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2006 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV Owner Manual M
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Seats and Restraint Systems Driving Your Vehicle
Front Seats ............................................... 1-3 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2
Rear Seats ............................................... 1-8 Towing ................................................... 4-52
Safety Belts ............................................. 1-28
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Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC, How to Use This Manual the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath, and the names ESCALADE and ESV are registered trademarks of Many people read the owner manual from beginning to General Motors Corporation. end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn about the features This manual
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In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Safety Warnings and Symbols Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you do not, There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We you or others could be hurt. use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety {CAUTION: symbol means “Do Not,” “Do Not do
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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 ......................................................1-3 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-41 Power Seats ..................................................1-3 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-41 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-4 Rear Outside Passenger Positions ..................1-41 Heated Seats .................................................1-4 Center Rear Passenger Pos
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System ...............................................1-74 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-86 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-76 Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-78 Vehicle ....................................................1-86 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-79 Restraint System Check ..................................1-87
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Horizontal Control: This control adjusts the seat Front Seats cushion. Raise or lower the front of the seat by raising or Power Seats lowering the forward edge of the control. Raise or lower the rear of the seat by raising or lowering the rear edge of the control. Move the seat forward or rearward by moving the whole control toward the front or toward the rear of the vehicle. Lower or raise the entire seat cushion by moving the whole control up or down. Vertical Control: This control adjus
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To increase support, press and hold the top of the Power Lumbar control. To decrease support, press and hold the bottom of the control. Let go of the control when the lower Your vehicle’s seats may be equipped with power seatback reaches the desired level of support. lumbar. Your vehicle may have a memory function which allows You can increase or seat settings to be saved and recalled. See Memory decrease lumbar support Seat on page 2-47 for more information. in an area of the lower seatback wit
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To heat the entire seat, press the horizontal button with Heated and Cooled Seats the heated seat and seatback symbol. Press the button to cycle through the temperature settings of high, medium and low and to turn the heated seat off. Indicator lights will be lit to designate the level of heat selected: three for high, two for medium, and one for low. To heat only the seatback, press the vertical button with the heated seatback symbol. An indicator light on the seatback button will be lit to des
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To operate the heated and cooled seats, do the Reclining Seatbacks following: The front seats have a recline feature which is described 1. Press the red heat button (A) or the blue cool earlier. See Power Seats on page 1-3. button (B). 2. Choose one of the following: I (Seatback Only): This can only be used for the heat feature. Press this button to heat the seatback and cycle through the heat settings of high, medium, low and off. Red indicator lights will glow for each heat setting chosen: thr
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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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Each front head restraint can also be tilted forward to 1. Reach over the second four positions by pulling on it. row seat and pull up on the strap loop located A click will sound after each tilt position is reached. in the center of the Pull the head restraint forward, past the last position, to seat where the release it to the upright position. seatback and the seat cushion meet. Then The rear seat head restraints are also adjustable up and pull the seat cushion up down, but they do not tilt.
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Extended Models The passenger’s side of both the second row 60/40 split {CAUTION: bench seat and the second row bucket seat has an easy entry/exit feature. This makes it easy to get in and A safety belt that is improperly routed, not out of the third row seat. properly attached, or twisted will not provide To operate the easy entry seat, do the following: the protection needed in a crash. The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. After raising the rear seatback, always check to be
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Heated Seats Heated and Cooled Seats If your vehicle has this Your vehicle may be feature, the buttons used equipped with this feature. to control this feature The buttons used to are located on the back of control this feature are the center console. The located on the back of the engine must be running for center console. the heated seat feature to work. To heat the seat cushion, press the button to cycle through the temperature settings of high and low. Press With the heated and cooled seats
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To operate the heated and cooled seats, do the Flip and Fold Feature following: To flip and fold the seat, do the following: 1. Press the red heat button (A) or the blue cool 1. Make sure that there is nothing under or in front of button (B). the seat. 2. Choose one of the following: 2. Make sure that the headrests are completely lowered or removed. I (Seatback Only): This can only be used for the On regular models, the rear seatbacks may be heat feature. Press this button to heat the seatback an
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4. Regular models: Push the seatback forward until it Once the seatbacks are folded forward, on extended is flat. models only, the rear seat footwell area will be exposed and will have to be covered by the load floor panels. To create a load floor, do the following: Extended models: On the passenger side, lift the lever at the base of the seat to release the seatback. Push the seatback forward until it is flat. 1. Release the panels from the seatbacks by pushing forward on the latches. If the seatba
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4. Lower the seat cushion until it latches into position. Returning the Seats to the Normal Pull up on the seat cushion to make sure it is Seating Position locked. To return the seat to the normal seating position, do the following: {CAUTION: 1. On extended models, lift the load floor panels and latch them into the seatback. A safety belt that is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted will not provide {CAUTION: the protection needed in a crash. The person wearing the belt could be s
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Unfolding the Seatback(s) 50/50 Split Bench Seat (Third Row) To return the seatback to the upright position, do the If your vehicle has a 50/50 split bench seat, the following: seatback(s) can be folded and the entire seat(s) can be tilted, or removed from the vehicle. 1. Pull up on the release lever labeled 1, located Folding the Seatback(s) on the rear of the seatback. Then pull up To fold the seatback, do the following: on either the seatback or the assist strap, Pull up on the release locate
