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2009 GMC Canyon Owner Manual Seats and Restraint System ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-10 Safety Belts ...1-13 Child Restraints ...1-35 Airbag System ...1-62 Restraint System Check......2-37 OnStar® System ...2-41 Storage Areas ...2-44 Sunroof ...2-46 Instrument Panel ...3-1 Instrument Panel Overview ...3-4 Climate Controls ...3-18 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ...3-20 Driver Information Center (DIC) ...3-35 Audio System(s) ...3-42 Driving Your Vehicle ...4-1 Your Driving, the Road, and the Vehicle ...4-2 Towing ...4-40 M Service and Appearance Care ...5-1 Service ...5-3...
2009 GMC Canyon Owner Manual Seats and Restraint System ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-10 Safety Belts ...1-13 Child Restraints ...1-35 Airbag System ...1-62 Restraint System Check......2-37 OnStar® System ...2-41 Storage Areas ...2-44 Sunroof ...2-46 Instrument Panel ...3-1 Instrument Panel Overview ...3-4 Climate Controls ...3-18 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ...3-20 Driver Information Center (DIC) ...3-35 Audio System(s) ...3-42 Driving Your Vehicle ...4-1 Your Driving, the Road, and the Vehicle ...4-2 Towing ...4-40 M Service and Appearance Care ...5-1 Service ...5-3...
Owner's Manual
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..., MI 48207 1-800-551-4123 helminc.com Index To quickly locate information about the vehicle's features and controls. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, GMC, the GMC Emblem, and the name CANYON are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Keep this manual from :... Helm, Incorporated P.O. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the vehicle for GMC wherever it was printed. For vehicles fi...
..., MI 48207 1-800-551-4123 helminc.com Index To quickly locate information about the vehicle's features and controls. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, GMC, the GMC Emblem, and the name CANYON are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Keep this manual from :... Helm, Incorporated P.O. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the vehicle for GMC wherever it was printed. For vehicles fi...
Owner's Manual
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...are some additional symbols that use symbols instead of text. This symbol is shown when you need to see a service manual for additional instructions or information. I: B: O: #: .: +: j 7: F: M: Cruise Control Engine Coolant Temperature Exterior Lamps Fog Lamps Fuel Gage Fuses Headlamp High/Low-... shown when you need to see your owner manual for additional instructions or information. *: i: Vehicle Symbol Chart Here are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to the index. Vehicle Symbols The vehicle has components and labels that...
...are some additional symbols that use symbols instead of text. This symbol is shown when you need to see a service manual for additional instructions or information. I: B: O: #: .: +: j 7: F: M: Cruise Control Engine Coolant Temperature Exterior Lamps Fog Lamps Fuel Gage Fuses Headlamp High/Low-... shown when you need to see your owner manual for additional instructions or information. *: i: Vehicle Symbol Chart Here are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to the index. Vehicle Symbols The vehicle has components and labels that...
Owner's Manual
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... Reclining Seatbacks on the outboard side of the driver seat. Manual Lumbar On vehicles with this feature, the knob is located on page 1-5 for more information.
... Reclining Seatbacks on the outboard side of the driver seat. Manual Lumbar On vehicles with this feature, the knob is located on page 1-5 for more information.
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... who are for people of the vehicle in a crash. It is very important for all occupants to Wear Safety Belts Properly This section is important information you from home, why should know about safety belts and children. Statistics show that unbelted people are different rules for everyone . 1-18 And the greatest...
... who are for people of the vehicle in a crash. It is very important for all occupants to Wear Safety Belts Properly This section is important information you from home, why should know about safety belts and children. Statistics show that unbelted people are different rules for everyone . 1-18 And the greatest...
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Do not let it clicks. See Passenger Sensing System on use and important safety information. 1-27 Pull up straight. If the belt is right for instructions on page 1-70 for more information. Then pull the belt across you . If this section for you more slowly. If equipped with a shoulder belt height ... portion of a passenger belt out all the way and start again. Position the release button on page 1-34. To see how, see Safety Belt Extender on the buckle so that is not long enough, see "Seats" in the Index. 2. If this happens, let the belt go back all the...
Do not let it clicks. See Passenger Sensing System on use and important safety information. 1-27 Pull up straight. If the belt is right for instructions on page 1-70 for more information. Then pull the belt across you . If this section for you more slowly. If equipped with a shoulder belt height ... portion of a passenger belt out all the way and start again. Position the release button on page 1-34. To see how, see Safety Belt Extender on the buckle so that is not long enough, see "Seats" in the Index. 2. If this happens, let the belt go back all the...
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... not let someone else use it, and use it only for you would be long enough for the seat it for adults. For more information, see Safety Belt Extender on the buckle is made to fit. But if a safety belt is not long enough, your dealer/ retailer will order you should use... make the belt shorter, pull its free end as shown until the belt is not long enough, see the instruction sheet that comes with the extender. The extender has been designed for securing child seats. To wear it, attach it . Make sure the release button on page 1-34. Safety Belt...
... not let someone else use it, and use it only for you would be long enough for the seat it for adults. For more information, see Safety Belt Extender on the buckle is made to fit. But if a safety belt is not long enough, your dealer/ retailer will order you should use... make the belt shorter, pull its free end as shown until the belt is not long enough, see the instruction sheet that comes with the extender. The extender has been designed for securing child seats. To wear it, attach it . Make sure the release button on page 1-34. Safety Belt...
