GMC CANYON 2012 Owner's Manual

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Securing Child Restraints
(Rear Seat Position)
When securing a child restraint in a
rear seating position, study the
instructions that came with your
child restraint to make sure it is
compatible with this vehicle.
If your child restraint has the LATCH
system, seeLower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) on page 3‑44 for how to
install your child restraint using
LATCH. If you secure a child
restraint using a safety belt and it
uses a top tether, see Lower
Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) on page 3‑44 for
top tether anchor locations.
Do not secure a child restraint in a
position without a top tether anchor
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 strap
must be anchored. In Canada, the law requires that
forward-facing child restraints have
a top tether, and that the tether be
attached.
If your child restraint does not have
the LATCH system, you will be
using the safety belt to secure the
child restraint in this position.
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.
If you need to install more than one
child restraint in the rear seat, be
sure to read
Where to Put the
Restraint on page 3‑42.
1. Put the child restraint on the seat.
2. 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.
3. Push the latch plate into the
buckle until it clicks.
Make sure the release button is
positioned so you would be able
to unbuckle the safety belt
quickly if necessary.

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4. Pull the shoulder belt all the wayout of the retractor to set the
lock. When the retractor lock is
set, the belt can be tightened but
not pulled out of the retractor.
5. If your child restraint has a top tether, attach the top tether to
the top tether anchor. See Lower
Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) on
page 3‑44.6. 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. When installing
a forward-facing child restraint, it
may be helpful to use your knee
to push down on the child
restraint as you tighten the belt.
Try to pull the belt out of the
retractor to make sure the
retractor is locked. If the
retractor is not locked, repeat
Steps 4 and 6. 7. Tighten the top tether. See
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) on
page 3‑44.
8. Before placing a child in the child restraint, make sure it is
securely held in place. To check,
grasp the child restraint at the
safety belt path and attempt to
move it side‐to‐side and
back‐and‐forth. When the child
restraint is properly installed,
there should be no more than
2.5 cm (1 in) of movement.
To remove the child restraint,
unbuckle the vehicle’s safety belt
and let it go back all the way. If the
top tether is attached to a top tether
anchor, disconnect it.

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Securing Child Restraints
(Center Front Seat
Position)
For vehicles without rear seats,
manufacturers are required to
provide top tether anchors for all
non-driver seating positions and
instructions for using those anchors.
Even if a top tether anchor is
available, you should not install a
child restraint in the center front
seating position.
{WARNING
A child in a child restraint in the
center front seat can be badly
injured or killed by the frontal
airbags if they inflate. Never
secure a child restraint in the
center front seat. It is always
better to secure a child restraint
in a rear seat.
In addition, some larger child
restraints, if installed in the center
front seating position, may interfere
with access to the driver and right
front passenger safety belt buckles.
See Safety Belts on page 3‑12 for
information, including warnings,
about the importance of safety
belt use. If the vehicle does not have rear
seats, rear-facing child restraints
should not be installed in the
vehicle, even if the passenger
airbag is off.
If a child in a forward-facing child
restraint must be transported in a
vehicle that does not have rear
seats, the child restraint should be
secured in the right front seat
position. See
“Securing Child
Restraints (Right Front Seat
Position)” later in this section, for
instructions on how to install a
child restraint in the right front
seat position.
Do not secure a child seat in a
position without a top tether anchor
if a national or local law requires
that the top tether be anchored.
In Canada, the law requires that
forward‐facing child restraints have
a top tether, and that the tether
be attached.

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The lap belt would be used to
secure a child restraint in this
position, following the instructions
that came with the child restraint.
1. Adjust the driver seat to thedesired position. Fold the
armrest up, if equipped.
2. Move the passenger seat so that the seat and seatback are
aligned with the driver seat and
seatback positions. See Seat
Adjustment on page 3‑3 or
Power Seat Adjustment on
page 3‑4 andReclining
Seatbacks on page 3‑5 for
more information.
3. Make the center position lap belt as long as possible by tilting the
latch plate and pulling it along
the belt.
4. Place the child restraint on the seat. 5. If the child restraint manufacturer
recommends using a top tether
anchor, attach the top tether on
the child restraint to the top
tether anchor on the vehicle.
Route the top tether according to
the child restraint instructions
and the following instructions:
5.1. Pull on the finger access
tab to remove the cover to
access the top tether
anchor.
5.2. Route the top tether over the center seatback or
folding armrest, if equipped.
5.3. Attach the top tether to theslots in the back panel as
shown.
Do not tighten the top tether
at this time.
6. Pick up the latch plate on the center position lap safety belt,
and run the lap safety belt
through the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show
you how.

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7. Push the latch plate into thebuckle until it clicks. Position the
release button on the buckle so
that the safety belt can be
unbuckled.
8. Tighten the center position lap belt by pulling on the loose end
of the belt. It may be helpful to
use your knee to push down on
the child restraint as you tighten
the belt.
9. Tighten the top tether. Follow the child restraint manufacturer's
instructions. 10. Before placing a child in the
child restraint, make sure it is
securely held in place. To
check, grasp the child restraint
at the safety belt path and
attempt to move it side to side
and back and forth. When the
child restraint is properly
installed, there should be no
more than 2.5 cm (1 in) of
movement.
To remove the child restraint,
unbuckle the vehicle safety belt.
If the top tether is attached to the
top tether anchor, disconnect it and
reinstall the top tether anchor cover.Securing Child Restraints
(Right Front Seat
Position)
This vehicle has airbags. A rear
seat is a safer place to secure a
forward-facing child restraint. See
Where to Put the Restraint on
page 3‑42.
In addition, the vehicle may have a
passenger sensing system which is
designed to turn off the right front
passenger's frontal airbag under
certain conditions. See Passenger
Sensing System on page 3‑28 and
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator
on page 5‑11 for more information
on this, including important safety
information.

