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2004 Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner ManualM
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Seats and Restraint Systems Driving Your Vehicle
Front Seats ............................................... 1-3 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2
Rear Seats ............................................... 1-8 Towing ................................................... 4-46
Safety Belts
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Canadian Owners You can obtain a French copy of this manual from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC, How to Use This Manual the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath and the name ESCALADE/ESCALADE ESV are registered trademarks Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning of General Motors Corporation. to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features and This manua
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You will also find a circle Safety Warnings and Symbols with a slash through it in this book. This safety You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. symbol means “Don’t,” We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about “Don’t do this” or “Don’t let things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the this happen.” warning. {CAUTION: These mean there is something that could hurt you or other people. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to
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Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this book you will find these notices: Your vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle, Notice: These mean there is something that could are shown along with the text describing the operation damage your vehicle. or information relating to a specific component, control, A notice will tell you about something that can damage message, gage or indicator. your vehicle. Many times, this damage would
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These are some examples of symbols you may find on your vehicle: v
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-3 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-42 Power Seats ..................................................1-3 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Power Lumbar ...............................................1-4 Children and Small Adults ..........................1-45 Heated Seats .................................................1-4 Safety Belt Extender ......................
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ....................1-79 Adding Equipment to Your Air Bag-Equipped What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? .....................1-80 Vehicle ....................................................1-86 How Does an Air Bag Restrain? .....................1-80 Restraint System Check ..................................1-87 What Will You See After an Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-87 Air Bag Inflates? .........................
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Horizontal Control: This control adjusts the seat Front Seats cushion. Raise or lower the front of the seat by raising or Power Seats lowering the forward edge of the control. Raise or lower the rear of the seat by raising or lowering the rear edge of the control. Move the seat forward or rearward by moving the whole control toward the front or toward the rear of the vehicle. Lower or raise the entire seat cushion by moving the whole control up or down. Vertical Control: This control adjus
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Power Lumbar Heated Seats You can increase or The buttons used to decrease lumbar support control this feature are in an area of the lower located on the front doors. seatback. The engine must be running for the heated seat feature to work. To increase support, press an hold the front of the To heat the entire seat, press the horizontal button with control. To decrease support, press and hold the rear of the heated seat symbol. Press the button to cycle the control. Let go of the control when th
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To heat only the seatback, press the vertical button with With the heated and cooled seats you can choose high, the heated seatback symbol. An indicator light on the medium or low heat or cool settings. The seats will seatback button will glow to designate that only the only operate either in the heat or cool mode; for seatback is being heated. Additional presses of example, you cannot cool the seat cushion while heating the seatback button will cycle through the heat levels for the seatback. th
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Reclining Seatbacks {CAUTION: Your vehicle’s front seatbacks have a recline feature which is described earlier. See Power Seats on page 1-3. Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can’t do their job when you’re reclined like this. The shoulder belt can’t do its job. In a crash, you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt can’t do its job either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abd
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Pull straight up on the head restraint to raise it and Head Restraints push it down to lower it. The front head restraints can also be tilted forward in addition to being slid up or down. To tilt either of the front head restraints do the following: Pull the head restraint toward you until you hear a click. Then let go. The head restraint will stay in this position unless you pull it forward more until another click is heard. There are four positions available: initial position, first click, seco
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Be sure to return the seat to the passenger position Rear Seats when finished. Pull forward and push rearward on the seat to make sure it is locked in place. Rear Seat Operation Escalade ESV: The passenger’s side of the second row 60/40 or rear bucket seat has an easy entry/exit Entering or Exiting the Third Row feature. This makes it easy to get in and out of the third Seats row seat. Escalade: To enter or exit the third row seat you must To operate the easy entry seat, do the following: fold th
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3. Pull (push if you are exiting the third row with no Heated Seats assistance) the seat forward until it stops. If your vehicle has this feature, the buttons used {CAUTION: to control this feature are located on the back of the center console. The If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move engine must be running for forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could the heated seat feature cause injury to the person sitting there. Always to work. press rearward on the seatback to be sure it is lock
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To operate the heated and cooled seats, do the Heated and Cooled Seats following: Escalade Platinum ESV 1. Press the red heat button (A) or the blue cool vehicles will be equipped button (B). with this feature. The buttons used to control this 2. Choose one of the following: feature are located on the back of the center I (Seatback Only): This can only be used for the console. heat feature. Press this button to heat the seatback and cycle through the heat settings of high, medium, low and off. R
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Folding the Seatbacks (60/40 Split Bench Seat) The rear seat may have a 60/40 split seat which may be folded down to create a load floor and give you more cargo space. On the Escalade, the rear seatbacks are equipped with rearward folding head restraints. When the seatback is being folded down, the head restraint will automatically fold rearward. To fold the rear seat, do the following: 1. Make sure that nothing is under or in front of the seat. 2. Pull up on the strap loop located at the rear Es
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Once the seatbacks are folded down, on Escalade ESV Returning the Seats to an Upright models only, the rear seat footwell area will be Position exposed and will have to be covered by the load floor panel(s). To create a load floor, do the following: {CAUTION: If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always press rearward on the seatback to be sure it is locked. {CAUTION: A safety belt that is improperly rout
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To return the seat to the upright position, do the Folding the Seatbacks following: To fold the seatbacks, do the following: 1. On Escalade ESV models, lift the load floor panels 1. Pull up on the release and latch them into the seatback. lever labeled 1 located 2. Lift the seatback up and push it rearward all on the rear of the the way. seatback, and push the 3. Lower the seat cushion until it latches into position. seatback forward. 4. Pull forward on the seatback and up on the seat cushion to
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Unfolding the Seatbacks Tilting the 50/50 Split Bench Seat 1. Fold the seatbacks forward using the instructions listed previously. {CAUTION: 2. Unlatch the seat from the floor by pulling up on the lever labeled 2 If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move forward located on the rear in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause of the seat. injury to the person sitting there. Always press rearward on the seatback to be sure it is locked. To return the seatbacks to the passenger position, do the fo
