GMC 2013 Sierra Options Manual page 30

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sierra is designed to help protect you before, during and after a collision. advanced chassis control technologies help sierra drivers avoid potential
accidents. a system of air bag supplemental restraints
response (standard for 6 months), sierra can even connect you to help in the critical moments immediately after you're involved in a crash.
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1 Air bag inflation can cause severe injury or death to anyone too close to the air bag when it deploys. Be sure every occupant is properly restrained. Always use safety belts and the correct child restraint for your child's age and size, even with air bags. Even in vehicles equipped with the
Passenger Sensing System, children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat in the appropriate infant, child or booster seat. Never place a rear-facing infant restraint in the front seat of any vehicle equipped with an active frontal air bag. See your vehicle Owner's Manual and child
safety seat instructions for more safety information.
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FRONTAL AIR BAGS all sierra HEAD CURTAIN SIDE-IMPACT
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models come with driver and front- AIR BAGS
passenger air bags. To help reduce unfurl from the roof rail like a
the risk of injury to passengers, protective curtain for outboard
light duty models come standard passengers, and can be activated
with dual-stage frontal air bags by either rollover sensors or side-
that have sensors to gauge the impact sensors. They are available
severity of a crash, then determine on select Heavy duty models.
whether to deploy one or two levels
3 Air bag inflation can cause severe injury or
of inflation. sierra light duty mod-
death to anyone too close to the air bag when
it deploys. Be sure every occupant is properly
els also feature a passenger sens-
restrained. Always use safety belts and the
ing system for the outboard front
correct child restraint for your child's age
passenger that automatically turns
and size, even with air bags. Even in vehicles
off the air bag if the passenger is equipped with the Passenger Sensing System,
children are safer when properly secured in
under the appropriate weight.
a rear seat in the appropriate infant, child
or booster seat. Never place a rear-facing
infant restraint in the front seat of any vehicle
equipped with an active frontal air bag. See
your vehicle Owner's Manual and child safety
seat instructions for more safety information.
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helps protect passengers during a collision. With the available onstar automatic Crash
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2 Visit onstar.com for coverage map, details and system limitations. OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers.
SEAT-MOUNTED SIDE-IMPACT AIR
These air bags BAGS To help protect the thorax
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and pelvic regions of the driver
and outside front passenger in
a side-impact collision, sierra
light duty and Heavy duty denali
models include side-impact air
bags mounted on the driver and
outside front passenger seat.
They are available on select
Heavy duty models.
LATCH CHILD SEAT ANCHORING REINFORCED STEEL SAFETY
SYSTEM Make it easier to properly CAGE DESIGN sierra's robust
install a child seat. laTCH stands body structure is engineered to
for lower anchors and Top tethers help maintain the integrity of
for CHildren. a laTCH seat will the passenger compartment in
install to specially designed the event of a collision. all steel
retainer hooks in your sierra with from wheel to wheel, the body is
an audible "click." it also means designed to crush in a controlled
that you can install a top tether manner in the event of a collision,
strap that helps limit movement in absorbing the energy of a crash
a forward crash to help reduce the as much as possible.
chance of injury.
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PASS-KEY III+ THEFT DETERRENT
SYSTEM preventing unauthorized
starting attempts in your sierra
comes down to a tiny chip found
in your ignition key. it functions
as an electronic "fingerprint" that
disables your starting system
if it detects a theft attempt is
underway.