1997 CHEVROLET ASTRO towing

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 90,000 Miles (150 000 km)
0 Change engine oil and filter (or every
12 months, whichever occurs first).
An Emission Control Service.
0 Lubricate chassis components (or every
12 months, whichever occurs first).
(See footnote
#.)
0 Check readfront axle fluid level and add
fluid
as needed. Check constant velocity
joints and axle seals for leaking.
(See footnote
**.)
For Two-Wheel-Drive vehicles only: Clean
each brake relining, whichever occurs first).
1 and repack the front wheel bearings (or at
CJ Change automatic transmission fluid and
filter
if the vehicle is mainly driven under
one
or more of these conditions:
- In heavy city traffic where the outside
temperature regularly reaches
90°F
(32 O C) or higher.
- In hilly or mountainous terrain.
- When doing frequent trailer towing.
- Uses such as found in taxi, police or
If you do not use your vehicle under any of these
conditions, change the
fluid and filter every
30,000 miles (50 000 km).
delivery service.

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Assistance Program
To enhance Chevrolet's strong commitment to customer
satisfaction, Chevrolet is excited to announce the
establishment of the Chevrolet/Geo Roadside Assistance
Center. As
the owner of a 1997 Chevrolet/Geo,
membership
in Roadside Assistance is free. Roadside
Assistance
is available 24 hours a day,
365 days a year, by calling 1-800-CHEV-USA
(1-800-243-8872). This toll-free number will provide
you over-the-phone roadside assistance with minor
mechanical problems.
If your problem cannot be
resolved over the phone, our advisors have access to a
nationwide network
of dealer recommended service
providers. Roadside membership is free, however some
services may incur costs.
Roadside offers two levels
of service to the customer,
Basic Care and Courtesy" Cure:
0 Toll-free number, 1-800-CHEV-USA
e Free towing for warranty repairs
0 Basic over-the-phone technical advice
Available dealer services at reasonable costs (ie.,
wrecker services, locksmith/key service, glass
repair, etc.)

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Roadside Basic Care services (as outlined above)
Plus:
FREE Non-Warranty Towing (to the closest dealer
from a legal roadway)
FREE LocksmithKey Service (when keys are lost
on the road or locked inside)
FREE Flat Tire Service (spare installed on the road)
FREE Jump Start (at home or on the road)
FREE Fuel Delivery ($5 of fuel delivered on
the road) Chevrolet/Geo offers Courtesy Transportation
for
customers needing warranty service. Courtesy
Transportation will be offered in conjunction with
the coverage provided by the Bumper to Bumper
New Vehicle Limited Warranty
to eligible purchasers
of 1997 Chevrolet/Geo passenger car and light duty
trucks. (Please see your selling dealer for details.)
Note:
Courtesy Cure is available to Retail and Retail Lease
Customers operating
1997 and newer Chevrolet/Geo
vehicles for a period of
3 years/36,000 miles (60 000 km),
whichever occurs first. All Courtesy Care services must
be pre-arranged
by Chevrolet Roadside or dealer
Service Management.
Basic Care and Courtesy Care are not part of or
included
in the coverage provided by the New Vehicle
Limited Warranty. Chevrolet reserves the right to
modify or discontinue
Basic Care and Courtesy Care
at any time.

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Courtesy Lamps ................................ 2-39
Courtesy Transportation
........................... 8-8
Cruise Control
................................. 2-34
Customer Assistance Information
................... 8- 1
Customer Satisfaction Procedure .................... 8-2
Customer Assistance for Text Telephone Users
......... 8-4
Damage. Finish
............................... 6-58
Damage. Sheet Metal
............................ 6-57
Daytime Running Lamps
......................... 2-38
Daytime Running Lamps Indicator Light
............ 2-68
Dead Battery
................................... 5-3
Defects. Reporting Safety
................... 8- IO. 8- 11
Defensive Driving ............................... 4-2
Defogger. Rear Window
.......................... 3-8
Defrosting
..................................... 3-6
Dimensions. Vehicle
............................ 6-68
Dome Lamps
.................................. 2-39
Door Locks
....................................... 2-6
Sliding ..................................... 2-10
Drive Position
................................. 2-21
Driver Position
................................. 1 - 18
Driving
City
........................................ 4-18
Defensive
.................................... 4-2
Drunken
..................................... 4-3
Freeway
.................................... 4-19
TnaBlizzard
................................. 4-26
In Foreign Countries ........................... 6-4
IntheRain
.................................. 4-16
Night
...................................... 4-14
OnCurves
................................... 4-9
On Grades While Towing
a Trailer ............... 4-37
On
Hill and Mountain Roads .................... 4-22
OnSnowandIce
............................. 4-24
Throughwater
............................... 4-18
WetRoads
.................................. 4-16
Winter
...................................... 4-24
With a Trailer ................................ 4-35
DrunkenDriving
................................ 4-3
Electrical Equipment. Adding
.......... 2- 18. 3-28. 6-60
Electrical System
............................... 6-60
Engine
........................................ 6-9
Coolant
..................................... 6-25
Coolant Heater
............................... 2-18
Coolant Level Check
.......................... 7-43
Cooling System Capacity
....................... 6-66
Cover
...................................... 6-15
Exhaust ..................................... 2-27
FuseBlock
.................................. 6-64
Identification
................................ 6-60
OilLevelCheck
.............................. 7-43
Overheating
................................. 5-13
Running While Parked
......................... 2-28
Specifications
................................ 6-66
Starting
..................................... 2-17
Temperature Gage
............................ 2-64
9-3

