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2007 Chevrolet Impala Owner Manual M
Seats and Restraint Systems Instrument Panel
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Front Seats Instrument Panel Overview
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Rear Seats ............................................. 16 Climate Controls ................................... 166
Safety Belts Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators
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Child Rest
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Tires ..................................................... 354 Maintenance Schedule ............................... 407 Appearance Care .................................. 390 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 408 Vehicle Identification ............................. 399 Customer Assistance Information ............. 427 Electrical System .................................. 400 Customer Assistance and Information ..... 428 Capacities and Specifications ................ 405 Reporting Saf
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This manual describes features that may be available in this model, but your vehicle may not have all of them. For example, more than one entertainment system may be offered or your vehicle may have been ordered without a front passenger or rear seats. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is needed while you are on the road. If the GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, the IMPALA Emblem, and th
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How to Use This Manual {CAUTION: Many people read the owner manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn These mean there is something that could about the features and controls for the vehicle. hurt you or other people. Pictures and words work together in the owner manual to explain things. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or Index reduce the hazard. Please read these c
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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 with the text describing the operation or that could damage your vehicle. information relating to a specific component, A notice tells about something that can damage control, message, gage, or indicator. the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figurin
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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: 6
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ..................................................... 9 Center Front Passenger Position ................. 36 Manual Passenger Seat ................................ 9 Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 37 Power Seats ............................................... 10 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 39 Manual Lumbar ........................................... 11 Safety Belt Pretensioners .........................
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System .............................................. 69 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 84 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 72 Adding Equipment to Your When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 75 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 85 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 77 Restraint System Check ............................... 86 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 77
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Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to Front Seats unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your Manual Passenger Seat body to be sure the seat is locked in place. Your vehicle may have a manual passenger seat. 9
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If the vehicle has power seats, the controls used Power Seats to operate them are located on the outboard side of the seats. To adjust the seat, do any of the following: Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the control forward or rearward. Raise or lower the front part of the seat cushion by moving the front of the control up or down. Raise or lower the rear part of the seat cushion by moving the rear of the control up or down. Your driver’s seat may have power reclining seatbacks.
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Manual Lumbar Heated Seats If your vehicle has this feature, the buttons that control temperature for the driver’s and front passenger’s seats are located on the climate control panel. See Climate Control System on page 166. Press the button once to warm the seat to a high temperature. Both lights below the heated seat Driver’s Seat with Manual Lumbar and symbol will come on. Press the button a second 8-way Power Controls shown time to reduce the seat to a lower temperature. If your vehicle has
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The vehicle may have a manual recline on the Reclining Seatbacks front passenger’s seat. There may be manual recline on the driver’s seat. Manual Reclining Seatbacks {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. Passenger’s Seat with Manual Recline and Power Seat
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To recline the seatback, do the following: Power Reclining 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. 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 Driver’s Seat
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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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Pull the head restraint Head Restraints up to raise it. To lower the head restraint, press the button, located on the top of the seatback, and push the restraint down. Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the restraint is at the same height as the top of the occupant’s head. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. 15
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Center Seat Rear Seats Split Folding Rear Seat Flip and Fold Feature If your vehicle has this feature, you can flip the bottom seat cushion(s) forward and fold the seatback(s) down for an extended flat cargo area. To use this feature, do the following: Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts still fastened may cause damage to the seat or the safety belts. Always unbuckle the safety belts and return them to their normal stowed position before folding a rear seat. Your vehicle may have a f
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1. Disconnect the rear center safety belt latch from the mini buckle, if your vehicle has this, by using an object such as a car key. Insert the key into the slot in the mini buckle and press the release button. 2. Flip the bottom seat cushion forward by pulling up on the tab located in the center of the seat cushion where the seatback meets the seat cushion. There is a tab on both rear seats. Make sure the front seats are not reclined. If they are, the seat cushion will not flip forward complete
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3. Lower the To return the seats to the normal position, do the seatback(s) by following: pulling forward on the tab located {CAUTION: on the outboard side of the seatback(s). 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. Make sure the front seats are not reclined. If they are, the rear seatbacks will not 1. Raise the seatback up and make sure it la
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2. Ensure that the safety belts are properly 4. Flip the bottom seat cushion back into place. stowed over the seatback in all three positions. Push firmly on the seat cushion to make sure it is secure. 3. Reconnect the When the seat is not in use, the seatback should rear center safety be placed in upright, locked position, and the belt latch plate seat cushion should be in the down position. to the mini buckle, if your vehicle Under Seat Storage has this. Your vehicle has under seat storage. To
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Safety Belts {CAUTION: Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone It is extremely dangerous to ride in a This part of the manual tells you how to use cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. safety belts properly. It also tells you some things In a collision, people riding in these areas you should not do with safety belts. are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped {CAUTION: with seats and safety belts. Be sure eve
