Chevrolet Spark Owners Manual: Passenger Sensing System
United States
Canada
The passenger sensing system turns off the front outboard passenger frontal airbag and knee airbag under certain conditions. No other airbag is affected by the passenger sensing system. See Passenger Sensing System on page 3-25 for important information.
The passenger airbag status indicator will be visible on the center display when the vehicle is started.
See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 5-11.
Safety Belts
Refer to the following sections for important information on how to use safety
belts properly.
Safety Belts on page 3-10.
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly on page 3-12.
Lap-Shoulder Bel ...
Mirror Adjustment
Exterior Mirrors
Manual Outside Mirrors
If equipped, move the control up, down, or side to side to adjust the mirror.
See Manual Mirrors on page 2-13.
Power Outside Mirrors
If equipped ...
Other materials:
Braking
Braking action involves perception time and reaction time. Deciding to push the
brake pedal is perception time. Actually doing it is reaction time.
Average driver reaction time is about three-quarters of a second. In that time,
a vehicle moving at 100 km/h (60 mph) travels 20m (66 ft), which co ...
Safety Belts
This section of the manual describes how to use safety belts properly. It also
describes some things not to do with safety belts.
Warning
Do not let anyone ride where a safety belt cannot be worn properly.
In a crash, if you or your passenger(s) are not wearing safety belts, injuries can
be ...
Automatic Headlamp System
When it is dark enough outside and the exterior lamp control is in the automatic
position, the headlamps come on automatically. See Exterior Lamp Controls on page
6-1.
The vehicle has a light sensor on top of the instrument panel. Make sure it is
not covered, or the headlamps will be on w ...
