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2008 Chevrolet HHR Owner Manual M
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Seats and Restraint Systems Driving Your Vehicle
Front Seats ............................................... 1-2 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2
Rear Seats .............................................. 1-10 Towing ................................................... 4-32
Safety Belts ............................................. 1-12
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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, CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, and the Propriétaires Canadiens name HHR are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. On peut obtenir un exemplaire de ce guide en français auprès de concessionnaire ou à l’adresse suivante: This manual includes the latest informati
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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 with Notice: These mean there is something that could 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 .............................1-42 Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children Seat Height Adjuster .......................................1-3 (LATCH) ..................................................1-43 Power Seat ...................................................1-3 Securing a Child Restraint in a Re
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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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Seat Height Adjuster Power Seat Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control and Power If your vehicle has this feature, the driver’s seat height Lumbar shown adjuster is located on the outboard side of the seat. If the vehicle has a power seat, the control used to To raise the seat, move the lever upward repeatedly operate it is located on the outboard side of the driver’s until the seat is at the desired height. To lower the seat, seat. To adjust the seat, do any of the following: move the lever down
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Power Lumbar Heated Seats If your vehicle has this feature, the driver’s and passenger’s heated seat buttons are located on the climate control panel below the fan switch. Driver’s side button shown, Passenger’s side button similar If your vehicle has this feature, the control is located on Press the button once to turn the heated seat to the the outboard side of the driver’s seat cushion. high setting. Both lights below the heated seat symbol will come on. Press the button a second time and To
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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 Side Reclining Lever shown, Driver’s Side similar {CAUTION: The seats have reclining seatbacks. The lever used to If the seatback is not locked, it could move operate them is located on
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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 up Head Restraints to raise it. To lower the head restraint, press the button, located on the top of the seatback, and push the restraint down. Only the front head restraints are adjustable. Both the front and rear head restraints can be removed. Press the button, located on the top of the seatback, and pull the restraint out from the seatback. Do not remove the head restraint if someone will be sitting in that seat while the vehicle is moving. Adjust the head restraint s
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Passenger Folding Seatback {CAUTION: Your vehicle has a front passenger seat that folds flat. Things you put on this seatback can strike and {CAUTION: injure people in a sudden stop or turn, or in a crash. Remove or secure all items before driving. If you fold the seatback forward to carry longer objects, such as skis, be sure any such cargo is not near an airbag. In a crash, an inflating To fold the seatback, do the following: airbag might force that object toward a person. 1. Move the front pass
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To raise the seatback to an upright position: 1. Pull up on either lever. 2. Push the seatback up until it is in a locked position. {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. 3. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is 3. To fold the seat flat, pull up on either lever located locked. toward the rear of the seatback. Fold the seat
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Rear Seats Split Folding Rear Seat The seatbacks can be folded flat. To lower the rear seatback(s): 1. Move the front seat forward and/or put the front seatback in an upright position so it does not interfere with folding the rear seatback forward. 2. Open the rear door while the vehicle is parked. 3. The rear head restraint may need to be removed if it interferes with the front seat when the front seat is moved back in place. If removed, store the head restraint where it cannot move while the 4.
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5. Pull up on the knob To raise the rear seatback(s): located on the top of the seatback on the outboard side to {CAUTION: release the seatback. 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. Lift the seatback up and push rearwa
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Safety Belts {CAUTION: Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone If the seatback is not locked, it could move This part of the manual tells you how to use safety forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could belts properly. It also tells you some things you should cause injury to the person sitting there. Always not do with safety belts. pull forward on the top of the seatback at the area of the latch to be sure it is locked. {CAUTION: 2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked in plac
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In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law requires wearing safety belts. Here is why: {CAUTION: You never know if you will be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you do not know if it will be a serious one. It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a serious that even buckled up, a person would not collision, people riding in these areas are more survive. But most crashes are in between. In
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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. In does not stop. 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
