GMC Yukon XL Denali 2002 Owner's manual

i

2002 GMC Yukon Denali / Yukon XL Denali

Owner’s Manual

Litho in U.S.A. Copyright General Motors Corporation 6/18/01

ii

GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, GMC,

the GMC Truck Emblem and the name YUKON

DENALI / YUKON XL DENALI are registered

trademarks of General Motors Corporation.

This manual includes the latest information at the time it

was printed. We reserve the right to make changes after

that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in

Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada

Limited” for GMC whenever it appears in this manual.

Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will

be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road.

If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it

so the new owner can use it.

We support voluntary

technician certification.

For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a

French Language Manual:

Aux propriétaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous

procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en français chez

votre concessionaire ou au:

Helm, Incorporated

P.O. Box 07130

Detroit, MI 48207

iii

How to Use this Manual

Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning

to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you

do this, it will help you learn about the features and

controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find

that pictures and words work together to explain

things quickly.

Safety Warnings and Symbols

You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.

We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you

about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore

the warning.

CAUTION:

These mean there is something that could hurt

you or other people.

In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is.

Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce

the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t,

you or others could be hurt.

You will also find a circle

with a slash through it in

this book. This safety

symbol means “Don’t,”

“Don’t do this” or “Don’t

let this happen.”

iv

Vehicle Damage Warnings

Also, in this book you will find these notices:

NOTICE:

These mean there is something that could damage

your vehicle.

In the notice area, we tell you about something that can

damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would

not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly.

But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid

the damage.

When you read other manuals, you might see

CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different

colors or in different words.

You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle.

They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.

Vehicle Symbols

Your vehicle may be equipped with components and

labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols,

used on your vehicle, are shown along with the text

describing the operation or information relating to a

specific component, control, message, gage or indicator.

If you need help figuring out a specific name of a

component, gage or indicator reference the following

topics in the Index:

“Engine Compartment Overview”

“Instrument Panel”

“Comfort Controls”

“Audio Systems”

Also see “Warning Lights and Gages” in the Index.

v

These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle:

vi

Model Reference

This manual covers these models:

Yukon Denali

Yukon XL Denali

1-

1-1

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also

learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts.

1

- 2 Seats and Seat Controls

1

- 6 Rear Seats

1

- 27 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone

1

- 31 Here Are Questions Many People Ask About

Safety Belts

-- and the Answers

1

- 32 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly

1

- 33 Driver Position

1

- 40 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy

1

- 41 Right Front Passenger Position

1

- 41 Air Bag Systems

1

- 50 Rear Seat Passengers

1

- 53 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children

and Small Adults

1- 57 Center Passenger Position

1

- 58 Children

1

- 62 Restraint Systems for Children

1

- 78 Older Children

1

- 81 Safety Belt Extender

1

- 81 Checking Your Restraint Systems

1

- 81 Replacing Restraint System Parts

After a Crash

1-2

Seats and Seat Controls

This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust

them, and fold them up and down. It also tells you about

reclining front seatbacks and head restraints.

Power Seats

Horizontal Control: You can adjust your vehicle’s front

seats with the horizontal control located on the outboard

edge of each front seat.

Raise or lower the front of the seat by raising or

lowering the forward edge of the control. Raise or lower

the rear of the seat by raising or lowering the rear edge

of the control.

Move the seat forward or rearward by moving the

whole control toward the front or toward the rear of

the vehicle.

Moving the whole control up or down raises or lowers

the entire seat cushion.

1-3

Power Lumbar Control

You can increase or

decrease lumbar support

in an area of the

lower seatback.

To increase support, press and hold the front of the

control. To decrease support, press and hold the rear

of the control. Let go of the control when the lower

seatback reaches the desired level of support.

You can also reshape the side wing area of the lower

seatback for more lateral support.

To increase support, press and hold the top of the

control. To decrease support, press and hold the bottom

of the control. Let go of the control when the lower

seatback reaches the desired level of support.

