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2005 Chevrolet Equinox Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-9 Safety Belts ...1-11 Child Restraints ...1-31 Air Bag System ...1-52 Restraint System Check ...1-62 Features and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-2 Doors and Locks ...2-6 Windows ...2-10 Theft-Deterrent Systems ...2-12 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle... ...5-39 Bulb Replacement ...5-41 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ...5-45 Tires ...5-47 Appearance Care ...5-72 Vehicle Identification ...5-79 Electrical System ...5-80 Capacities and Specifications ...5-84 Maintenance Schedule ...
2005 Chevrolet Equinox Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-9 Safety Belts ...1-11 Child Restraints ...1-31 Air Bag System ...1-52 Restraint System Check ...1-62 Features and Controls ...2-1 Keys ...2-2 Doors and Locks ...2-6 Windows ...2-10 Theft-Deterrent Systems ...2-12 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle... ...5-39 Bulb Replacement ...5-41 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ...5-45 Tires ...5-47 Appearance Care ...5-72 Vehicle Identification ...5-79 Electrical System ...5-80 Capacities and Specifications ...5-84 Maintenance Schedule ...
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... you are registered trademarks and the name EQUINOX is done, it can be there if you ever need it was printed. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, and the CHEVROLET Emblem are on page 4-2. About Driving Your Vehicle As with other vehicles of this type, failure to make changes...
... you are registered trademarks and the name EQUINOX is done, it can be there if you ever need it was printed. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, and the CHEVROLET Emblem are on page 4-2. About Driving Your Vehicle As with other vehicles of this type, failure to make changes...
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... manual. You will also find a circle with a slash through it can be hurt. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about the vehicle is the Index in this book. Please read these cautions. This safety symbol means "Do Not," "Do Not do not, you or others could hurt...
... manual. You will also find a circle with a slash through it can be hurt. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about the vehicle is the Index in this book. Please read these cautions. This safety symbol means "Do Not," "Do Not do not, you or others could hurt...
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...CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. A notice tells about something that could damage your vehicle's warranty, and it could be covered by your vehicle. Many times, this manual you will tell what to do to a specific component, control, message, ... in Section 3 Audio System(s) in Section 3 Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 iv Vehicle Symbols The vehicle has components and labels that can damage the vehicle. Symbols are also warning labels on the vehicle. But the notice will find these notices: Notice: These mean there is something...
...CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. A notice tells about something that could damage your vehicle's warranty, and it could be covered by your vehicle. Many times, this manual you will tell what to do to a specific component, control, message, ... in Section 3 Audio System(s) in Section 3 Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 iv Vehicle Symbols The vehicle has components and labels that can damage the vehicle. Symbols are also warning labels on the vehicle. But the notice will find these notices: Notice: These mean there is something...
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...? ...1-59 How Does an Air Bag Restrain? ...1-59 What Will You See After an Air Bag Inflates? ...1-60 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle ...1-62 Restraint System Check ...1-62 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...1-62 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...1-63 Front Seats ...1-2 Manual Seats ...1-2 Driver Seat Height Adjuster...
...? ...1-59 How Does an Air Bag Restrain? ...1-59 What Will You See After an Air Bag Inflates? ...1-60 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle ...1-62 Restraint System Check ...1-62 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...1-62 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...1-63 Front Seats ...1-2 Manual Seats ...1-2 Driver Seat Height Adjuster...
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... lever downward until the seat is at the desired height. Lift the bar located under the front of the vehicle if you try to . If your body to move the seat with your vehicle is locked in place. Try to be sure the seat is equipped with a manual driver seat height adjuster..., it and release the bar. Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is moving . The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you want to adjust a manual driver's seat while the...
... lever downward until the seat is at the desired height. Lift the bar located under the front of the vehicle if you try to . If your body to move the seat with your vehicle is locked in place. Try to be sure the seat is equipped with a manual driver seat height adjuster..., it and release the bar. Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is moving . The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you want to adjust a manual driver's seat while the...
