2009 CHEVROLET COLORADO Owners Manual

Removing the Spare Tire and Tools...................5-81
Replacement Bulbs.........................................5-53
Replacement Parts, Maintenance......................6-14
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government..................................7-15
General Motors...........................................7-15
United States Government............................7-14
Restraint System Check
Checking the Restraint Systems....................1-77
Replacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash..........................................1-78
Retained Accessory Power...............................2-21
Roadside
Assistance Program....................................... 7-7
Rocking Your Vehicle to Get it Out....................4-32
Routing, Engine Drive Belt...............................6-15
Running the Vehicle While Parked.....................2-38
S
Safety Belt Reminders.....................................3-23
Safety Belts
Care of ....................................................5-104
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly................1-18
Lap Belt.....................................................1-33Safety Belts (cont.)
Lap-Shoulder Belt........................................1-27
Safety Belt Extender....................................1-34
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy.................1-33
Safety Belts Are for Everyone.......................1-13
Safety Warnings and Symbols.............................. iii
Scheduled Maintenance..................................... 6-4
Seatback Latches............................................. 1-9
Seats
Head Restraints............................................ 1-8
Heated Seats............................................... 1-4
Manual Lumbar............................................. 1-3
Power Lumbar .............................................. 1-4
Power Seats................................................. 1-3
Rear Seat Operation............................1-10, 1-11
Reclining Seatbacks...................................... 1-5
Seatback Latches.......................................... 1-9
Secondary Latch System.................................5-92
Securing a Child Restraint
Center Front Seat Position............................1-58
Rear Seat Position......................................1-56
Right Front Seat Position..............................1-58
Security Light.................................................3-34
Service........................................................... 5-3
Accessories and Modications......................... 5-3
Adding Equipment to the Outside of
the Vehicle................................................ 5-5
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Service (cont.)
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . 5-4
California Proposition 65 Warning.................... 5-4
Doing Your Own Work................................... 5-4
Engine Soon Lamp......................................3-30
Publications Ordering Information...................7-15
Service, Scheduling Appointments.....................7-10
Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle..............1-75
Setting the Clock............................................3-44
Sheet Metal Damage.....................................5-108
Shifting Into Park............................................2-34
Shifting Out of Park........................................2-36
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change.......................... 3-7
Sliding Rear Windows.....................................2-14
Spare Tire....................................................5-100
Installing....................................................5-85
Removing...................................................5-81
Storing.......................................................5-95
Specications, Capacities...............................5-117
Speedometer..................................................3-23
Stabilitrak
®System........................................... 4-6
StabiliTrak®/TCS Warning Light.........................3-29
Starting the Engine.........................................2-21
Steering.......................................................... 4-9
Steering Wheel, Tilt Wheel................................. 3-6Storage Areas
Center Console Storage Area........................2-47
Cupholders.................................................2-46
Glove Box..................................................2-46
Rear Storage Area.......................................2-47
Stuck in Sand, Mud, Ice, or Snow.....................4-31
Sun Visors.....................................................2-14
Sunroof.........................................................2-49
T
Tachometer....................................................3-23
Tailgate.........................................................2-10
Taillamps
Turn Signal, Stoplamps and
Back-up Lamps........................................5-52
Theft-Deterrent, Radio.....................................3-60
Theft-Deterrent Systems...................................2-15
Content Theft-Deterrent................................2-15
PASS-Key
®III+ Electronic Immobilizer............2-17
PASS-Key®III+ Electronic Immobilizer
Operation................................................2-17
Passlock
®...................................................2-16
Tilt Wheel........................................................ 3-6
Time, Setting..................................................3-44
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Tire
Pressure Light.............................................3-30
Tires.............................................................5-56
Aluminum or Chrome-Plated Wheels,
Cleaning...............................................5-107
Buying New Tires........................................5-72
Chains.......................................................5-78
Changing a Flat Tire....................................5-80
Cleaning...................................................5-108
Different Size..............................................5-74
High-Speed Operation..................................5-64
If a Tire Goes Flat.......................................5-79
Ination - Tire Pressure................................5-63
Inspection and Rotation................................5-70
Installing the Spare Tire................................5-85
Pressure Monitor Operation...........................5-67
Pressure Monitor System..............................5-65
Removing the Flat Tire.................................5-85
Removing the Spare Tire and Tools...............5-81
Secondary Latch System..............................5-92
Spare Tire................................................5-100
Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and Tools............5-95
Tire Sidewall Labeling..................................5-57
Tire Terminology and Denitions....................5-60
Uniform Tire Quality Grading.........................5-75
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance.................5-77
Wheel Replacement.....................................5-77
When It Is Time for New Tires......................5-72Towing
Recreational Vehicle.....................................4-41
Towing a Trailer..........................................4-47
Your Vehicle...............................................4-40
Traction
Control System (TCS).................................... 4-8
Limited-Slip Rear Axle.................................... 4-9
Stabilitrak
®System........................................ 4-6
Trailer
Recommendations.......................................4-57
Transmission
Fluid, Automatic...........................................5-21
Fluid, Manual..............................................5-24
Up-Shift Light..............................................3-27
Transmission Operation, Automatic....................2-24
Transmission Operation, Manual........................2-26
Trip Odometer................................................3-23
Truck-Camper Loading Information....................4-40
Turn and Lane-Change Signals.......................... 3-7
Turn Signal/Multifunction Lever........................... 3-7
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading............................5-75
Up-Shift Light.................................................3-27
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V
Vehicle
Control........................................................ 4-3
Loading......................................................4-33
Parking Your...............................................2-36
Running While Parked..................................2-38
Symbols......................................................... iv
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy..................7-16
Vehicle Identication
Number (VIN)............................................5-109
Service Parts Identication Label..................5-109
Ventilation Adjustment......................................3-21
Visors...........................................................2-14
W
Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators...............3-21
Warnings
DIC Warnings and Messages........................3-39
Hazard Warning Flashers............................... 3-6
Safety and Symbols......................................... iii
Wheels
Alignment and Tire Balance..........................5-77
Different Size..............................................5-74
Replacement...............................................5-77Where to Put the Restraint...............................1-44
Windows.......................................................2-12
Manual......................................................2-13
Power ........................................................2-13
Sliding Rear................................................2-14
Windshield
Washer........................................................ 3-9
Washer Fluid..............................................5-37
Wiper Blade Replacement.............................5-54
Wiper Blades, Cleaning..............................5-106
Wiper Fuses.............................................5-110
Wipers......................................................... 3-8
Winter Driving................................................4-29
X
XM Radio Messages.......................................3-59
XM™ Satellite Radio Antenna System................3-62
Y
Your Vehicle and the Environment....................... 6-2
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