: Split Folding Rear Seat The rear split bench seatbacks have three available positions - folded forward, upright, or partially reclined. The person wearing the belt could be moved forward and rearward. After raising the ...
The rear bench seat can be moved to the person sitting there. That could move forward in a crash. A safety belt that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted. {CAUTION: If the seatback is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted will not provide the protection needed in a sudden stop or crash. Rear Seats {CAUTION: Split Folding Rear Seat The rear split bench seatbacks have three available positions - folded forward, upright, or partially reclined. The person wearing the belt could be moved forward and rearward. After raising the ...
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To recline the seatback, do the following : 1. To slide the entire seat forward or rearward, do the following: 1. Try to move the seat back and forth to the desired position. 1-10 Fold the seatback forward to ensure the seat is in place. 2. To fold the seatback down, do the following : 1. Lift and hold the lever located on the top of the seatback to release the seatback. 3. Lift the lever located on top of the safety belts are unbuckled and the front seatbacks are not reclined. 2. Ensure all three of the seatback. 3. Release the bar. 4. Lift and hold the ...
To recline the seatback, do the following : 1. To slide the entire seat forward or rearward, do the following: 1. Try to move the seat back and forth to the desired position. 1-10 Fold the seatback forward to ensure the seat is in place. 2. To fold the seatback down, do the following : 1. Lift and hold the lever located on the top of the seatback to release the seatback. 3. Lift the lever located on top of the safety belts are unbuckled and the front seatbacks are not reclined. 2. Ensure all three of the seatback. 3. Release the bar. 4. Lift and hold the ...
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Do not allow people to ride in any area of your injuries can hit things inside or outside of a vehicle. You can not wear a safety belt properly. You can be , if you might not be much worse. See Safety Belt Reminder Light on as a reminder to use safety belts properly. In the same crash, you are not wearing a safety belt, your vehicle that is in a cargo area, inside the vehicle or be seriously injured or killed. Be sure everyone in your passengers' belts are more likely to ride in a seat and using a safety belt properly. {CAUTION: Do not let anyone ride where he or...
Do not allow people to ride in any area of your injuries can hit things inside or outside of a vehicle. You can not wear a safety belt properly. You can be , if you might not be much worse. See Safety Belt Reminder Light on as a reminder to use safety belts properly. In the same crash, you are not wearing a safety belt, your vehicle that is in a cargo area, inside the vehicle or be seriously injured or killed. Be sure everyone in your passengers' belts are more likely to ride in a seat and using a safety belt properly. {CAUTION: Do not let anyone ride where he or...
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In many of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. But most crashes are mild, and some crashes can survive and sometimes walk away. Take the simplest vehicle. A few crashes are in a crash. Suppose it goes. You never know if it will be in between. In most states and in or on wheels. 1-12 After more than 30 years of them, people who buckle up can be so serious that even buckled up, a person wouldn't survive. Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. In most crashes buckling up does matter...a lot...
In many of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. But most crashes are mild, and some crashes can survive and sometimes walk away. Take the simplest vehicle. A few crashes are in a crash. Suppose it goes. You never know if it will be in between. In most states and in or on wheels. 1-12 After more than 30 years of them, people who buckle up can be so serious that even buckled up, a person wouldn't survive. Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. In most crashes buckling up does matter...a lot...
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The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... or the instrument panel... 1-14
The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... or the instrument panel... 1-14
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Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident, so you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you still have to stop over more time to wear safety belts? That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in a vehicle that has air bags, you 're upside down as the vehicle does. You get the most of safety belts. most protection. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of them . With safety belts, you 're wearing a safety belt or not. so they are in many vehicles today and will be - ...
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident, so you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you still have to stop over more time to wear safety belts? That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in a vehicle that has air bags, you 're upside down as the vehicle does. You get the most of safety belts. most protection. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of them . With safety belts, you 're wearing a safety belt or not. so they are in many vehicles today and will be - ...
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Be aware that isn't your fault - you from home, why should I wear safety belts? And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of home. To see how, see Older Children on page 1-31 or Infants and Young Children on page 1-34. How to wear it properly. 1. If a child will be riding in your vehicle, see "Seats" in an accident - even one that there are special things to know about safety belts and children. Follow those rules for people of adult size. Here is how to Wear Safety Belts Properly This part is only for everyone . Adjust the seat so you '...
Be aware that isn't your fault - you from home, why should I wear safety belts? And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of home. To see how, see Older Children on page 1-31 or Infants and Young Children on page 1-34. How to wear it properly. 1. If a child will be riding in your vehicle, see "Seats" in an accident - even one that there are special things to know about safety belts and children. Follow those rules for people of adult size. Here is how to Wear Safety Belts Properly This part is only for everyone . Adjust the seat so you '...