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2008 Chevrolet Avalanche 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 .............................................. 1-11 Towing ................................................... 4-42
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Safety Belts ............................................. 1-1
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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 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, www.helminc.com CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, and the names AVALANCHE and Z71 are registered trademarks Propriétaires Canadiens of General Motors Corporation. On peut obtenir un exemplaire de ce guide en français This manual includes the latest information at the time it auprès de concessi
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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 Power Seats ..................................................1-3 (LATCH) ..................................................1-43 Manual Lumbar ..............................................1-4 Securing a Child Restraint in a Re
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To move a manual seat forward or rearward: Front Seats 1. Lift the bar to unlock the seat. Manual Seats 2. Slide the seat to the desired position and release the bar. {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. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure the
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On a vehicle with power seats, the controls used to Power Seats operate them are located on the outboard side of the seats. To adjust the seat, do any of the following: � Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the 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 c
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Manual Lumbar Power Lumbar On vehicles with this feature, turn the knob forward or If the seats have power lumbar, the controls used to rearward to increase or decrease lumbar support. 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
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Release the control when the lower seatback reaches Heated Seats the desired level of lumbar support. On vehicles with heated front seats, the controls are Your vehicle may have a memory function which allows located on the driver’s and passenger’s doors. seat settings to be saved and recalled. See Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals on page 1-6 for more I (Heated Seatback): Press to turn on the heated information. seatback. Keep in mind that as your seating position changes, as it may during long
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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 may have 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 panel, and See Outside Power Mirrors on page 2-55 and are used to program Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal on page 2-33 and recall memory settings for
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To recall the memory positions, the vehicle must be in Easy Exit Seat PARK (P). Press and release either button 1 or button 2 The control for this feature is located on the driver’s corresponding to the desired driving position. The door panel between buttons 1 and 2. seat, outside mirrors, and adjustable throttle and brake pedals will move to the position previously stored. With the vehicle in PARK (P), the driver’s seat exit You will hear a single beep. position can be recalled by pressing the
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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. {CAUTION: If the seatback is not locked, it could move {CAUTION: 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 su
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CAUTION: (Continued) 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 proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit To recline the seatback: well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly. 1. Lift th
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Power Reclining Seatbacks Head Restraints If the seats have power reclining seatbacks, the control used to recline them is located on the outboard side of the seat behind the power seat control. Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the restraint � To recline the seatback, tilt the top of the control is at the same height as the top of the occupant’s rearward. head. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury � To bring the seatback forward, tilt the top of the in a crash. control f
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Pull the head restraint up to Rear Seats raise it. To lower the head restraint, press the release Rear Seat Operation button, located on the top of the seatback, The rear seat is a 60/40 split bench seat that can be while you push the head folded to give you more cargo space and access to the restraint down. ® folding midgate. See Midgate on page 2-12 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 restraints
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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 If the seatback is not locked, it could move to do this. forward
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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 You never know if you will be in a crash. If you do have as it goes. 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. 1-15
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The person keeps going until stopped by something. In or the instrument panel... a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... 1-16
