airbag off CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2006 1.G Owners Manual

Front Seats......................................................1-3
Manual Seats................................................1-3
Power Seats..................................................1-4
Power Lumbar ...............................................1-4
Heated Seats.................................................1-5
Reclining Seatbacks........................................1-6
Head Restraints.............................................1-9
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................1-13
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts......1-17
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly.................1-18
Driver Position..............................................1-18
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy..................1-25
Right Front Passenger Position.......................1-26
Center Front Passenger Position.....................1-26
Rear Seat Passengers..................................1-27
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides....................1-30
Safety Belt Extender.....................................1-31Child Restraints.............................................1-32
Older Children..............................................1-32
Infants and Young Children............................1-34
Child Restraint Systems.................................1-38
Where to Put the Restraint.............................1-42
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH)......................................1-44
Securing a Child Restraint in a
Rear Seat Position....................................1-55
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Center Front Seat Position..........................1-57
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
(Crew Cab) ..............................................1-58
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
(Regular and Extended Cab)
(With Airbag Off Switch).............................1-60
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
(Regular and Extended Cab)
(With Passenger Sensing System)...............1-66
Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
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Airbag System...............................................1-71
Where Are the Airbags?................................1-72
When Should an Airbag Inate?.....................1-74
What Makes an Airbag Inate?.......................1-76
How Does an Airbag Restrain?.......................1-76
What Will You See After an Airbag Inates?.....1-76
Airbag Off Switch..........................................1-78
Passenger Sensing System............................1-80
Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle...........1-86
Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle....................................................1-87Restraint System Check..................................1-88
Checking the Restraint Systems......................1-88
Replacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash............................................1-89
Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
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or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That is why
safety belts make such good sense.
Questions and Answers About
Safety Belts
Q:Will I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident
if I am wearing a safety belt?
A:Youcouldbe — whether you are wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you are upside down. And your chance of
being conscious during and after an accident,
so youcanunbuckle and get out, ismuchgreater if
you are belted.
Q:If my vehicle has airbags, why should I have to
wear safety belts?
A:Airbags are in many vehicles today and will be in
most of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only; so they workwith
safety belts — not instead of them. Every airbag
system ever offered for sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even if you are in a vehicle that has
airbags, you still have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That is true not only in frontal collisions,
but especially in side and other collisions.
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Right Front Passenger Position
To learn how to wear the right front passenger’s safety
belt properly, seeDriver Position on page 1-18.
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same
way as the driver’s safety belt — except for one
thing. If you ever pull the shoulder portion of the belt out
all the way, you will engage the child restraint locking
feature which may turn off the passenger’s frontal
airbag. If this happens, just let the belt go back all the
way and start again.
Center Front Passenger Position
Lap Belt
If your vehicle has a front bench seat, someone can sit
in the center position.
When you sit in the center front seating position, you
have a lap safety belt, which has no retractor. To make
the belt longer, tilt the latch plate and pull it along
the belt.
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{CAUTION:
Children who are up against, or very close to,
any airbag when it inates can be seriously
injured or killed. Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts
offer protection for adults and older children,
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.
Q:What are the different types of add-on child
restraints?
A:Add-on child restraints, which are purchased by the
vehicle’s owner, are available in four basic types.
Selection of a particular restraint should take
into consideration not only the child’s weight, height
and age but also whether or not the restraint will
be compatible with the motor vehicle in which it will
be used.
For most basic types of child restraints, there are
many different models available. When purchasing a
child restraint, be sure it is designed to be used
in a motor vehicle. If it is, the restraint will have a
label saying that it meets federal motor vehicle
safety standards.
The restraint manufacturer’s instructions that come
with the restraint, state the weight and height
limitations for a particular child restraint. In addition,
there are many kinds of restraints available for
children with special needs.
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Where to Put the Restraint
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat.
We recommend that child restraints be secured in a rear
seat including an infant riding in a rear-facing infant
seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child seat and an
older child riding in a booster seat.
