Seats And Restraints; Head Restraints - Buick Encore GX 2023 Owner's Manual

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Seats and Restraints

Seats and Restraints

Head Restraints

Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Folding Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Seat Belts
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . 45
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Seat Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 50
Seat Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Seat Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 54
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . 55
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . 55
What Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat
Belt in the Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat
Belt in the Front Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Head Restraints
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.
Front Seats
The vehicle's front seats have adjustable
head restraints in the outboard seating
positions.