Memory Seat

The memory function can recall preset positions for the

driver’s seat cushion and the recliner. The memory function

does not store the lumbar or back support positions.

The controls for the

memory seat are located on

the driver’s door trim panel.

To set your memory seat do the following:

1. Adjust the driver’s seat to the desired position.

2. Press the SET button and then press the 1 or 2 button

of the memory control within five seconds.

When your vehicle is in PARK (P), press the same

button of the memory control to recall the seat setting.

To do the same thing for a second driver, follow the

preceding steps, but press the other number button of the

memory control. The memory feature only works when

the transmission is in PARK (P).

1-4

Heated Front Seats

The control for the driver’s

side heated seat is located

on the driver’s side door

panel. The control for the

passenger’s side heated seat

is located on the passenger’s

side door panel.

The ignition must be in RUN for this feature to operate.

To activate the heated seats, press the button once for the

HI heat setting. Press the button again for the LO heat

setting. To turn off the heated seats, press the button a third

time. An indicator light on the button will illuminate for

each heat setting anytime the heated seats are operating.

The heated front seats will be canceled after the ignition

is turned to OFF. If you still want to use the heated front

seat feature after you restart your vehicle, you will need

to press the heated seat button again.

Your vehicle also has rear heated seats. See the

section on “Rear Heated Seats” later in this section

for more information.

Reclining Front Seatbacks

Your vehicles front seatbacks have a recline feature.

Vertical Control: You can use the vertical control to

adjust the angle of the seatback. Move the reclining

front seatback rearward or forward by moving the

vertical control toward the rear or toward the front

of the vehicle.

1-5

But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle

is moving.

CAUTION:

Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is

in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle

up, your safety belts can’t do their job when

you’re reclined like this.

The shoulder belt can’t do its job. In a crash, you

could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries.

The lap belt can’t do its job either. In a crash the

belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt

forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones.

This could cause serious internal injuries.

For proper protection when the vehicle is in

motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit

well back in the seat and wear your safety

belt properly.

1-6

Head Restraints

Slide the head restraint up or down so that the top of the

restraint is closest to the top of your head. This position

reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash.

The head restraints tilt forward and rearward also.

To adjust the tilt for either of the front head restraints,

pull it toward you until you hear a click. There are four

positions available: initial position, first click, second

click and third click. Each position will click into place.

After the third position (three clicks) is reached, pulling

the head restraint farther will release it back to the

upright position.

Pull firmly on the top of the head restraint to position it

to your liking.

The rear seat head restraints in your vehicle are

adjustable. Slide an adjustable head restraint up or down

so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of

your head. This position reduces the chance of a neck

injury in a crash.

On some models, the head restraints tilt forward and

rearward also.

Rear Seats

60/40 Split Bench Seat (Second Row)

If your vehicle has a 60/40 split bench, the seatbacks can

be reclined (Yukon Denali only) and the seats can be

folded to give you more cargo space.

The Yukon XL Denali 60/40 seats do not recline.

1-7

Reclining the Seatbacks (Yukon Denali 60/40 Split

Bench Only)

To recline the seatback, do the following:

1. Pull the lever

located at the

base of the seat

cushion forward.

2. Release the lever to lock the seatback where you

want it. Pull the lever again without pushing on

the seatback and the seatback will go to an

upright position.

Folding the Seatbacks (60/40 Split Bench Seat)

CAUTION:

If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move

forward in a sudden stop or crash. That

could cause injury to the person sitting there.

Always press rearward on the seatback to be

sure it is locked.

The rear seat may have a 60/40 split seat which may be

folded down to create a load floor and give you more

cargo space. On the Yukon Denali, the rear seatbacks are

equipped with rearward folding head restraints. When

the seatback is being folded down, the head restraint will

automatically fold rearward. For the Yukon XL Denali

you must manually pull the headrest forward before

folding the seatback.

1-8

To fold the rear seat, do the following:

1. Insert the two safety belt buckles into the pocket in

the seatback before folding the rear seat on the

driver’s side.

