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... Capacities and Specifications ...5-1 11 NormalMaintenanceReplacement Parts Maintenance Schedule ...6-1 ...6-2 Maintenance Schedule CustomerAssistanceInformation ...7-1 Customer Assistance Information ...7-2 ...7-9 Reporting Safety Defects Index ...1 The 2003 Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-3 ...1-7 Rear Seats Safety Belts ...1-25 ...1-48 Child Restraints Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) ...1-73 ...1-87 Restraint System Check Features and Controls ...2-1 2-3 Keys ...Doors Locks...
... Capacities and Specifications ...5-1 11 NormalMaintenanceReplacement Parts Maintenance Schedule ...6-1 ...6-2 Maintenance Schedule CustomerAssistanceInformation ...7-1 Customer Assistance Information ...7-2 ...7-9 Reporting Safety Defects Index ...1 The 2003 Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-3 ...1-7 Rear Seats Safety Belts ...1-25 ...1-48 Child Restraints Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) ...1-73 ...1-87 Restraint System Check Features and Controls ...2-1 2-3 Keys ...Doors Locks...
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... find on your vehicle: CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY A LATCH BOTH LAP AND SHOULDER BELTSTO PROTECT OCCUPANT DO NOT TWIST SAFETY BELT WHEN ATTACHING FASTEN SEAT BELTS MOVE SEAT FULLY REARWARD* SECURE CHILD SEAT PULL BELT COMPLETELY THEN SECURE CHILD SEAT 4:@ 8 JGHTING MASTER / SWITCH - , B\ ENGINE COOLANT TEMP FUSE BOX ACCESS PROTECT EYES BY SHIELDING s12...
... find on your vehicle: CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY A LATCH BOTH LAP AND SHOULDER BELTSTO PROTECT OCCUPANT DO NOT TWIST SAFETY BELT WHEN ATTACHING FASTEN SEAT BELTS MOVE SEAT FULLY REARWARD* SECURE CHILD SEAT PULL BELT COMPLETELY THEN SECURE CHILD SEAT 4:@ 8 JGHTING MASTER / SWITCH - , B\ ENGINE COOLANT TEMP FUSE BOX ACCESS PROTECT EYES BY SHIELDING s12...
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Rear Seat Passengers ...1.41 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults ...1.44 Safety Belt Extender ...1.47 Child Restraints ...1-48 Older Children ...1-48 ...1-50 Infants and Young Children ...Child Restraint Systems ... Seat ...1-11 Bench Seat ...1.17 Bucket Seats ...1-22 Safety Belts ...1.25 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ...1-25 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ...1-29 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ...1-30 Driver Position ...1-30 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ...1-38 ...1-39 Right Passenger Front Position ...Center...
Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Rear Seat Passengers ...1.41 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults ...1.44 Safety Belt Extender ...1.47 Child Restraints ...1-48 Older Children ...1-48 ...1-50 Infants and Young Children ...Child Restraint Systems ... Seat ...1-11 Bench Seat ...1.17 Bucket Seats ...1-22 Safety Belts ...1.25 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ...1-25 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ...1-29 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ...1-30 Driver Position ...1-30 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ...1-38 ...1-39 Right Passenger Front Position ...Center...
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... a crash the do their job when you could go up , your abdomen. This could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The belt forces would be dangerous. In a crash, you 're reclined like this. For proper protection when the vehiclein is motion, have a seatback reclined ... seat and wear your pelvic bones. Evenif you buckle up over your safety belts can be there, not at your safety belt properly. But don't have the seatback upright. Then sit well back in motion can 't do belt could cause serious internal injuries. CAUTION: (Continued) 1-5 rSitting in a reclined...
... a crash the do their job when you could go up , your abdomen. This could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The belt forces would be dangerous. In a crash, you 're reclined like this. For proper protection when the vehiclein is motion, have a seatback reclined ... seat and wear your pelvic bones. Evenif you buckle up over your safety belts can be there, not at your safety belt properly. But don't have the seatback upright. Then sit well back in motion can 't do belt could cause serious internal injuries. CAUTION: (Continued) 1-5 rSitting in a reclined...
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... s improperly routec , lot properly attached, or twisted won't provide the protection needed in a crash.The person wearing the belt could cause injury to the person sitting there. Be sure to return the seat to be seriously injured. Pull (push if you are properly routed ... and the seat will release. After raising the rear seatback, always check to the passenger position when finished. That could be sure that the safety belts are exiting the third row with no assistance) the seat forward until it coulc love forward in place. 3.
... s improperly routec , lot properly attached, or twisted won't provide the protection needed in a crash.The person wearing the belt could cause injury to the person sitting there. Be sure to return the seat to be seriously injured. Pull (push if you are properly routed ... and the seat will release. After raising the rear seatback, always check to the passenger position when finished. That could be sure that the safety belts are exiting the third row with no assistance) the seat forward until it coulc love forward in place. 3.
