2022 Chevy Tahoe And Suburban Add Buckle To Drive Feature
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The 2022 Chevy Tahoe and 2022 Chevy Suburban will receive General Motors’ Buckle To Drive feature, GM Authority can confirm.
Buckle To Drive is a GM-developed safety technology intended to promote safe seatbelt use. If the driver starts the vehicle and attempts to shift out of Park without their seatbelt fastened, the system will display a message that reads “Buckle Seat Belt to Shift” in the gauge cluster display. Once the driver’s seatbelt is fastened, they will be able to put the vehicle into gear.
This safety technology is part of the Teen Driver mode and will only be enabled from startup if Teen Driver mode is activated. The system can also be turned off and on in the Settings or Teen Driver menu via the onboard infotainment system.
On a separate but related note, Teen Driver mode can be enabled by creating a PIN in the settings menu that will register the teen’s specific key fob. As such, the system will only activate when that specific key fob is used to start the vehicle. This also prevents teenaged drivers from being able to deactivate Teen Driver mode after they get in, which would also de-activate Buckle To Drive.
In addition to its inclusion with the 2022 Chevy Tahoe and Suburban, this feature was also recently added to the Cadillac Escalade SUV, as well as the Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5 sedans. Buckle To Drive initially launched on select Chevy vehicles for the 2020 model year, including the Chevy Traverse, Malibu, and Colorado.
GM has applied a number of minor changes and updates to the Tahoe and Suburban for the 2022 model year. For starters, the SUVs will offer three new exterior colors, Auburn Metallic, Dark Ash Metallic, and Evergreen Gray Metallic, which will indirectly replace Shadow Gray Metallic and Graywood Metallic. The SUVs will also introduce a new electronic limited-slip differential as an option and see the addition of a new Sport Performance Package, among other small changes.
Production of the 2022 Chevy Tahoe and Chevy Suburban will take place at the GM Arlington Assembly plant in Texas.
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This brings to mind the original “seat belt interlock” fiasco of 1974.
Because of public disapproval, the Government mandated “Seat belt interlock” of 1974 was eliminated in 1975.
What else are they going back to the future with ?
Eliminate “push buttons” with a steering column or floor shift lever ?
Eliminate need for “back-up camaera” with larger rear window to see Tail fins when backing up ?
There are two philosophies in raising children. One is to protect them at all costs, the other is to train them to become adults. Both have problems. Protect children at all costs and they are handicapped by missing skills they need when they grow up. Train them to become adults and you will lose an occasional kid to serve as a lesson. Getting into the habit of wearing a seatbelt is important. But the focus should be on preventing teenage driving accidents in the first place. What is the biggest cause – Young men speeding? Drugs? Driver inexperience?
Lame! Buick takes away the signal mirrors on the 2022 Enclave but adds this feature? Sometimes I feel like I am in a bad dream with GM and I love their products!!