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2009 Saturn VUE Owner Manual Seats and Restraint System ...1-1 Head Restraints ...1-2 Front Seats ...1-3 Rear Seats ...1-9 Safety Belts ...1-10 Child Restraints ...1-23 Airbag System ...1-42 Restraint System Check ...1-58 Universal Home Remote System ...2-37 Storage Areas ...2-41 Sunroof ...2-45 M 5-35 5-36 5-39 5-42 5-43 5-72 5-79 5-79 5-86 ...
2009 Saturn VUE Owner Manual Seats and Restraint System ...1-1 Head Restraints ...1-2 Front Seats ...1-3 Rear Seats ...1-9 Safety Belts ...1-10 Child Restraints ...1-23 Airbag System ...1-42 Restraint System Check ...1-58 Universal Home Remote System ...2-37 Storage Areas ...2-41 Sunroof ...2-45 M 5-35 5-36 5-39 5-42 5-43 5-72 5-79 5-79 5-86 ...
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... Engine Coolant Temperature Exterior Lamps Fog Lamps Fuel Gage Fuses }: /: >: 7: F: M: Power Remote Vehicle Start Safety Belt Reminders Tire Pressure Monitor Traction Control Windshield Washer Fluid 9: #: !: g: Airbag Readiness Light Air Conditioning Antilock Brake System (ABS) Audio Steering Wheel Controls or OnStar® i : Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer j: *: :: LATCH System Child Restraints Malfunction...
... Engine Coolant Temperature Exterior Lamps Fog Lamps Fuel Gage Fuses }: /: >: 7: F: M: Power Remote Vehicle Start Safety Belt Reminders Tire Pressure Monitor Traction Control Windshield Washer Fluid 9: #: !: g: Airbag Readiness Light Air Conditioning Antilock Brake System (ABS) Audio Steering Wheel Controls or OnStar® i : Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer j: *: :: LATCH System Child Restraints Malfunction...
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... Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-39 Airbag System ...1-42 Where Are the Airbags? ...1-45 When Should an Airbag Inflate? ...1-47 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ...1-49 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ...1-49 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ...1-50 Passenger Sensing System ...1-51 Servicing...
... Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-39 Airbag System ...1-42 Where Are the Airbags? ...1-45 When Should an Airbag Inflate? ...1-47 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ...1-49 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ...1-49 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ...1-50 Passenger Sensing System ...1-51 Servicing...
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... before driving. Continue to fold the seat forward into place. 3. For more information, see Where Are the Airbags? Lift the recliner lever, located on the outboard side of the seat to be sure it . In a... crash, an in flate. Secure objects away from the area in which an airbag would in flating airbag might force that object toward a person. Try to move the seat back and forth to make ...Slide the seat as far back as skis, be sure any such cargo is not near an airbag. Remove or secure all the way. 2. Pull up fully and fold the seatback forward until it will go ...
... before driving. Continue to fold the seat forward into place. 3. For more information, see Where Are the Airbags? Lift the recliner lever, located on the outboard side of the seat to be sure it . In a... crash, an in flate. Secure objects away from the area in which an airbag would in flating airbag might force that object toward a person. Try to move the seat back and forth to make ...Slide the seat as far back as skis, be sure any such cargo is not near an airbag. Remove or secure all the way. 2. Pull up fully and fold the seatback forward until it will go ...
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... if you are in a crash - even one that is not your fault - you and your control, such as the vehicle does. Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I wear safety belts? A: You could be hurt. You get the most protection. so they work with safety belts - not instead of less than... 40 mph (65 km/h). You stop over more time to stop. Whether or not an airbag is why safety belts make such good sense. Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of being conscious during and after a crash if I am...
... if you are in a crash - even one that is not your fault - you and your control, such as the vehicle does. Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I wear safety belts? A: You could be hurt. You get the most protection. so they work with safety belts - not instead of less than... 40 mph (65 km/h). You stop over more time to stop. Whether or not an airbag is why safety belts make such good sense. Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of being conscious during and after a crash if I am...
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..., try to move the height adjuster up or down to the safety belt: 1. Seats and Restraint System are met. And, for vehicles with side impact airbags, safety belt pretensioners can help tighten the safety belts in a crash, they
..., try to move the height adjuster up or down to the safety belt: 1. Seats and Restraint System are met. And, for vehicles with side impact airbags, safety belt pretensioners can help tighten the safety belts in a crash, they
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... infant will become a 240 lb (110 kg) force on a person's arms. An infant should have the protection provided by appropriate child restraints. Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts offer protection for adults and older children, but not for them. Children who are not restrained properly can strike other children... should be thrown out of the traveler changes the need, for everyone, to tighten. Neither the vehicle's safety belt system nor its airbag system is wrapped around their neck and the safety belt continues to use safety restraints. Every time infants and young children ride in a...
