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2008 Cadillac Escalade EXT Owner Manual M
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Seats and Restraint Systems Driving Your Vehicle
Front Seats Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle
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Rear Seats .............................................. 1-10 Towing ................................................... 4-42
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 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC, 1-800-551-4123 the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath, and the names www.helminc.com ESCALADE and EXT are registered trademarks of Propriétaires Canadiens General Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at the time it On peut obtenir un exemplaire de ce guide en français was printed.
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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. These mean there is something that could hurt Pictures 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 If you do not, you or others could be h
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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 Notice: These mean there is something that with the text describing the operation or information could 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 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Power Seats ..................................................1-2 Children (LATCH) ......................................1-43 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-3 Securing a Child Restraint in a Heated Seats .................................................1-4 Rear Seat Position ....................................1-50 Heated and Coo
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The power seat controls are located on the outboard Front Seats side of the front seats. � Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the Power Seats 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. � Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the entire control up or down. The power reclining seatback control is located b
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If the seats have power lumbar, the controls used to Power Lumbar operate this feature are located on the outboard side of the seats. � To increase lumbar support, press and hold the front of the control. � To decrease lumbar support, press and hold the rear of the control. � To raise the height of the lumbar support, press and hold the top of the control. � To lower the height of the lumbar support, press and hold the bottom of the control. Release the control when the lower seatback reaches th
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z (Heated Seat and Seatback): To heat the entire Heated Seats seat, press the bottom button with the heated seat and seatback symbol. If the front seats have the heated seat feature, the This symbol will appear on the climate control display buttons used to control this to indicate that the feature is on. Press the button feature are located on to cycle through the temperature settings of high, the climate control panel. medium, and low and to turn the heated seat off. Indicator bars next to the
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+ (Heated Seatback): To heat only the seatback, Heated and Cooled Seats press the button with the heated seatback symbol. If the front seats have the This symbol will appear on the climate control display heated and cooled seat to indicate that the feature is on. Press the button feature, the buttons to cycle through the temperature settings of high, used to control this feature medium, and low and to turn the heated seatback off. are located on the Indicator bars next to the symbol designate th
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To save your positions in memory, do the following: Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals 1. Adjust the driver’s seat, including the seatback Your vehicle has the memory package. recliner and lumbar, both outside mirrors, and the throttle and brake pedals to a comfortable The controls for this position. feature are located on the driver’s door, and are See Outside Power Foldaway Mirrors on page 2-52 used to program and and Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal on recall memory settings page 2-34 for mo
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If you use the remote keyless entry transmitter to enter Easy Exit Seat your vehicle and the remote recall memory feature The control for this feature is located on the driver’s is on, automatic seat, mirror, and adjustable pedal door between buttons 1 and 2. movement will occur. See “MEMORY SEAT RECALL” under DIC Vehicle Customization on page 3-57 for With the vehicle in PARK (P), the exit position can more information. be recalled by pressing the exit button. You will hear a single beep. The d
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Power Reclining Seatbacks Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control, Power Recline, and Power Lumbar shown The controls for the power reclining seatback are located on the outboard side of the front seats behind the power seat control. � To recline the seatback, tilt the top of the control rearward. � To bring the seatback forward, tilt the top of the control forward. 1-8
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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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Pull the head restraint up Rear Seats to raise it. To lower the head restraint, press Rear Seat Operation the release button (A), located on the top of The rear seat is a 60/40 split bench seat that can be the seatback, while folded to give you more cargo space and access to you push the head ® the folding midgate. See Midgate on page 2-13 restraint down. for more information on operation of the folding midgate. To fold either side of the seat do the following: 1. Push the rear seat head restrai
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{CAUTION: 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. {CAUTION: 3. Fold the seatback forward until it is flat. You may have to move the front seats forward slightly to do this. If the seatback is not locked, it could move 4. Repe
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Safety Belts {CAUTION: Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone People riding on the tailgate (if equipped) can This part of the manual tells you how to use safety easily lose their balance and fall even when belts properly. It also tells you some things you should the vehicle is operated at low speeds. Falling not do with safety belts. from a moving vehicle may result in serious injuries or death. {CAUTION: Do not let anyone ride where he or she cannot {CAUTION: wear a safety belt properly. If you a
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In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law Why Safety Belts Work requires wearing safety belts. Here is why: 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 serious 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 wal
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Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider does not stop. 1-14
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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... 1-15
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Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: Will I be trapped in the vehicle after a crash if I am wearing a safety belt? A: You could be — whether you are wearing a safety belt or not. But your chance of being conscious during and after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. And you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you are upside down. Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I have to wear safety belts? A: Airbags are supplemental systems only; so t
