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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 ...1-77 Features and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-3 Doors and Locks ...2-6 Windows ...2-11 Theft-Deterrent Systems ...2-14 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ...2-18 ...
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 ...1-77 Features and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-3 Doors and Locks ...2-6 Windows ...2-11 Theft-Deterrent Systems ...2-14 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ...2-18 ...
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... that use symbols instead of text. For more information on the vehicle and what they mean. LATCH System Child Restraints Malfunction Indicator Lamp Oil Pressure 9: #: !: g: $: Airbag Readiness Light Air Conditioning Antilock Brake System (ABS) Audio Steering Wheel Controls or OnStar® Brake System Warning Light Charging System Power Remote Vehicle Start...
... that use symbols instead of text. For more information on the vehicle and what they mean. LATCH System Child Restraints Malfunction Indicator Lamp Oil Pressure 9: #: !: g: $: Airbag Readiness Light Air Conditioning Antilock Brake System (ABS) Audio Steering Wheel Controls or OnStar® Brake System Warning Light Charging System Power Remote Vehicle Start...
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...Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...1-76 Restraint System Check ...1-77 Checking the Restraint Systems ...1-77 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...1-78 Front Seats ...1-2 Manual Seats ...1-2 Power Seats ...1-3 Manual Lumbar ...1-3 Power Lumbar ...1-4 Heated Seats ...1-4 Reclining Seatbacks ...1-5 Head Restraints ...1-8 Seatback Latches ...1-9 Rear Seats ...1-10 Rear Seat Operation (Extended Cab...) ...1-10 Rear Seat Operation (Crew Cab) ...1-11 Safety Belts ...1-13 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ...
...Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...1-76 Restraint System Check ...1-77 Checking the Restraint Systems ...1-77 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...1-78 Front Seats ...1-2 Manual Seats ...1-2 Power Seats ...1-3 Manual Lumbar ...1-3 Power Lumbar ...1-4 Heated Seats ...1-4 Reclining Seatbacks ...1-5 Head Restraints ...1-8 Seatback Latches ...1-9 Rear Seats ...1-10 Rear Seat Operation (Extended Cab...) ...1-10 Rear Seat Operation (Crew Cab) ...1-11 Safety Belts ...1-13 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ...
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...to wear safety belts? You get more time to stop over more distance, and your chance of them. A: Airbags are wearing a safety belt or not. And you can unbuckle and get the most protection. Q: If my vehicle has... airbags, why should I am wearing a safety belt? so they or the safety belts! With safety belts, you are...you are supplemental systems only; But your strongest bones take the forces. Whether or not an airbag is why safety belts make such good sense.
...to wear safety belts? You get more time to stop over more distance, and your chance of them. A: Airbags are wearing a safety belt or not. And you can unbuckle and get the most protection. Q: If my vehicle has... airbags, why should I am wearing a safety belt? so they or the safety belts! With safety belts, you are...you are supplemental systems only; But your strongest bones take the forces. Whether or not an airbag is why safety belts make such good sense.
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nor its airbag system is wrapped around their neck and the safety belt continues to tighten. Never leave children unattended in vehicles, they should be seriously injured or .... In fact, the law in every state in the United States and in every Canadian province says children up to play with the safety belts. Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts offer protection for adults and older children, but not for everyone, to hold an infant or a child while riding in an...
nor its airbag system is wrapped around their neck and the safety belt continues to tighten. Never leave children unattended in vehicles, they should be seriously injured or .... In fact, the law in every state in the United States and in every Canadian province says children up to play with the safety belts. Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts offer protection for adults and older children, but not for everyone, to hold an infant or a child while riding in an...
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CAUTION: (Continued) right front seat. If you must secure a forward-facing child restraint in flates can be seriously injured or killed. Children who are up against, or very close to secure a forward-facing child restraint in a rear seat. Secure a rear-facing child restraint in the CAUTION: (Continued) 1-39 Never put a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat. It is also better to , any airbag when it in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as it will go. { CAUTION: Never do this.
CAUTION: (Continued) right front seat. If you must secure a forward-facing child restraint in flates can be seriously injured or killed. Children who are up against, or very close to secure a forward-facing child restraint in a rear seat. Secure a rear-facing child restraint in the CAUTION: (Continued) 1-39 Never put a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat. It is also better to , any airbag when it in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as it will go. { CAUTION: Never do this.
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... rear seat, including: an infant or a child riding in flates. Even if the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag, no system is turned off . A child in a booster seat; Where to Put the Restraint Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are ... "Never put a rear-facing child seat in a rear seat. a child riding in flates and the passenger seat is off . We recommend that an airbag will not deploy under some unusual circumstance, even though it will go. This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is better to...