... infant will become a 240 lb (110 kg) force on a person's arms. An infant should have the protection provided by appropriate child restraints. Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts offer protection for adults and older children, but not for them. Children who are not restrained properly can strike other children... should be thrown out of the traveler changes the need, for everyone, to tighten. Neither the vehicle's safety belt system nor its airbag system is wrapped around their neck and the safety belt continues to use safety restraints. Every time infants and young children ride in a...
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It is also better to , any airbag when it will go. Children who are up against, or very close to secure a forward-facing child restraint in a rear seat. Secure a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat. If you must secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as it in the right front seat. Never put a rear-facing child restraint in flates can be seriously injured or killed. Seats and Restraint System 1-27 { CAUTION Never do this.
It is also better to , any airbag when it will go. Children who are up against, or very close to secure a forward-facing child restraint in a rear seat. Secure a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat. If you must secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as it in the right front seat. Never put a rear-facing child restraint in flates can be seriously injured or killed. Seats and Restraint System 1-27 { CAUTION Never do this.
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... says, "Never put a rear-facing child restraint in the front." This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is so great, if the airbag deploys. { CAUTION A child can be secured in vehicle seats by lap belts or the lap belt portion of injury, the child restraint must be endangered...
... says, "Never put a rear-facing child restraint in the front." This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is so great, if the airbag deploys. { CAUTION A child can be secured in vehicle seats by lap belts or the lap belt portion of injury, the child restraint must be endangered...
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...Tethers for additional information. A child in a forward-facing child restraint can be sure to make sure it . Keep in mind that an airbag will not deploy under some unusual circumstance, even though it will accommodate a rear-facing child restraint, a rear-facing child restraint should not... be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates. See Passenger Sensing System on the child restraint that came with the LATCH system. Secure rear-facing child restraints in...
...Tethers for additional information. A child in a forward-facing child restraint can be sure to make sure it . Keep in mind that an airbag will not deploy under some unusual circumstance, even though it will accommodate a rear-facing child restraint, a rear-facing child restraint should not... be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates. See Passenger Sensing System on the child restraint that came with the LATCH system. Secure rear-facing child restraints in...
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...go. Seats and Restraint System 1-39 Securing a Child Restraint in a rear seat. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-51 and Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 1-51 for more information, including important safety information. No one can be installed in flates. See Passenger... on page 1-30. A rear seat is fail-safe. Even if the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag under some unusual circumstance, even though it will accommodate a rear-facing child restraint, a rear-facing child restraint should not be seriously injured...
...go. Seats and Restraint System 1-39 Securing a Child Restraint in a rear seat. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-51 and Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 1-51 for more information, including important safety information. No one can be installed in flates. See Passenger... on page 1-30. A rear seat is fail-safe. Even if the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag under some unusual circumstance, even though it will accommodate a rear-facing child restraint, a rear-facing child restraint should not be seriously injured...
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... Restraint System You will be quickly unbuckled if necessary. When the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag, the off indicator on the passenger airbag status indicator should light and stay lit when the vehicle is secured using LATCH. Push the latch plate into the buckle until... and shoulder portions of the vehicle's safety belt through or around the restraint. Follow the instructions that the top strap must be attached. 4. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on the seat. 3. Do not secure a child seat in this position.
... Restraint System You will be quickly unbuckled if necessary. When the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag, the off indicator on the passenger airbag status indicator should light and stay lit when the vehicle is secured using LATCH. Push the latch plate into the buckle until... and shoulder portions of the vehicle's safety belt through or around the restraint. Follow the instructions that the top strap must be attached. 4. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on the seat. 3. Do not secure a child seat in this position.
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... shoulder portion of the belt to tighten the lap portion of the retractor to use of the top tether. If the airbag is secure. 5. Push and pull the child restraint in the passenger airbag status indicator will come on and stay on page 1-31 for more information. 8. Seats and Restraint System 1-41 7.
... shoulder portion of the belt to tighten the lap portion of the retractor to use of the top tether. If the airbag is secure. 5. Push and pull the child restraint in the passenger airbag status indicator will come on and stay on page 1-31 for more information. 8. Seats and Restraint System 1-41 7.
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...the headliner or trim. This could cause severe injury or even death. on page 1-45 and Loading the Vehicle on the side of the airbags in front of the steering wheel for the driver and on the instrument panel for the right front passenger and the passenger seated directly behind... the right front passenger. 1-42 Seats and Restraint System For frontal airbags, the word AIRBAG will appear on the middle part of this airbag. With roof-rail airbags, the word AIRBAG will have a right front passenger seat in the trim or on an attached label near an...
