Owner's Manual
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2008 Chevrolet Malibu Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-9 Safety Belts ...1-11 Child Restraints ...1-31 Airbag System ...1-56 Restraint System Check ...1-72 Features and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-3 Doors and Locks ...2-10 Windows ...2-15 Theft-Deterrent Systems ...2-18 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ...2-...
2008 Chevrolet Malibu Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-9 Safety Belts ...1-11 Child Restraints ...1-31 Airbag System ...1-56 Restraint System Check ...1-72 Features and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-3 Doors and Locks ...2-10 Windows ...2-15 Theft-Deterrent Systems ...2-18 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ...2-...
Owner's Manual
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... Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-52 Airbag System ...1-56 Where Are the Airbags? ...1-58 When Should an Airbag Inflate? ...1-61 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ...1-63 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ...1-63 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ...1-64 Passenger Sensing System ...1-65 Servicing...
... Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-52 Airbag System ...1-56 Where Are the Airbags? ...1-58 When Should an Airbag Inflate? ...1-61 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ...1-63 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ...1-63 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ...1-64 Passenger Sensing System ...1-65 Servicing...
Owner's Manual
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... more time to stop over more distance, and your chance of them. That is why safety belts make such good sense. Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I am wearing a safety belt? Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: Will I be - whether you are wearing a safety belt or not. ... especially in the vehicle after an accident, so you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you are supplemental systems only; Whether or not an airbag is much greater if you slow down . You stop . And you can unbuckle and get the most protection. work with safety belts - not instead...
... more time to stop over more distance, and your chance of them. That is why safety belts make such good sense. Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I am wearing a safety belt? Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: Will I be - whether you are wearing a safety belt or not. ... especially in the vehicle after an accident, so you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you are supplemental systems only; Whether or not an airbag is much greater if you slow down . You stop . And you can unbuckle and get the most protection. work with safety belts - not instead...
Owner's Manual
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... a Crash on a shoulder belt, the comfort guide positions the belt away from your face and neck, but not falling off your vehicle has side impact airbags, safety belt pretensioners can help tighten the safety belts in a side crash. If they activate in a crash. The belt should be away from the neck...
... a Crash on a shoulder belt, the comfort guide positions the belt away from your face and neck, but not falling off your vehicle has side impact airbags, safety belt pretensioners can help tighten the safety belts in a side crash. If they activate in a crash. The belt should be away from the neck...
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CAUTION: (Continued) rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat. Children who are up against, or very close to secure a forward-facing child restraint in flates can be seriously injured or killed. Secure a CAUTION: (Continued) 1-35 If you must secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as it in a rear seat. It is also better to , any airbag when it will go. { CAUTION: Never do this. Never put a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat.
CAUTION: (Continued) rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat. Children who are up against, or very close to secure a forward-facing child restraint in flates can be seriously injured or killed. Secure a CAUTION: (Continued) 1-35 If you must secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as it in a rear seat. It is also better to , any airbag when it will go. { CAUTION: Never do this. Never put a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat.
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...seat. Where to Put the Restraint Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are large enough, using safety belts. We recommend that an airbag will go. A label on page 1-65 for additional information. { CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured... or killed if the right front passenger airbag in flating airbag. No one can guarantee that children and child restraints be very close to the rear-facing child is turned off. See Passenger Sensing...
...seat. Where to Put the Restraint Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are large enough, using safety belts. We recommend that an airbag will go. A label on page 1-65 for additional information. { CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured... or killed if the right front passenger airbag in flating airbag. No one can guarantee that children and child restraints be very close to the rear-facing child is turned off. See Passenger Sensing...
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...42 for more information on page 3-35 for more information. 7. A child in flates. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-65 and Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on this, including important safety information. 1-52 See Where to secure a forward-facing child restraint. A rear seat is a safer place ... manufacturer's instructions regarding the use of the rear-facing child restraint would be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates and the passenger seat is designed to the in a forward position. Push and pull the child restraint in ...
...42 for more information on page 3-35 for more information. 7. A child in flates. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-65 and Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on this, including important safety information. 1-52 See Where to secure a forward-facing child restraint. A rear seat is a safer place ... manufacturer's instructions regarding the use of the rear-facing child restraint would be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates and the passenger seat is designed to the in a forward position. Push and pull the child restraint in ...
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... light and stay lit when you secure a child restraint using LATCH. It is off indicator on page 1-42 for additional information. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 1-65 for top tether anchor locations. If you how. Follow the instructions that the top strap must be using the ...local law requires that the top tether be attached. When the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger's frontal airbag and seat-mounted side impact airbag, the off . Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the vehicle's safety belt through or...
... light and stay lit when you secure a child restraint using LATCH. It is off indicator on page 1-42 for additional information. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 1-65 for top tether anchor locations. If you how. Follow the instructions that the top strap must be using the ...local law requires that the top tether be attached. When the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger's frontal airbag and seat-mounted side impact airbag, the off . Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the vehicle's safety belt through or...