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Adding ..................................... 6-12
Additives
................................... 6- 14
Checking
................................... 6-11
Pressure Gage ................................ 2-68
Used
....................................... 6-14
Whentochange
.............................. 6-14
Exhaust, Engine
....... 2-27,2-28,2-30,4-27,4-34, 4-35
Express-Down Window
.......................... 2-29
Fabric Cleaning
............................... 6-52
FillingYourTank
6-5
Fi 1 ter
.
................................
Air Cleaner Replacement ....................... 6-68
Engine Oil Replacement
....................... 6-68
Finish Care
.................................... 6-56
Finish Damage
................................. 6-58
FirstGear ..................................... 2-22
Flashers, Hazard Warning
......................... 5-2
Flat Tire. Changing
............................. 5-23
Fluid Capacities
........................... 6.66. 6.67
Foreign Countries. Fuel
........................... 6-4
Fluids and Lubricants ............................ 7-49
French Language Manual
11
Front
Axle
....................................... 6-24
Towing
................................. 5-9. 5.10
Turn Signal Lamp Bulb Replacement ............. 6-40
.. ...........................
Storage Area ................................. 2-42
Fuel .......................................... 6-3
Filling Your Tank
.............................. 6-5
Gage
....................................... 2-69
In Foreign Countries ........................... 6-4
Regulator
................................... 2-18
Fuses and Circuit Breakers
....................... 6-61
Gages Engine Coolant Temperature
.................... 2-64
Fuel ....................................... 2-69
Engine Oil Pressure
........................... 2-67
Garage Door Opener
............................ 2-45
GAWR
....................................... 4-28
Gear Positions. Automatic Transmission
............. 2-19
GloveBox
.................................... 2-42
Gross Axle Weight Rating
........................ 4-28
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
...................... 4-28
Guide en Franpis 11
GVWR ....................................... 4-28
.. .................................
Halogen Bulbs ................................ 6-36
Hatch Release
.................................. 2-12
Hazard Warning Flashers
.......................... 5-2
Head Restraints
................................. 1-5
Headlamps .................................... 2-38
Bulb Replacement
............................ 6-37
High/Low Beam Changer ...................... 2-32
Wiring
..................................... 6-61
OnReminder ................................ 2-38
9-4

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Cylinders
................................... 7-44
Door
........................................ 2-6
Ignition Transmission Lock Check
............... 7-46
Key Lock Cylinder Service
..................... 7-44
PowerDoor
.................................. 2-7
Sliding Door Child Security
..................... 2- I I
Lubricants and Fluids ............................ 7-49
Lubrication Service. Body
........................ 7-44
Luggagecarrier
................................ 2-49
Lumbar Controls
................................ 1-3
Locks
Maintenance. Normal Replacement Parts
........... 6-68
Maintenance Record
............................ 7-5 1
Maintenance Schedule ............................ 7- I
Long Trip/Highway Definition ................... 7-6
Long Tripmighway Intervals ..................... 7-6
Owner Checks and Services
..................... 7-43
Periodic Maintenance Inspections
................ 7-47
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
............. 7-49
Scheduled Maintenance Services
.................. 7-4
Short TripKity Definition
....................... 7-5
Short TripKity Intervals ........................ 7-5
Maintenance When Trailer Towing
................. 4-38
Malfunction Indicator Lamp
...................... 2-65
ManualFrontSeat
............................... 1-2
Methanol
...................................... 6-3
Maintenance. Underbody
......................... 6-58
Manual Lumbar Support
.......................... 1-3 Mirrors
....................................... 2-41
Convex Outside
.............................. 2-42
Inside Day/Night Rearview
..................... 2-41
Outside
..................................... 2-41
Visorvanity
................................. 2-52
MMT
......................................... 6-3
Model Reference
................................. vi
MountainRoads ................................ 4-22
Net. Convenience
.............................. 2-49
Neutral
....................................... 2-21
New Vehicle Break-In
........................... 2-15
Nightvision
................................... 4-15
odometer
.................................... 2-59
Odometer. Trip
................................. 2-59
Off-Road Recovery
............................. 4-11
Oil. Engine
.................................... 6-11
Opener. Garage Door ............................ 2-45
Outside Mirror
................................. 2-41
Overhead Console
.............................. 2-44
Overheating Engine
............................. 5-13
Owner Checks and Services
....................... 7-43
Owner Publications. Ordering
................ 8- 1 I. 8- 12
Paint Spotting. Chemical
........................ 6-58
Park(P)
...................................... 2-19
Shifting Into ................................. 2-24
Shifting Out of
............................... 2-26