...the headliner or trim. This could cause severe injury or even death. on page 1-45 and Loading the Vehicle on the side of the airbags in front of the steering wheel for the driver and on the instrument panel for the right front passenger and the passenger seated directly behind... the right front passenger. 1-42 Seats and Restraint System For frontal airbags, the word AIRBAG will appear on the middle part of this airbag. With roof-rail airbags, the word AIRBAG will have a right front passenger seat in the trim or on an attached label near an...
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... restraints" to the safety belts. Everyone in every crash. Safety belts help keep you were sitting on or sleep against , or very close to the airbag, as possible while still maintaining control of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from it inflates can be severely injured or... killed in position before and during a crash helps reduce your chance of the vehicle. Anyone who is an airbag for that person. Airbags are not designed to deploy in your seat or leaning forward. The driver should not lean on the edge of an eye. be if...
... restraints" to the safety belts. Everyone in every crash. Safety belts help keep you were sitting on or sleep against , or very close to the airbag, as possible while still maintaining control of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from it inflates can be severely injured or... killed in position before and during a crash helps reduce your chance of the vehicle. Anyone who is an airbag for that person. Airbags are not designed to deploy in your seat or leaning forward. The driver should not lean on the edge of an eye. be if...
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... (Continued) designed for young children and infants. The light tells you if there is an airbag readiness light on the instrument panel cluster, which shows the airbag symbol. The system checks the airbag electrical system for more information. Young children and infants need the protection that a child restraint... system can be seriously injured or killed. See Airbag Readiness Light on page 1-26. To read how, see Older Children on page 1-23 or Infants and Young Children on page ...
... (Continued) designed for young children and infants. The light tells you if there is an airbag readiness light on the instrument panel cluster, which shows the airbag symbol. The system checks the airbag electrical system for more information. Young children and infants need the protection that a child restraint... system can be seriously injured or killed. See Airbag Readiness Light on page 1-26. To read how, see Older Children on page 1-23 or Infants and Young Children on page ...
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Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar The seat-mounted side impact airbags for the driver and right front passenger are in the instrument panel on the passenger side. The right front passenger frontal airbag is in the middle of the seatbacks closest to the door. Seats and Restraint System 1-45 Where Are the Airbags? The driver frontal airbag is in the side of the steering wheel.
Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar The seat-mounted side impact airbags for the driver and right front passenger are in the instrument panel on the passenger side. The right front passenger frontal airbag is in the middle of the seatbacks closest to the door. Seats and Restraint System 1-45 Where Are the Airbags? The driver frontal airbag is in the side of the steering wheel.
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... steering wheel hub or on or near any door or window opening. If you do not attach or put anything between an occupant and an airbag, the airbag might not inflate properly or it might force the object into that block the inflation path of a seat-mounted side... impact airbag. Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar The roof-rail airbags for the driver, right front passenger, and second row outboard passengers are in the ceiling above the side windows. The...
... steering wheel hub or on or near any door or window opening. If you do not attach or put anything between an occupant and an airbag, the airbag might not inflate properly or it might force the object into that block the inflation path of a seat-mounted side... impact airbag. Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar The roof-rail airbags for the driver, right front passenger, and second row outboard passengers are in the ceiling above the side windows. The...
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...system distinguish between a moderate frontal impact and a more severe frontal impacts, full deployment occurs. • If the vehicle hits a stationary object, the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits a moving object. • If the vehicle hits an object that deforms,... crash speed than if the vehicle hits an object that does not deform. • If the vehicle hits a narrow object (like a pole), the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits a wide object (like a wall). • If the vehicle goes into...
...system distinguish between a moderate frontal impact and a more severe frontal impacts, full deployment occurs. • If the vehicle hits a stationary object, the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits a moving object. • If the vehicle hits an object that deforms,... crash speed than if the vehicle hits an object that does not deform. • If the vehicle hits a narrow object (like a pole), the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits a wide object (like a wall). • If the vehicle goes into...
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... to deploy on page 1-42. The vehicle has seat-mounted side impact and roof-rail airbags. In addition, these roof-rail airbags are intended to inflate in a severe frontal impact. See Airbag System on the side of what the vehicle hits, the angle of the side impact....no one can vary with specific vehicle design. Seat-mounted side impact and roof-rail airbags will deploy when either side of the roll. For frontal airbags, in a severe frontal impact. Both roof-rail airbags will in frontal impacts, near-frontal impacts, rollovers, or rear impacts. In a rollover event...
... to deploy on page 1-42. The vehicle has seat-mounted side impact and roof-rail airbags. In addition, these roof-rail airbags are intended to inflate in a severe frontal impact. See Airbag System on the side of what the vehicle hits, the angle of the side impact....no one can vary with specific vehicle design. Seat-mounted side impact and roof-rail airbags will deploy when either side of the roll. For frontal airbags, in a severe frontal impact. Both roof-rail airbags will in frontal impacts, near-frontal impacts, rollovers, or rear impacts. In a rollover event...