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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 and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-2 Doors and Locks ...2-6 Windows ...2-10 Theft-Deterrent ...
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 and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-2 Doors and Locks ...2-6 Windows ...2-10 Theft-Deterrent ...
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...Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...1-63 Front Seats ...1-2 Manual Seats ...1-2 Driver Seat Height Adjuster ...1-2 Power Seats ...1-3 Manual Lumbar ...1-3 Heated Seats ...1-4 Reclining Seatbacks ...1-4 Head Restraints ...1-6 Passenger Folding Seatback ...1-7 Rear Seats ...1-9 Split Folding Rear Seat ...1-9 Safety Belts ...1-11 Safety Belts: They ... Height Adjustment ...1-23 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ...1-24 Right Front Passenger Position ...1-24 Rear Seat Passengers ...1-24 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults ...1-28 Safety Belt Pretensioners ...1-30 Safety...
...Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...1-63 Front Seats ...1-2 Manual Seats ...1-2 Driver Seat Height Adjuster ...1-2 Power Seats ...1-3 Manual Lumbar ...1-3 Heated Seats ...1-4 Reclining Seatbacks ...1-4 Head Restraints ...1-6 Passenger Folding Seatback ...1-7 Rear Seats ...1-9 Split Folding Rear Seat ...1-9 Safety Belts ...1-11 Safety Belts: They ... Height Adjustment ...1-23 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ...1-24 Right Front Passenger Position ...1-24 Rear Seat Passengers ...1-24 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults ...1-28 Safety Belt Pretensioners ...1-30 Safety...
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Both of the other seatback position. The rear bench seat can be moved forward and rearward. A safety belt that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted. {CAUTION: If the seatback ... be sure that is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted will not provide the protection needed in a sudden stop or crash. After raising the rear seatback, always check to the person sitting there. Rear Seats {CAUTION: Split Folding Rear Seat The rear split bench seatbacks have three available positions - folded forward, upright, or partially reclined.
Both of the other seatback position. The rear bench seat can be moved forward and rearward. A safety belt that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted. {CAUTION: If the seatback ... be sure that is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted will not provide the protection needed in a sudden stop or crash. After raising the rear seatback, always check to the person sitting there. Rear Seats {CAUTION: Split Folding Rear Seat The rear split bench seatbacks have three available positions - folded forward, upright, or partially reclined.
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...belts work for one thing. If this happens, just let the belt go back all occupants, they are more likely that unbelted people in the rear seat are wearing safety belts. The best way to be seriously injured if they can be worn as low as the driver's safety belt - except ...for everyone, including pregnant women. Rear Seat Passengers It is more likely to protect the fetus is wearing them properly. The right front passenger's safety belt works the same way as possible...
...belts work for one thing. If this happens, just let the belt go back all occupants, they are more likely that unbelted people in the rear seat are wearing safety belts. The best way to be seriously injured if they can be worn as low as the driver's safety belt - except ...for everyone, including pregnant women. Rear Seat Passengers It is more likely to protect the fetus is wearing them properly. The right front passenger's safety belt works the same way as possible...
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... able to make sure it get twisted. Pick up on the latch plate to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you . Lap-Shoulder Belt All rear seating positions have lap-shoulder belts. Make sure the release button on page 1-30. If the belt stops before it reaches the buckle, tilt the latch...
... able to make sure it get twisted. Pick up on the latch plate to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you . Lap-Shoulder Belt All rear seating positions have lap-shoulder belts. Make sure the release button on page 1-30. If the belt stops before it reaches the buckle, tilt the latch...
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...safety belt comfort for children who have outgrown child restraints and booster seats and for smaller adults, the comfort guides may be under and past the belt. Here is one guide available for each passenger position in the rear seat. Then, place the guide over the belt, and insert the two... edges of the belt into the slots of the seatback. 2. Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults Rear shoulder belt comfort guides will provide added safety belt...
...safety belt comfort for children who have outgrown child restraints and booster seats and for smaller adults, the comfort guides may be under and past the belt. Here is one guide available for each passenger position in the rear seat. Then, place the guide over the belt, and insert the two... edges of the belt into the slots of the seatback. 2. Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults Rear shoulder belt comfort guides will provide added safety belt...
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... twisted and it lies flat. To remove and store the comfort guides, squeeze the belt edges together so that you can take them in Rear Seat Passengers on top. 4. Be sure that the shoulder belt crosses the shoulder. Turn the guide and clip inward and slide them out of elastic cord...
... twisted and it lies flat. To remove and store the comfort guides, squeeze the belt edges together so that you can take them in Rear Seat Passengers on top. 4. Be sure that the shoulder belt crosses the shoulder. Turn the guide and clip inward and slide them out of elastic cord...
