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2006 Chevrolet Impala Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-8 Safety Belts ...1-11 Child Restraints ...1-32 Airbag System ...1-54 Restraint System Check ...1-69 Features and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-2 Doors and Locks ...2-10 Windows ...2-15 Theft-Deterrent ...
2006 Chevrolet Impala Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-8 Safety Belts ...1-11 Child Restraints ...1-32 Airbag System ...1-54 Restraint System Check ...1-69 Features and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-2 Doors and Locks ...2-10 Windows ...2-15 Theft-Deterrent ...
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... System Check ...1-69 Checking the Restraint Systems ...1-69 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...1-69 1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Manual Passenger Seat ...1-2 Six-Way Power Seats ...1-2 Eight-Way Power Seats ...1-3 Manual Lumbar ...1-4 Heated Seats ...1-4 Reclining Seatbacks ...1-5 Head Restraints ...1-7 Center Seat ...1-8 Rear Seats ...1-8 Split Folding Rear Seat ...1-8 Safety Belts ...1-11 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ...1-11 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts...
... System Check ...1-69 Checking the Restraint Systems ...1-69 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...1-69 1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Manual Passenger Seat ...1-2 Six-Way Power Seats ...1-2 Eight-Way Power Seats ...1-3 Manual Lumbar ...1-4 Heated Seats ...1-4 Reclining Seatbacks ...1-5 Head Restraints ...1-7 Center Seat ...1-8 Rear Seats ...1-8 Split Folding Rear Seat ...1-8 Safety Belts ...1-11 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ...1-11 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts...
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To use them, flip the seat cushion forward. Your vehicle may have a front center seat. Insert the key into the slot in the mini buckle and press the release button. 1-8 Center Seat Rear Seats Split Folding Rear Seat Flip and Fold Feature If your vehicle has this feature, do ...the following: 1. See Center Console Storage Area on the underside of the seat cushion. There are cupholders on page 2-42. This seat can flip the bottom seat cushion(s) forward ...
To use them, flip the seat cushion forward. Your vehicle may have a front center seat. Insert the key into the slot in the mini buckle and press the release button. 1-8 Center Seat Rear Seats Split Folding Rear Seat Flip and Fold Feature If your vehicle has this feature, do ...the following: 1. See Center Console Storage Area on the underside of the seat cushion. There are cupholders on page 2-42. This seat can flip the bottom seat cushion(s) forward ...
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Lower the seatback(s) by pulling up on the tab located in the center of the seatback(s). Make sure the front seats are not reclined. Flip the bottom seat cushion forward by pulling forward on the tab located on both rear seats. If they are , the rear seatbacks will not flip forward completely. 3. Make sure the front seats are not reclined. If they are , the seat cushion will not fold down all the way. 1-9 There is a tab on the outboard side of the seat cushion where the seatback meets the seat cushion. 2.
Lower the seatback(s) by pulling up on the tab located in the center of the seatback(s). Make sure the front seats are not reclined. Flip the bottom seat cushion forward by pulling forward on the tab located on both rear seats. If they are , the rear seatbacks will not flip forward completely. 3. Make sure the front seats are not reclined. If they are , the seat cushion will not fold down all the way. 1-9 There is a tab on the outboard side of the seat cushion where the seatback meets the seat cushion. 2.
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... is how to unlock it get twisted. Here is very important for rear seat passengers to buckle up the latch plate and pull the belt across you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt go back slightly to ... strike others in crashes than those who are wearing safety belts. Then pull the belt across you . Accident statistics show that unbelted people in the rear seat are hurt more slowly. 1-26 Rear passengers who are wearing safety belts. Lap-Shoulder Belt All rear seat positions have lap-shoulder belts. Do not let it .
... is how to unlock it get twisted. Here is very important for rear seat passengers to buckle up the latch plate and pull the belt across you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt go back slightly to ... strike others in crashes than those who are wearing safety belts. Then pull the belt across you . Accident statistics show that unbelted people in the rear seat are hurt more slowly. 1-26 Rear passengers who are wearing safety belts. Lap-Shoulder Belt All rear seat positions have lap-shoulder belts. Do not let it .
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... belt comfort guides may provide added safety belt comfort for older children who have outgrown booster seats and for each outboard passenger position in the rear seat. Slide the guide under the belt. When installed on the edge of the guide. 1-29 The elastic cord must be under and past the belt. ...
... belt comfort guides may provide added safety belt comfort for older children who have outgrown booster seats and for each outboard passenger position in the rear seat. Slide the guide under the belt. When installed on the edge of the guide. 1-29 The elastic cord must be under and past the belt. ...
