Chevrolet 1997 Owner's manual

The

1997

Chevrslet

S-Series

Owner’s

Manual

1,-

1

Seats

and

Restraint Systems

This

section

tells

you

how to

use

your

‘seats-and s;afety

belts

properly. It

also

explains

the:“SIB” system.

2-1

3-1

4-1

Features

and

Controls

This section.expl&s

how

to

start

and operate your vehicle.

C.omfOrt

Contrals

and

Audio

Systems

This

sectiun

tells

you

-how

to

adjust

the

venti-lation and

cordfort

c

trols

an&how

6

@Crate

your

audio

system.

Your

Driving

and the

Road

.He?&

you’ll

findhelpful

information and

tip.s

about .the road ami

how

to drive underdifferent

c:onditions.

511.

6-1

8-1

9-

1

Problems

on

the

Road

This

scctign tells what.to

do.

if

you have

a

problem while

driving,

such

as

a

flat

tire

or

o-verheatd

engine, etc.

Service

and

Appearance Care

Here the manual

tells

yon

how

to keep your vehic-le runriing prgperly and

1o.oking;go.od.

Maintenance- Schedule

This

section

tells

you

when

toperform

vehicle maintenance and what fluids

and

lubficants

to

use.

Customer Assistance Information

This sectim tells y0.u

how

to contact Chemolet

for

assistaxe

and

how

to

get

s-ervice

arid.

owner

publications.,

It

alS0

@VeS

YOU

information

on

“Reporting

Safety Defects” on

page

8-

10.

Index

Here’s an alphabetical listing of.almost every

subject

in

this

manual:

You

can

use

it

to quickly

Wna,

something you want

to

read.

i

11

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a-t

the time it.

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product after that time without furthet notice. For

vehicles

first

sold in Canada, substitute the name

“General Motors of Canada Limited”

for

Chevrolet

Division-whenever

it

appears

in

this

manual.

Please- keep this manudin you- 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

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it.

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How

to

Use

this

Manual

Many

people

read.their owner% manual from beginoing.

to

end when :they-first receive

their

n.ew vehicle,

If

you

do

this.,

it will help yuu learn

about

the

features

and

cofitrols for

yom

vehicle.

In

this

manual,

you’II

find

that-pictures-,

and

words

work

together

to

explain

things quickly.

Index

A

gpod

place

t.0

look-far

what

y0.u

need

is

the’Index

in the

back

of the

manual.

It’s

an alphabetical list

of

what’s

in

the

manmi,

and the

page

iumber where

you’ll

find

it.

Safety

Warnings

and

Sy.mbols

You

will

find

a

number

of

safety c’autions

in

this. boGE.

We

use a box arid 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

yon

or

.other

people.

In

the caution ,area,

we

tell

you

what

the

hazard

is.

Then

we

tell

you

what.-to

dq

to

help

avoid

or

reduce

the

hazard. Please read these cautims.

If

you don’t, you

or

others

.could

be hurt.

iii

Y6u

will.also find

a

circle

with a slash through it

in

this

book. This safety

symbol

.means.

“D~dt,”

“Don’t

do this,” or “Don’t

let

this

happen.”

Vehicle

Damage

Warnings

Also,

in this:b,o.ok

you

will find

tkse

notices:

I

NOTICE:

These

mean

there

.is

something

that

could

damage

your

vehicle.

In

the notux

area,

we [ell you about something -that

can

dam-age your vehide. Many times., this

damag-e

would

not

be covered

by

your

warranty,

and

it.co,uld be

costly.

Butzthe n,otice will tell you

whit

to

da

to

help

avoid

the

damage.

When you~ead

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.

iv

L

Vehkle

.Symbols.

These

are

sa-me

of

the s,ymbols

you

may

find

on

your

vehicle.

For-example,

these

symbols

are

used

:on

an

original

battery:

PROTECT

EYES

BY

SHIELDING

CAUSTIC

BURNS

SPARK

OR

,111,

COULD

FLAME

EXPLODE

BATTERY

These-

symbols

:are

important

for

you

and

yo,ur

passengers

whenever

your

vehicle

is

driven:

DOOR

LOCK

UNLOCK

FASTEN

SEAT

'BELTS

POWER

WINDOW

These

symbols

have

to

do.

with

your

iamps.:

LlGmmI

ING

.SIGNALS.

