M 2007 Chevrolet Equinox Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ....................... 7 Instrument Panel ....................................... 145 Front Seats .............................................. 8 Instrument Panel Overview ................... 148 Rear Seats ............................................. 17 Climate Controls ................................... 165 Safety Belts ............................................ 19 WarningLights,Gages,andIndicators .... 171 Child Restraints ...................................... 43 Driver Information Center (DIC) ............ 192 Airbag System ........................................ 72 Audio System(s) ................................... 215 Restraint System Check ......................... 90 Driving Your Vehicle ................................. 283 Features and Controls ................................ 93 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Keys ....................................................... 95 Vehicle .............................................. 284 Doors and Locks .................................. 104 Towing ................................................. 320 Windows ............................................... 109 Service and Appearance Care .................. 331 Theft-Deterrent Systems ....................... 111 Service ................................................. 333 Starting and Operating Fuel ...................................................... 335 Your Vehicle ..................................... 114 Checking Things Under the Hood ......... 340 Mirrors .................................................. 129 OnStar® System ................................... 133 All-Wheel Drive ..................................... 374 Bulb Replacement ................................ 375 Storage Areas ...................................... 137 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ... 380 Sunroof ................................................ 144 1 Tires ..................................................... 382 Customer Assistance Information............. 455 Appearance Care .................................. 417 Customer Assistance and Information ... 456 Vehicle Identification ............................. 427 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 474 Electrical System .................................. 428 Capacities and Specifications ................ 434 Index .......................................................... 477 Maintenance Schedule .............................. 435 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 436 2 This manual describes features that may be available in this model, but your vehicle may not be have all of them. For example, more than one entertainment system may be offered or your vehicle may have been ordered without a front passenger or rear seats. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, if it is needed while you are on the road. If the CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, and the vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. name EQUINOX are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Canadian Owners This manual includes the latest information at A French language copy of this manual can be thetimeitwasprinted.Wereservetheright obtained from your dealer or from: to make changes after that time without notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute Helm, Incorporated the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” P.O. Box 07130 for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever it appears Detroit, MI 48207 in this manual. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15860877 A First Printing ©2006 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 3 How to Use This Manual { CAUTION: Many people read the owner manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn These mean there is something that could about the features and controls for the vehicle. hurt you or other people. Pictures and words work together in the owner manual to explain things. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Index Then we tell you 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 hurt. the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. You will also find a It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual circle with a slash and the page number where it can be found. through it in this book. This safety symbol Safety Warnings and Symbols means “Do Not,” “Do Not do this” or There are a number of safety cautions in this “Do Not let this happen.” book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. 4 Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this manual you will find these notices: Thevehiclehascomponentsandlabelsthatuse symbolsinsteadoftext.Symbolsareshownalong Notice: These mean there is something withthetextdescribingtheoperationorinformation that could damage your vehicle. relatingtoaspecificcomponent,control,message, A notice tells about something that can damage gage,orindicator. the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figuring out a specific name of a covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could component, gage, or indicator, reference the be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help following topics: avoid the damage. (cid:127) Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors (cid:127) Features and Controls in Section 2 or in different words. (cid:127) Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 There are also warning labels on the vehicle. (cid:127) Climate Controls in Section 3 They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. (cid:127) Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 (cid:127) Audio System(s) in Section 3 (cid:127) Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 5 These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: 6 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats .....................................................8 Child Restraints ............................................43 Manual Seats ................................................8 Older Children .............................................43 Driver Seat Height Adjuster ...........................9 Infants and Young Children .........................46 Power Seat ...................................................9 Child Restraint Systems ..............................49 Manual Lumbar ...........................................10 Where to Put the Restraint..........................53 Heated Seats ..............................................10 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Manual Reclining Seatbacks ........................11 Children (LATCH) ....................................57 Head Restraints ..........................................13 Securing a Child Restraint in a Passenger Folding Seatback .......................14 Rear Seat Position ...................................64 Rear Seats ....................................................17 Securing a Child Restraint in the Split Folding Rear Seat ...............................17 Right Front Seat Position .........................66 Safety Belts ..................................................19 Airbag System ..............................................72 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ...........19 Where Are the Airbags? ..............................75 QuestionsandAnswersAboutSafetyBelts ....23 When Should an Airbag Inflate? ..................78 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .............24 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ...................79 Driver Position.............................................25 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ...................80 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment .................34 WhatWillYouSeeAfteranAirbagInflates? ...80 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..............35 Passenger Sensing System .........................82 Right Front Passenger Position ...................35 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ......88 Rear Seat Passengers ................................36 Adding Equipment to Your Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................39 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ..........................89 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................42 Restraint System Check ...............................90 Safety Belt Extender ...................................42 Checking the Restraint Systems ..................90 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...........................................91 7 Front Seats Manual Seats { 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 Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to when the vehicle is not moving. unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure the seat is locked in place. 8 Driver Seat Height Adjuster Power Seat If your vehicle has a manual driver seat height If the vehicle has a power seat, the control used adjuster, it is located on the outboard side of to operate it is located on the outboard side of the the seat near the front of the seat cushion. driver’s seat. To adjust the seat do any of the To raise the seat, move the lever upward following: repeatedly until the seat is at the desired height. (cid:127) Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding To lower the seat, move the lever downward the control forward or rearward. repeatedly until the seat is at the desired height. (cid:127) Raiseorlowerthefrontpartoftheseatcushion bymovingthefrontofthecontrolupordown. (cid:127) Raiseorlowertherearpartoftheseatcushion bymovingtherearofthecontrolupordown. 9 Manual Lumbar Heated Seats If your vehicle has this Ifyourvehiclehas feature, the knob is heatedseats,the located on the front of switchesarelocatedon thedriverseatlower thecenterconsoleofthe cushion on the instrumentpanelabove inboard side. theshiftlever. Turn the knob clockwise or counterclockwise to The ignition must be on for the heated seats increase or decrease the lumbar support. to operate. Press the switch, nearest to the seat, once to turn the heated seat on to the high setting. Both indicator lights will be lit. Press the switch a second time to turn the heated seat to the low setting. One indicator light will be lit. Press the switch a third time to turn the heated seat off. 10