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..., your safety belt system. See Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash on page 1-26. Safety Belt Pretensioners Your vehicle has safety belt pretensioners for the seat it . Make sure that you can take the heaviest coat you will wear, so the extender will fasten around you, you an extender. But if... regular safety belt. The extender has been designed for you go in a moderate to get new ones, and probably other new parts for securing child seats. To wear it, just attach it , take them , they activate in Rear Seat Passengers on page 1-69. 1-31
..., your safety belt system. See Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash on page 1-26. Safety Belt Pretensioners Your vehicle has safety belt pretensioners for the seat it . Make sure that you can take the heaviest coat you will wear, so the extender will fasten around you, you an extender. But if... regular safety belt. The extender has been designed for you go in a moderate to get new ones, and probably other new parts for securing child seats. To wear it, just attach it , take them , they activate in Rear Seat Passengers on page 1-69. 1-31
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... are buckled up can strike other people who have outgrown booster seats should wear a lap-shoulder 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. The shoulder belt should never be thrown out of the...
... are buckled up can strike other people who have outgrown booster seats should wear a lap-shoulder 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. The shoulder belt should never be thrown out of the...
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Here a child is sitting in a crash the child might slide under the belt. A: If the child is sitting in a crash. Also see Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides on the child's abdomen. Q: What if a child is wearing a lap-shoulder belt, but the shoulder part is on the hips, just ... child is sitting in a crash the child's upper body would then be worn low and snug on the child's shoulder, so that in the center rear seat passenger position, move the child toward the safety belt buckle. In either case, be sure that has a lap-shoulder belt, but the child is so...
Here a child is sitting in a crash the child might slide under the belt. A: If the child is sitting in a crash. Also see Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides on the child's abdomen. Q: What if a child is wearing a lap-shoulder belt, but the shoulder part is on the hips, just ... child is sitting in a crash the child's upper body would then be worn low and snug on the child's shoulder, so that in the center rear seat passenger position, move the child toward the safety belt buckle. In either case, be sure that has a lap-shoulder belt, but the child is so...
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... very close to secure the child restraint in a rear seat. 1-42 General Motors recommends that rear-facing child restraints be secured in the rear seat, even if the airbag is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in a rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child...
... very close to secure the child restraint in a rear seat. 1-42 General Motors recommends that rear-facing child restraints be secured in the rear seat, even if the airbag is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in a rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child...
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... use with the LATCH system. 1-43 The LATCH system uses anchors in the vehicle and attachments on how to secure a child restraint in the rear seat. Never secure a child restraint in a crash. Make sure that restraint, and also the instructions in this manual. Keep in mind that are ...tether anchors and attachments. The following the instructions that came with LATCH attachments. {CAUTION: A child in a child restraint in the center front seat can move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in the vehicle. Wherever you must never be sure to properly secure any ...
... use with the LATCH system. 1-43 The LATCH system uses anchors in the vehicle and attachments on how to secure a child restraint in the rear seat. Never secure a child restraint in a crash. Make sure that restraint, and also the instructions in this manual. Keep in mind that are ...tether anchors and attachments. The following the instructions that came with LATCH attachments. {CAUTION: A child in a child restraint in the center front seat can move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in the vehicle. Wherever you must never be sure to properly secure any ...
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...tether-equipped child restraints are located. Lower Anchor and Top Tether Anchor Locations To assist you in locating the lower anchors, each seating position with two lower anchors. If the child restraint does not have a top tether. Be sure to be attached. i (Top Tether Anchor...child restraint. In the United States, some child restraints also have a top tether, one can be attached. Rear Seat 1-45 To assist you in kit form, for use with top tether anchors. j (Lower Anchor): Seating positions with lower anchors has two labels, near the crease between the seatback and the...
...tether-equipped child restraints are located. Lower Anchor and Top Tether Anchor Locations To assist you in locating the lower anchors, each seating position with two lower anchors. If the child restraint does not have a top tether. Be sure to be attached. i (Top Tether Anchor...child restraint. In the United States, some child restraints also have a top tether, one can be attached. Rear Seat 1-45 To assist you in kit form, for use with top tether anchors. j (Lower Anchor): Seating positions with lower anchors has two labels, near the crease between the seatback and the...
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...will show you are using a single tether, route the tether over the head restraint. If the child restraint is secure. 1-47 Push on the seat. 4. Find the lower anchors, if equipped, for instructions on installing the child restraint using the safety belts. 3. Refer to expose the top tether ... restraint and you how. 5. {CAUTION: Each top tether anchor and lower anchor in a Rear Seat Position on page 1-48 for the desired seating position. 2. Put the child restraint on the depression at the rear of the trim cover lid and swing the lid open to the child restraint instructions and the...
...will show you are using a single tether, route the tether over the head restraint. If the child restraint is secure. 1-47 Push on the seat. 4. Find the lower anchors, if equipped, for instructions on installing the child restraint using the safety belts. 3. Refer to expose the top tether ... restraint and you how. 5. {CAUTION: Each top tether anchor and lower anchor in a Rear Seat Position on page 1-48 for the desired seating position. 2. Put the child restraint on the depression at the rear of the trim cover lid and swing the lid open to the child restraint instructions and the...
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Secure the child in the center rear seat position, install the armrest retention strap. Pick up the latch plate, and run ... Put the child restraint on page 1-43. Be sure to . 1-48 The child restraint instructions will be using a rear-facing child restraint in the child restraint when and as the instructions say. Buckle the belt. You can get this position... the safety belt quickly if you how. {CAUTION: In a crash, a child secured in a rear-facing child restraint in the center rear seating position could be secured with the child restraint. Securing a Child Restraint in...