6

e3

TURN

WARNING

A

HAZARD

FLASHER

FOG LAMPS

$0

These

symbols

are

on

some

Qf

your

daritroh:

WINDSHIELD

WIPER

WINDSHIELD

'DEFROSTER

WiNDOW

DEFOGGER

These

symbols

are

used

oil

warning

and

indicator

lights:

-BATTERY

CHARGING

SYSTEM

BRAKE

(@)

ENGINE

OIL

w,

PRESSURE

Here

are

so.me

dther

symbols

you

may

see:

FUSE

-%F

I

LIGHTER

HORN

ttT

,SPEAKER

b

FUEL.

p3

ANTI-LOCK

(@)

BRAKES

V

.."

Model

Reference

This

manual

covers

these

models:

Extended

Cab

Pickup

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

1-7

1-11

1-12

1-19

1-25

Seats and Seat Controls

Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone

Here Are Questions Many People

Ask

About

S.afety Belts

--

and

the

Answers

How

to

Wear

Safety Belts Properly

Driver Position

S.upplemental Matable Restraint

(SIR)

System

Safety Belt

Use During Pregnancy

Right

Front Passenger Position

1-25

1-27

1-2.8

1-30

1-34

1-37

1-38

Center Passenger P.osition

Rear Seat Passengers

(Extended Cab

Jump

Seats)

Children

Child

Restraints

Larger Children

Safety Belt Extender

Checking Your Restraint Systems

Replacing Restraint System Parts After

a Crash

1-1

Seats

and

Seat

Controls

This;

section tdls you

about

the seats

--

how

to adjust

them,

and

fold

them

up-

and

down.

For vehicles without easy

Manual

Front

Seat

I

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

don’t want to. Adjust

the

driver’s seat

only

when

the

vehicle

is

not

moving.

entry seats, move the

lever

under the front

of

the seat

toward the driver’s door to

unlock

it. Slide the seat

to

where.

you

want

it.

Then

release

the lever and

try

to

move

the seat

with

your body to

make

sure the

seat

is locked into place.

For

vehicles with-easy entry

seats,

move

the

lever under

the. front

of

the

seat

up

to-

unlock

it. Slide the

seat

to

where

you

want

it.,

Then release

the

lever

and

try

to

move

the seat with

your

body

to

make

sure the

seat

is

locked

inTo

place.

..

.

..

1-2

Manual

Lumbar

Support

(Option)

If

you have this feature,

there

will

be

a

knob

on

the

outside

bf

the

driver and

passenger

bucket

seats.

Reclining

Seatbacks

(Bucket

Seats

or

60/40

Bench)

To

adjust the front seatback,

lift the lever

on

the outer

I

side

of

the

seat.

I

Turn the knob counterclockwise to increase lumbar

support

and

clockwise

to

decrease lumbar

support.

Release the lever

to

lock

the seatback where

you

want it.

Pull up

on

the lever

and

the seat will

go

to an

i

upright position.

I

But

don’t

have

a

seatback

reclined

if

your

vehicle

is

moving.

I

Sitting

in

a

reclined position when your vehicle

is

in eation can be dangerous. Even

if

you buckle

up, your safety belts canV 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

its

job either.

In

a

crash the

belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt

forces would

be

there, not at your pelvic. benes.

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.

Seaiback

Latches,

The front seatback

folds

forward

to

let-people

.get

intathe

back

seat or reach

the storage area

behind

the seat.

To

fold

the front seatback

forward, lift the latch

and

push the scat forward.

If

the seatback isdt locked, it

-could

move

forward

hasudden

stop

or

crash.

That

could.

cause injury

to

the person

sitting

there.

Always

press

rearward

on

the seatbackto be.sure

it

is

locked.

To

return the seatback

ro

the uprighl

position,

push the

s-eatback

all

the

way

back until the latch catches.

If

the

seatback

was

reclined before being folded

forward,

.it

will return

to

the

reclined positiori.

1-5

‘Easy

Entry

Seat

(Extended

Cab)

The right front bucket

or

split-bench seat

of

your

vehicle

.makes

it

easy

to-

get

-in

and

out

of

the

rear

vehicle area.

a

Tilt the right front seatback completely forward and

the whole seat will slide forward.

Move the right front seatback

to

its original position

after- someone gets into the

.rea-

seat

area. Then. move

the seat rearward until

it

locks.

If

an easy entry right front seat isn’t

iocked,

it

can

move.

In a sudden stop

or

crash,

the

person.

sitting there could be injured. After

you’ve

used

it;

be

sure to

push

rearward

on

an easy entry seat

to

be

sure

it

is

locked.

.@

Tilt

the seatback completely forward again to get out.

Jump

Seat

(Extended

Cab

Models)

Your

extended

cab

pickup

bas

a

jurnp seat.in the

rear

area.

