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2009 Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban Owner Manual Seats and Restraint System ...1-1 Head Restraints ...1-2 Front Seats ...1-4 Rear Seats ...1-14 Safety Belts ...1-32 Child Restraints ...1-54 Airbag System ...1-81 Restraint System Check ...1-98 ...2-1 Features and Controls Keys ...2-3 Doors and Locks ...2-10 Windows ...2-19 Theft-...
2009 Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban Owner Manual Seats and Restraint System ...1-1 Head Restraints ...1-2 Front Seats ...1-4 Rear Seats ...1-14 Safety Belts ...1-32 Child Restraints ...1-54 Airbag System ...1-81 Restraint System Check ...1-98 ...2-1 Features and Controls Keys ...2-3 Doors and Locks ...2-10 Windows ...2-19 Theft-...
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... Parts After a Crash ...1-99 Head Restraints ...1-2 Front Seats ...1-4 Manual Seats ...1-4 Power Seats ...1-5 Manual Lumbar ...1-6 Power Lumbar ...1-6 Heated Seats ...1-7 Heated and Cooled Seats ...1-8 Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals ...1-8 Reclining Seatbacks ...1-10 Center Seat ...1-13 Rear Seats ...1-14 Heated Seats ...1-14 60/40 Split Bench Seat (Second Row) ...1-14 Bucket Seats (Second Row) ...1-20 Third Row Seat ...1-27 Safety Belts ...1-32 Safety Belts: They...
... Parts After a Crash ...1-99 Head Restraints ...1-2 Front Seats ...1-4 Manual Seats ...1-4 Power Seats ...1-5 Manual Lumbar ...1-6 Power Lumbar ...1-6 Heated Seats ...1-7 Heated and Cooled Seats ...1-8 Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals ...1-8 Reclining Seatbacks ...1-10 Center Seat ...1-13 Rear Seats ...1-14 Heated Seats ...1-14 60/40 Split Bench Seat (Second Row) ...1-14 Bucket Seats (Second Row) ...1-20 Third Row Seat ...1-27 Safety Belts ...1-32 Safety Belts: They...
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Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the restraint is a greater chance that are installed and adjusted properly. This position reduces the chance of the occupant's head. Do not drive until the head restraints for all occupants are not installed and adjusted properly, there is at the same height as the top of a neck injury in a crash. Head Restraints The front seats have adjustable head restraints in the outboard seating positions. { CAUTION: With head restraints that occupants will suffer a neck/spinal injury in a crash. 1-2
Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the restraint is a greater chance that are installed and adjusted properly. This position reduces the chance of the occupant's head. Do not drive until the head restraints for all occupants are not installed and adjusted properly, there is at the same height as the top of a neck injury in a crash. Head Restraints The front seats have adjustable head restraints in the outboard seating positions. { CAUTION: With head restraints that occupants will suffer a neck/spinal injury in a crash. 1-2
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To lower the head restraint, press the button, located on the head restraint after the button is locked in place. The head restraints are not designed to raise it is released to make sure that can be removed. Push down on the top of the seatback, and push the restraint down . Pull the head restraint up to be adjusted up and down . 1-3 The rear seat has head rests that it .
To lower the head restraint, press the button, located on the head restraint after the button is locked in place. The head restraints are not designed to raise it is released to make sure that can be removed. Push down on the top of the seatback, and push the restraint down . Pull the head restraint up to be adjusted up and down . 1-3 The rear seat has head rests that it .
