The 1997 Chevrolet Express Owner's Manual
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I The 1997 Chevrolet Express Owner’s Manual 1-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “SIR” system. 2- 1 Features and Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle, 3-1 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. 4-1 Your Driving and the Road Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road andhow to drive under different conditions. 5-1 Problems on the Road This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. 6-1 Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good. 7-1 Maintenance Schedule This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. 8-1 Customer Assistance Information This section tells you how to contact Chevrolet for assistance and how to get service and owner publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8- IO. 9-1 Index Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. i We support voluntary I technician certification. CHEVROLET-.Iu GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem and the CERTIFICATION THROUGH -. .- ... name EXPRESS are register. demarks of General National Institute for Motors Corporation. AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE This manual includes the latest information at the time it EXCELLENCE was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first soldin Canada, substitute the name For Canadian OwnersWho Prefer a “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Chevrolet Division whenever it appears in this manual. French Language Manual: Aux propriktaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be procurer un exemplaire de ceguide en fraqais chez there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you votre concessionaire ou au: sell the vehicle, please leave thismanual in it so the new owner can use it. DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1500 Bonhill Rd. Mississauga, Ontario L5T IC7 Litho inU.S.A. @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1996 C9714 B First Edition All Rights Reserved ii How to Use this Manual Safety Warnings andSymbols Many people read theirowner’s manual from beginning You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. to end when they first receive theirnew vehicle. If you We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you do this, it will help you learn about the features and about thingsthat could hurtyou if you were to ignore controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find the warning. that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. Index A good place to look forwhat you need is the Index These mean thereis something that could hurt in the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical listof you or other people. all that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoidor reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions.If you don’t, you or others could behurt. You will also finda circle In the notice area, we tell you about something that can with a slash through it in damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would this book. This safety not be covered by your warranty, and it couldbe costly. symbol means “Don’t,” But the notice will tell you what to do to helpavoid “Don’t do this,” or “Don’t the damage. let this happen.” When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. Vehicle Damage Warnings Also, in this book you will find these notices: NOTICE: These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle. Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols These symbols Here are some these symbols are important have to do with are on some of are used on other symbols are used on an for you and your lamps: your controls: warning and you may see: original battery: your passengers indicator lights: whenever your vehicle is WINDSHIELD CAUTION driven: WIPER POSSIBLE A FUSE INJURY COOLANT - TEMP - TURN PROTECT UNLOCK SIGNALS P EYES BY Pa e BATTERY LIGHTER SHIELDING CHARGING SYSTEM - CAUSTIC WINDSHIELD FASTEN HORN DEFROSTER )tr SEAT BRAKE BELTS (a) BURNS COOLANT a SPEAKER b DAYTIME . a RUNNING * 0 ENGINE OIL LAMPS . PRESSURE e, FUEL SPARK OR ,\I/, m FLAME VENTILATING COULD FAN EXPLODE FOG LAMPS ANTI-LOCK (@) # 0 BRAKES BATTERY Model Reference This manual covers these models: Cab and Chassis Passenger Van -l I Cargo Van vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information aboutthe seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-32 Rear Seat Passengers 1-10 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone 1-35 Center Passenger Position 1- 14 Here Are Questions Many People Ask 1-37 Children About Safety Belts -- and the Answers 1-40 Child Restraints 1-15 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly 1-49 Larger Children 1-15 Driver Position 1-52 Safety Belt Extender 1-24 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy 1-52 Checking Your Restraint Systems 1-25 Right Front Passenger Position 1-52 Replacing Restraint System Parts 1-25 Supplemental Inflatable After a Crash Restraint (SIR) System Seats and Seat Controls To adjust the seat, pull the lever up to release the seat bottom and slide the seat where you want it. Then This part tells you about the seats -- how to adjustthem, release the lever and try to move the seat with your take them out and put them back in. It also tells you body, to make sure the seat is locked into place. about reclining front seatbacks. Manual FrontSeats You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you,or make you push a pedal when you don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. The buckets seats can be adjusted forward or rearward with the lever at the front of the seat. Power Seat (Option) To lower it, move the right lever down. To raise the rear of the seat, move the left lever up. To lower it, move the left lever down. Reclining Seatbacks If your vehicle has a power seat on the driver or passenger’s side,you can adjust it with this switch at the front center cushionof the seat. You can use these switches to move the seat whereyou want To adjust the seatback, lift the front of this lever which it. To raise the seat, move the center knob up.To lower the is located at the inner edge of the seat cushion. seat, move the center knobdown. To move the seatforward, move the centerknob toward the right. To move the seat Move the seatback with your body and release the lever rearward, move the center knob toward theleft. to lock the seatback where you want it. Lean forward and pull up on the front of the lever and the seatback You can raise and lower the front and rear of the seat. will go to an upright position. To raise the front of the seat, move the right lever up. I Sitting in a reclined position whenyour vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can’tdo their jobwhen you’re reclined like this. The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash you could go into it, receiving neckor other injuries. The lap belt can’t do itsjob either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces wouldbe there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. But don’t have a seatback reclinedif your vehicle is moving. For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. Then sitwell back in the seatand wear your safety belt properly. Head Restraints Head restraints are fixed on some models and adjustable A CAUTION: on others. Slidean adjustable head restraint up or down - so that the topof the restraintis closest to the topof A seat that isn’t lockedinto place properly can your ears. This position reduces the chanceof a neck move around in a collision or sudden stop. People injury in a crash. in thevehicle could beinjured. Be sure tolock Rear Seats the seat intoplace properly when installing it. IA CAUTION: A CAUTION: If the seatbackisn’t locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash.That could A safety belt that is twistedor not properly cause injury to the person sittingthere.