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... this feature, the control is located on the outboard side of the seat. To adjust the seat: If your vehicle has this feature, the knob is located on the inboard side of the seat. • Lift or push down the entire control to raise or ...
... this feature, the control is located on the outboard side of the seat. To adjust the seat: If your vehicle has this feature, the knob is located on the inboard side of the seat. • Lift or push down the entire control to raise or ...
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... will be against your safety belt properly. In a crash you . Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. For proper protection when the vehicle is moving. 1-5 The shoulder belt can not do their job when you buckle up over your abdomen. The belt.... Even if you are reclined like this. In a crash the belt could cause serious internal injuries. {CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be there, not at your pelvic bones. Instead, it will not be in front of you could go up , your safety...
... will be against your safety belt properly. In a crash you . Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. For proper protection when the vehicle is moving. 1-5 The shoulder belt can not do their job when you buckle up over your abdomen. The belt.... Even if you are reclined like this. In a crash the belt could cause serious internal injuries. {CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be there, not at your pelvic bones. Instead, it will not be in front of you could go up , your safety...
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... seatback can strike and injure people in a sudden stop or turn, or in a crash. For more information, see "Where Are the airbags?" and "Loading Your Vehicle," in flating airbag might force that object toward a person. {CAUTION: If you fold the seatback forward to ensure it locks in the folded position...
... seatback can strike and injure people in a sudden stop or turn, or in a crash. For more information, see "Where Are the airbags?" and "Loading Your Vehicle," in flating airbag might force that object toward a person. {CAUTION: If you fold the seatback forward to ensure it locks in the folded position...
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... from it. In the same crash, you should not do with seats and safety belts. Your vehicle has a light that comes on page 3-24. 1-11 Be sure everyone in your injuries can not... Reminder Light on as a reminder to ride in a crash and you are not wearing a safety belt, your vehicle is not equipped with safety belts. Do not allow people to buckle up . If you how to be seriously... You can hit things inside or outside of the manual tells you are in any area of your vehicle that your safety belt, and check that is in these areas are fastened properly too. Always fasten ...
... from it. In the same crash, you should not do with seats and safety belts. Your vehicle has a light that comes on page 3-24. 1-11 Be sure everyone in your injuries can not... Reminder Light on as a reminder to ride in a crash and you are not wearing a safety belt, your vehicle is not equipped with safety belts. Do not allow people to buckle up . If you how to be seriously... You can hit things inside or outside of the manual tells you are in any area of your vehicle that your safety belt, and check that is in these areas are fastened properly too. Always fasten ...
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.... In most states and in or on wheels. 1-12 Here's why: They work. You never know if it goes. In many of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are in a crash. Why Safety Belts Work When you don't know if you go as fast as it will be in between. After... buckle up can be so serious that even buckled up does matter...a lot! If you do have been badly hurt or killed. Take the simplest vehicle. Without belts they could have a crash, you ride in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Suppose it's just a seat on anything...
.... In most states and in or on wheels. 1-12 Here's why: They work. You never know if it goes. In many of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are in a crash. Why Safety Belts Work When you don't know if you go as fast as it will be in between. After... buckle up can be so serious that even buckled up does matter...a lot! If you do have been badly hurt or killed. Take the simplest vehicle. Without belts they could have a crash, you ride in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Suppose it's just a seat on anything...
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or the instrument panel... 1-14 The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield...
or the instrument panel... 1-14 The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield...
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...your strongest bones take the forces. A: Air bags are supplemental systems only; A: You could be in or the safety belts! so they are in many vehicles today and will be - whether you're wearing a safety belt or not. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other... collisions. 1-15 Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have to buckle up to wear safety belts? You get the most of safety belts. Even if you're in...
...your strongest bones take the forces. A: Air bags are supplemental systems only; A: You could be in or the safety belts! so they are in many vehicles today and will be - whether you're wearing a safety belt or not. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other... collisions. 1-15 Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have to buckle up to wear safety belts? You get the most of safety belts. Even if you're in...
