Chevrolet 2007 Owner's manual

Seats and Restraint Systems

....................... 7

Front Seats

.............................................. 9

Rear Seats

............................................. 18

Safety Belts

............................................ 20

Child Restraints

...................................... 43

Airbag System

........................................ 70

Restraint System Check

......................... 87

Features and Controls

................................ 89

Keys

....................................................... 91

Doors and Locks

.................................. 100

Windows

............................................... 114

Theft-Deterrent Systems

....................... 116

Starting and Operating

Your Vehicle

..................................... 122

Mirrors

.................................................. 145

OnStar

®

System

................................... 156

Universal Home Remote System

.......... 158

Storage Areas

...................................... 169

Sunroof

................................................ 197

Instrument Panel

....................................... 199

Instrument Panel Overview

................... 202

Climate Controls

................................... 226

Warning Lights, Gages, and

Indicators

.......................................... 238

Driver Information Center (DIC)

............ 258

Audio System(s)

................................... 288

Driving Your Vehicle

................................. 355

Your Driving, the Road, and

Your Vehicle

..................................... 356

Towing

................................................. 415

Service and Appearance Care

.................. 437

Service

................................................. 440

Fuel

...................................................... 442

Checking Things Under the Hood

......... 450

Rear Axle

............................................. 490

Four-Wheel Drive

.................................. 491

Front Axle

............................................ 492

Headlamp Aiming

................................. 493

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Bulb Replacement

................................ 496

Windshield Wiper Blade

Replacement

..................................... 499

Tires

..................................................... 500

Appearance Care

.................................. 546

Vehicle Identiﬁcation

............................. 556

Electrical System

.................................. 557

Capacities and Speciﬁcations

................ 566

Maintenance Schedule

.............................. 569

Maintenance Schedule

.......................... 570

Customer Assistance Information

............. 591

Customer Assistance and

Information

........................................ 592

Reporting Safety Defects

...................... 609

Index

.......................................................... 613

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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,

CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, and the

names AVALANCHE and Z71 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.

Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there

if it is ever needed. If the vehicle is sold, leave

this manual in the vehicle.

Canadian Owners

A French language copy of this manual can be

obtained from your dealer or from:

Helm, Incorporated

P.O. Box 07130

Detroit, MI 48207

How to Use This Manual

Many people read the owner manual from

beginning to end when they ﬁrst receive their new

vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn

about the features and controls for the vehicle.

Pictures and words work together in the

owner manual to explain things.

Index

A good place to quickly locate information about

the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual.

It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual

and the page number where it can be found.

Litho in U.S.A.

Part No. 15854797 A First Printing

©

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Safety Warnings and Symbols

There are a number of safety cautions in this

book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to

tell 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 do not, you or others could be hurt.

You will also ﬁnd a

circle with a slash

through it in this book.

This safety symbol

means “Do Not,” “Do

Not do this” or “Do Not

let this happen.”

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Vehicle Damage Warnings

Also, in this manual you will ﬁnd these notices:

Notice: These mean there is something

that could damage your vehicle.

A notice tells about something that can damage

the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be

covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could

be costly. But the notice will tell 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.

There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They

use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.

Vehicle Symbols

The vehicle has components and labels that use

symbols instead of text. Symbols 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:

• Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1

• Features and Controls in Section 2

• Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3

• Climate Controls in Section 3

• Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in

Section 3

• Audio System(s) in Section 3

• Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5

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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle:

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Front Seats ..................................................... 9

Manual Passenger Seat ................................ 9

Power Seats ................................................. 9

Power Lumbar ............................................. 10

Heated Seats .............................................. 11

Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals .............. 12

Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 14

Head Restraints .......................................... 17

Center Seat ................................................ 17

Rear Seats .................................................... 18

Rear Seat Operation ................................... 18

Safety Belts .................................................. 20

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 20

Questions and Answers About

Safety Belts ............................................. 24

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 25

Driver Position ............................................. 25

Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 32

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 33

Right Front Passenger Position ................... 34

Center Front Passenger Position ................. 34

Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 35

Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 38

Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 42

Safety Belt Extender ................................... 42

Child Restraints ............................................ 43

Older Children ............................................. 43

Infants and Young Children ......................... 46

Child Restraint Systems .............................. 50

Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 54

Lower Anchors and Tethers for

Children (LATCH) .................................... 55

Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear

Seat Position ........................................... 63

Securing a Child Restraint in the

Center Front Seat Position ....................... 65

Securing a Child Restraint in the

Right Front Seat Position ......................... 66

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Airbag System .............................................. 70

Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 73

When Should an Airbag Inﬂate? .................. 76

What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate? ................... 77

How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 78

What Will You See After an Airbag

Inﬂates? ................................................... 78

Passenger Sensing System ......................... 80

Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 85

Adding Equipment to Your

Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 86

Restraint System Check ............................... 87

Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 87

Replacing Restraint System Parts

After a Crash ........................................... 88

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Front Seats

Manual Passenger Seat

If your vehicle has a manual front passenger split

bench seat, you can adjust it with this lever

located at the front of the seat.

