Chevrolet Equinox 2021 User Manual

Chevrolet Equinox Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
14420010) - 2021 - CRC - 7/27/20
Seats and Restraints 29
Seats and Restraints
Head Restraints
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . 35
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Seat Belts
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . 40
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Seat Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 45
Seat Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Seat Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 49
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 49
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . 50
What Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat
Belt in the Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat
Belt in the Front Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Head Restraints
The vehicle’s front seats have adjustable
head restraints in the outboard seating
positions.
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Warning
With head restraints that are not
installed and adjusted properly, there is a
greater chance that occupants will suffer
a neck/spinal injury in a crash. Do not
drive until the head restraints for all
occupants are installed and adjusted
properly.

Chevrolet Equinox 2021 Specifications

General

Brand	Chevrolet
Model	Equinox 2021
Category	Automobile
Language	English