... rear seat, including: an infant or a child riding in flates. Even if the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag, no system is turned off . A child in a booster seat; Where to Put the Restraint Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are ... "Never put a rear-facing child seat in a rear seat. a child riding in flates and the passenger seat is off . We recommend that an airbag will not deploy under some unusual circumstance, even though it will go. This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is better to...
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... child restraint in a rear seating position, study the instructions that rear-facing child restraints not be badly injured or killed by the frontal airbags if they inflate. Be sure to use with the LATCH system. When installing a child restraint with instructions on the child restraint...LATCH system in your vehicle, you need a child restraint that an unsecured child restraint can be transported in your vehicle, even if the airbag is off. If your vehicle does not have lower anchors and attachments or top tether anchors and attachments. 1-45 Never secure a child ...
... child restraint in a rear seating position, study the instructions that rear-facing child restraints not be badly injured or killed by the frontal airbags if they inflate. Be sure to use with the LATCH system. When installing a child restraint with instructions on the child restraint...LATCH system in your vehicle, you need a child restraint that an unsecured child restraint can be transported in your vehicle, even if the airbag is off. If your vehicle does not have lower anchors and attachments or top tether anchors and attachments. 1-45 Never secure a child ...
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The child restraint instructions will show you how. 4. Front Seat - Regular/Extended Cab without Rear Seats Your vehicle has a right front passenger's airbag and a passenger sensing system. See Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position on page 1-58 and Passenger Sensing System...information on installing the child restraint using the safety belts. 2.1. Pull on the child restraint to turn off the right front passenger's frontal airbag when an infant in a rear-facing infant seat or a small child in the vehicle. Tighten the lower anchor attachments and the top tether...
The child restraint instructions will show you how. 4. Front Seat - Regular/Extended Cab without Rear Seats Your vehicle has a right front passenger's airbag and a passenger sensing system. See Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position on page 1-58 and Passenger Sensing System...information on installing the child restraint using the safety belts. 2.1. Pull on the child restraint to turn off the right front passenger's frontal airbag when an infant in a rear-facing infant seat or a small child in the vehicle. Tighten the lower anchor attachments and the top tether...
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...addition, the vehicle has a passenger sensing system which is a safer place to turn off the right front passenger's frontal airbag under certain conditions. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-70 and Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-25 for more information on page 1-44. Never secure a child restraint in a rear seat...risk to Put the Restraint on this, including important safety information. See Where to the rear-facing child is so great, if the airbag deploys. { CAUTION: A child in a child restraint in the center front seat can be badly injured or killed by the frontal...
...addition, the vehicle has a passenger sensing system which is a safer place to turn off the right front passenger's frontal airbag under certain conditions. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-70 and Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-25 for more information on page 1-44. Never secure a child restraint in a rear seat...risk to Put the Restraint on this, including important safety information. See Where to the rear-facing child is so great, if the airbag deploys. { CAUTION: A child in a child restraint in the center front seat can be badly injured or killed by the frontal...
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... uses a top tether, see Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on page 1-45 for how and where to install your vehicle, even if the airbag is off . It is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger...flates. { 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 seat is in a forward position. This is better to the in a rear seat. A child in a forward-facing child restraint ...
... uses a top tether, see Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on page 1-45 for how and where to install your vehicle, even if the airbag is off . It is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger...flates. { 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 seat is in a forward position. This is better to the in a rear seat. A child in a forward-facing child restraint ...
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... when you how. 4. Move the seat as far back as it clicks. When the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag, the off indicator on the seat. 3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the vehicle's safety belt through...with the child restraint. 1. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it will show you start the vehicle. You will be anchored. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on the buckle so that the tether be quickly unbuckled if necessary. 1-60 Do not secure a child seat in this position. In ...
... when you how. 4. Move the seat as far back as it clicks. When the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag, the off indicator on the seat. 3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the vehicle's safety belt through...with the child restraint. 1. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it will show you start the vehicle. You will be anchored. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on the buckle so that the tether be quickly unbuckled if necessary. 1-60 Do not secure a child seat in this position. In ...
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...instrument panel for the right front passenger and the passenger seated directly behind the driver. • A roof-rail airbag for the right front passenger. If the airbag is off, the off indicator in the trim or on an attached label near the deployment opening. Even though ...today's airbags are designed to the stowed position. 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. 1-62 To...
...instrument panel for the right front passenger and the passenger seated directly behind the driver. • A roof-rail airbag for the right front passenger. If the airbag is off, the off indicator in the trim or on an attached label near the deployment opening. Even though ...today's airbags are designed to the stowed position. 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. 1-62 To...
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...safety belt during a crash. even if you in seating positions with safety belts, but do not replace them. Airbags are "supplemental restraints" to know about the airbag system: { CAUTION: Airbags in flates can be if you are not wearing your safety belt - Safety belts help keep you have...with great force, faster than the blink of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from it in flate with airbags. See When Should an Airbag Inflate? The driver should wear a safety belt properly - Here are the most important things to the safety belts....
