A CAUTION: 
To help  avoid  injury  to you or others: 
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Never  let  passengers  ride  in a vehicle  that is 
being  towed.  Never  tow faster  than  safe  or  posted  speeds. 
Never  tow with  damaged  parts  not 
fully secured. 
Never  get  under  your  vehicle after it has 
been  lifted  by the  tow  truck. 
Always  use  separate  safety  chains  on  each 
side  when  towing  a  vehicle. 
For  pickups  (except  cab  chassis  models), 
use  T-hooks  on  front  of vehicle,  J-hooks 
on  rear. 
For  cab  chassis  models,  use J-hooks  on 
front  and  rear  of vehicle. 
A CAUTION: 
A vehicle  can fall from  a  car  carrier  if it  isn’t 
adequately  secured.  This  can  cause  a  collision, 
serious  personal  injury  and  vehicle damage.  The 
vehicle  should  be  tightly  secured  with  chains  or 
steel  cables  before  it  is transported. 
Don’t  use  substitutes  (ropes,  leather  straps, 
canvas  webbing,  etc.) that  can  be  cut  by sharp 
edges  underneath  the  towed vehicle. 
Don‘t have your vehicle towed  on the  drive  wheels 
unless  you must. 
If the vehicle  must  be towed on the 
drive wheels.  be sure  to follow  the speed and distance 
restrictions  later 
in this section  or your transmission  will 
be damaged. If these limitations must be exceeded,  then 
the  drive wheels have 
to be supported on a dolly. 
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REPORTING  SAFETY  DEFECTS TO 
THE CANADIAN  GOVERNMENT 
If you live in Canada, and  you believe that your vehicle 
has 
a safety  defect,  you should immediately notify 
Transport  Canada, 
in addition to notifying General 
Motors  of Canada  Limited.  You may  write to: 
Transport Canada 
Box 8880 
Ottawa,  Ontario  KlG 
352 
REPORTING  SAFETY  DEFECTS 
TO  GENERAL  MOTORS 
In addition to notifying  NHTSA (or Transport Canada) 
in a situation like  this, we certainly  hope you’ll notify 
us. Please call 
us at 1-800-GMC-8782 
(, 1-800-462-8782) or write: 
GMC Consumer Relations 
3 1 E. Judson  Street  1607-04 
Pontiac. 
MI 48342-2230 
In Canada, please  call us at 1-800-263-3777  (English) 
or  1-800-263-7854  (French). Or, write: 
General Motors  of Canada Limited 
Customer Communication  Centre, 163-005 
1908 Colonel Sam Drive 
Oshawa,  Ontario Ll 
H 8P7 
Ordering  Service  and  Owner 
Publications  in  Canada 
Service manuals, service  bulletins, owner’s manuals and 
other  service  literature  are available  for purchase  for all 
current and past model General Motors vehicles. 
The toll-free telephone number  for ordering information 
in Canada  is 1-800-668-5539. 
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