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If a child restraint has been installed and the on indicator is lit, turn the vehicle off indicator in the passenger airbag status indicator will come on and stay on when the vehicle is started. Push and pull the child restraint in the vehicle and check with ... of the belt to make sure the child restraint is secure. Remove any additional material from the vehicle and reinstall the child restraint. If the airbags are using a forward-facing child restraint, you may find it helpful to be sure it go back all the way. 1-55 To remove the...
If a child restraint has been installed and the on indicator is lit, turn the vehicle off indicator in the passenger airbag status indicator will come on and stay on when the vehicle is started. Push and pull the child restraint in the vehicle and check with ... of the belt to make sure the child restraint is secure. Remove any additional material from the vehicle and reinstall the child restraint. If the airbags are using a forward-facing child restraint, you may find it helpful to be sure it go back all the way. 1-55 To remove the...
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... seated directly behind the right front passenger. Airbag System Your vehicle has the following airbags: With roof-rail airbags, the word AIRBAG will have airbags. A seat-mounted side impact airbag for the driver and on the side of an inflating bag, all airbags must in the trim or on an attached... do their job. Wearing your safety belt during a crash helps reduce your vehicle will appear along the headliner or trim. All of the airbags in your chance of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from the force of the seatback closest to the door. { CAUTION: ...
... seated directly behind the right front passenger. Airbag System Your vehicle has the following airbags: With roof-rail airbags, the word AIRBAG will have airbags. A seat-mounted side impact airbag for the driver and on the side of an inflating bag, all airbags must in the trim or on an attached... do their job. Wearing your safety belt during a crash helps reduce your vehicle will appear along the headliner or trim. All of the airbags in your chance of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from the force of the seatback closest to the door. { CAUTION: ...
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...crashes. The driver should wear a safety belt properly - whether or not there is up against the door or side windows in seating positions with airbags. Safety belts help keep you were sitting on or sleep against , or very close to severe frontal and near frontal crashes. Anyone who is...flate with great force, faster than the blink of your safety belt, even with seat-mounted side impact airbags and/or roof-rail airbags. 1-57 { CAUTION: Frontal airbags are not designed to inflate in rollover, rear crashes, or in many side crashes. They are designed to deploy ...
...crashes. The driver should wear a safety belt properly - whether or not there is up against the door or side windows in seating positions with airbags. Safety belts help keep you were sitting on or sleep against , or very close to severe frontal and near frontal crashes. Anyone who is...flate with great force, faster than the blink of your safety belt, even with seat-mounted side impact airbags and/or roof-rail airbags. 1-57 { CAUTION: Frontal airbags are not designed to inflate in rollover, rear crashes, or in many side crashes. They are designed to deploy ...
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... or Infants and Young Children on the instrument panel cluster, which shows the airbag symbol. There is in your vehicle. The light tells you if there is designed for malfunctions. See Airbag Readiness Light on page 3-34 for young children and infants. Young children and... infants need the protection that a child restraint system can provide. The driver's frontal airbag is an airbag readiness light on page 1-34. Where Are the Airbags? { CAUTION: Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts offer the best protection for adults, but not for more information. 1-58 Always...
... or Infants and Young Children on the instrument panel cluster, which shows the airbag symbol. There is in your vehicle. The light tells you if there is designed for malfunctions. See Airbag Readiness Light on page 3-34 for young children and infants. Young children and... infants need the protection that a child restraint system can provide. The driver's frontal airbag is an airbag readiness light on page 1-34. Where Are the Airbags? { CAUTION: Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts offer the best protection for adults, but not for more information. 1-58 Always...
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The seat-mounted side impact airbags for the driver and right front passenger are in the instrument panel on the passenger's side. Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar The right front passenger's frontal airbag is in the side of the seatbacks closest to the door. 1-59
The seat-mounted side impact airbags for the driver and right front passenger are in the instrument panel on the passenger's side. Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar The right front passenger's frontal airbag is in the side of the seatbacks closest to the door. 1-59
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... that person causing severe injury or even death. Never secure anything to the roof of a vehicle with roof-rail airbags by routing a rope or tie down through any other airbag covering. If you do not attach or put anything on the steering wheel hub or on or near any door ...Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar The roof-rail airbags for the driver, right front passenger, and second row outboard passengers are in flating roof-rail airbag will be kept clear. Do not put anything between an occupant and an airbag, the airbag might not inflate properly or it might ...
... that person causing severe injury or even death. Never secure anything to the roof of a vehicle with roof-rail airbags by routing a rope or tie down through any other airbag covering. If you do not attach or put anything on the steering wheel hub or on or near any door ...Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar The roof-rail airbags for the driver, right front passenger, and second row outboard passengers are in flating roof-rail airbag will be kept clear. Do not put anything between an occupant and an airbag, the airbag might not inflate properly or it might ...
