1994 CHEVROLET S10 ABS

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Avoid needless heavy braking. Some people drive in spurts - heavy
acceleration followed by heavy braking
- rather than keeping pace with
traffic. This is a mistake. Your brakes may not have time to cool between
hard stops. Your brakes will wear out much faster if you do a lot of heavy
braking.
If you keep pace with the traffic and allow realistic following
distances, you will eliminate a lot of unnecessary braking. That means better
braking and longer brake life.
If your engine ever stops while you’re driving, brake normally \
but don’t
pump your brakes. If you do, the pedal may get harder to push down. If
your engine stops, you will still have some power brake assist. But you
will
use it when you brake. Once the power assist is used up, it may take longer
to stop and the brake pedal will be harder to push.
Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS)
Your vehicle has an advanced electronic braking system that can help\
you
keep it under control.
If your vehicle has an anti-lock brake system warning light on th\
e
instrument panel, it has four-wheel anti-lock brakes. Otherwise, it has
rear-wheel anti-lock brakes. When you start a vehicle that has \
four-wheel anti-lock brakes and begin to drive away, you may hear
a momentary motor
or clicking noise. This is the ABS system testing itself.
Here’s how anti-lock works. Let’s say the road is wet. Y\
ou’re driving safely. Suddenly an animal jumps out in front of you.
You slam on the brakes. Here’s what happens with ABS.
A computer senses that wheels are slowing down. With four-wheel
anti-lock:
If one of the wheels is about to stop rolling, the computer will
separately work the brakes at each front wheel
and at the rear wheels. The
four-wheel anti-lock system can change the brake pressure faster\
than any
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Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear before you start dawn a long or
steep downgrade. If you don’t shift down, you might have to use your
brakes
so much that they would get hot and no longer work well.
On a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your speed
to around 45 mph
(70 km/h) to reduce the possibility of engine and transmission overheating.
If you have an automatic transmission, you should use “D” when towing a
trailer. Operating your vehicle
in “D” when towing a trailer will minimize
heat buildup and extend the life of your transmission.
Or, if you have a
rrianual transmission with fifth gear, it’s better not to use fifth gear, just
drive in fourth gear (or, as
you need to, a lower gear).
Parking on Hills
You really should not park your vehicle, with a trailer attached, \
on a hill. If
something goes wrong, your rig could start to move. People
can be injured,
and both your vehicle and the trailer can be damaged.
But if you ever have
to park your rig on a hill, here’s how to do it:
1. Apply your regular brakes, but don’t shift into “P” (Park) yet, or into
2. Have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels.
3. When the wheel chocks are in place, release the regular brakes until the
gear
for
a manual transmission.
chocks absorb the load.
4. Reapply the regular brakes. Then apply your parking brake, and \
then
shift into
“P” (Park), or “R” (Reverse) for a manual transmission.
5. If you have a four-wheel drive vehicle with a manual transfer \
case shift
lever, be sure the transfer case is
in a drive gear-not in “N” (Neutral).
6. Release the parking brakes,
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cover tabs
are fully inserted into the slots in the air cleaner housing and the
PCV air tube is properly seated in the left hand valve cover.
Refer to
the Maintenance Schedule to determine when to replace the air
filter.
See “Scheduled Maintenance Services”
in the Index.
NOTICE:
If’ the air cleaner is off, a backfire can cause a damaging engine
fire.
And, dirt can easily get into your engine, which will damage
it. Always have the
air cleaner in place when you’re driving.
Automatic Transmission Fluid
When to Check and Change
A good time to check your automatic transmission fluid level is when the
engine oil is changed. Refer to the Maintenance Schedule to determine
when to change your fluid. See “Scheduled Maintenance Services” in the
Index.
How to Check
Because this operation can be a little difficult, you may choose to have this
done at a
GM dealership Service Department.
If you
do it yourself, be sure to follow all the instructions here, or you \
could
get a false reading on the dipstick.
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HTR NC
CIRCUITS PROTECTED
Blower Motor, Temperature Door
Motor
PWR AUX Pwr Auxiliary Outlets
(NOT USED) ECM BATT Engine Computer (Battery), ABS
Battery, Fuel Pump
ECM IGN Engine Computer (Ignition), Injectors, Engine Sensors
RADIO
(NOT USED) RDO/BATT ILLUM
DRL
TURN B/U
WIPER
BRAKE
4 WD
(NOT USED) FOG
(NOT USED)
(NOT USED)
(NOT USED) Radio,
Inside Rearview
Mirror Map
Lamps
Clock, Radio Battery, CD Player
Cluster Illumination, Ash Tray Lamp,
Radio Illumination, Heater Lamp,
Four-wheel Drive Illumination, Chime Module, Fog Lamp Switch
Illumination, Daytime Running
Lamps
Daytime Running Lamps (Canada
Turn Signals, Backup Lamps
Windshield Washer, Windshield
Wiper Motor Only)
Speedometer, Anti-lock Braking
System, Cruise Control
Four-wheel Drive
Fog Lamps