Seats And Restraints; Head Restraints - GMC Sierra 2023 Manual

Seats and Restraints

Head Restraints

Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . 17
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Seat Belts
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . 21
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Seat Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 25
Seat Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Seat Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 30
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . 31
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . 31
What Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat
Belt in the Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat
Belt in the Front Passenger Seat) . . . . . 58
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat
Belt in the Center Front Seat) . . . . . . . . . 61
Seats and Restraints
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.
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