TO

fold the jump seat down, pul1:Cfown on the handle -on

the

bottom

of

the -seat until the se.at

is

in place, then

move:the seatback

‘to

a

vertical position.

To

store the

seat, fold

the

seatback

down

on

the cushion, then push

the entire seat up until

it

is

flush

with

the tfirq panels.

Don’t let the- safety belts

be

damaged

by

the hinges’or.

the latches. Safety bellts should be folded

tind

stored

between

the

seat

cushion.

and

seatback.

1-6

-

Safety

Bellts:

They’re

fo.r

Ev.e-r,yone

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.

And

it

explains

the

Supplemental

Matable

Restrsnt

(SIR),

or

air

bag

system.

1\

CAUTION:

I

A

CAUTION:

Don’t.

let anyone ride where he

or

sne can’t wear

a

safety belt properly.

If

you

are in a crash and

you’re not wearing

a

safety belt,, yo.ur injuries

can

be much

worse.

You

can hit things inside the

vehicle

or

be ej.ected from

it,

You

can be seriously

injured or killed.

In

the same crash,

you

might

not

he if

you

are buckled up. Always

fasten

your

safety belt, and check that

your

passengers’ belts

are fastened properly too.

It

is

extremely dangerous to

ride

in

a

cargo

area,

inside or ontside of

a’

vehicle..

In

a ~ollision,

people riding .in- these areas are more likely30

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

safeiy belt properly.

Your

vehicle

has

a

light that

comes

on

as

a

reminder to

buckle

-up.

(See “Safety

Belt Reminder Light”

in

the Index.)

In

most states and Canadian -provinces, the law says to

wear safety belts. Here’s why:

They

work.

You

never

how

.if you’ll be.in a crash.

If

you

do

have a

crash, you don’t how 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. hmany of them,

people

who

buckle up

can

survive and sometimes walk

.away. Without belts

they could have been badly

hurt

or killed,

After more than

25

years of safety belts in vehicles,

the

tacts

are

clear. In most crashes buckling

up

does

matter

.

a

lot!

Why

Safety

Belts

Work

Wen

you

ride in

or

on

anythmg,

you

go

as

fast

as

it

.goes.

T&

the.

simplest-vehicle. Suppose it’s

just

a

seaton

wheels.

1-8

..

.

Put

someone on it. Get

it

up

to

speed. Then stop the vehicle.

The

rider

doesn’t

stop.

The

person keeps

going

until

stopped

by

somethinq.

In

a

real vehicle, it could

be

the

windshield

...

or

the instrument panel

...

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.

Here,Are

Questions

Many

People

Ask

About

Safety

Belts

--

and

the

Answers

@’

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.

@

If

my

vehicle has air

bags,

why should

I

have to

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 belts

--

not instead

of

them. Every air bag

system ever offered

for

sale

has

required the use

of

safety belts.

Even

ifyou’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 other collisions.

wear safety belts?

If

I?rn

a

good

driver,

and

I

never drive far from

hame,

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

passefigers

can

be

hurt. Being

a:

gciod.driver

,

d9esn”t prqtect you.

from

things beyond your

cantrd,

such

mbad

drivem

Most accidents

occur

within

25

miles

(40

km)

of

home.

And

the

g:reatest number

of

serious injuries

and deaths occur

at

speeds

of

less than

40

mph

(65

Wh).

Ho.w

to

Wear

Safety

Belts

‘Properly

Adults

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

ridag:

.in your vehicle,

see

the

part

of

this:

m,anual called

“Children.” Follow those

rules

for everyone’s protection.

First, you’ll

want

to

know

which restraint systems

your

vehde- has:.

We’ll

start

with

the

driver

positioa.

Safety

b.elts

are

for

everyone.

Driver

Position

This partdescribes the driver’s restraint system.

Lap-Sho.uld.er.

B.elt

‘The driver has

a

lap-should€

-

relt,

Her(

ho.w

to

wear

it

properly.

I..

Close

and

lock

the door.

2.

Adjust

the

seat

(to

see

how,

see

‘Seats”

in

the

Index)

so

you

c.an

sit

up

straight.

1-12

3.

Pick

up

the latch plate and pull the belt across

you.

Don’t

let

it

get twisted.

5.

-To

make the lap parttight, p-ull down

on

the buckle

end

of

the belt

as

you pull up

on

the shoulder belt.

4.

Push

the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.

Pull

up

on the latch plate to make sure

it

is secure.

If

the belt isn’t

long

enough, see

“Safety

Belt

Extender” at

the

end

of

this section.

Make-sure the release button

on

the buckle

is

positioned

so

you

would

be

able

to unbuckle the

safety belt quickly

if

you

ever

had to.

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