CHEVROLET KODIAK 2007 Repair Manual

{CAUTION:
A child in a child restraint in the center
front seat can be badly injured or killed
by the right front passenger airbag if it
inates. If your vehicle has airbags,
never secure a child restraint in the center
front seat. It is always better to secure
a child restraint in the rear seat if your
vehicle has one. You may secure a
forward-facing child restraint in the right
front passenger static seat, but before you
do, always move the front passenger seat
as far back as it will go. It is better to
secure the child restraint in a rear seat.1. Make the belt as long as possible by tilting
the latch plate and pulling it along the belt.
2. Put the child restraint on the seat.
3. Run the vehicle’s safety belt through or
around the restraint. The child restraint
instructions will show you how.
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4. Buckle the belt. Make sure the release button
is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle
the safety belt quickly if you ever had to.5. To tighten the belt, pull its free end while you
push down on the child restraint. If you are
using a forward-facing child restraint, you may
find it helpful to use your knee to push down on
the child restraint as you tighten the belt.
6. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the
vehicle’s safety belt. It will be ready to work for an
adult or large child passenger.
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Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
Do not use a child restraint with an air
suspension seat.
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A child restraint cannot be secured
properly in an air-suspension type seat.
This is because an air-suspension seat
is designed to move up and down for
an adult passenger. Do not use a child
restraint in an air-suspension seat.
There is no top tether anchor in this position.
Do not secure a child seat in this position if
a national or local law requires that the top tether
be anchored, or if the instructions that come
with the child restraint say that the top tether must
be anchored. SeeLower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH) on page 57if your child
restraint has a top tether.If your vehicle has a right front passenger’s
airbag, there is a switch on the instrument panel
that you can use to turn off the right front
passenger’s airbag when you need to secure
a child restraint in the right front passenger’s
position. SeeAirbag Off Switch on page 76for
more on this, including important safety
information.
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A rear seat is a safer place to secure a
forward-facing child restraint. Never put a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front
passenger’s seat unless the airbag is off.
Here is why:
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A child in a rear-facing child restraint
can be seriously injured or killed if the
passenger’s airbag inates. This is
because the back of the rear-facing child
restraint would be very close to the
inating airbag. Do not use a rear-facing
child restraint in this vehicle unless the
passenger’s airbag has been turned off.
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Even though the airbag off switch is
designed to turn off the passenger’s
frontal airbag, no system is fail-safe,
and no one can guarantee that an airbag
will not deploy under some unusual
circumstance, even though it is turned off.
We recommend that rear-facing child
restraints be transported in vehicles with
a rear seat that will accommodate a
rear-facing child restraint, whenever
possible.
If you need to secure a forward-facing child
restraint in the right front static seat or the
right front bench seat, always move the
passenger seat as far back as it will go.
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{CAUTION:
If the airbag readiness light ever comes
on when you have turned off the airbag,
it means that something may be wrong
with the airbag system. The right front
passenger’s airbag could inate even
though the switch is off. If this ever
happens, do not let anyone whom the
national government has identied as a
member of a passenger airbag risk group
sit in the right front passenger’s position
(for example, do not secure a rear-facing
child restraint in the right front
passenger’s seat) until you have your
vehicle serviced. SeeAirbag Off Switch
on page 76andAirbag Readiness Light
on page 165for more on this, including
important safety information.You will be using the lap-shoulder belt. Be sure
to follow the instructions that came with the
child restraint. Secure the child in the child restraint
when and as the instructions say.
1. If your vehicle has a right front passenger’s
airbag seeAirbag Off Switch on page 76.
If your vehicle has a right front passenger’s
airbag and your child restraint is
forward-facing, always move the seat as
far back as it will go before securing it in
this seat. SeeBucket Seats on page 9.
Never use a rear-facing child restraint in
this seat unless the airbag is off.
2. Put the child restraint on the seat.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and
shoulder portions of the vehicle’s safety belt
through or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show you how.