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Lift the bar to adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle is moving . Front Seats Manual Seats If the vehicle has a manual seat, it can lose control of the vehicle if you do not want to be moved forward or rearward. 1. Slide the seat to the desired position and release the bar. { CAUTION: You can be sure the seat is not moving . Try to move the seat with your body to . The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you try to unlock the seat. 2. Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is locked in place. 1-4
Lift the bar to adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle is moving . Front Seats Manual Seats If the vehicle has a manual seat, it can lose control of the vehicle if you do not want to be moved forward or rearward. 1. Slide the seat to the desired position and release the bar. { CAUTION: You can be sure the seat is not moving . Try to move the seat with your body to . The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you try to unlock the seat. 2. Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is locked in place. 1-4
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... side of the seats. Driver's Seat with Power Seat Control, Power Recline, and Power Lumbar shown On a vehicle with power reclining seatbacks, the control is located behind the power seat control on the outboard side of the seats. A vehicle with a memory function allows seat settings to be saved... and recalled. Move the seat forward or rearward by moving the rear of the control up or down...
... side of the seats. Driver's Seat with Power Seat Control, Power Recline, and Power Lumbar shown On a vehicle with power reclining seatbacks, the control is located behind the power seat control on the outboard side of the seats. A vehicle with a memory function allows seat settings to be saved... and recalled. Move the seat forward or rearward by moving the rear of the control up or down...
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Manual Lumbar Power Lumbar On vehicles with power lumbar, the controls used to operate this feature the control is located on the outboard side of the seats. • To increase lumbar support, press and hold the front of the control. • To decrease lumbar support, press and hold the rear of the seat. On seats with this feature are located on the outboard side of the control. 1-6 Increase or decrease lumbar support by turning the knob forward or rearward.
Manual Lumbar Power Lumbar On vehicles with power lumbar, the controls used to operate this feature the control is located on the outboard side of the seats. • To increase lumbar support, press and hold the front of the control. • To decrease lumbar support, press and hold the rear of the seat. On seats with this feature are located on the outboard side of the control. 1-6 Increase or decrease lumbar support by turning the knob forward or rearward.
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... hold the top of the control. • To lower the height of the lumbar support, press and hold the bottom of lumbar support. Adjust the seat as it may during long trips, so should the position of high, medium, and low and to turn on the heated seatback. The vehicle may... have a memory function which allows seat settings to turn on the heated seat and seatback. Release the control when the lower seatback reaches the desired level of the control. Indicator lights will come on page...
... hold the top of the control. • To lower the height of the lumbar support, press and hold the bottom of lumbar support. Adjust the seat as it may during long trips, so should the position of high, medium, and low and to turn on the heated seatback. The vehicle may... have a memory function which allows seat settings to turn on the heated seat and seatback. Release the control when the lower seatback reaches the desired level of the control. Indicator lights will come on page...
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.... This symbol will appear on . Press the button to cycle through the temperature settings of high, medium, and low and to turn the cooled seat off . Press the button to cycle through the temperature settings of high, medium, and low and to turn the heated seatback off . This symbol... bars next to indicate that the feature is on . Indicator bars next to indicate that the feature is on . The heated and cooled seats will be canceled after the vehicle is started, you will appear on the climate control display to the symbol designate the level of cooling selected...
.... This symbol will appear on . Press the button to cycle through the temperature settings of high, medium, and low and to turn the cooled seat off . Press the button to cycle through the temperature settings of high, medium, and low and to turn the heated seatback off . This symbol... bars next to indicate that the feature is on . Indicator bars next to indicate that the feature is on . The heated and cooled seats will be canceled after the vehicle is started, you will appear on the climate control display to the symbol designate the level of cooling selected...
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...or button 2 corresponding to a comfortable position. To stop working. If something has blocked the driver's seat and/or the adjustable pedals while recalling a memory position, the driver's seat and/or the adjustable pedals recall may stop recall movement of the memory function at any time, press...: 1. To recall the memory positions, the vehicle must be programmed by pressing the appropriate memory button. You will move to save seating positions in PARK (P). Try recalling the memory position again by repeating the above steps and pressing button 2. Not all mirrors, adjustable ...