Lift the lever to unlock the seat and use your body

to slide the seat to where you want it. Release

the lever and try to move the seat with your body

to make sure that the seat is locked into place.

Power Seats

If the vehicle has power seats, the controls used

to operate them are located on the outboard

side of the seats. To adjust the seat, do any of the

following:

• Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding

the control forward or rearward.

• Raise or lower the front part of the seat

cushion by moving the front of the control up

or down.

Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control, Power

Recline, and Power Lumbar shown

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• Raise or lower the rear part of the seat

cushion by moving the rear of the control up

or down.

• Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the

entire control up or down.

If the seats have power reclining seatbacks, the

control is located behind the power seat control on

the outboard side of the seats. See “Power

Reclining Seatbacks” under Reclining Seatbacks

on page 14.

Your vehicle may have a memory function which

allows seat settings to be saved and recalled.

See Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals on page 12

for more information.

Power Lumbar

If the seats have power lumbar, the controls used

to operate this feature are located on the

outboard side of the seats.

• To increase lumbar support, press and hold

the front of the control.

• To decrease lumbar support, press and hold

the rear of the control.

• To raise the height of the lumbar support,

press and hold the top of the control.

• To lower the height of the lumbar support,

press and hold the bottom of the control.

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Release the control when the lower seatback

reaches the desired level of lumbar support.

Your vehicle may have a memory function which

allows seat settings to be saved and recalled.

See Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals on page 12

for more information.

Keep in mind that as your seating position

changes, as it may during long trips, so should the

position of your lumbar support. Adjust the seat

as needed.

Heated Seats

Your vehicle may have

heated front seats. The

controls are located

on the driver’s and

passenger’s doors, near

the door handle.

I(Heated Seatback): Press this button to turn

on the heated seatback.

The light on the button will come on to indicate

that the feature is working. Press the button

to cycle through the temperature settings of high,

medium, and low and to turn the heat to the

seatback off. Indicator lights below the button show

the level of heat selected: three for high, two for

medium, and one for low.

J(Heated Seat and Seatback): Press this

button to turn on the heated seat and seatback.

The light on the button will come on to indicate that

the feature is working. Press the button to cycle

through the temperature settings of high, medium,

and low and to turn the heat to the seat off.

Indicator lights above the button will show the level

of heat selected: three for high, two for medium,

and one for low.

The heated seats will be canceled ten seconds

after the ignition is turned off. If you want to

use the heated seat feature after you restart your

vehicle, you will need to press the appropriate

heated seat or seatback button again.

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Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals

Your vehicle may have the memory package.

The controls for this

feature are located on

the driver’s door

panel, and are used to

program and recall

memory settings for the

driver’s seat, outside

mirrors, and the

adjustable throttle and

brake pedal.

To save your positions in memory, do the

following:

1. Adjust the driver’s seat, including the seatback

recliner and lumbar, both outside mirrors, and

the throttle and brake pedals to a comfortable

position.

See Outside Power Mirrors on page 152 and

Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal on

page 126 for more information.

Not all mirrors will have the ability to save and

recall the mirror positions.

2. Press and hold button 1 until two beeps are

heard indicating that the position has been

stored.

A second seating, mirror, and throttle and brake

pedal position can be programmed by repeating

the above steps and pressing button 2.

To recall the memory positions, the vehicle must

be in PARK (P). Press and release either button 1

or button 2 corresponding to the desired driving

position. The seat, outside mirrors, and adjustable

throttle and brake pedals will move to the

position previously stored. You will hear a

single beep.

If you use the remote keyless entry transmitter to

enter your vehicle and the remote recall memory

feature is on, automatic seat, adjustable mirror,

and adjustable pedal movements will occur.

See “MEMORY SEAT RECALL” under DIC Vehicle

Customization (With DIC Buttons) on page 279

for more information.

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To stop recall movement of the memory function

at any time, press one of the power seat controls,

memory buttons, power mirror buttons, or

adjustable pedal switch.

If something has blocked the driver’s seat and/or

the adjustable pedals while recalling a memory

position, the driver’s seat and/or the adjustable

pedals recall may stop working. If this happens,

remove the obstruction and press the appropriate

control for the area that is not responding for

two seconds. Try recalling the memory position

again by pressing the appropriate memory button.