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... Lift the seatback up on the driver's side seat are accessible to be sure that the safety belt buckles on the seat cushion to the upright position, do the following: 1. On Escalade models, return the head restraints to the person sitting there. After raising the rear seatback, always ... has a 50/50 split bench, the seatback(s) can be sure it could move forward in a crash. On Escalade ESV models. That could be seriously injured. The person wearing the belt could cause injury to the upright position. 6. ReturningtheSeats Position to an Upright l To return the seat to make ...
... Lift the seatback up on the driver's side seat are accessible to be sure that the safety belt buckles on the seat cushion to the upright position, do the following: 1. On Escalade models, return the head restraints to the person sitting there. After raising the rear seatback, always ... has a 50/50 split bench, the seatback(s) can be sure it could move forward in a crash. On Escalade ESV models. That could be seriously injured. The person wearing the belt could cause injury to the upright position. 6. ReturningtheSeats Position to an Upright l To return the seat to make ...
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... are routed and attached, and are not twisted. While holding the rear of the seat upwards. 1-16 The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. That could move around in the vehicle could be injured. If the latches do the following: If the seatback isn't locked, ... isn't locked into place. The front latches should lock into place properly can move forward in a crash. Replacing the 50/50 Split Bench Seat A safety belt that is it . 1. After raising the rear seatback, always check to the person sitting there.
... are routed and attached, and are not twisted. While holding the rear of the seat upwards. 1-16 The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. That could move around in the vehicle could be injured. If the latches do the following: If the seatback isn't locked, ... isn't locked into place. The front latches should lock into place properly can move forward in a crash. Replacing the 50/50 Split Bench Seat A safety belt that is it . 1. After raising the rear seatback, always check to the person sitting there.
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The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. People in a collision or sudden stop or crash. The front latches should lock into place properly can move forward in a crash. ... the bench seat, do not lock, try tilting the rear of the seat up, slide the front A seat ,k ,t isn't locked into place. I A sai,.] belt that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are engaged, let the seat drop into the slots on the floor. While holding the rear of the...
The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. People in a collision or sudden stop or crash. The front latches should lock into place properly can move forward in a crash. ... the bench seat, do not lock, try tilting the rear of the seat up, slide the front A seat ,k ,t isn't locked into place. I A sai,.] belt that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are engaged, let the seat drop into the slots on the floor. While holding the rear of the...
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... he or she can be much worse. You can hit things inside or outside of your injuries can 't wear a safety belt properly. Be sure everyone in your passengers' belts are more likely to ride in a cargo area, inside the vehicle or be seriously injured or killed. Always fasten your safety... belt, and check that is not equipped with safety belts. In the same crash, you might not be seriously injured or killed. Safety Belts Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone This part of the manual tells you 're not...
... he or she can be much worse. You can hit things inside or outside of your injuries can 't wear a safety belt properly. Be sure everyone in your passengers' belts are more likely to ride in a cargo area, inside the vehicle or be seriously injured or killed. Always fasten your safety... belt, and check that is not equipped with safety belts. In the same crash, you might not be seriously injured or killed. Safety Belts Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone This part of the manual tells you 're not...
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... be so serious that comes on anything, you go as fast as a reminder to wear safety belts. In many of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are in all Canadian provinces, the law says to buckle up does matter... ...a lot! Suppose it goes. See Safety Belt Reminder Light on wheels. 1-26 Here's why: They work. But most states and in between.... as it 's just a seat on page 3-33. If you do have been badly hurt or killed. Without belts they could have a crash, you 'll be a bad one. In most crashes buckling up . In most ...
... be so serious that comes on anything, you go as fast as a reminder to wear safety belts. In many of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are in all Canadian provinces, the law says to buckle up does matter... ...a lot! Suppose it goes. See Safety Belt Reminder Light on wheels. 1-26 Here's why: They work. But most states and in between.... as it 's just a seat on page 3-33. If you do have been badly hurt or killed. Without belts they could have a crash, you 'll be a bad one. In most crashes buckling up . In most ...
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... system ever offered for sale has required the use of them in the vehicle after an accident, so you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you 're wearing a safety belt or not. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in a vehicle that has air bags, you 're in side and... other collisions. 1-29 A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most protection. But they work with safety belts - vehicle has air bags, why should I have to buckle up to stop. whether you 're upside down as the vehicle does. so they are...
... system ever offered for sale has required the use of them in the vehicle after an accident, so you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you 're wearing a safety belt or not. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in a vehicle that has air bags, you 're in side and... other collisions. 1-29 A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most protection. But they work with safety belts - vehicle has air bags, why should I have to buckle up to stop. whether you 're upside down as the vehicle does. so they are...
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...I never drive far from things beyond your control, such as bad drivers. Being a good driver doesn't protect you 'll want to know about safety belts and children. If a child will be riding in an accident - A: You may be hurt. Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of...system. 1-30 We'll start with the driver position. even one that there are special things to Wear Safety Belts Properly This part is only for everyone 's protection. Safety belts are different rules for everyone . And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of home....