Your vehicle may have a label on your sun visor that
says, “Never put a rear-facing child seat in the
front.” This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is
so great, if the airbag deploys.
Never put a child in a rear-facing child restraint in the
right front passenger seat unless your vehicle has
the passenger sensing system or an airbag off switch
and the passenger airbag status indicator or the
airbag off light shows off. Never put a rear facing child
restraint in the right front passenger seat unless the
airbag is off.Here is why:
{CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the right front
passenger’s airbag inates. This is because
the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inating airbag. Be
sure the airbag is off before using a rear-facing
child restraint in the right front seat position.
Even though the passenger sensing system or
airbag off switch are designed to turn off the
passenger’s frontal airbag under certain
conditions, 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. General Motors
recommends that rear-facing child restraints
be transported in vehicles with a rear seat that
will accommodate a rear-facing child restraint,
whenever possible.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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CAUTION: (Continued)
If you need to secure a forward-facing child
restraint in the right front seat, 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.
{CAUTION:
A child in a child restraint in the center front
seat can be badly injured or killed by the right
front passenger’s airbag if it inates. Never
secure a child restraint in the center front seat.
It is always better to secure a child restraint in
the rear seat.
Do not use child restraints in the center front seat
position. The restraints will not work properly.There is limited space in the rear seating area of an
extended cab model. If you want to secure a child
restraint in a rear seating position of an extended cab
model, especially in the rear center position, be
sure to study the instructions that came with your child
restraint to see if there is enough room to secure
your seat properly.
If your vehicle has the passenger sensing system or the
airbag off switch and you need to secure a rear-facing
child restraint in the right front passenger’s seat,
the passenger’s frontal airbag must be off. See
Passenger Sensing System on page 1-80,Airbag Off
Switch on page 1-78,Securing a Child Restraint in
the Right Front Seat Position (Regular and Extended
Cab) (With Airbag Off Switch) on page 1-60orSecuring
a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position
(Regular and Extended Cab) (With Passenger Sensing
System) on page 1-66for more on this including
important safety information.
Wherever you install a child restraint, be sure to secure
the child restraint properly.
Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can
move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure
people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure
any child restraint in your vehicle — even when no child
is in it.
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2. SeeSecuring a Child Restraint in the Right Front
Seat Position (Regular and Extended Cab) (With
Airbag Off Switch) on page 1-60orSecuring a Child
Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position (Regular
and Extended Cab) (With Passenger Sensing
System) on page 1-66for instructions on installing
the child restraint using the safety belts.
3. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.
Extended Cab Models
1. Attach and tighten the lower attachments to the
lower anchors. If the child restraint does not have
lower attachments or the desired seating position
does not have lower anchors, secure the child
restraint with the top tether and the safety belts.
Refer to your child restraint manufacturer
instructions and the instructions in this manual.
1.1. Find the lower anchors for the desired
seating position.
1.2. Put the child restraint on the seat.
1.3. Attach and tighten the lower attachments on
the child restraint to the lower anchors.2. If the child restraint manufacturer recommends that
the top tether be attached, attach and tighten the
top tether to the top tether anchor, if equipped.
Refer to the child restraint instructions and
the following steps:
2.1. When using a child restraint with a top tether
in the rear driver’s side position, raise the
head restraint and route the top tether
through the fabric loop and under the center
shoulder belt. Then, attach the top tether
to the metal anchor point at the center rear
seating position.
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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 nd it helpful
to use your knee to push down on the child
restraint as you tighten the belt. You should not be
able to pull more of the belt out of the retractor
once the lock has been set.
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.
Securing a Child Restraint in
the Right Front Seat Position
(Regular and Extended Cab)
(With Airbag Off Switch)
Your vehicle has a right front passenger airbag.
If your instrument panel has one of the switches pictured
in the following illustrations, your vehicle has an
airbag off switch that you can use to turn off the right
front passenger’s airbag.
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Your switch may vary slightly. SeeAirbag Off Switch on
page 1-78for more on this, including important safety
information and illustrations of alternate switch designs.
{CAUTION:
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.
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. United States
Canada
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