If the memory position is still not recalling, see

your dealer for service.

Easy Exit Seat

The control for this feature is located on the

driver’s door panel between buttons 1 and 2.

With the vehicle in PARK (P), the driver’s seat exit

position can be recalled by pressing the exit

button. You will hear a single beep, and the

driver’s seat will move back.

If the easy exit seat feature is programmed in the

Driver Information Center (DIC), automatic

seat movement will occur when the key is removed

from the ignition. See “EASY EXIT SEAT” under

DIC Vehicle Customization (With DIC Buttons)

on page 279 for more information.

The memory seat and easy exit features can also

be programmed using the DIC.

For programming information, see DIC Vehicle

Customization (With DIC Buttons) on page 279.

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Reclining Seatbacks

Manual Reclining Seatbacks

{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

when the vehicle is not moving.

{CAUTION:

If the seatback is not locked, it could

move forward in a sudden stop or crash.

That could cause injury to the person

sitting there. Always push and pull on the

seatback to be sure it is locked.

If the seats have manual reclining seatbacks, the

lever used to operate them is located on the

outboard side of the seat(s).

To recline the seatback, do the following:

1. Lift the recline lever.

2. Move the seatback to the desired position,

then release the lever to lock the seatback

in place.

3. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it

is locked.

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To return the seatback to an upright position, do

the following:

1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to

the seatback and the seatback will return to

the upright position.

2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it

is locked.

Power Reclining Seatbacks

If the seats have power reclining seatbacks, the

control used to recline them is located on the

outboard side of the seat behind the power seat

control.

• To recline the seatback, tilt the top of the

control rearward.

• To bring the seatback forward, tilt the top of

the control forward.

Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control, Power

Recline, and Power Lumbar shown

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{CAUTION:

Sitting in a reclined position when your

vehicle is in motion can be dangerous.

Even if you buckle up, your safety belts

cannot do their job when you are reclined

like this.

The shoulder belt cannot do its job. In a

crash, you could go into it, receiving neck

or other injuries.

The lap belt cannot 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.

Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is

moving.

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Head Restraints

Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the

restraint is at the same height as the top of

the occupant’s head. This position reduces the

chance of a neck injury in a crash.

Pull the head restraint

up to raise it. To lower

the head restraint,

press the release

button, located on the

top of the seatback,

while you push the head

restraint down.

Center Seat

Your vehicle may have a front center seat. The

seatback doubles as an armrest and

cupholder/storage area for the driver and

passenger when the center seat is not used. Do

not use it as a seating position when the seatback

is folded down.

For information on safety belts for this position,

see Center Front Passenger Position on page 34.

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Rear Seats

Rear Seat Operation

The rear seat is a 60/40 split bench seat that can

be folded to give you more cargo space and

access to the folding midgate. See Midgate

®

on

page 104 for more information on operation of the

folding midgate.

To fold either side of the seat do the following:

1. Push the rear seat head restraints all the

way down.

2. Pull the seat loop

located where the

seatback and seat

cushion meet. The

seat cushion will

release and allow

you to tilt it toward

the front of the

vehicle.

Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety

belts still fastened may cause damage to the

seat or the safety belts. Always unbuckle

the safety belts and return them to their normal

stowed position before folding a rear seat.

3. Fold the seatback forward until it is ﬂat. You

may have to move the front seats forward

slightly to do this.

4. Repeat the procedure for the other side.

To return the seats to the normal position, push

the seatback up and fold the seat cushion down.

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{CAUTION:

A safety belt that is improperly routed, not

properly attached, or twisted will not

provide the protection needed in a crash.

The person wearing the belt could be

seriously injured. After raising the rear

seatback, always check to be sure that the

safety belts are properly routed and

attached, and are not twisted.

{CAUTION:

If the seatback is not locked, it could

move forward in a sudden stop or crash.

That could cause injury to the person

sitting there. Always be sure to press the

rear of the seat cushion down. This action

locks the seatback in place.

Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is

locked. Raise the head restraint.

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Safety Belts

Safety Belts: They Are 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.

{CAUTION:

Do not let anyone ride where he or she

cannot wear a safety belt properly. If you

are in a crash and you are 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, and check that your passengers’

belts are fastened properly too.

{CAUTION:

It is extremely dangerous 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 indicators to remind you and

your passengers to buckle your safety belts. See

Safety Belt Reminder Light on page 241 and

Passenger Safety Belt Reminder Light on

page 241.

In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the

law says to wear safety belts. Here is why:

They work.

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