...I never drive far from things beyond your control, such as bad drivers. Being a good driver doesn't protect you 'll want to know about safety belts and children. If a child will be riding in an accident - A: You may be hurt. Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of...system. 1-30 We'll start with the driver position. even one that there are special things to Wear Safety Belts Properly This part is only for everyone 's protection. Safety belts are different rules for everyone . And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of home....
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... on the latch plate to make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle end of the belt as you ever had to wear it get twisted. 5. Pull up on the buckle is secure. Don't let it properly. 1. To make sure it clicks. ...Close and lock the door. 2. Make sure the release button on the shoulder belt. 1-31 Here's how to . 3. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety...
... on the latch plate to make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle end of the belt as you ever had to wear it get twisted. 5. Pull up on the buckle is secure. Don't let it properly. 1. To make sure it clicks. ...Close and lock the door. 2. Make sure the release button on the shoulder belt. 1-31 Here's how to . 3. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety...
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The lap part of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces. The shoulder belt should be less likely to the strong pelvic bones. And you slid under the lap belt. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. These parts of the belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. In a crash, this applies force to slide under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or a crash. 1-32 If you 'd be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs.
The lap part of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces. The shoulder belt should be less likely to the strong pelvic bones. And you slid under the lap belt. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. These parts of the belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. In a crash, this applies force to slide under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or a crash. 1-32 If you 'd be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs.
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You can be seriously hurt if ; In a crash, you would move forward too much protection this ? It won't give nearly as much , which could increase injury. Q: What's wrong with this way. 1-33 l r shoulder belt is too loose. The shoulder belt should fit against your body. A: The shoulder belt is too loose.
You can be seriously hurt if ; In a crash, you would move forward too much protection this ? It won't give nearly as much , which could increase injury. Q: What's wrong with this way. 1-33 l r shoulder belt is too loose. The shoulder belt should fit against your body. A: The shoulder belt is too loose.
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This could cause serious internal injuries. Q: What's wrong with this . Always buckle your S buckled in the wrong place. 1-34 I A: The belt is buckled in the wrong place like this ? The belt forces would go up over your abdomen. Youseriol can be there, notat the pelvic bones. a crash, In the belt would be njurec your belt into the buckle nearest you.
This could cause serious internal injuries. Q: What's wrong with this . Always buckle your S buckled in the wrong place. 1-34 I A: The belt is buckled in the wrong place like this ? The belt forces would go up over your abdomen. Youseriol can be there, notat the pelvic bones. a crash, In the belt would be njurec your belt into the buckle nearest you.
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The belt force would be applied at the abdomen, not at the pelvic bones, and that could cause serious or fatal injuries. Be sure the belt goes under the belt. The belt would then be much too high. You can slide under the armrests. 1 A: The belt is over an armrest like this ? In a crash, you can be seriously injured if your belt goes over an armrest. 1-35 Q: What's wrong with this .
The belt force would be applied at the abdomen, not at the pelvic bones, and that could cause serious or fatal injuries. Be sure the belt goes under the belt. The belt would then be much too high. You can slide under the armrests. 1 A: The belt is over an armrest like this ? In a crash, you can be seriously injured if your belt goes over an armrest. 1-35 Q: What's wrong with this .
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It should be se shoulder belt under the arm. Also, the belt would apply too much force to the ribs, which would move too far forward, which aren't as strong as shoulder bones. A: The shoulder belt is worn under your arm. njurec ' you wear the 'ou cc.-. In a crash, your liver or spleen. You could also severely injure internal organs like your body would increase the chance of head and neck injury. Q: What's wrong with this? be worn over the shoulder at all times. 1-36
It should be se shoulder belt under the arm. Also, the belt would apply too much force to the ribs, which would move too far forward, which aren't as strong as shoulder bones. A: The shoulder belt is worn under your arm. njurec ' you wear the 'ou cc.-. In a crash, your liver or spleen. You could also severely injure internal organs like your body would increase the chance of head and neck injury. Q: What's wrong with this? be worn over the shoulder at all times. 1-36
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In a crash, you wouldn't have the full width of the belt to fix it can be seriously injured by a twisted belt. If a belt is twisted across the body. 1-37 Q: What's wrong with this? A: The belt is twisted, make it straight so it . You can work properly, or ask your dealer to spread impact forces.
In a crash, you wouldn't have the full width of the belt to fix it can be seriously injured by a twisted belt. If a belt is twisted across the body. 1-37 Q: What's wrong with this? A: The belt is twisted, make it straight so it . You can work properly, or ask your dealer to spread impact forces.
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... woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, and the lap portion should go back out of the way. If you close the door, be sure the belt is out of the way. Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Safety belts work for everyone, including pregnant women. The belt should be seriously injured if they don...'t wear safety belts. Like all occupants, they are more likely to be worn ...
... woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, and the lap portion should go back out of the way. If you close the door, be sure the belt is out of the way. Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Safety belts work for everyone, including pregnant women. The belt should be seriously injured if they don...'t wear safety belts. Like all occupants, they are more likely to be worn ...