1993 GMC Sonoma Owner's Manual - Page 318

Scheduled Mainfenance Services A Word About Maintenance Weat GeneralMotorswanttohelpyoukeepyourvehicle in goodworking condition. But wedon'tknowexactlyhowyou'lldriveit. Youmay drivevery short distancesonlyafewtimesaweek.Oryou maydrivelongdistances all thetime in veryhot,dustyweather. Youmay useyourvehicleinmaking deliveries.Or you maydrive it to work,to do errands,orinmanyotherways. Because of all thedifferentwayspeopleusetheirGMvehicles,maintenance needsvary. Youmay even need morefrequentchecksandreplacementsthan youwill find intheschedules in this section. So pleasereadthis section and note howyoudrive. If youhaveanyquestionsonhowtokeepyourvehicle in goodcondition, see yourGMdealer,theplacemanyGMowners choose to havetheirmaintenanceworkdone. Your dealercanbereliedupon to use proper parts andpractices. Your Vehicle And The Environment Propervehiclemaintenancenotonlyhelpskeepyourvehicle in goodworking condition,butitalsohelpstheenvironment. All recommendedmaintenance proceduresareimportant.Impropervehiclemaintenanceortheremoval of important components can significantly affect the quality of theairwebreathe. Improperfluidlevels or eventhewrongtireinflationcanincreasethe level of emissionsfromyourvehicle. To helpprotectourenvironment,and to help keepyourvehicleingoodcondition,pleasemaintainyourvehicleproperly. I CAUTION Performingmaintenancework on avehiclecanbedangerous. In tryingto do somejobs,youcanbeseriouslyinjured. Do yourown maintenanceworkonly if youhavetherequiredknow-how and the propertools and equipmentforthejob. If youhaveanydoubt,have aaualifiedtechnician do the work. If you are skilledenoughto do someworkonyourvehicle, you willprobably want to get the serviceinformation GM publishes. You will find alist of publicationsandhow to gettheminSection 8, "CustomerAssistance Information". See"ServicePublications"intheIndex. The MaintenanceRecordprovidesaplaceforyou to recordthemaintenance performedonyourvehicle.Wheneveranymaintenanceisperformed, besure to write it down in this section.Thiswill help youdeterminewhenyournext maintenanceshouldbedone. In addition, it is agood idea to keepyour maintenancereceipts.Theymay be needed to qualifyyourvehiclefor warrantyrepairs. 7-2