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2008 Cadillac SRX Owner Manual M
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Seats and Restraint Systems Driving Your Vehicle
Front Seats Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle
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Rear Seats .............................................. 1-11 Towing ................................................... 4-39
Safety Belts ............................................. 1-13 .......................... 5-1
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Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer/retailer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 1-800-551-4123 www.helminc.com GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Crest and Wreath, and the name SRX are Propriétaires Canadiens registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. On peut obtenir un exemplaire de ce guide en français This manual includes the latest information at the time it auprès de concessionnaire
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Using this Manual {CAUTION: Many people read the owner manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle to learn about the vehicle’s features and controls. Pictures These mean there is something that could hurt and words work together to explain things. you or other people. Index We tell you what the hazard is and what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. A good place to quickly locate information about the If you do not, you or others could
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Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols You will also find notices in this manual. 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 by your vehicle’s warr
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-41 Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children Power Seats ..................................................1-3 (LATCH) ..................................................1-43 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-4 Securing a Child Restraint in a Re
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To move a manual seat forward or rearward: Front Seats 1. Lift the bar to unlock the seat. Manual Seats 2. Slide the seat to the desired position and release the bar. {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. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure the
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If the vehicle has power seats, the controls used to Power Seats operate them are located on the outboard side of the seats. � Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the horizontal control forward or rearward. � Raise or lower the front part of the seat cushion by moving the front of the horizontal control up or down. � Raise or lower the rear part of the seat cushion by moving the rear of the horizontal control up or down. � Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the entire horizontal c
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Power Lumbar Heated Seats Vehicles with heated front seats have controls located Your vehicle may have this on the driver’s and passenger’s doors, near the feature. The driver’s and door handle. passenger’s seatback lumbar support can be I (Heated Seatback): Press the button to cycle adjusted by moving the through the temperature settings and to turn the heat control located on the to the seatback off. Indicator lights next to the button outboard side of the show the heat level selected: three f
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The vehicle must be in PARK (P) to recall the stored Memory Seat and Mirrors settings. On vehicles with the memory feature the buttons are Press either button to recall the stored setting. located on the driver’s door. Each time a memory button is pressed, a single beep will sound. 1: Saves the seating position for driver 1. To recall the stored positions when unlocking your 2: Saves the seating position for driver 2. vehicle with the remote keyless entry transmitter, see DIC Vehicle Customizati
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Reclining Seatbacks {CAUTION: Manual Reclining Seatbacks If the seatback is not locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could {CAUTION: cause injury to the person sitting there. Always push and pull on the seatback to be sure it is You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to locked. adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle If your front passenger’s seat has a manual reclining and confuse you, or make you push a pedal
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To return the seatback to an upright position, do the following: 1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to the seatback and the seatback will return to the upright position. 2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked. To recline the seatback: 1. Lift the recline lever. 2. Move the seatback to the desired position, then release the lever to lock the seatback in place. 3. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked. 1-7
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Power Reclining Seatbacks If your seats have power reclining seatbacks, use the vertical power seat control located on the outboard side of each seat. � To recline the seatback, press the control toward the rear of the vehicle. � To raise the seatback, press the control toward the front of the vehicle. 1-8
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Head Restraints {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. 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 your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. For
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Pull the restraint up to raise it. To lower it, press the button, located on the top of the seatback, and push the head restraint down. The front seat head restraints can also tilt forward and rearward. The second row seat head rests do not tilt. The third row seat head rests can be removed from the Pull up or push down to adjust the second and third row seatback. To do this, press the button, located on the top seat head rests, if the vehicle has them. of the seatback, and pull them out from th
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The passenger’s side of the second row seat has an Rear Seats easy entry feature, making it easy to get in and out of the third row seat, if your vehicle has one. Rear Seat Operation Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to the seat or Adjusting the Second Row Seat the safety belts. Always unbuckle the safety belts The second row seat can be adjusted forward or and return them to their normal stowed position rearward. Pull up on the lever under the sea
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Before folding or unfolding the third row seat, all of the Stowable Seat following conditions must be met: If your vehicle has a third row seat, it is a power � The liftgate or passenger’s side rear door must folding seat. be open. The head rests must be removed before folding the � The unlock button on either the remote keyless entry third row seat, see Head Restraints on page 1-9. transmitter or the door must be pressed three times The buttons to operate the power folding third row seat to ena
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Safety Belts {CAUTION: Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, This part of the manual tells you how to use safety inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, belts properly. It also tells you some things you should people riding in these areas are more likely not do with safety belts. 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. {CAUTION: Be sure eve
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After more than 40 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter... a lot! Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. Put someone on it. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a seat on wheels. 1-14
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Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider The person keeps going until stopped by something. does not stop. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... 1-15
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or the instrument panel... 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. 1-16
