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0 Section 4 Your Driving and the Road Defensive Driving The best advice anyone can give about driving is: Drive defensively. Please start with a very important safety device in your Chevrolet: Buckle up. (See "Safety Belts" in the Index.) Defensive driving really means "be ready anything." for On city streets, rural roads, or freeways, means it "always expect the unexpected." Assume that pedestriansor other drivers are going to be careless and make mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. Be ready for their mistakes. Rear-end collisions are about the most preventable of accidents. Yet they are common. Allow enough following distance. It's the best defensive driving maneuver, in both city and rural driving. never You know when the vehicle in front you is going to brake of or turn suddenly. Here you'llfind information about driving on different kinds of roads and varying weather conditions. We've in also included manyother useful tipson driving. 4-1

Section	Page
Table of Contents	3
How to Use this Manual	8
Seats and Restraint Systems	11
Seats and Seat Controls	11
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone	15
Why Safety Belts Work	16
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly	20
Driver Position	20
Air Bag System	27
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy	33
Right Front Passenger Position	33
Center Passenger Position	33
Rear Seat Passengers	35
Children	41
Smaller Children and Babies	41
Child Restraints	43
Larger Children	52
Safety Belt Extender	55
Checking Your Restraint Systems	56
Replacing Seat and Restraint System	56
Features and Controls	57
Keys	57
Door Locks	59
Theft	65
PASS-Key II	66
New Vehicle “Break-In”	67
Ignition Switch	68
Starting Your Engine	69
Engine Coolant Heater	71
Automatic Transaxle	72
Parking Brake	76
Shifting Out of PARK	79
Parking Over Things That Burn	80
Engine Exhaust	80
Windows	82
Turn Signal / Multifunction Lever	83
Windshield Wipers	85
Lamps	89
Mirrors	92
Storage and Compartments	94
Sun Visors	95
Ashtrays and Lighter	96
Instrument Panel -- Your Information System	98
Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators	101
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems	111
Air Conditioning with Electronic Controls	111
Heating	113
Defogging and Defrosting Windows	113
Rear Window Defogger	114
Audio Systems	115
Setting the Clock	115
AM/FM Stereo Radio	115
AM/FM Stereo Radio with Cassette Tape Player	117
Playing a Compact Disc	122
Theftlock	123
Understanding Radio Reception	125
Care of Your Cassette Tape Player	126
Care of Your Compact Discs	127
Fixed Mast Antenna	127
Your Driving and the Road	129
Defensive Driving	129
Drunken Driving	130
Control of a Vehicle	133
Braking	133
Steering	137
Off-Road Recovery	139
Driving at Night	142
Driving in the Rain	144
City Driving	146
Freeway Driving	147
Before Leaving on a Long Trip	148
Highway Hypnosis	149
Hill and Mountain Roads	149
Winter Driving	151
Loading Your Vehicle	155
Towing a Trailer	157
Problems on the Road	165
Hazard Warning Flashers	165
Jump Starting	166
Towing Your Vehicle	171
Engine Overheating	176
If a Tire Gu& Flat	186
Changing a Flat Tire	187
If You’re Stuck: In Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow	197
Service and Appearance Care	199
Service	199
Fuel	201
Fuels in Foreign Countries	202
Checking Things Under the Hood	205
Engine Oil	208
Air Cleaner	213
Automatic Transaxle Fluid	214
Engine Coolant	217
Power Steering Fluid	220
Windshield Washer Fluid	222
Brakes	223
Battery	225
Halogen Bulbs	226
Windshield Wiper Blade	232
Tires	233
Appearance Care	241
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)	249
Fuses and Circuit Breakers	250
Replacement Bulbs	256
Capacities and Specifications	257
Maintenance Schedule	259
Introduction	259
Your Vehicle and the Environment	259
How This Section is Organized	260
Part A: Scheduled Maintenance	261
Using Your Maintenance Schedule	261
Selecting the Right Schedule	261
Schedule I	264
Schedule II	284
Part B: Owner Checks and Services	294
At Each Fuel Fill	294
At Least Once a Month	294
At Least Once a Year	294
Part C: Periodic Maintenance Inspections	297
Part D: Recommended Fluids and Lubricants	298
Part E: Maintenance Record	300
Customer Assistance Information	303
Customer Satisfaction Procedure	303
Customer Assistance for the Hearing or Speech Impaired TDD	304
GM Participation in BBB AUTO Line - Alternative Dispute Resolution Program	305
Reporting Safety Defects	306
Chevrolet Roadside Assistance	307
Courtesy Transportation	308
Service and Owner Publications	309

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Section

Your

Driving

and

the

Road

Here

you’ll find information

about

driving

different

kinds

roads

and

in varying

weather

conditions.

We’ve

also included

many other useful

tipson driving.

Defensive

Driving

The

best advice anyone

can give about

driving

is:

Drive

defensively.

Please

start

with

very

important

safety

device

in your

Chevrolet:

Buckle

up.

(See

“Safety

Belts”

the

Index.)

Defensive

driving

really

means

“be

ready

for anything.”

city

streets,

rural

roads,

freeways,

it means

“always

expect

the

unexpected.”

Assume

that

pedestrians or other

drivers

are

going

careless

and

make

mistakes.

Anticipate

what

they

might

do.

Be ready for their

mistakes.

Rear-end

collisions

are

about

the

most

preventable

accidents. Yet they

are

common.

Allow

enough

following

distance.

It’s

the

best

defensive

driving

maneuver,

both

city

and

rural

driving.

You

never

know

when

the

vehicle

front

you

going

brake

turn

suddenly.

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