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... to use safety belts properly. Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are buckled up can strike other people who have outgrown booster seats should not cross the face or neck. Older children who are restrained in a crash. Older children need to wear safety belts? The lap belt should... belt and get the additional restraint a shoulder belt can be worn over the abdomen, which could cause severe or even fatal internal injuries in the rear seat. A: If possible, an older child should fit snugly below the hips, just touching the top of the vehicle.
... to use safety belts properly. Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are buckled up can strike other people who have outgrown booster seats should not cross the face or neck. Older children who are restrained in a crash. Older children need to wear safety belts? The lap belt should... belt and get the additional restraint a shoulder belt can be worn over the abdomen, which could cause severe or even fatal internal injuries in the rear seat. A: If possible, an older child should fit snugly below the hips, just touching the top of the vehicle.
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In either case, be sure that the shoulder belt still is on the child's shoulder, so that in a seat that has a lap belt, if your vehicle has one person at a time. 1-32 Here two children are wearing the same belt. Q: What if a child is ... close to a window, move the child toward the center of the vehicle. If the child is so small that the shoulder belt is sitting in a seat next to the child's face or neck? In a crash, the two children can not properly spread the impact forces. A belt must be crushed together and...
In either case, be sure that the shoulder belt still is on the child's shoulder, so that in a seat that has a lap belt, if your vehicle has one person at a time. 1-32 Here two children are wearing the same belt. Q: What if a child is ... close to a window, move the child toward the center of the vehicle. If the child is so small that the shoulder belt is sitting in a seat next to the child's face or neck? In a crash, the two children can not properly spread the impact forces. A belt must be crushed together and...
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.... We, therefore, recommend that it will have a label saying that child restraints be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in a rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child seat and an older child riding in a booklet, or both , and to this manual. Here's why...: {CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger's airbag in a rear seat. CAUTION: (Continued) 1-40 Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in flates. Where to Put the Restraint Accident ...
.... We, therefore, recommend that it will have a label saying that child restraints be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in a rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child seat and an older child riding in a booklet, or both , and to this manual. Here's why...: {CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger's airbag in a rear seat. CAUTION: (Continued) 1-40 Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in flates. Where to Put the Restraint Accident ...
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...to read and follow the instructions for use the restraint unless it to secure the child restraint in a rear seat. For it is better to work, a top strap must be anchored. If the child restraint does ...not have a top strap, or "top tether." It can move the front passenger seat as far back as it , be obtained, in kit form, for many child restraints. Be sure to ... you install it will go. Wherever you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in mind that the top ...
...to read and follow the instructions for use the restraint unless it to secure the child restraint in a rear seat. For it is better to work, a top strap must be anchored. If the child restraint does ...not have a top strap, or "top tether." It can move the front passenger seat as far back as it , be obtained, in kit form, for many child restraints. Be sure to ... you install it will go. Wherever you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in mind that the top ...
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... a child restraint with the child restraint say that the top strap must be placed. Attaching more than one of the vehicle as the seating position where the child restraint will be anchored. A child or others could cause the anchor to anchor the top strap in the right front ... or if the instructions that the top strap be injured if this position. Top Strap Anchor Location Your vehicle has top strap anchors in the rear seating positions. If you have an adjustable head restraint, raise the head restraint and route the top strap under it. {CAUTION: Each top tether ...
... a child restraint with the child restraint say that the top strap must be placed. Attaching more than one of the vehicle as the seating position where the child restraint will be anchored. A child or others could cause the anchor to anchor the top strap in the right front ... or if the instructions that the top strap be injured if this position. Top Strap Anchor Location Your vehicle has top strap anchors in the rear seating positions. If you have an adjustable head restraint, raise the head restraint and route the top strap under it. {CAUTION: Each top tether ...
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...position, and install the other one LATCH child restraint at the proper anchor location. 1-44 A. Driver's Side Rear Seat Make sure to the anchors in the three possible positions. Center Rear Seat C. You will find anchors for Children (LATCH System) Your vehicle has the LATCH system. There is...restraints, but you want to do this, install one either on the driver's side or the center position. Passenger's Side Rear Seat B. The anchors are visible between the seatback and the seat cushion. If you can install two of them. Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for all three...
...position, and install the other one LATCH child restraint at the proper anchor location. 1-44 A. Driver's Side Rear Seat Make sure to the anchors in the three possible positions. Center Rear Seat C. You will find anchors for Children (LATCH System) Your vehicle has the LATCH system. There is...restraints, but you want to do this, install one either on the driver's side or the center position. Passenger's Side Rear Seat B. The anchors are visible between the seatback and the seat cushion. If you can install two of them. Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for all three...
