Chevrolet Malibu 2003 Owner's manual

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2003
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Malibu
Owner
Manual
Seats and Restraint Systems
...........................
1-1
Front Seats
...............................................
I
-2
Rear Seats
...............................................
1-6
Safety Belts
..............................................
I
-7
Child Restraints
.......................................
1-31
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
.........
1-53
Restraint System Check
............................
1-60
Keys
........................................................
2-2
Doors and Locks
.......................................
2-8
Windows
.................................................
2-1
5
Theft-Deterrent Systems
............................
2-1 7
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
...........
2-18
Mirrors
....................................................
2-30
Storage Areas
.........................................
2-32
S!Jr?rnef
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99
Instrument Pane[
.............................................
3-1
Instrument Panel Overview
..........................
3-2
Climate Controls
......................................
3-1
8
Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators
.........
3-23
Features and Controls
.....................................
2-1
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3-38
At
Idin
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Driving Your Vehicle
.......................................
4-1
Your Driving. the Road. and Your Vehicle .....
4-2
Towing
...................................................
4-29
Service and Appearance Care
..........................
5-1
Sewice
.....................................................
5-3
Fuel
.........................................................
5-5
Checking Things Under the Hood
...............
5-10
Bulb
Replacement
....................................
5-45
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
.........
5-51
Tires
......................................................
5-52
Appearance Care
.....................................
5-72
Vehicle Identification
.................................
5-80
Ekctrical System
......................................
5-81
Capacities and Specifications
.....................
5-87
Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts
......
5-88
Maintenance Schedule
.....................................
6-1
bhintenance Schedule
................................
6-2
Customer Assistance Information
....................
7-1
Customer Assistance Information
..................
7-2
index
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Canadian
Owners
GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,
CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem and the name
MALIBU 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 Chevrolet Motor Division 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.
You can obtain a French copy of this manual from your
dealer or from:
Helm, Incorporated
P.O. Box 07130
Detroit,
MI
48207
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.
Index
A good place
to
look for what you need is the Index in
back of the manual.
It’s
an alphabetical list of what’s
in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it.
Litho in USA. ‘Copyright General Motors Corporation 06/03/02
Part No. 22691530
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First Edition
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Rights Reserved
ii
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.
These mean there
is
something that could hurt
I
you
or other people.
I
I
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.”
iii
Vehicle Damage
Warnings
Also,
in
this book you will find these notices:
Notice:
These mean there is something that could
damage your vehicle.
A notice will 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:
0
“Engine Compartment Overview”
0
“Instrument Panel Overview”
0
“Climate Controls”
0
“Audio Systems”
Also see
Warning Lights,
Gages
and Indicators
on
page
3-23.
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These are some examples
of
vehicle symbols you may
find
on
your vehicle:
POSSIBLE
A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
4CID COULD
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK OR
COULD
FLAME
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LATCH BOTH LAP AND
SHOULDER BELTS TO
PROTECT OCCUPANT
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DO NOT TWIST SAFETY
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SEAT
BELTS
MOVE SEAT
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SECURE
CHILD SEAT
PULL BELT
COMPLETELY
THEN SECURE
CHILD SEAT
1
DO
NOT INSTALL
A REAR-FACING
CHILD RESTRAINT
IN THIS SEATING
POSITION
DO
NOT INSTALL A
FORWARD-FACING
CHILD RESTRAINT
IN THIS SEATING
POSITION
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
LIGHTING
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SWITCH
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ENGINE
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PRESSURE
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MANUAL
SERVICE
SERVICE
MANUAL
V
Section
1
Seats
and
Restraint Systems
Front Seats
......................................................
1-2
Manual Seats
................................................
1.2
Six-Way Power Driver Seat
.............................. 1-3
Reclining Seatbacks
........................................
1-4
Head Restraints
.............................................
1-5
Rear Seats
.......................................................
1.6
Rear Seat Operation
.......................................
1-6
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
.................
1-7
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
.................
1-12
Driver Position
..............................................
1-1 3
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
..................
1-21
Right Front Passenger Position
.......................
1-22
Safety Belts
.....................................................
1-7
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts
...... 1-1 1
Rear Seat Passengers
..................................
1-22
Center Rear Passenger Position
.....................
1-26
Children and Small Adults
..........................
1-28
Child Restraints
.............................................
1-31
Older Children
..............................................
1-31
Infants and Young Children
............................
1-34
Child Restraint Systems
.................................
1-37
Where to Put the Restraint
............................. 1-40
Top Strap
....................................................
1-41
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Top Strap Anchor Location
.............................
1-42
Children (LATCH System)
...........................
1-43
Lower Anchorages and
Top
Tethers for
Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside
Securing a Child Restraint in a Center Rear
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front
LATCH System
.........................................
1-45
Seat Position
............................................
1-45
Seat Position
............................................
1-48
Seat Position
............................................
1-50
System (SRS)
.............................................
1-53
Where Are the Air Bags?
...............................
1-55
When Should an Air Bag Inflate?
....................
1-57
What Makes an Air Bag Inflate?
.....................
1-57
How Does an Air Bag Restrain?
