2005 Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1 Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1 Front Seats ............................................... 1-3 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ........ 4-1 Rear Seats ............................................... 1-8 Towing ................................................... 4-57 Safety Belts ............................................. 1-21 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-42 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Airbag System ......................................... 1-66 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-81 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 All-Wheel Drive ........................................ 5-50 Keys ........................................................ 2-3 Rear Axle ............................................... 5-51 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-8 Four-Wheel Drive ..................................... 5-52 Windows ................................................. 2-15 Front Axle ............................................... 5-53 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-17 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-54 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-19 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-60 Mirrors .................................................... 2-42 Tires ...................................................... 5-61 OnStar® System ...................................... 2-51 Appearance Care ................................... 5-100 HomeLink® Transmitter ............................. 2-53 Vehicle Identification ............................... 5-109 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-57 Electrical System .................................... 5-109 Sunroof .................................................. 2-62 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-118 Vehicle Personalization ............................. 2-63 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-21 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-36 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-10 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-54 Index ................................................................ 1 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-76 Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, and the How to Use This Manual names TAHOE and SUBURBAN are registered Many people read the owner manual from beginning to trademarks of General Motors Corporation. end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this This manual includes the latest information at the time it is done, it can help you learn about the features was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work the product after that time without notice. For vehicles together in the owner manual to explain things. first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Chevrolet Motor Division Index wherever it appears in this manual. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if you A good place to quickly locate information about the ever need it while you are on the road. If you sell the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an vehicle, leave this manual with the vehicle. alphabetical list of what is in the manual and the page number where it can be found. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 05TAHOE A First Edition © 2004 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ii Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a circle with a slash through it in There are a number of safety cautions in this book. this book. This safety We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about symbol means “Do Not,” things that could hurt you if you were to ignore “Do Not do this” or “Do Not the warning. let this happen.” {CAUTION: These mean there is something that could hurt you or other people. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you do not, you or others could be hurt. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this manual you will find these notices: The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along Notice: These mean there is something that could with the text describing the operation or information damage your vehicle. relating to a specific component, control, message, A notice tells about something that can damage the gage, or indicator. vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered If you need help figuring out a specific name of a by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. But component, gage, or indicator, reference the the notice will tell what to do to help avoid the damage. following topics: When you read other manuals, you might see • Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. • Features and Controls in Section 2 There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They use • Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. • Climate Controls in Section 3 • Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 • Audio System(s) in Section 3 • Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 iv These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: v ✍ NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-3 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Manual Seats ................................................1-3 Children and Small Adults ..........................1-39 Power Seats ..................................................1-4 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-41 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-5 Child Restraints .............................................1-42 Heated Seats .................................................1-6 Older Children ..............................................1-42 Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-6 Infants and Young Children ............................1-44 Head Restraints .............................................1-8 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-47 Rear Seats .......................................................1-8 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-50 Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-8 Top Strap ....................................................1-51 60/40 Split Bench Seat ...................................1-9 Top Strap Anchor Location .............................1-53 50/50 Split Bench Seat ..................................1-11 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Bench Seat ..................................................1-15 Children (LATCH System) ...........................1-55 Bucket Seats ...............................................1-19 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for Safety Belts ...................................................1-21 the LATCH System ....................................1-57 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ................1-21 Securing a Child Restraint in a Questions and Answers About Safety Belts .........1-26 Rear Outside Seat Position .........................1-57 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-26 Securing a Child Restraint in a Driver Position ..............................................1-27 Center Rear Seat Position ..........................1-59 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-34 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-35 Center Front Seat Position ..........................1-61 Center Passenger Position .............................1-35 Securing a Child Restraint in the Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-36 Right Front Seat Position ............................1-62 1-1 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System ...............................................1-66 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-80 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-69 Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-71 Vehicle ....................................................1-80 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-73 Restraint System Check ..................................1-81 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-73 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-81 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ........1-74 Replacing Restraint System Parts Passenger Sensing System ............................1-76