Your Driving and the Road
If You’re Caught in a Blizzard
If you are stopped by heavy snow, you
could be in a serious situation. You should
probably stay with your vehicle unless
you know
for sure that you are near help
and you can hike through the snow. Here
are some things to do to summon help and
keep yourself and your passengers safe:
Turn on your hazard flashers. 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 or extra
clothing, make body insulators from
newspapers, burlap bags, rags, floor mats
- anything you can wrap around yourself
or tuck under your clothing to keep warm.
You can
run the engine to keep warm, but
be careful. Run your engine
only as long as
you
must. This saves fuel. When you run the
engine, make it go a little faster than just
idle. That is, push the accelerator slightly.
This uses less fuel for the heat that you
get and it keeps the battery charged. You
will need a well-charged battery to restart
the vehicle, and possibly for signaling
later on with your headlights. Let the
heater run for awhile.
Then, shut the engine off and close the
window almost all the way to preserve
the heat. Start the engine again and
repeat this only when you feel really
uncomfortable from the cold. But
do it as
little as possible. Preserve the fuel as long
3s you can. To help keep warm, you can
get out of the vehicle and do some fairly
vigorous exercises every half hour or
so
until help comes.
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Cu.stomer Assistance Information
0 Up to $30 maximum daily CAB,
BUS, or OTHER public transportation
allowance
in lieu of rental for any
overnight warranty repair up to
5 days.
OR
0 Up to $10 daily FUEL allowance for
rides provided by another person (i.e.,
friend, neighbor, etc.) in lieu
of rental
or other public transportation for
any overnight warranty repair up to
5 days.
Note: All Courtesy Transportation
arrangements
will be administered by
your ChevroletIGeo dealership service
management.
Claim amounts should
reflect all actual costs.
0 ChevroletlGeo Courtesy
Transportation is not
part of the
BUMPER TO
BUMPER New Vehicle
Limited Warranty. Chevrolet‘Geo
reserves the right to make any
changes or discontinue Courtesy
Transportation at any
time without
notification.
For additional program details, contact
your ChevroletlGeo dealer.
In Canada, please consult your GM
Dealer for information on courtesy
transportation.
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Service Publications
[nformation on how to obtain Product
Service Publications (PSP’s) and Indexes
3s described below is applicable only in
$e
fifty U.S. states (and the District of
Columbia) and only for cars and light
trucks with GVWR less than 10,000
pounds
(4 536 kg).
[n Canada, information pertaining to
Product Service Bulletins and Indexes
can be .obtained by writing to:
General Motors of Canada Limited
Service Publications Department
1908 Colonel Sam Dr.
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8W
Chevrolet/Geo regularly sends its
dealers useful service bulletins about
ChevroletlGeo products. ChevroletlGeo
monitors product performance
in the
field. We then prepare bulletins for
servicing our products better. Now, you
can get these bulletins too.
Bulletins cover various subjects. Some
pertain to the proper use and care
of your
vehicle. Some describe costly repairs.
Others describe inexpensive repairs
which, if done on time with the latest
parts, may avoid future costly repairs.
Some bulletins tell a technician how
to
:epair a new or unexpected condition.
3thers describe a quicker way to fix your
vehicle. They can help a technician
service your vehicle better.
Most bulletins apply to conditions
affecting a small number of cars or trucks.
Your Chevrolet/Geo dealer or
a qualified
technician may have to determine if a
specific bulletin applies
to your vehicle.
[ndividual PSP’s
If you don’t want to buy all the PSP’s
issued by ChevroletlGeo for all car
or
truck models in the model year, you can
buy individual PSP’s, such as those which
may pertain
to a particular model. To do
this, you will first need to see our
index of PSP’s. It provides
a variety of
information. Here’s what you’ll find in
the index and how you can get one:
What You’ll Find in the Index:
0 A list of all PSP’s published by
ChevroletlGeo in
a model year (1 990
or later). PSP’s covering all models
of ChevroletlGeo cars or light trucks
(less than
10,000 pounds (4 536 kg)
GVWR) are listed in the same index.
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