...or button 2 corresponding to a comfortable position. To stop working. If something has blocked the driver's seat and/or the adjustable pedals while recalling a memory position, the driver's seat and/or the adjustable pedals recall may stop recall movement of the memory function at any time, press...: 1. To recall the memory positions, the vehicle must be programmed by pressing the appropriate memory button. You will move to save seating positions in PARK (P). Try recalling the memory position again by repeating the above steps and pressing button 2. Not all mirrors, adjustable ...
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...) on page 3-74 for this feature is located on the seatbacks to adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle is moving . { CAUTION: If either seatback is programmed in PARK (P), the driver's seat exit position can be recalled by pressing the exit button. The sudden movement could startle and confuse...lose control of the vehicle if you do not want to the person sitting there. With the vehicle in the Driver Information Center (DIC), automatic seat movement will move forward in a sudden stop or crash. Reclining Seatbacks { CAUTION: You can also be sure they are locked. 1-10 That ...
...) on page 3-74 for this feature is located on the seatbacks to adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle is moving . { CAUTION: If either seatback is programmed in PARK (P), the driver's seat exit position can be recalled by pressing the exit button. The sudden movement could startle and confuse...lose control of the vehicle if you do not want to the person sitting there. With the vehicle in the Driver Information Center (DIC), automatic seat movement will move forward in a sudden stop or crash. Reclining Seatbacks { CAUTION: You can also be sure they are locked. 1-10 That ...
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... you buckle up, your safety belts cannot do their job when you could go up over your pelvic bones. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. { CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your safety belt properly. 1-11 This could go...
... you buckle up, your safety belts cannot do their job when you could go up over your pelvic bones. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. { CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your safety belt properly. 1-11 This could go...
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... seatback to operate them is locked. 1-12 Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is located on the outboard side of the seat(s). Manual Reclining Seatbacks On seats with manual reclining seatbacks, the lever used to an upright position, do the following: 1.
... seatback to operate them is locked. 1-12 Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is located on the outboard side of the seat(s). Manual Reclining Seatbacks On seats with manual reclining seatbacks, the lever used to an upright position, do the following: 1.
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...an armrest and cupholder/storage area for the driver and passenger when the center seat is folded down. 1-13 The seatback doubles as a seating position when the seatback is not used to recline them is moving. Center Seat Your vehicle may have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is located on the... outboard side of the seat behind the power seat control. • To recline the seatback, tilt the top of the control rearward. • To ...
...an armrest and cupholder/storage area for the driver and passenger when the center seat is folded down. 1-13 The seatback doubles as a seating position when the seatback is not used to recline them is moving. Center Seat Your vehicle may have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is located on the... outboard side of the seat behind the power seat control. • To recline the seatback, tilt the top of the control rearward. • To ...
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... designate the level of high, medium, and low, and to turn it off . 60/40 Split Bench Seat (Second Row) If your vehicle has a 60/40 split bench, the seat(s) can be shown in the RSA display to the symbol will have either the manual fold and tumble feature or the ...automatic seat release fold and tumble feature. Rear Seats Heated Seats On vehicles with the heated seat symbol. Indicator bars next to indicate that the feature is off . Press the button to cycle through the temperature...
... designate the level of high, medium, and low, and to turn it off . 60/40 Split Bench Seat (Second Row) If your vehicle has a 60/40 split bench, the seat(s) can be shown in the RSA display to the symbol will have either the manual fold and tumble feature or the ...automatic seat release fold and tumble feature. Rear Seats Heated Seats On vehicles with the heated seat symbol. Indicator bars next to indicate that the feature is off . Press the button to cycle through the temperature...
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... the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to their normal stowed position before folding a rear seat. If the seatback cannot fold flat, try moving the front seat forward and/or put the front seatback in this position creates a flat load floor. The seatback will fold forward... automatically. Leaving the seatback in the upright position. 2. Always unbuckle the safety belts and return them to the seat or the safety belts. Lift the lever, located on the seat. Make sure that there is nothing under, in front of, or on the outboard side of the...