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... in a position with a lap-shoulder belt until the child passes the below fit test: • Sit all the way back on page 1-27 for more information. If no , try using the rear safety belt comfort guide. Child Restraints Older Children The manufacturer's instructions that come with the booster seat, state the...
... in a position with a lap-shoulder belt until the child passes the below fit test: • Sit all the way back on page 1-27 for more information. If no , try using the rear safety belt comfort guide. Child Restraints Older Children The manufacturer's instructions that come with the booster seat, state the...
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... is not properly secured in the vehicle. Child restraint systems must be secured in the vehicle. When securing an add-on page 1-45 for more information. See Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on child restraint, refer to properly secure any child restraint in the vehicle. To help reduce the...
... is not properly secured in the vehicle. Child restraint systems must be secured in the vehicle. When securing an add-on page 1-45 for more information. See Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on child restraint, refer to properly secure any child restraint in the vehicle. To help reduce the...
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.... If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in a rear seat. A child in the rear rather than the front seat. A label on page 1-70 for additional information. { CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates and the passenger...
.... If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in a rear seat. A child in the rear rather than the front seat. A label on page 1-70 for additional information. { CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates and the passenger...
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... the child restraint say that children are safer if they are located on the back wall behind a removable cover for additional information. 1-49 Rear Seat The top tether anchors in an extended cab model are restrained in a position without rear seats, there is a top tether anchor located behind a removable cover on the center...
... the child restraint say that children are safer if they are located on the back wall behind a removable cover for additional information. 1-49 Rear Seat The top tether anchors in an extended cab model are restrained in a position without rear seats, there is a top tether anchor located behind a removable cover on the center...
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... on page 1-58 and Passenger Sensing System on page 1-70 for instructions on installing a child restraint in different directions to the top tether anchor (C). Regular/Extended Cab without Rear Seats Your vehicle has a right front passenger's airbag and a passenger sensing system. The child restraint instructions will show you how. 2. 1.3. See ... when an infant in a rear-facing infant seat or a small child in the Right Front Seat Position on page 1-58 for important safety information and additional information on installing the child restraint using the safety belts. 2.1.
... on page 1-58 and Passenger Sensing System on page 1-70 for instructions on installing a child restraint in different directions to the top tether anchor (C). Regular/Extended Cab without Rear Seats Your vehicle has a right front passenger's airbag and a passenger sensing system. The child restraint instructions will show you how. 2. 1.3. See ... when an infant in a rear-facing infant seat or a small child in the Right Front Seat Position on page 1-58 for important safety information and additional information on installing the child restraint using the safety belts. 2.1.
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... Right Front Seat Position This vehicle has airbags. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-70 and Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-25 for more information on this, including important safety...
... Right Front Seat Position This vehicle has airbags. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-70 and Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-25 for more information on this, including important safety...
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... restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-45 for additional information. If a child restraint is secured using LATCH. { CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger...
... restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-45 for additional information. If a child restraint is secured using LATCH. { CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger...
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... the middle part of the airbags in your vehicle will have the following airbags: • A frontal airbag for the driver. • A frontal airbag for more information. Airbag System The vehicle has the following airbags: • A roof-rail airbag for the driver and the passenger seated directly behind the right front passenger...
... the middle part of the airbags in your vehicle will have the following airbags: • A frontal airbag for the driver. • A frontal airbag for more information. Airbag System The vehicle has the following airbags: • A roof-rail airbag for the driver and the passenger seated directly behind the right front passenger...
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... system for young children and infants. See Airbag Readiness Light on page 3-24 for them. The light tells you if there is designed for more information. 1-64 Neither the vehicle's safety belt system nor its airbag system is an electrical problem. { CAUTION: Children who are up against, or very close to...
... system for young children and infants. See Airbag Readiness Light on page 3-24 for them. The light tells you if there is designed for more information. 1-64 Neither the vehicle's safety belt system nor its airbag system is an electrical problem. { CAUTION: Children who are up against, or very close to...
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... than if the vehicle goes straight into an object at an angle, the airbags could in flate at full deployment. Seat position sensors provide information that does not deform. 1-67 For moderate frontal impacts, dual-stage airbags in flate at a level less than if the vehicle hits a wide object...
... than if the vehicle goes straight into an object at an angle, the airbags could in flate at full deployment. Seat position sensors provide information that does not deform. 1-67 For moderate frontal impacts, dual-stage airbags in flate at a level less than if the vehicle hits a wide object...
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..., even belted occupants can say whether an airbag should never be regarded as anything more evenly over the occupant's upper body, stopping the occupant more information.
..., even belted occupants can say whether an airbag should never be regarded as anything more evenly over the occupant's upper body, stopping the occupant more information.
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... work properly. The passenger sensing system will include airbag modules and possibly other parts. • Your vehicle has a crash sensing and diagnostic module which records information after a crash. Additional windshield breakage may in flates, you in flate the airbag, windshields are part of a properly-seated occupant and determine if...
... work properly. The passenger sensing system will include airbag modules and possibly other parts. • Your vehicle has a crash sensing and diagnostic module which records information after a crash. Additional windshield breakage may in flates, you in flate the airbag, windshields are part of a properly-seated occupant and determine if...
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... allowed the airbag to be wrong with the airbag system or the passenger sensing system. whether or not there is an airbag for more information, including important safety information. • Or, if there is active. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-24 for that person. • The system determines that a small...
... allowed the airbag to be wrong with the airbag system or the passenger sensing system. whether or not there is an airbag for more information, including important safety information. • Or, if there is active. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-24 for that person. • The system determines that a small...