1997 Chevrolet Malibu Owner's Manual - Page 174
1997 Chevrolet Malibu Manual
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0 Tie a red cloth to your vehicle to alert police that you've been stopped by the snow. Put on extra clothing or wrap a blanket around you. If you have no blankets extra clothing,make body or insulators from newspapers, burlapbags, rags, floor mats -- anything you can wrap around yourself or tuck under your clothing to keep warm. A CAUTION: Snow can trap exhaust gasesunder your vehicle. This can cause deadlyCO (carbon monoxide) gas to get inside.CO could overcome you and kill you. You can't seeit or smell it, so you might not know it is in your vehicle. Clear away snow from around the base of your vehicle, especially any that is blockingyour exhaust pipe. And check around again from time time to be sure snow to doesn't collect there. Open a window just a little on the side the of vehicle that's awayfrom the wind. This help will keep CO out. 0 You can run the engine to keep warm, butbe careful. 4-27