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2006 GMC Savana Owner Manual M
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Seats and Restraint Systems Service and Appearance Care
Front Seats ............................................... 1-3 Service ..................................................... 5-3
Rear Seats ............................................... 1-7 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5
Safety Belts ............................................. 1-10 Checking Things Under the
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Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, GMC, the How to Use This Manual GMC Truck Emblem, and the name SAVANA are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Many people read the owner manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this This manual includes the latest information at the time it is done, it can help you
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In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Safety Warnings and Symbols Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you do not, There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We you or others could be hurt. use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety {CAUTION: symbol means “Do Not,” “Do Not do
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Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this manual you will find these notices: The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along Notice: These mean there is something that could with the text describing the operation or information damage your vehicle. relating to a specific component, control, message, A notice tells about something that can damage the gage, or indicator. vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered If you need hel
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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: v
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-3 Child Restraints .............................................1-32 Manual Seats ................................................1-3 Older Children ..............................................1-32 Power Seat ...................................................1-4 Infants and Young Children ............................1-35 Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-5 Chil
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System ...............................................1-65 Restraint System Check ..................................1-81 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-67 Checking the Restraint Systems ......................1-81 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-68 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...1-81 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-70 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ...................
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Front Seats Manual Seats {CAUTION: You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure the seat is locked in plac
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If your vehicle has front power seat(s), you can adjust Power Seat them with these controls located at the front center of the seat cushion. To raise or lower the seat, move the center knob up or down. To move the seat forward or rearward, move the center knob toward the right or left. To raise or lower the front of the seat cushion, move the right lever up or down. To raise or lower the rear of the seat cushion, move the left lever up or down. 1-4
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Reclining Seatbacks {CAUTION: If the seatback is not locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always push and pull on the seatback to be sure it is locked. Lean forward and pull up on the front of the lever and the seatback will go to an upright position. To adjust the seatback, lift the front of the lever located on the inboard side of the seat cushion. Move the seatback to the desired position and release the lever to lock th
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{CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts cannot do their job when you are reclined like this. The shoulder belt cannot do its job because it will not be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash, you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt cannot do its job either. In a crash, the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at you
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Rear Seats Rear Seat Operation Removing the Rear Seat 1. Disconnect the quick release latch plates for the lap shoulder belts on the bench seat to be removed. To do this, press the tip of a key into the release hole of the safety belt buckle while pulling up on the • The driver’s side pin has a gray cap with a safety belt. black “L” marked on it. 2. Locate the pins. There are two pins located on the inboard sides of the rear seats. If the vehicle has floor mats, the pins will be located under a fl
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7. For the first row rear seat, stow the safety belt latch by attaching the clip on the safety belt latch to the trim just inside the side door. For the remaining rear seats, stow the safety belt latch plate on the clip at the window trim. Replacing the Rear Seats • The passenger’s side pin has a black cap with a white “R” marked on it. 3. Pull the pin handle up to disengage the pin from {CAUTION: the retaining clip, then pull the pin out. 4. Repeat this procedure for the pin on the other A seat
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{CAUTION: A safety belt that is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted will not provide the protection needed in a crash. The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. After raising the rear seatback, always check to be sure that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted. 1. Position the seat into the open slots in both rails. Push the seat forward in the rail, hooking both 4. Push the pin with the black cap marked “R” down seat bases onto the
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Safety Belts Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts. {CAUTION: Do not let anyone ride where he or she cannot wear a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and you are not wearing a safety belt, 5. Push the pin with the gray cap marked “L” down your injuries can be much worse. You can hit until it is in the retaining clip. things inside the vehicle or be ejected
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After more than 30 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does {CAUTION: matter...a lot! Why Safety Belts Work It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast collision, people riding in these areas are more as it goes. likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped with seats and safety belts.
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Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider does not stop. 1-12
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The person keeps going until stopped by something. or the instrument panel... In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... 1-13
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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: You could be — 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 you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater 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
