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2002 Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban Owner’s Manual Litho in U.S.A. Copyright General Motors Corporation 6/18/01 Part Number C2216 A First Edition All Rights Reserved i
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We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, the name TAHOE, and the name SUBURBAN are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a Limited” for Chevrolet Moto
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How to Use this Manual CAUTION: Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features and These mean there is something that could hurt controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find you or other people. that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the haz
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Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this book you will find these notices: Your vehicle may be equipped with components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle, are shown along with the text NOTICE: describing the operation or information relating to a specific component, control, message, gage or indicator. These mean there is something that could damage If you need help figuring out a specific name of a your vehicle. component, gage or indicator
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These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle: v
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Model Reference This manual covers these models: Tahoe Suburban vi
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-47 Rear Seat Passengers 1-22 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone 1-51 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children 1-27 Here Are Questions Many People Ask About and Small Adults Safety Belts -- and the Answers 1-54 Children 1-28 How to Wear S
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Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them, and fold them up and down. It also tells you about reclining front seatbacks and head restraints. Manual Front Seat 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 If your vehicle has a manual bucket or a split bench seat, don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s s
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Manual Cushion Tilt (If Equipped) Manual Lumbar Control (If Equipped) If your vehicle has a lumbar adjustment, the knob is located on the outboard side of the seat cushion. To increase or decrease support, turn the knob toward the front or rear of the vehicle. Operating effort can If your vehicle has this feature, you can raise or lower be reduced if you lean forward slightly while turning the front of the driver’s or passenger’s seat with this the knob. lever located at the inside edge of the
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If your vehicle has a power seat, you can adjust it with Power Seat(s) (If Equipped) these controls located on the outboard sides of the seats. Raise or lower the front of the seat cushion by raising or lowering the forward edge of the horizontal control. Move the seat forward or rearward by moving the whole horizontal control forward or rearward. Raise or lower the rear of the seat cushion by raising or lowering the rear edge of the horizontal control. Moving the whole horizontal contro
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Power Lumbar Control (If Equipped) Memory Seat (If Equipped) If your vehicle has this If your vehicle has this feature, the four-way feature, the buttons used to control is located on the program and recall the outboard side of the seat. driver’s seat and recliner position are located on the driver’s door trim panel. To increase or decrease support, press and hold the front It does not store the lumbar or back support positions. or rear of the control. Let go of the control when the To program t
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Heated Front Seats (If Equipped) Reclining Seatbacks If your vehicle has this feature, the button used to control the driver’s heated seat is located on the driver’s door panel. The button used to control the passenger’s heated seat is located on the passenger’s door panel. To activate the heated seats, press the button once for the HI heat setting. Press the button again for the LO heat setting. To turn off the heated seats, press the button a third time. An indicator light will illuminate for
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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 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 abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. For proper protection wh
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On some models, the head restraints tilt forward and Head Restraints rearward also. The rear seat head restraints in your vehicle may be adjustable. They work the same as the front seat head restraints, except they do not tilt forward or rearward. Rear Seats 60/40 Split Bench Seat Tahoe/Yukon: The rear seat may have a 60/40 split seat which may be folded down to give you more cargo space. Suburban/Yukon XL: The second row rear seat of Suburban/Yukon XL models may have a 60/40 split seat. Eithe
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Folding the Seatbacks On all models with 60/40 split bench seats, you must insert the center occupant lap belt latch plate into the loop provided, on the underside of the folded forward seat cushion, before folding the rear seat back down on CAUTION: the driver’s side. You may have to adjust the location of the latch plate on If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move the webbing so that it reaches the loop. Stowing in this forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could loop will reduce the chan
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To fold, pull up on the strap loop at the rear of the seat cushion. Then, pull the seat cushion up an fold it forward. After folding the seat cushion fully forward, pull the seatback forward and fold the seatback down until it is flat. If the seatback cannot fold flat because it interferes with the cushion, try moving the seat forward and/or To create a load floor release the panels from the bring the front seatback more upright. On the passenger seatback by pushing forward on the latch. The
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Make sure that the buckles on the driver’s side seatback Folding the Seatbacks are accessible to the outboard and center occupant and are not under the seat cushions. CAUTION: On Tahoe/Yukon models make sure the head restraints are returned to the upright position. If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move forward Bucket Seats (Suburban/Yukon XL in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury Second Row) to the person sitting there. Always press rearward on the seatback to be sure it is lo
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To fold the seatbacks on the bucket seats, do the following: CAUTION: 1. Pull up on the strap loop located at the rear of the seat cushion and pull the If a head restraint is not installed on the seatback seat cushion up. Then or stored in the vehicle properly, it could be thrown fold it forward. about the vehicle in a crash or sudden maneuver. People in the vehicle could be injured. Remove the head restraints only when you need to fold the seat, and be sure that the head restraints are stored s
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Once the seatbacks are folded down, the rear seat 50/50 Split Bench Seat (Third Row) footwell area will be exposed and will have to be If your vehicle has a 50/50 split bench, the seatback(s) covered by the load floor panel. To create a load can be folded and the entire seat(s) tilted or removed floor, do the following: from the vehicles. Folding the Seatbacks 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 th
