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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Table of Contents
Introduction - How to Use this Manual
This section tells you how to use your manual and includes safety
and vehicle damage warnings and symbols.
Section 1 - Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts
properly. It also explains the air bag system.
Section 2 - Features & Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Section 3 - Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort
controls and how to operate your audio system.
Section 4 - Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and
how to drive under different conditions.
Section 5 - Problems on the Road
This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while
driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating, etc.
Section 6 - Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running
properly and looking good.
Section 7 - Maintenance Schedule
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and
what fluids and lubricants to use.
Section 8 - Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact GM for assistance and how to
get service publications. It also gives you information on
“Reporting Safety Defects” on page
8-4.
Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this
manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is driven:
Fasten Safety Door LocWUnlock
Belts
These symbols have to do with your lights:
Master Lighting
Switch
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Turn Signal Direction Hazard Warning
Flasher
Fog Lights Daytime
Running Lights
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Headlight
High Beam
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Seats and Restraint Systems
Section
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use
your safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should
not do with air bags and safety belts.
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats - how to adjust them, and fold them up
and down. It also tells you about reclining front seatbacks and head
restraints.
Manual Front Seat
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To fold the seat, pull
on the release handle
at the bottom of
the
seat cushion marked
RELEASE.
When you release the
seat cushion, the
seatback is
automatically
released. Pull the loop
on the seatback
forward and fold the
seatback into the seat
cushion.
While the seat is in the folded position, hang the latch plate end of the outer
passenger position safety belts on the hooks at the top
of each retractor
cover, out of
the way.
To return the seat to the passenger position, lift the seatback up with both
hands and push
it rearward until it latches.
After returning the seat to the passenger position, pull forward
on the
seatback to make sure
it is locked in place. Also, return the safety belts and
head restraints
to their original positions, so they will be available for rear
seat passengers
to use. Then, fold the head restraint stowage bag closed and
attach it
to the rear seatback, behind the load floor flipper panel.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Rear Folding Seat (4-Door Utility Model)
If your vehicle has a 60/40 rear seat, either side may be folded down to give
you more cargo space.
Before folding, place the latch plate portion of the center safety belt in the
center
ann rest. That way, the center safety belt will be out of the way when
the seat is folded and also will easily available for passengers to use when
the seat is returned to the passenger position. Also, make sure that nothing is
under or in front of the seat. When the seat is folded,
it will lay flat on the
floor.
First, remove the head
restraints. Push the
release buttons at the
bottom of each head
restraint height adjust
post and slide the head
restraint out of the
height adjust tubes.
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Set the head restraints aside for now. You will stow them in their proper
position after
you are done folding the seat.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Make sure the posts
go in all the way.
To return the seat to the passenger position, first remove the head restraints
by sliding them out
of the seat cushion. Lift the seatback up and push
rearward all the way. Then, lower the seat cushion until it latches in
position.
After returning the seat to the passenger position, return the head restraints
to the top of each seatback. Pull forward on the seatback and up on the seat
cushion to make sure the seat is securely in place.
If the latch plate portion of the center safety belt was put in the center arm
rest when the seat was folded, take the latch plate portion out and place it on
the seat. That way, the center seat position safety belt will be available for
center rear seat passengers to use.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Folding Second Seat (Suburban)
If your vehicle has a 60/40 second seat, either side may be folded down to
give you more cargo space. Before folding, push the buckle portion of the
safety belt down into the seat cushion pockets, out of the way. Also, make
sure that nothing is under
or in front of the seat. When the seat is folded, it
will lay flat
on the floor.
First, remove the head
restraints. Push the
release buttons at the
bottom of each head
restraint height adjust
post and slide the head
restraint out of the
height adjust tubes.
Set the head restraints aside for now. You will stow them in their proper
position after you are done folding the seat.
To fold the seat, pull
up on the strap loop at
the rear outer edge of
the seat cushion.
Then, pull the seat
cushion up and fold it
forward.
After folding the seat cushion fully forward, push down on the lever at the
side of the seatback and fold the seatback forward until it is flat.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Fold the load floor panels forward and latch them into the seatback. Lift the
seatback up and push rearward until
it latches. Then, lower the seat cushion
until it latches in position.
After returning the seat to the passenger position, return
the head restraints
to the top of each seatback. Pull forward on the seatback and up on the seat
cushion to make sure the seat
is securely in place.
Also, pull the safety belt buckles
out of the seat cushion pockets, so they
will be available for rear seat passengers to use.
Removable Rear (Third) Seat (Suburban)
If your vehicle has a rear seat, it can be taken out for more cargo space.
Before removing the seat, unlatch the outside passenger position safety belts
from the seat frame.
To unlatch the safety
belt, press
in on the
inside of the buckle
cover sleeve and pull
the latch plate out
of
the buckle.
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