child restraint GMC YUKON XL 2007 Owners Manual

Seats and Restraint Systems........................ 1
Front Seats
............................................... 9
Rear Seats
.............................................. 19
Safety Belts
............................................. 38
Child Restraints
....................................... 61
Airbag System
......................................... 90
Restraint System Check
........................ 106
Features and Controls............................... 111
Keys
...................................................... 111
Doors and Locks
................................... 120
Windows
................................................ 130
Theft-Deterrent Systems
........................ 132
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
...... 136
Mirrors
................................................... 157
OnStar
®System
.................................... 167
Universal Home Remote System
........... 169
Storage Areas
....................................... 174
Sunroof
................................................. 181Instrument Panel........................................ 186
Instrument Panel Overview
.................... 186
Climate Controls
.................................... 210
Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators
..... 224
Driver Information Center (DIC)
............. 244
Audio System(s)
.................................... 274
Driving Your Vehicle.................................. 340
Your Driving, the Road, and
Your Vehicle
...................................... 340
Towing
.................................................. 400
Service and Appearance Care................... 426
Service
.................................................. 426
Fuel
....................................................... 428
Checking Things Under the Hood
.......... 434
Rear Axle
.............................................. 472
Four-Wheel Drive
.................................. 473
Front Axle
............................................. 474
Headlamp Aiming
.................................. 475
2007 GMC Yukon, Yukon XL Owner ManualM
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Front Seats......................................................9
Manual Seats.................................................9
Power Seats................................................10
Power Lumbar.............................................11
Heated Seats...............................................12
Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals...............13
Reclining Seatbacks.....................................15
Head Restraints...........................................18
Center Seat.................................................19
Rear Seats.....................................................19
Heated Seats...............................................19
60/40 Split Bench Seat (Second Row).........20
Bucket Seats (Second Row).........................26
Third Row Seat............................................33
Safety Belts...................................................38
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone............38
Questions and Answers About Safety
Belts.........................................................42
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly..............43
Driver Position.............................................44
Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment..................51Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy...............52
Right Front Passenger Position....................52
Center Front Passenger Position..................53
Rear Seat Passengers.................................54
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides.................56
Safety Belt Pretensioners.............................60
Safety Belt Extender....................................60
Child Restraints.............................................61
Older Children..............................................61
Infants and Young Children..........................64
Child Restraint Systems...............................68
Where to Put the Restraint...........................72
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH).....................................73
Securing a Child Restraint in a
Rear Seat Position....................................83
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Center Front Seat Position........................85
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position..........................86
Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
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Q:If I am a good driver, and I never drive
far from home, why should I wear
safety belts?
A:You may be an excellent driver, but if you are
in an accident — even one that is not your
fault — you and your passengers can be hurt.
Being a good driver does not protect you
from things beyond your control, such as bad
drivers.
Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km)
of home. And the greatest number of
serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds
of less than 40 mph (65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to know
about safety belts and children. And there
are different rules for smaller children and babies.
If a child will be riding in your vehicle, see
Older Children on page 61orInfants and Young
Children on page 64. Follow those rules for
everyone’s protection.
First, you will want to know which restraint
systems your vehicle has.
We will start with the driver position.
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Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
Safety belts work for everyone, including pregnant
women. Like all occupants, they are more likely
to be seriously injured if they do not wear
safety belts.
A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder
belt, and the lap portion should be worn as low as
possible, below the rounding, throughout the
pregnancy.The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the
mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it is
more likely that the fetus will not be hurt in a crash.
For pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to
making safety belts effective is wearing them
properly.
Right Front Passenger Position
To learn how to wear the right front passenger’s
safety belt properly, seeDriver Position on
page 44.
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
unintentionally, just let the belt go back all the way
and start again.
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Safety Belt Pretensioners
Your vehicle has safety belt pretensioners for the
driver and right front passenger. Although you
cannot see them, they are located on the retractor
part of the safety belts. They help the safety
belts reduce a person’s forward movement in a
moderate to severe frontal, near frontal, rear
or side crash, or a rollover.
