2007 Chevrolet Impala Owner Manual M
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2007 Chevrolet Impala Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ........................ 7 Instrument Panel ........................................ 145 Front Seats .............................................. 9 Instrument Panel Overview ................... 148 Rear Seats ............................................. 16 Climate Controls ................................... 166 Safety Belts ............................................ 20 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators .... 172 Child Restraints ...................................... 43 Driver Information Center (DIC) ............ 188 Airbag System ........................................ 69 Audio System(s) ................................... 213 Restraint System Check ......................... 86 Driving Your Vehicle .................................. 247 Features and Controls ................................. 89 Your Driving, the Road, and Keys ....................................................... 91 Your Vehicle ..................................... 248 Doors and Locks .................................. 100 Towing ................................................. 284 Windows ............................................... 105 Service and Appearance Care ................... 295 Theft-Deterrent Systems ....................... 107 Service ................................................. 297 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ..... 111 Fuel ...................................................... 299 Mirrors .................................................. 126 Checking Things Under the Hood ......... 306 OnStar® System ................................... 128 Headlamp Aiming ................................. 346 Universal Home Remote System .......... 132 Bulb Replacement ................................ 346 Storage Areas ...................................... 142 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement .... 352 Sunroof ................................................ 144 1 Tires ..................................................... 354 Maintenance Schedule ............................... 407 Appearance Care .................................. 390 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 408 Vehicle Identification ............................. 399 Electrical System .................................. 400 Customer Assistance Information ............. 427 Capacities and Specifications ................ 405 Customer Assistance and Information ..... 428 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 446 Index ........................................................... 449 2 This manual describes features that may be available in this model, but your vehicle may not have all of them. For example, more than one entertainment system may be offered or your vehicle may have been ordered without a front passenger or rear seats. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, if it is needed while you are on the road. If the CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. the IMPALA Emblem, and the name IMPALA are registered trademarks of General Motors Canadian Owners Corporation. A French language copy of this manual can be This manual includes the latest information at the obtained from your dealer or from: time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes after that time without further Helm, Incorporated notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute P.O. Box 07130 the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” Detroit, MI 48207 for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever it appears in this manual. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15863014 A First Printing © 2006 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 3 How to Use This Manual { Many people read the owner manual from CAUTION: beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn These mean there is something that could about the features and controls for the vehicle. hurt you or other people. Pictures and words work together in the owner manual to explain things. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Index Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If A good place to quickly locate information about you do not, you or others could be hurt. the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual You will also find a and the page number where it can be found. circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol Safety Warnings and Symbols means “Do Not,” “Do There are a number of safety cautions in this Not do this” or “Do Not book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to let this happen.” tell about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. 4 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 with the text describing the operation or that could damage your vehicle. information relating to a specific component, A notice tells about something that can damage control, message, gage, or indicator. the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figuring out a specific name of a covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could component, gage, or indicator, reference the be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help following topics: avoid the damage. • Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors • Features and Controls in Section 2 or in different words. • Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They • Climate Controls in Section 3 use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. • Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 • Audio System(s) in Section 3 • Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 5 These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: 6 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ..................................................... 9 Center Front Passenger Position ................. 36 Manual Passenger Seat ................................ 9 Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 37 Power Seats ............................................... 10 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 39 Manual Lumbar ........................................... 11 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 42 Heated Seats .............................................. 11 Safety Belt Extender ................................... 42 Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 12 Child Restraints ............................................ 43 Head Restraints .......................................... 15 Older Children ............................................. 43 Center Seat ................................................ 16 Infants and Young Children ......................... 46 Rear Seats .................................................... 16 Child Restraint Systems .............................. 50 Split Folding Rear Seat ............................... 16 Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 54 Safety Belts .................................................. 20 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 20 Children (LATCH) .................................... 55 Questions and Answers About Securing a Child Restraint in a Safety Belts ............................................. 24 Rear Seat Position ................................... 62 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 25 Securing a Child Restraint in the Driver Position ............................................. 25 Center Front Seat Position ....................... 64 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 34 Securing a Child Restraint in the Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 35 Right Front Seat Position ......................... 65 Right Front Passenger Position ................... 35 7 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System .............................................. 69 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 84 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 72 Adding Equipment to Your When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 75 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 85 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 77 Restraint System Check ............................... 86 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 77 Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 86 What Will You See After an Replacing Restraint System Parts Airbag Inflates? ........................................ 78 After a Crash ........................................... 87 Passenger Sensing System ......................... 79 8 Front Seats Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your Manual Passenger Seat body to be sure the seat is locked in place. Your vehicle may have a manual passenger seat. 9 Power Seats If the vehicle has power seats, the controls used to operate them are located on the outboard side of the seats. To adjust the seat, do any of the following: • Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the control forward or rearward. • Raise or lower the front part of the seat cushion by moving the front of the control up or down. • Raise or lower the rear part of the seat