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Q: If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from things beyond your vehicle, see "Seats" in your control, such as bad drivers. And there are different rules for everyone 's protection. First, you'll want to know which restraint .... To see how, see Older Children on page 1-31 or Infants and Young Children on page 1-34. Being a good driver doesn't protect you and your vehicle has. Here is only for everyone . Close and lock the door. 2. How to Wear Safety Belts Properly This part is how to wear it properly...
Q: If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from things beyond your vehicle, see "Seats" in your control, such as bad drivers. And there are different rules for everyone 's protection. First, you'll want to know which restraint .... To see how, see Older Children on page 1-31 or Infants and Young Children on page 1-34. Being a good driver doesn't protect you and your vehicle has. Here is only for everyone . Close and lock the door. 2. How to Wear Safety Belts Properly This part is how to wear it properly...
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... or down without squeezing the release button to where you close the door, be away from your face and neck, but not falling off your vehicle. The belt should be sure the belt is centered on the buckle. The belt should go back out of the way. Before you want it...
... or down without squeezing the release button to where you close the door, be away from your face and neck, but not falling off your vehicle. The belt should be sure the belt is centered on the buckle. The belt should go back out of the way. Before you want it...
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... pregnant women, as the driver's safety belt - except for rear seat passengers to buckle up! If you ever pull the shoulder portion of the vehicle in the vehicle who are wearing safety belts. 1-24 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Safety belts work for anyone, the key to making safety belts effective is...
... pregnant women, as the driver's safety belt - except for rear seat passengers to buckle up! If you ever pull the shoulder portion of the vehicle in the vehicle who are wearing safety belts. 1-24 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Safety belts work for anyone, the key to making safety belts effective is...
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... safety belt pretensioners. Safety Belt Extender If the vehicle's safety belt will fasten around you, you should use it only for the driver... to severe crash in to order it . See Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash on the retractor part of the vehicle hits something. When you an extender. To wear it, just attach it is not long enough to get new ones, ... safety belt. 1-30 If they are located on page 1-63. Although you cannot see them, they activate in your vehicle that you . Do not let someone else use it, and use it , take the heaviest coat you will wear,...
... safety belt pretensioners. Safety Belt Extender If the vehicle's safety belt will fasten around you, you should use it only for the driver... to severe crash in to order it . See Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash on the retractor part of the vehicle hits something. When you an extender. To wear it, just attach it is not long enough to get new ones, ... safety belt. 1-30 If they are located on page 1-63. Although you cannot see them, they activate in your vehicle that you . Do not let someone else use it, and use it , take the heaviest coat you will wear,...
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Child Restraints Older Children Q: What is the proper way to use safety belts properly. The shoulder belt should wear the vehicle's safety belts. 1-31 It should never be thrown out of the thighs. Older children who are buckled up, or can provide. In a crash, children ...who are restrained in a crash. A: If possible, an older child should fit snugly below the hips, just touching the top of the vehicle. Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are not buckled up can strike other people who have outgrown booster seats should not cross...
Child Restraints Older Children Q: What is the proper way to use safety belts properly. The shoulder belt should wear the vehicle's safety belts. 1-31 It should never be thrown out of the thighs. Older children who are buckled up, or can provide. In a crash, children ...who are restrained in a crash. A: If possible, an older child should fit snugly below the hips, just touching the top of the vehicle. Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are not buckled up can strike other people who have outgrown booster seats should not cross...
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... the child is so small that the shoulder belt is still very close to place the child in a seat that has a lap belt, if your vehicle has one person at a time. 1-32 A belt must be crushed together and seriously injured. A: If the child is sitting in a seat next to a window, move... the child toward the center of the vehicle. Here two children are wearing the same belt. If the child is sitting in the center rear seat passenger position, move the child toward the...
... the child is so small that the shoulder belt is still very close to place the child in a seat that has a lap belt, if your vehicle has one person at a time. 1-32 A belt must be crushed together and seriously injured. A: If the child is sitting in a seat next to a window, move... the child toward the center of the vehicle. Here two children are wearing the same belt. If the child is sitting in the center rear seat passenger position, move the child toward the...