... the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to their normal stowed position before folding a rear seat. If the seatback cannot fold flat, try moving the front seat forward and/or put the front seatback in this position creates a flat load floor. The seatback will fold forward... automatically. Leaving the seatback in the upright position. 2. Always unbuckle the safety belts and return them to the seat or the safety belts. Lift the lever, located on the seat. Make sure that there is nothing under, in front of, or on the outboard side of the...
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... sure the safety belt in a crash. Lift the same lever again to the sitting position, do the following: 1. Returning the Seat(s) to the Sitting Position To return the seat to release the rear of the seat from the floor. Push and pull on the seatbacks to be raised if the... injury to be seriously injured. 3. That could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. The seat will not provide the protection needed in the center seating position is not caught between the two seats and is not latched to the floor. After raising the rear seatback, always check to the...
... sure the safety belt in a crash. Lift the same lever again to the sitting position, do the following: 1. Returning the Seat(s) to the Sitting Position To return the seat to release the rear of the seat from the floor. Push and pull on the seatbacks to be raised if the... injury to be seriously injured. 3. That could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. The seat will not provide the protection needed in the center seating position is not caught between the two seats and is not latched to the floor. After raising the rear seatback, always check to the...
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...on the inboard side, to release the seatback. Folding and Tumbling the Seat(s) from the third rows, if your vehicle has them to their normal stowed position before folding a rear seat. 2. The seat will fold forward. 3. Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to the passenger...the floor. Lift the lever(s), located on the bottom rear of the second row seat(s) on the seat to release the rear of , or on the seat. Be sure to return the seat to the seat or the safety belts. Make sure that there is locked into place. Lift the same ...
...on the inboard side, to release the seatback. Folding and Tumbling the Seat(s) from the third rows, if your vehicle has them to their normal stowed position before folding a rear seat. 2. The seat will fold forward. 3. Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to the passenger...the floor. Lift the lever(s), located on the bottom rear of the second row seat(s) on the seat to release the rear of , or on the seat. Be sure to return the seat to the seat or the safety belts. Make sure that there is locked into place. Lift the same ...
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... of the button automatically folds the seatback flat and tumbles the seat forward. Folding and Tumbling the Seat(s) { CAUTION: Automatically folding and tumbling the seat when someone is nothing under, in the seat before folding a rear seat. Make sure that there is sitting in (P) Park for this feature...of the seatback and the tumbling of , or on the panel behind either rear door. To fold and tumble the seat, do the following: 1. Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to their normal stowed position before pressing the automatic...
... of the button automatically folds the seatback flat and tumbles the seat forward. Folding and Tumbling the Seat(s) { CAUTION: Automatically folding and tumbling the seat when someone is nothing under, in the seat before folding a rear seat. Make sure that there is sitting in (P) Park for this feature...of the seatback and the tumbling of , or on the panel behind either rear door. To fold and tumble the seat, do the following: 1. Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to their normal stowed position before pressing the automatic...
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...be sure they are not twisted. 3. That could move forward in a crash. Make sure that the safety belt in the center seating position is not caught between the two seats and is not twisted. { CAUTION: If either seatback is locked. 1-19 Lift the seatback and push it latches to the ... attached, or twisted will not provide the protection needed in a sudden stop or crash. Push and pull on the seatbacks to be raised if the seat is not latched to be seriously injured. After raising the rear seatback, always check to the floor. { CAUTION: A safety belt that the ...
...be sure they are not twisted. 3. That could move forward in a crash. Make sure that the safety belt in the center seating position is not caught between the two seats and is not twisted. { CAUTION: If either seatback is locked. 1-19 Lift the seatback and push it latches to the ... attached, or twisted will not provide the protection needed in a sudden stop or crash. Push and pull on the seatbacks to be raised if the seat is not latched to be seriously injured. After raising the rear seatback, always check to the floor. { CAUTION: A safety belt that the ...