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.................................... 2-14
Brake
...................................... 2-23
BrakeMechanism Check
....................... 7-46
Over Things That Burn
........................ 2-27
With
a Trailer ................................ 4-38
Passing
....................................... 4-12
Payload
....................................... 4-30
Periodic Maintenance Inspections
.................. 7-47
Power
Accessory Outlet
............................. 2-52
DoorLocks
................................... 2-7
Option Fuses
................................ 6-61
Seat
......................................... 1-3
Steering
..................................... 4-9
Steering Fluid
................................ 6-30
Windows
................................... 2-29
Pregnancy. Use
of Safety Belts .................... 1-26
Problems on the Road
............................ 5-2
Publications, Service and Owner
.............. 8-1 1. 8- I2
Lots ....................................... 2-14
Radiator
..................................... 5- 19
Radiator Pressure Cap
........................... 6-29
Radio Reception
................................ 3-28
Radios
........................................ 3-9
Rain. Driving In
................................ 4- 16
Reading Lamps ................................ 2-40
Rear
Air Conditioning System
........ ........... 3-5 Axle
....................................... 6-25
Heating System
............................... 3-4
Outside Seat Position
.......................... 1-34
Safety Belt Comfort Guides
..................... 1-37
SeatAudio
.................................. 3-18
Seatpassengers
.............................. 1-34
Storage ..................................... 2-43
Towing
................................ 5-11. 5-12
Window Defogger
............................. 3-8
Windshield Washer
........................... 2-34
Rearview Mirror
................................ 2-41
Reclining Front Seatbacks
......................... 1-4
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
............... 7-49
Recovery Tank. Coolant
.......................... 5-16
Refrigerants. Air Conditioning
.................... 6-67
Regulator. Fuel
................................. 2-18
Removable Rear Seats
............................ 1-9
Replacement
Bulbs
...................................... 6-66
Parts
....................................... 6-68
Wheel
...................................... 6-48
Replacing Safety Belts
........................... 1-66
Reporting Safety Defects
.................... 8- IO. 8-11
Restraints
Built-in Child
................................ 1-44
Checking
................................... 1-65
Child
........................ 1-41. 1-42. 1-43. 1-53
Head
........................................ 1-5
Replacing Parts After
a Crash ................... 1-66
Systemcheck
................................ 7-44
Reverse
....................................... 2-20
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TopStrap ..................................... 1-54
Torque Lock
................................... 2-26
Torque. Wheel
Nut ......................... 5.32. 6.66
Towing a Trailer
................................ 4-31
Towing Your Vehicle
............................. 5-7
Trailer
Brakes
..................................... 4-35
Driving on Grades
............................ 4-37
Driving with
................................. 4-35
Hitches
..................................... 4-34
Maintenance When Towing
..................... 4-38
Parking on Hills
.............................. 4-38
Safety Chains
................................ 4-34
Tongueweight
............................... 4-33
Total Weight on Tires
.......................... 4-34
Towing
..................................... 4-31
Turnsignals
................................. 4-37
Weight
..................................... 4-32
Wiring Harness
............................... 4-39
Transmission Fluid. Automatic
.................... 6-20
Transmitters. Keyless Entry
........................ 2-7
Transportation. Courtesy .......................... 8-8
Trip Odometer ................................. 2-59
TTY Users
...................................... 8-4
Turn Signal and Lane Change Signals
............... 2-32
Turn SignaIMultifunction Lever
................... 2-3 1
Turn Signals When Towing a Trailer ................ 4-37
Two-way Manual Seat
........................... 1-2
Underbody Maintenance ........................ 6-58
Underhood Electrical Center
...................... 6-64
Universal Transmitter
............................ 2-53
Vehicle Control
...................................... 4-6
Damage Warnings
.............................. iv
Dimensions ................................. 6-68
Identification Number
......................... 6-60
Loading
.................................... 4-28
Storage
..................................... 6-36
Visor Vanity Mirrors
............................ 2-52
Visors. Sun
.................................... 2-51
Voltmeter
..................................... 2-62
Ventilation
System
............................... 3-6
warning Devices
............................... 5-2
Warning Lights. Gages and Indicators
............... 2-60
Warranty Information
............................ 8-10
Washer Fluid. Windshield ........................ 6-31
Washing Your Vehicle
........................... 6-56
Weatherstrips
.................................. 6-55
Nut Torque ............................. 5-32. 6-66
Replacement
................................. 6-48
Wheel
Alignment
.................................. 6-48
Wrench
..................................... 5-25
9-10