Black plate (15,1)Chevrolet Avalanche Owner Manual - 2011
Customer Information 13-15
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General Motors cars and trucks.
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models.
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Black plate (11,1)Chevrolet Avalanche Owner Manual - 2011
INDEX i-11
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Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Replacing After a Crash . . . . . . 3-28
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-26
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-16
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . . 11-2
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-10 Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated and Ventilated
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 3-6
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 3-4
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Secondary Latch System . . . . . 10-85
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62, 3-64
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Service
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-4
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 11-9
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 12-1
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Scheduling Appointments . . . 13-10
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 3-43
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