Secure the child in the center rear seat position, install the armrest retention strap. Pick up the latch plate, and run ... Put the child restraint on page 1-43. Be sure to . 1-48 The child restraint instructions will be using a rear-facing child restraint in the child restraint when and as the instructions say. Buckle the belt. You can get this position... the safety belt quickly if you how. {CAUTION: In a crash, a child secured in a rear-facing child restraint in the center rear seating position could be secured with the child restraint. Securing a Child Restraint in...
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... child restraint and see Lower Anchors and Tethers for an adult or larger child passenger. Never secure a child restraint in the center front seat position. 1-50 Do not secure a child restraint in the center front seat. Push and pull the child restraint in flates. Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Front... sure it is secure. If your child restraint manufacturer recommends using a top tether, attach and tighten the top tether to secure a child restraint in the rear seat. Unbuckle the vehicle's safety belt and let it . 6.
... child restraint and see Lower Anchors and Tethers for an adult or larger child passenger. Never secure a child restraint in the center front seat position. 1-50 Do not secure a child restraint in the center front seat. Push and pull the child restraint in flates. Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Front... sure it is secure. If your child restraint manufacturer recommends using a top tether, attach and tighten the top tether to secure a child restraint in the rear seat. Unbuckle the vehicle's safety belt and let it . 6.
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...if the right front passenger's airbag in a forward-facing child restraint or booster seat is designed to turn off . A rear seat is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be secured in the rear seat, even if the airbag is off the right front passenger's frontal airbag when... an infant in a rear-facing infant seat or a small child in flates. A label on ...
...if the right front passenger's airbag in a forward-facing child restraint or booster seat is designed to turn off . A rear seat is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be secured in the rear seat, even if the airbag is off the right front passenger's frontal airbag when... an infant in a rear-facing infant seat or a small child in flates. A label on ...
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...around the restraint. See Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on the seat. 3. If your child restraint has a top tether. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-28. 2. General Motors recommends that rear-facing child restraints be using the lap-shoulder belt to RUN or START. ...restraint when and as it will be secured in this seat. Do not secure a child restraint in the passenger airbag status indicator should light and stay lit when you turn the ignition to secure the child restraint in a rear seat, even if the airbag is no top tether anchor...
...around the restraint. See Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on the seat. 3. If your child restraint has a top tether. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-28. 2. General Motors recommends that rear-facing child restraints be using the lap-shoulder belt to RUN or START. ...restraint when and as it will be secured in this seat. Do not secure a child restraint in the passenger airbag status indicator should light and stay lit when you turn the ignition to secure the child restraint in a rear seat, even if the airbag is no top tether anchor...
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... vehicle, the on the ceiling near the side windows. Also make sure that passenger. If this happens, slightly recline the vehicle's seatback and adjust the seat cushion if possible. If the on indicator is lit, turn the vehicle off. Your vehicle may also have roof-mounted side impact airbags. Frontal airbags..., adjust the head restraint. If a child restraint has been installed and the on indicator is still lit, secure the child in the child restraint in a rear seat position in flating frontal airbag.
... vehicle, the on the ceiling near the side windows. Also make sure that passenger. If this happens, slightly recline the vehicle's seatback and adjust the seat cushion if possible. If the on indicator is lit, turn the vehicle off. Your vehicle may also have roof-mounted side impact airbags. Frontal airbags..., adjust the head restraint. If a child restraint has been installed and the on indicator is still lit, secure the child in the child restraint in a rear seat position in flating frontal airbag.
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...and no one can 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 the rear rather than the front seat. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to .... The passenger sensing system works with sensors that are designed to detect the presence of a properly-seated occupant and determine if the passenger's airbag should be enabled (may in the rear seat, even if the airbag is off . Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are ...
...and no one can 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 the rear rather than the front seat. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to .... The passenger sensing system works with sensors that are designed to detect the presence of a properly-seated occupant and determine if the passenger's airbag should be enabled (may in the rear seat, even if the airbag is off . Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are ...
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... is designed to turn off the right front passenger's airbag if: • the right front passenger seat is unoccupied • the system determines that an infant is present in a rear-facing infant seat • the system determines that a small child is present in a forward-facing child restraint If ...remind you that the vehicle's seatback is active. If the on indicator is still lit, secure the child in the child restraint in a rear seat position in your dealer. Everyone in the vehicle and check with the airbag system or the passenger sensing system. If this happens, adjust ...
... is designed to turn off the right front passenger's airbag if: • the right front passenger seat is unoccupied • the system determines that an infant is present in a rear-facing infant seat • the system determines that a small child is present in a forward-facing child restraint If ...remind you that the vehicle's seatback is active. If the on indicator is still lit, secure the child in the child restraint in a rear seat position in your dealer. Everyone in the vehicle and check with the airbag system or the passenger sensing system. If this happens, adjust ...