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4. Buckle the belt. Make sure the release button
is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle
the safety belt quickly if you ever had to.5. Pull the rest of the shoulder belt all the way
out of the retractor to set the lock.
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6. To tighten the belt, push down on the child
restraint, pull the shoulder portion of the belt to
tighten the lap portion of the belt and feed the
shoulder belt back into the retractor. If you are
using a forward-facing child restraint, you may
find it helpful to use your knee to push down on
the child restraint as you tighten the belt.
7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the
vehicle’s safety belt and let it go back all the way.
The safety belt will move freely again and be ready
to work for an adult or larger child passenger.If you were using a child restraint in a vehicle
equipped with a right front passenger’s airbag, turn
on the right front passenger’s airbag when you
remove the child restraint from the vehicle unless
the person who will be sitting there is a member
of a passenger airbag risk group. SeeAirbag
Off Switch on page 76.
{CAUTION:
If the right front passenger’s airbag is
turned off for a person who is not in
a risk group identied by the national
government, that person will not have the
extra protection of an airbag. In a crash,
the airbag will not be able to inate and
help protect the person sitting there. Do
not turn off the passenger’s airbag unless
the person sitting there is in a risk group.
SeeAirbag Off Switch on page 76for
more on this, including important safety
information.
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Airbag System
If it says AIR BAG on the middle part of the
steering wheel and AIR BAG on the instrument
panel in front of the right front passenger’s
seat, your vehicle has an airbag for the driver
and an airbag for the right front passenger.
If it says AIR BAG on the middle part of the
steering wheel, but it does not say AIR BAG on
the instrument panel in front of the right front
passenger’s seat, your vehicle has an airbag for
the driver only.
If it says AIR BAG on the middle part of the
steering wheel, but there is no right front
passenger seat, your vehicle has an airbag for
the driver only.
If it does not say AIR BAG on the middle part of
the steering wheel, your vehicle does not have
airbags.
Frontal airbags are designed to help reduce
the risk of injury from the force of an inflating
airbag. But these airbags must inflate very quickly
to do their job and comply with federal regulations.Here are the most important things to know about
the airbag system:
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You can be severely injured or killed
in a crash if you are not wearing your
safety belt — even if you have airbags.
Wearing your safety belt during a crash
helps reduce your chance of hitting
things inside the vehicle or being ejected
from it. Airbags are “supplemental
restraints” to the safety belts. All airbags
are designed to work with safety belts,
but do not replace them. Airbags are
designed to deploy in moderate to severe
frontal and near frontal crashes. They
are not designed to inate in rollover,
rear crashes, or in many side crashes.
And, for some unrestrained occupants,
airbags may provide less protection
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in frontal crashes than more forceful
airbags have provided in the past.
Everyone in your vehicle should wear a
safety belt properly — whether or not
there is an airbag for that person.
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Airbags inate with great force, faster
than the blink of an eye. If you are too
close to an inating airbag, as you would
be if you were leaning forward, it could
seriously injure you. Safety belts help
keep you in position before and during
a crash. Always wear your safety belt,
even with airbags. The driver should
sit as far back as possible while still
maintaining control of the vehicle.If your vehicle has an airbag for the right front
passenger, please read this:
{CAUTION:
Anyone who is up against, or very
close to, any airbag when it inates can
be seriously injured or killed. Airbags
plus lap-shoulder belts offer the best
protection for adults, but not for young
children and infants. Neither the vehicle’s
safety belt system nor its airbag system
is designed for them. Young children
and infants need the protection that a
child restraint system can provide.
Always secure children properly in your
vehicle. To read how, seeOlder Children
on page 42andInfants and Young
Children on page 45.
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There is an airbag
readiness light on
the instrument panel,
which shows the
airbag symbol.
The system checks the airbag electrical system
for malfunctions. The light tells you if there is
an electrical problem. SeeAirbag Readiness Light
on page 165for more information.Where Are the Airbags?
The driver’s airbag is in the middle of the steering
wheel.
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