Pretensioners work only once. If they activate in
a crash, you will need to get new ones, and
probably other new parts for your safety belt
system. SeeReplacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash on page 107.
Safety Belt Extender
If the vehicle’s safety belt will fasten around you,
you should use it.
But if a safety belt is not long enough, your dealer
will order you an extender. It is free. When you
go in to order it, take the heaviest coat you
will wear, so the extender will be long enough for
you. To help avoid personal injury, do not let
someone else use it, and use it only for the seat it
is made to t. The extender has been designed
for adults. Never use it for securing child seats. To
wear it, just attach it to the regular safety belt.
For more information, see the instruction sheet that
comes with the extender.
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Child Restraints
Older Children
Older children who have outgrown booster seats
should wear the vehicle’s safety belts.
If you have the choice, a child should sit in a seat
that has a lap-shoulder belt and get the additional
restraint a shoulder belt can provide.
Q:What is the proper way to wear
safety belts?
A:If possible, an older child should wear a
lap-shoulder belt and get the additional
restraint a shoulder belt can provide. The
shoulder belt should not cross the face
or neck. The lap belt should t snugly below
the hips, just touching the top of the thighs.
It should never be worn over the abdomen,
which could cause severe or even fatal internal
injuries in a crash.
Accident statistics show that children are safer if
they are restrained in the rear seat.
In a crash, children who are not buckled up can
strike other people who are buckled up, or can be
thrown out of the vehicle. Older children need
to use safety belts properly.
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{CAUTION:
Never do this.
Here two children are wearing the same
belt. The belt can not properly spread the
impact forces. In a crash, the two children
can be crushed together and seriously
injured. A belt must be used by only
one person at a time.
Q:What if a child is wearing a lap-shoulder
belt, but the child is so small that the
shoulder belt is very close to the child’s
face or neck?
A:If the child is sitting in a rear seat outside
position, move the child toward the center
of the vehicle. If the child is sitting in the
second row center position, move the child
toward the safety belt buckle. In either case, be
sure that the shoulder belt still is on the child’s
shoulder, so that in a crash the child’s upper
body would have the restraint that belts
provide. SeeRear Safety Belt Comfort Guides
on page 56. If the child is so small that the
shoulder belt is still very close to the child’s face
or neck, you might want to place the child in a
rear seat that has a lap belt, if your vehicle
has one.
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Infants and Young Children
Everyone in a vehicle needs protection! This
includes infants and all other children. Neither the
distance traveled nor the age and size of the
traveler changes the need, for everyone, to use
safety restraints. In fact, the law in every state
in the United States and in every Canadian
province says children up to some age must be
restrained while in a vehicle.{CAUTION:
Children can be seriously injured or
strangled if a shoulder belt is wrapped
around their neck and the safety belt
continues to tighten. Never leave children
unattended in a vehicle and never allow
children to play with the safety belts.
Every time infants and young children ride in
vehicles, they should have the protection provided
by appropriate restraints. Young children should
not use the vehicle’s adult safety belts alone,
unless there is no other choice. Instead, they need
to use a child restraint.
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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.
CAUTION: (Continued)
CAUTION: (Continued)
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.
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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.
{CAUTION:
Newborn infants need complete support,
including support for the head and neck.
This is necessary because a newborn
infant’s neck is weak and its head weighs
so much compared with the rest of its
body. In a crash, an infant in a rear-facing
seat settles into the restraint, so the crash
forces can be distributed across the
strongest part of an infant’s body, the
back and shoulders. Infants always
should be secured in appropriate infant
restraints.
{CAUTION:
The body structure of a young child is
quite unlike that of an adult or older child,
for whom the safety belts are designed. A
young child’s hip bones are still so small
that the vehicle’s regular safety belt may
not remain low on the hip bones, as it
should. Instead, it may settle up around
the child’s abdomen. In a crash, the belt
would apply force on a body area that is
unprotected by any bony structure. This
alone could cause serious or fatal injuries.
Young children always should be secured
in appropriate child restraints.
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