2007 GMC Acadia Owner Manual M
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2007 GMC Acadia Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ........................ 7 Instrument Panel ........................................ 167 Front Seats .............................................. 9 Instrument Panel Overview ................... 170 Rear Seats ............................................. 18 Climate Controls ................................... 199 Safety Belts ............................................ 24 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ... 214 Child Restraints ...................................... 48 Driver Information Center (DIC) ............ 232 Airbag System ........................................ 76 Audio System(s) ................................... 264 Restraint System Check ......................... 92 Driving Your Vehicle .................................. 329 Features and Controls ................................. 95 Your Driving, the Road, and Keys ....................................................... 97 Your Vehicle ..................................... 330 Doors and Locks .................................. 106 Towing ................................................. 367 Windows ............................................... 114 Service and Appearance Care ................... 383 Theft-Deterrent Systems ....................... 118 Service ................................................. 385 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ..... 123 Fuel ...................................................... 387 Mirrors .................................................. 140 Checking Things Under the Hood ......... 394 OnStar® System ................................... 145 All-Wheel Drive ..................................... 430 Universal Home Remote System .......... 149 Headlamp Aiming ................................. 431 Storage Areas ...................................... 161 Bulb Replacement ................................ 432 Sunroof ................................................ 164 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ... 434 1 Tires ..................................................... 435 Customer Assistance Information ............. 517 Appearance Care .................................. 478 Customer Assistance and Information .... 518 Vehicle Identification ............................. 488 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 533 Electrical System .................................. 489 Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy ..... 536 Capacities and Specifications ................ 497 Index ........................................................... 539 Maintenance Schedule ............................... 499 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 500 2 This manual describes features that may be available in this model, but your vehicle may not 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 GMC, and the GMC Emblem, are registered vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. trademarks, and the name ACADIA is a trademark of General Motors Corporation. Canadian Owners This manual includes the latest information at the A French language copy of this manual can be time it was printed. We reserve the right to obtained from your dealer/retailer or from: make changes after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute Helm, Incorporated the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” P.O. Box 07130 for GMC whenever it appears in this manual. Detroit, MI 48207 Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15861570 A First Printing © 2006 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 3 How to Use This Manual { Many people read the owner manual from CAUTION: 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. If A good place to quickly locate information about you do not, you or others could be hurt. the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual You will also find a and the page number where it can be found. circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol Safety Warnings and Symbols means “Do Not,” “Do There are a number of safety cautions in this Not do this” or “Do Not book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to let this happen.” 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: The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along Notice: These mean there is something with the text describing the operation or that could damage your vehicle. information relating to a specific component, A notice tells about something that can damage control, message, gage, or indicator. 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. • Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors • Features and Controls in Section 2 or in different words. • Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They • Climate Controls in Section 3 use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. • Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 • Audio System(s) in Section 3 • 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 ..................................................... 9 Driver Position ............................................. 30 Manual Seats ................................................ 9 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 38 Driver Seat Height Adjuster ......................... 10 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 39 Power Seats ............................................... 10 Right Front Passenger Position ................... 39 Manual Lumbar ........................................... 11 Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 40 Power Lumbar ............................................. 12 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 43 Heated Seats .............................................. 12 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 47 Memory Seat and Mirrors ............................ 13 Safety Belt Extender ................................... 47 Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 15 Child Restraints ............................................ 48 Head Restraints .......................................... 17 Older Children ............................................. 48 Rear Seats .................................................... 18 Infants and Young Children ......................... 51 Rear Seat Operation ................................... 18 Child Restraint Systems .............................. 55 Third Row Seats ......................................... 21 Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 60 Safety Belts .................................................. 24 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 24 Children (LATCH) .................................... 61 Questions and Answers About Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Safety Belts ............................................. 28 Seat Position ........................................... 69 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 29 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position .................................. 72 7 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System .............................................. 76 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 90 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 79 Adding Equipment to Your When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 81 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 91 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 83 Restraint System Check ............................... 92 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 83 Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 92 What Will You See After an Airbag Replacing Restraint System Parts Inflates? ................................................... 84 After a Crash ........................................... 93 Passenger Sensing System ......................... 85 8 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 A. Manual Seat Adjustment Bar. when the vehicle is not moving. B. Driver Seat Height Adjuster. See Driver Seat Height Adjuster on page 10. C. Manual Reclining Seatback Lever. See Reclining Seatbacks on page 15. If your vehicle has a manual bucket seat you can