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A label on the sun visor 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.
{WARNING
A child in a rear-facing child
restraint can be seriously injured
or killed if the right front
passenger airbag inflates.
This is because the back of the
rear-facing child restraint would
be very close to the inflating
airbag. A child in a forward-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.
The vehicle may have a
passenger sensing system which
is designed to turn off the right
front passenger frontal airbag
under certain conditions.
(Continued)
WARNING (Continued)
Even if the passenger sensing
system, if equipped, has turned
off the right front passenger
frontal airbag, no system is
fail-safe. No one can guarantee
that an airbag will not deploy
under some unusual
circumstance, even though
it is turned off.
Secure rear-facing child restraints
in a rear seat, even if the
airbag is off. If you 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.
SeePassenger Sensing System
on page 3‑28 for additional
information. If the vehicle does not have a
rear seat that will accommodate a
rear-facing child restraint, a child
restraint should not be installed in
your vehicle, even if the airbag
is off.
If your child restraint has the LATCH
system, see
Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) on page 3‑44 for how and
where to install your child restraint
using LATCH. If a child restraint is
secured using a safety belt and it
uses a top tether, see Lower
Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) on page 3‑44 for
top tether anchor locations.
Do not secure a child seat in a
position without a top tether anchor
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 strap
must be anchored.

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In Canada, the law requires that
forward-facing child restraints have
a top tether, and that the tether be
attached.
You will be using the lap-shoulder
belt to secure the child restraint in
this position. Follow the instructions
that came with the child restraint.
1. Move the seat as far back as itwill go before securing the
forward-facing child restraint.
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.
4. Push the latch plate into thebuckle until it clicks.
Position the release button on
the buckle so that the safety belt
could be quickly unbuckled
if necessary.5. Pull the shoulder belt all the wayout of the retractor to set the
lock. When the retractor lock is
set, the belt can be tightened but
not pulled out of the retractor.
6. If the vehicle does not have a rear seat and the child restraint
manufacturer recommends using
a top tether anchor, attach the
top tether to the top tether
anchor. Refer to the instructions
that came with the child restraint
and to Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) on page 3‑44.

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7. To tighten the belt, push downon 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. When installing
a forward-facing child restraint,
it may be helpful to use your
knee to push down on the child
restraint as you tighten the belt.
Try to pull the belt out of the
retractor to make sure the
retractor is locked. If the
retractor is not locked, repeat
Steps 5 and 7. 8. Tighten the top tether. See
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) on
page 3‑44.
9. Before placing a child in the child restraint, make sure it is
securely held in place. To check,
grasp the child restraint at the
safety belt path and attempt to
move it side to side and back
and forth. When the child
restraint is properly installed,
there should be no more than
2.5 cm (1 in) of movement.
If the vehicle is equipped with the
passenger sensing system, and
when the passenger sensing system
has turned off the right front
passenger frontal airbag, the off
indicator on the passenger airbag
status indicator should light and stay
lit when you start the vehicle. See
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator
on page 5‑11. If a child restraint has been installed
and on indicator is lit, see
“If the On
Indicator is Lit for a Child Restraint”
under Passenger Sensing System
on page 3‑28 for more information.
To remove the child restraint,
unbuckle the vehicle safety belt and
let it return to the stowed position.

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Storage 4-1
Storage
Storage Compartments
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Center Console Storage . . . . . . 4-2
Storage
Compartments
Glove Box
Lift up on the glove box lever to
open it.
Cupholders
This vehicle may have
two cupholders located on the lower
part of the front doors as well as
two cupholders located at the front
end of the console. Vehicles with
bench seats may have cupholders
attached to the front of the
center seat.
For vehicles that are an extended
cab or crew cab model, the vehicle
also has two rear cupholders. On
crew cab models, the cupholders
are located at the front end of the
rear center seat cushion. The
cupholder can be removed for
cleaning by pressing the tab below
the cupholder and sliding the
cupholder forward.On extended cab models, the rear
seat cupholders are located on top
of the rear center console.
Vehicles with ashtrays will use one
of the cupholders.
Rear Storage
Extended cab models might have
storage compartments under the
rear seats.

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4-2 Storage
To access the storage
compartments, lift the cushion
on the bottom of the rear seats.
This exposes the storage boxes
under the seat.
To open a storage box, unhook the
bottom and lift the latches on each
side of the storage box.
Lift the lid from the center area to
access the storage box.
Center Console Storage
For vehicles with bench seats, there
may be a center armrest storage
area. Lift up on the upper tab
located at the front of the armrest
to release the latch to open.
For vehicles with bucket seats or
uplevel packages, the vehicle may
have a two-tiered center armrest
storage area. Lift up on the upper or
lower tab at the front of the armrest
to open the upper or lower
storage area.