That way, the buckles will be out of the way when

the seat is folded and will be available for passengers

to use when the seat is returned to the passenger

position. Also, make sure that nothing is under or in

front of the seat

2. Make sure the seatback is in an upright position

(unreclined) before folding it.

3. Pull up on the strap loop

located at the rear of the

seat cushion and pull the

seat cushion up. Then

fold it forward.

4. Yukon Denali: Pull the seatback forward and fold it

down until it is flat.

Yukon XL Denali : Fold the headrest(s) forward.

On the passenger side

of Yukon XL Denali

models, the lever at the

base of the seat must

be pushed down to

release the seatback.

Pull the seatback

forward and fold it

down until it is flat.

If the seatback cannot fold flat because it interferes with

the cushion, try moving the front seat forward and/or

bringing the front seatback more upright.

Once the seatbacks are folded down, on Yukon XL

Denali models only, the rear seat footwell area will be

exposed and will have to be covered by the load floor

panel(s). To create a load floor, do the following:

1-9

1. Release the panels from the seatbacks by pushing

forward on the latches.

2. Then fold the panels back to cover the rear seat

footwell area.

Returning the Seats to an Upright Position

To return the seat to the upright position,

do the following:

1. Lift the seatback up and push it rearward all the way.

2. Lower the seat cushion until it latches into position.

3. On Yukon XL Denali models, lift the load floor

panels and latch them into the seatback.

4. Pull forward on the seatback and up on the seat

cushion to make sure the seat is securely in place.

5. Return the head restraints to the upright position.

6. Check to see that the safety belt buckles on

the driver’s side seatback are accessible to the

outboard and center occupants and are not under

the seat cushions.

1-10

Bucket Seats (Second Row)

If your vehicle has bucket seats, the seatbacks can be

reclined and the seats can be folded to give you more

cargo room.

Reclining the Seatbacks (Bucket Seats)

To recline the seatback, do the following:

1. Pull the lever

located at the

base of the seat

cushion forward.

2. Release the lever to lock the seatback where you want

it. Pull the lever again without pushing on the seatback

and the seatback will go to an upright position.

Folding the Seatbacks (Bucket Seats)

CAUTION:

If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move forward

in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury

to the person sitting there. Always press rearward

on the seatback to be sure it is locked.

The seatbacks on the bucket seats may be folded

forward to give you more cargo space. The headrests on

these seats will have to be manually folded to fold the

seats. To do this, push the head restraints all the way

down and tilt them forward.

1-11

To fold the seatbacks on the bucket seats, do

the following:

1. Pull up on the strap loop

located at the rear of the

seat cushion and pull the

seat cushion up and fold

it forward.

2. Push the seatback

release lever rearward

and pull the seatback

forward and fold it down

until it is flat.

If the seatback cannot fold flat because it interferes with

the cushion, try moving the front seat forward and/or

bringing the front seatback more upright.

1-12

Once the seatbacks are folded down, the rear seat

footwell area will be exposed and will have to be

covered by the load floor panel. To create a load floor,

do the following:

1. Release the panels from the seatbacks by pushing

forward on the latches.

2. Then fold the panels back to cover the rear seat

footwell area.

Returning the Seatbacks to an Upright Position

To return the seatbacks to the upright position,

do the following:

1. Lift the seatback up and push it rearward all the way.

2. Lower the seat cushion until it latches into position.

3. Lift the load floor panels and latch them into

the seatback.

4. Pull forward on the seatback and up on the seat

cushion to make sure the seat is securely in place.

5. Return the head restraints to the upright position.

1-13

50/50 Split Bench Seat (Third Row)

If your vehicle has a 50/50 split bench, the seatback(s)

can be folded and the entire seat(s) tilted or removed

from the vehicle.

Folding the Seatbacks

CAUTION:

If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move

forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could

cause injury to the person sitting there. Always

press rearward on the seatback to be sure it

is locked.

To fold the seatbacks, do the following:

1. Pull up on the release

lever, labeled 1,

located on the rear of

the seatback, and push

the seatback forward.

Page is loading ...