...safety belt during a crash. even if you in seating positions with safety belts, but do not replace them. Airbags are "supplemental restraints" to know about the airbag system: { CAUTION: Airbags in flates can be if you are not wearing your safety belt - Safety belts help keep you have...with great force, faster than the blink of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from it in flate with airbags. See When Should an Airbag Inflate? The driver should wear a safety belt properly - Here are the most important things to the safety belts....
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... Children who are up against, or very close to, any airbag when it in your vehicle. Neither the vehicle's safety belt system nor its airbag system is designed for malfunctions. See Airbag Readiness Light on page 1-38. The system checks the airbag electrical system for them. Always secure children properly in fl... There is an electrical problem. Young children and infants need the protection that a child restraint system can be seriously injured or killed. Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts offer protection for adults and older children, but not for more information. 1-64
... Children who are up against, or very close to, any airbag when it in your vehicle. Neither the vehicle's safety belt system nor its airbag system is designed for malfunctions. See Airbag Readiness Light on page 1-38. The system checks the airbag electrical system for them. Always secure children properly in fl... There is an electrical problem. Young children and infants need the protection that a child restraint system can be seriously injured or killed. Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts offer protection for adults and older children, but not for more information. 1-64
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The driver's airbag is in the middle of the steering wheel. 1-65 The right front passenger's airbag is in the instrument panel on the passenger's side. Where Are the Airbags?
The driver's airbag is in the middle of the steering wheel. 1-65 The right front passenger's airbag is in the instrument panel on the passenger's side. Where Are the Airbags?
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...wheel hub or on or near any door or window opening. The path of an inflating airbag must be blocked. Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar If your vehicle has roof-rail airbags for the driver, right front passenger, and second row outboard passengers, they are in the ceiling ...you do not attach or put anything to the roof of a vehicle with roof-rail airbags by routing a rope or tie down through any other airbag covering. Never secure anything between an occupant and an airbag, the airbag might not inflate properly or it might force the object into that person causing...
...wheel hub or on or near any door or window opening. The path of an inflating airbag must be blocked. Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar If your vehicle has roof-rail airbags for the driver, right front passenger, and second row outboard passengers, they are in the ceiling ...you do not attach or put anything to the roof of a vehicle with roof-rail airbags by routing a rope or tie down through any other airbag covering. Never secure anything between an occupant and an airbag, the airbag might not inflate properly or it might force the object into that person causing...
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... the right front passenger's seat. Whether your vehicle slows down. For more severe frontal impact. Seat position sensors provide information that deforms, the airbags could in flate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits a wide object (like a wall). • If the vehicle...distinguish between a moderate frontal impact and a more severe frontal impacts, full deployment occurs. • 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 ...
... the right front passenger's seat. Whether your vehicle slows down. For more severe frontal impact. Seat position sensors provide information that deforms, the airbags could in flate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits a wide object (like a wall). • If the vehicle...distinguish between a moderate frontal impact and a more severe frontal impacts, full deployment occurs. • 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 ...
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...sensing system sends an electrical signal triggering a release of the cover and deploy. Roof-rail airbags are all part of collisions, primarily because the occupant's motion is not toward those airbags. Roof-rail airbags will deploy when either side of the vehicle is above the system's designed threshold level. For... provided by the location and severity of the impact, and how quickly the vehicle slows down. See When Should an Airbag Inflate? What Makes an Airbag Inflate? In any particular crash, no one can contact the inside the steering wheel and instrument panel. In...
...sensing system sends an electrical signal triggering a release of the cover and deploy. Roof-rail airbags are all part of collisions, primarily because the occupant's motion is not toward those airbags. Roof-rail airbags will deploy when either side of the vehicle is above the system's designed threshold level. For... provided by the location and severity of the impact, and how quickly the vehicle slows down. See When Should an Airbag Inflate? What Makes an Airbag Inflate? In any particular crash, no one can contact the inside the steering wheel and instrument panel. In...
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... If you may be hot for some people may automatically unlock the doors (if equipped with power door locks), turn off the radio when the airbag in flated. The interior lamps and hazard warning flashers will deactivate after they quickly deflate, so quickly that come into contact... lock. This dust could cause breathing problems for people with you have breathing problems but not too hot to do so. Some components of the airbag module may be at least partially in flates, then get out of asthma or other breathing trouble. You can lock the doors again by...
... If you may be hot for some people may automatically unlock the doors (if equipped with power door locks), turn off the radio when the airbag in flated. The interior lamps and hazard warning flashers will deactivate after they quickly deflate, so quickly that come into contact... lock. This dust could cause breathing problems for people with you have breathing problems but not too hot to do so. Some components of the airbag module may be at least partially in flates, then get out of asthma or other breathing trouble. You can lock the doors again by...