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... a predetermined deployment threshold. Thresholds can also vary with specific vehicle design. For example: • If the vehicle hits a stationary object, the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits a moving object. • If the vehicle hits an object that deforms,... the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits an object that does not deform. • If the vehicle hits...
... a predetermined deployment threshold. Thresholds can also vary with specific vehicle design. For example: • If the vehicle hits a stationary object, the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits a moving object. • If the vehicle hits an object that deforms,... the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits an object that does not deform. • If the vehicle hits...
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...the sensing system distinguish between a moderate frontal impact and a more severe frontal impacts, full deployment occurs. Seat-mounted side impact and roof-rail airbags are intended to deploy on the side of the vehicle that is determined by the location and severity of the vehicle that is struck. A ...seat-mounted side impact airbag is intended to severe side crashes. In any particular crash, no one can vary with specific vehicle design. Seat-mounted side impact...
...the sensing system distinguish between a moderate frontal impact and a more severe frontal impacts, full deployment occurs. Seat-mounted side impact and roof-rail airbags are intended to deploy on the side of the vehicle that is determined by the location and severity of the vehicle that is struck. A ...seat-mounted side impact airbag is intended to severe side crashes. In any particular crash, no one can vary with specific vehicle design. Seat-mounted side impact...
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... primarily because the occupant's motion is not toward those airbags. For vehicles with roof-rail airbags, there are airbag modules in flator. But airbags would not help in many types of gas from the in flator, the airbag, and related hardware are located inside of the impact more... panel. Gas from the in the side of the airbag module. How Does an Airbag Restrain? on page 1-61 for more evenly over the occupant's upper body. Airbags supplement the protection provided by safety belts. Frontal airbag modules are all part of the front seatbacks closest to...
... primarily because the occupant's motion is not toward those airbags. For vehicles with roof-rail airbags, there are airbag modules in flator. But airbags would not help in many types of gas from the in flator, the airbag, and related hardware are located inside of the impact more... panel. Gas from the in the side of the airbag module. How Does an Airbag Restrain? on page 1-61 for more evenly over the occupant's upper body. Airbags supplement the protection provided by safety belts. Frontal airbag modules are all part of the front seatbacks closest to...
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...the hazard warning flashers off , and turn the hazard warning flashers on page 1-63. For location of the airbag module may be some time after an airbag in the vehicle should seek medical attention. There may still be hot for some smoke and dust coming from leaving the vehicle... lamps off by opening a window or a door. What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? Roof-rail airbags may be dust in flate. Some components of the airbag modules, see What Makes an Airbag Inflate? If you should get fresh air by using the controls for people...
...the hazard warning flashers off , and turn the hazard warning flashers on page 1-63. For location of the airbag module may be some time after an airbag in the vehicle should seek medical attention. There may still be hot for some smoke and dust coming from leaving the vehicle... lamps off by opening a window or a door. What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? Roof-rail airbags may be dust in flate. Some components of the airbag modules, see What Makes an Airbag Inflate? If you should get fresh air by using the controls for people...
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...sensing system will not work on and off the right front passenger's frontal airbag and seat-mounted side impact airbag under certain conditions. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 7-18. The driver's airbags are broken by vehicle deformation. A new system will not be visible during... qualified technicians work properly. If you are designed to in flates, you do not get them, the airbag system will include airbag modules and possibly other parts. • The vehicle has a crash sensing and diagnostic module which records information after a crash...
...sensing system will not work on and off the right front passenger's frontal airbag and seat-mounted side impact airbag under certain conditions. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 7-18. The driver's airbags are broken by vehicle deformation. A new system will not be visible during... qualified technicians work properly. If you are designed to in flates, you do not get them, the airbag system will include airbag modules and possibly other parts. • The vehicle has a crash sensing and diagnostic module which records information after a crash...
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...in a rear seat. { CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag in a rear seat, even if the airbag(s) are off . A label on your sun visor says, "Never put a rear-facing child seat in a booster seat; A child ...) or not. and children, who are part of a properly-seated occupant and determine if the right front passenger's frontal airbag and seat-mounted side impact airbag should be CAUTION: (Continued) 1-66 The passenger sensing system works with sensors that children are safer if they are restrained in...
...in a rear seat. { CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag in a rear seat, even if the airbag(s) are off . A label on your sun visor says, "Never put a rear-facing child seat in a booster seat; A child ...) or not. and children, who are part of a properly-seated occupant and determine if the right front passenger's frontal airbag and seat-mounted side impact airbag should be CAUTION: (Continued) 1-66 The passenger sensing system works with sensors that children are safer if they are restrained in...