.....................
1-57
What Will You See After an
Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
.........
1-59
Supplemental Restraint
Air Bag Inflates?
.......................................
1-58
Restraint System Check
..................................
1-60
Checking Your Restraint Systems
...................
1-60
Replacing Restraint System
Parts
After a Crash
............................................
1-60
1-1
Front
Seats
Manual
Seats
You can lose contrc
If
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 don’t want
to.
Adjust the driver’s
seat only when the vehicle is not moving.
1
Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock
it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release
the bar.
Try
to move the seat with your body to be sure
the seat is locked in place.
1
-2
Six-Way Power Driver Seat
To
adjust the power seat, do the following:
0
Move the seat forward or rearward by pushing the
control toward the front or back
of the vehicle.
Raise or lower the entire seat cushion by holding
the control up or down.
Raise or lower the front of the seat cushion by
holding the front of the control up or down.
0
Raise or lower the rear
of
the seat cushion by
holding the rear
of the control up or down.
If
your vehicle has
this
feature, the power seat control is
located on the outboard side of the driver’s seat.
1-3
Reclining
Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback,
lift
the lever located on the
outboard side of the seat and move the seatback
to where you want it. Release the lever to lock the
seatback. Pull up on the lever without pushing on the
seatback, and the seatback will go to an upright position.
But don’t have a seatback reclined
if
your vehicle
is
moving.
1
-4
Head
Restraints
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 because
it
won’t be against your body. Instead,
it
will be
in
front of you.
In
a crash you could go into
it,
receiving neck
or
other injuries.
The lap belt can’t
do
it’s 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
properly.
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Safety
Belts
Safety Belts: They re for Everyone
This
part
of the manual tells
you
how to use safety
belts properly. It also tells you some things you should
not do with safety belts.
,,n’t
let
,.iyone ride where he or she can’t
wear a safety belt properly. If you are
in
a
crash and you’re not wearing a safety belt,
your injuries can be much worse. You can
hit
things inside the vehicle or be ejected from
it.
You can be seriously injured or killed. In
the
same crash, you might not be, if you are
buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt,
fastened properly too.
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It
is
extremely c,.lge.
,us
to ride
in
a cargo
area, inside or outside
of
a vehicle.
In
a
collision, people riding
in
these areas are more
likely to be seriously injured or killed.
Do not
allow
people to ride
in
any area of your vehicle
that
is not equipped with seats and safety
belts. Be sure everyone in your vehicle
is
in
a
seat and using a safety belt properly.
Your vehicle has a light
that comes
on as
a
reminder
to
buckle up.
See
Safety Belt
Reminder
Light on
page
3-26.
1
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In most states and
in
all Canadian provinces, the law
says to wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They
work.
You never kvow
if
you’ll be in a crash. If you do have
a
crash, you don’t know
if
it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be
so
serious that even buckled up, a person wouldn’t survive,
But most crashes are in between.
In
many of them,
people who buckle up can survive and som’etimes walk
away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt
or killed.
After more than
30
years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up
does matter
...
a lot!
Why
Safety
Belts
Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as
it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just
a
seat
on wheels.
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Put
someone
on
it.
Get
it
up
to
speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
doesn’t stop.
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or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why
safety belts make such good sense.
Questions
and
Answers About
Safety
Belts
Q:
Won’t
I
be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident
if
I’m wearing
a
safety belt?
A:
You
could
be
-
whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not, But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you’re upside down. And your chance
of being conscious during and after an accident,
so you
can
unbuckle and get out, is
much
greater
if you are belted.
Q:
If
my vehicle has air bags, why should
I
have to
wear safety belts?
A:
Air bags are in many vehicles today and will
be in most of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only;
so
they work
with
safety beits
-
not insteaa
oi
tnem. Every air bag
system ever offered for sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has
air bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions,
but
especially in side and othrr collisions.
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Q:
If
I’m a good driver, and
I
never drive far from
home, why should
I
wear safety belts?
A:
You may be an excellent driver, but
if
you’re
in
an
accident
-
even one that isn’t your fault
-
you and
your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver
doesn’t protect you from things beyond your control,
such as bad drivers.
Most
accidents occur within 25 miles
(40
km)
of
home. And the greatest number of serious
injuries and deaths occur at speeds of less than
40
mph (65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
How
to Wear Safety Belts Properly
This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things
to
know about
safety belts and children. And there are different
rules for smaller children and babies. If a child will be
riding in your vehicle, see
Older Children on page
1-31
or
Infants and Young Children on page
1-34.
Follow
those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
1-12
Driver
Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-Shoulder
Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to
wear it properly.
1.
Close and lock the door.
2.
Adjust the seat
so
you can sit up straight. To see
how, see
Manual Seats on page
1-2
or
Six-
Way
Power Driver Seat on page
1-3.
3.
Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let
it
get twisted.
The shoulder belt may lock
if
you pull the belt
across
you
very
quickiy.
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go back slightly to unlock
it.
Then pull the belt
across
you
more slowly.
4.
Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
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Chevrolet Malibu 2003 Owner's manual

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Cars
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Owner's manual
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