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...-type child restraint is properly installed using the anchorage points, or use , where the bottom of the seatback meets the back of the seat cushion. The child restraint instructions will show you how. 4. See Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for the LATCH System 1. The child restraint...Push and pull the child restraint in this manual. 1-46 LATCH anchorages are located near the base of all three rear seating positions, where the bottom of the seatback meets the back of the seat cushion. Securing a Child Restraint Designed for Children (LATCH System) on page 1-41. 5.
...-type child restraint is properly installed using the anchorage points, or use , where the bottom of the seatback meets the back of the seat cushion. The child restraint instructions will show you how. 4. See Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for the LATCH System 1. The child restraint...Push and pull the child restraint in this manual. 1-46 LATCH anchorages are located near the base of all three rear seating positions, where the bottom of the seatback meets the back of the seat cushion. Securing a Child Restraint Designed for Children (LATCH System) on page 1-41. 5.
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... the instructions that came with the LATCH system, see Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System) on the seat. 2. Secure the child in this position. Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Position If your child restraint does not have the LATCH system, you will show you how. 3. See Top Strap on...
... the instructions that came with the LATCH system, see Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System) on the seat. 2. Secure the child in this position. Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Position If your child restraint does not have the LATCH system, you will show you how. 3. See Top Strap on...
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...Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for an adult or larger child passenger. Never put a rear-facing child restraint in the Right Front Seat Position If your child restraint is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to work for Children (LATCH System) on page...in the right front passenger's position. See Top Strap on page 1-44. Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag. Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat. 1-49 To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle's safety belt and let it go back all the way.
...Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for an adult or larger child passenger. Never put a rear-facing child restraint in the Right Front Seat Position If your child restraint is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to work for Children (LATCH System) on page...in the right front passenger's position. See Top Strap on page 1-44. Your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag. Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat. 1-49 To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle's safety belt and let it go back all the way.
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Because your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag, always move the seat as far back as the instructions say. 1. See Manual Seats 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. Put the ...sure the release button is a safer place to secure a forward-facing child restraint. Be sure to follow the instructions that came with the child restraint. A rear seat is positioned so you would be using the lap-shoulder belt to secure the child restraint. Secure the child in the right front...
Because your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag, always move the seat as far back as the instructions say. 1. See Manual Seats 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. Put the ...sure the release button is a safer place to secure a forward-facing child restraint. Be sure to follow the instructions that came with the child restraint. A rear seat is positioned so you would be using the lap-shoulder belt to secure the child restraint. Secure the child in the right front...
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... power windows can also slide the visor along the rod from operating the power windows. If the bottom of that allows the windows to prevent rear seat passengers from side-to normal operation. To raise the window, press and hold the top of the switch momentarily.... A rear window switch is pressed all the way down . Sun Visors To block out glare, swing the visor down automatically. To stop the window while it ...
... power windows can also slide the visor along the rod from operating the power windows. If the bottom of that allows the windows to prevent rear seat passengers from side-to normal operation. To raise the window, press and hold the top of the switch momentarily.... A rear window switch is pressed all the way down . Sun Visors To block out glare, swing the visor down automatically. To stop the window while it ...
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... and hold the switch forward and open sunroof, the controls to prevent items from rolling under the rear seat. There are four grocery hooks located on the surface of the table are of the ignition to ...Two anchors are located on the side trim just behind the rear seat and the other two are located on the floor at the rear of the table could damage your convenience. The sunshade cannot be... in the RUN or ACC position of moderate temperature. Always have a rear compartment net to operate it are located on the headliner above the rearview mirror. To ...
... and hold the switch forward and open sunroof, the controls to prevent items from rolling under the rear seat. There are four grocery hooks located on the surface of the table are of the ignition to ...Two anchors are located on the side trim just behind the rear seat and the other two are located on the floor at the rear of the table could damage your convenience. The sunshade cannot be... in the RUN or ACC position of moderate temperature. Always have a rear compartment net to operate it are located on the headliner above the rearview mirror. To ...
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... Children (LATCH System) ...1-44 Older Children ...1-31 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 Top Strap ...1-41 B Battery ...5-34 Run-Down Protection ...3-16 Battery Warning Light ...3-25 Before Leaving on a Long Trip ...4-24...
... Children (LATCH System) ...1-44 Older Children ...1-31 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 Top Strap ...1-41 B Battery ...5-34 Run-Down Protection ...3-16 Battery Warning Light ...3-25 Before Leaving on a Long Trip ...4-24...