Chevrolet 2003 Impala Owner's manual

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2003
Chevrolet
Impala
Owner Manual
Seats and Restraint Systems
...........................
1-1
Front Seats
...............................................
1-2
Rear Seats
...............................................
1-7
Safety Belts
..............................................
1-9
Child Restraints
.......................................
1-31
Air
Bag Systems
......................................
1-51
Restraint System Check
............................
1-61
Features and Controls
.....................................
2-1
Keys
........................................................
2-2
Doors and Locks
.......................................
2-8
Theft-Deterrent Systems
............................
2-1 6
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
...........
2-18
Mirrors
....................................................
2-33
Onstar@ System
......................................
2-37
HomeLink@ Transmitter
.............................
2-39
Storage Areas
.........................................
2-43
Sunroof
..................................................
2-44
Vehicle Personalization
.............................
2-45
Instrument Panel
.............................................
3-1
Instrument Panel Overview
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3-4
Climate Controls
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3-22
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3-27
Message Center
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3-40
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2-13
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Driver Information Center (DIC)
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3-48
Trip Computer
.........................................
3-51
Audio System(s)
.......................................
3-52
Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle
.....
4-2
Towing
...................................................
4-31
Service
.....................................................
5-3
Fuel
.........................................................
5-5
Checking Things Under
the Hood
.............................................
5-10
Head!amp
Aiming
.....................................
5-54
Bulb
Replacement
....................................
5-55
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
.........
5-59
Tires
......................................................
5-60
Appearance Care
.....................................
5-83
Vehicle Identification
.................................
5-91
Electrical System
......................................
5-92
Capactties and Specltlcatlons
...................
5-1
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Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts
....
5-103
Driving
YQU~
Vehicle
.......................................
4-1
Service and Appearance Care
..........................
5-1
Maintenance Schedule
.....................................
6-1
Maintenance Schedule
................................
6-2
Customer Assistance Information
....................
7-1
Customer Assistance Information
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7-2
Reporting Safety Defects
............................
7-8
Index
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1
GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,
CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem and the name
IMPALA 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.
Litho
in
U.S.A.
Part
No.
10325249
A
First Edition
Canadian Owners
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.
@Copyright General Motors Corporation
06/19/02
All
Rights Reserved
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.
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These meal. -.lere
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that
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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.”
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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 has 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:
Seats and Restraint Systems
Features and Controls
Instrument Panel Overview
Climate Controls
Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators
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Audio Systems
Engine Compartment Overview
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Seats and Restraint Systems
Front Seats
...............................................
1.2
Manual Seats
................................................
1-2
Six-Way Power Seats
.....................................
1-3
Manual Lumbar
..............................................
1-3
Heated Seats
.................................................
1-4
Reclining Seatbacks
........................................
1-4
Head Restraints
.............................................
1-6
Rear Seats
.......................................................
1-7
Split Folding Rear Seat
...................................
1-7
Safety Belts
.....................................................
1.9
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
.................
1-9
Questions and Answers About Safety Beits
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i
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3
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
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1-1
4
Driver Position
..............................................
1-1
5
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
..................
1.22
Right Front Passenger Position
.......................
1-23
Center Front Passenger Position
....................
-1
-23
Rear Seat Passengers
..................................
1-25
Hear Satety Belt Comtort Guides tor
Children
and Small Adults
.......................................
1-28
Safety Belt Extender
.....................................
1-30
Child Restraints
.............................................
1-31
Older Children
..............................................
1-31
lnfants
and
Yomg
Children
............................
1-33
Child Restraint Systems
.................................
1.37
Where to Put the Restraint
.............................
1-40
Top Strap Anchor Location
.............................
1-42
Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Children (LATCH System)
...........................
1-43
Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the
LATCH System
.........................................
1-45
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat
Position
...................................................
1-45
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front
Seat Position
............................................
1-48
Air Bag Systems
............................................
1-51
When Should an Air Bag Inflate?
....................
1-56
What Makes an Air Bag Inflate?
.....................
1-57
How Does an Air Bag Restrain?
.....................
1-57
What Will You See After an Air
Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
.........
1-60
Restraint System Check
..................................
1-61
Top Strap
....................................................
1-41
Where Are the Air Bags?
...............................
1-54
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Checking Your Restraint Systems
...................
1-61
Replacing Restraint System Parts After
a Crash
...................................................
1-62
Front
Seats
Manual
Seats
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.
If your vehicle has the manual seat, 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 back and forth to be sure the seat
is locked in place.
1
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0
Raise or lower the front portion of the seat cushion
Raise or lower the rear portion
of
the seat cushion
by sliding the front of the control up or down.
by sliding the rear of the control up or down.
If your vehicle has this feature, the control is located on
the outboard side of the front seats toward the front
of the seat cushion.
To
adjust the seat do any of
the following:
Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the
Raise or lower the seat by sliding the control
control
to
the front or the rear.
up or down.
Manual Lumbar
If your vehicle has this feature, the knob is located on
the outboard side of the driver’s seat. Turn the knob
toward the front of the vehicle to increase lumbar
support. Turn the knob toward the rear of the vehicle to
decrease lumbar support.
1-3
But
don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle
is
moving.
1
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
kit
forces
woerEd
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
properiy.
1
-5
Head Restraints
Adjust your head restraint
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.
1
-6
Rear
Seats
2.
Pull forward on the
seat tab located on
the outboard side
of
the seatback
cushion and fold the
seatback down.
Split Folding Rear Seat
If
your vehicle has this feature you can fold either side
of the seatback down in your vehicle for more cargo
space. Make sure the front seat isn’t reclined.
If
it
is,
the
rear seatback won’t fold down all the way.
To
lower the rear seatback, follow these steps:
1.
Remove the rear
center lap-shoulder belt
latch by pressing the
release button.
3.
This
wi!!
a!!ow
you
direct
accsss
to
the
trunk.
1
-7
To
raise the rear seatback, follow these steps:
1.
Raise the seatback up and make sure it latches.
Push and pull
on
the seatback to be sure it is
locked in position.
2. Reconnect the center
safety belt latch plate
to the buckle.
A safety belt that is improperly routed, not
properly attached, or twisted won’t provide the
protection needed
in
a crash. The person
wearing the belt could be seriously injured.
CAUTION: (Continued)
(Con-..rued)
After raising the rear seatback, always check
to be sure that
the
safety belts are properly
routed and attached, and are not twisted.
I
Make sure the safety belt label is pointing to the release
button, and that both are facing the front of the
vehicle. Make sure the belt is not twisted. Push and pull
on the latch plate to be sure it is secure.
If
the seatback isr.
-
lockec-,
.t
cJd 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.
I
When the seat is not in use, it should be kept in the
upright locked position.
1
-8
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.
Don’t let anyone 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,
and Check that your passengers’ belts are
fastened properly too.
It
is
extremely dangerous to ,,e
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.
1-9
Your vehicle has a light
that comes on as a
reminder to buckle up. See
Safety Belt Reminder
Light
on
page
3-31.
In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law
says to wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They
work.
You never know
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 sometimes walk
away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt
or killed.
Why Safety Belts
Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast
as
it goes.
After more than
30
years of safety belts in vehicles, the
facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter
...
a lot!
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat on
wheels.
Put
someone on
it.
Get it up
to
speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
doesn’t
stop.
1-1
1
The person keeps going until stopped
by
something. In
a real vehicle, it could be the windshield
...
or the instrument panel
...
1-12
or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why
safety belts make such good sense.
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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
safety belts
-
not instead of them. 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 other collisions.
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