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2006 HUMMER H3 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 ............................................... 1-8 Towing ................................................... 4-56
Safety Belts ............................................. 1-11
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Service
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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, and Canadian Owners HUMMER are registered trademarks; and H3 is a trademark of General Motors Corporation. A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from: This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 after that time without further notice. For vehicles Detroit, MI 48207 first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Cana
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You will also find a circle Safety Warnings and Symbols with a slash through it in this book. This safety There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We symbol means “Do Not,” use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things “Do Not do this” or “Do Not that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. let this happen.” {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 hel
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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 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 If you need hel
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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: v
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-36 Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-40 Six-Way Power Seats .....................................1-3 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children Power Lumbar ...............................................1-3 (LATCH) ................................
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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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Six-Way Power Seats Power Lumbar Your vehicle may have If your vehicle has this this feature. If it does, feature, the control is the six-way power located on the outboard seat control is located side of the seat(s). on the outboard side of the driver’s seat. Your vehicle may also have a passenger’s six-way power seat. Press and hold the front of the control until you have Move the front of the control up or down to adjust the desired lumbar support. To decrease lumbar the front portion of the
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Heated Seats Reclining Seatbacks If your vehicle has this feature, the controls are {CAUTION: located on the outboard side of the front seats. 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. Your seats have manual reclining seatbacks. The lever used to operate them is located on the outboard side of the seats. This feature will heat the cushion and ba
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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. {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. To recline the seatback, do the following: 1. Lift the recline lever. 2. Push and pull on the seatback to make
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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 head restraint down. Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the restraint is at the same height as the occupant’s head. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. 1-7
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Rear Seats 60/40 Split Bench Seat The 60/40 split bench seats can be folded to give you more cargo space. Folding the Seatbacks To fold the rear seatback(s), do the following: 1. Make sure that nothing is on, under, or in front of the seat. 2. Place your hand under the front of the seat cushion and lift the cushion up while 3. Pull the cushion forward until it rests in the footwell. moving it forward. Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts There is a label below still fastened may cau
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4. Lift the latch on top of the seatback and pull the seatback forward. Fold the seatback down until it is nearly flat. 5. If the seatback will not fold nearly flat, try moving the front seat forward and/or moving the front seatback more upright. 6. Repeat the steps for the other half of the 60/40 split bench seat. 1-9
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Returning the Seatbacks to an Upright Position {CAUTION: A safety belt that is improperly routed, not {CAUTION: properly attached, or twisted will not provide the protection needed in a crash. The person If the seatback is not locked, it could move wearing the belt could be seriously injured. forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could After raising the rear seatback, always check cause injury to the person sitting there. Always to be sure that the safety belts are properly push and pull on th
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Safety Belts {CAUTION: Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo This part of the manual tells you how to use safety area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a belts properly. It also tells you some things you should collision, people riding in these areas are more not do with safety belts. likely 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 {CAUTION: belts. Be sure eve
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In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law Why Safety Belts Work says to wear safety belts. Here is why: They work. When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. 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 bad one. A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so serious that even buckled up, a person would not survive. But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes
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Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider does not stop. 1-13
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The person keeps going until stopped by something. or the instrument panel... In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... 1-14
