2006 Chevrolet Avalanche Owner Manual M
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2006 Chevrolet Avalanche Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1 Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1 Front Seats ............................................... 1-2 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2 Rear Seats ............................................... 1-7 Towing ................................................... 4-57 Safety Belts .............................................. 1-9 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-30 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Airbag System ......................................... 1-52 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-67 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-11 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Rear Axle ............................................... 5-49 Keys ........................................................ 2-3 Four-Wheel Drive ..................................... 5-50 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-8 Front Axle ............................................... 5-51 Windows ................................................. 2-22 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-52 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-24 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-61 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-26 Tires ...................................................... 5-62 Mirrors .................................................... 2-43 Appearance Care ................................... 5-103 ® OnStar System ...................................... 2-55 Vehicle Identification ............................... 5-111 Universal Home Remote System ................ 2-58 Electrical System .................................... 5-111 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-62 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-120 Sunroof .................................................. 2-89 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Vehicle Personalization ............................. 2-90 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-20 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-14 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-28 ................................................................ 1 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-46 Index Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-66 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 AVALANCHE and Z71 are registered trademarks Many people read the owner manual from beginning to 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 and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work after that time without further notice. For vehicles first together in the owner manual to explain things. sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever Index it appears in this manual. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is A good place to quickly locate information about the ever needed. If the vehicle is sold, leave this manual vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an in 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. 06AVALANCHE A First Printing © 2005 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. We this book. This safety use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things symbol means “Do Not,” that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. “Do Not do this” or “Do Not 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 with Notice: These mean there is something that could 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 following the notice will tell what to do to help avoid the damage. 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 ......................................................1-2 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-40 Manual Passenger Seat ..................................1-2 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children Power Seats ..................................................1-2 (LATCH) ..................................................1-41 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-3 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Heated Seats .................................................1-4 Position ...................................................1-46 Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-5 Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Head Restraints .............................................1-7 Front Seat Position ....................................1-48 Rear Seats .......................................................1-7 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-7 Front Seat Position ....................................1-49 Safety Belts .....................................................1-9 Airbag System ...............................................1-52 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-9 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-55 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-13 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-58 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-14 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-59 Driver Position ..............................................1-14 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-59 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-22 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? .....1-60 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-23 Passenger Sensing System ............................1-61 Center Front Passenger Position .....................1-23 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-65 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-24 Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ....................1-27 Vehicle ....................................................1-66 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-29 Restraint System Check ..................................1-67 Child Restraints .............................................1-30 Checking the Restraint Systems ......................1-67 Older Children ..............................................1-30 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Infants and Young Children ............................1-33 Crash ......................................................1-68 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-36 1-1 Front Seats Power Seats Manual Passenger Seat If your vehicle has power seats, the control(s) are located on the outboard side of the front seats. Raise or lower the front of the seat cushion by If your vehicle has a manual front passenger split bench • seat, you can adjust it with this lever located at the raising or lowering the front of the horizontal control. front of the seat. • Raise or lower the rear of the seat cushion by Lift the lever to unlock the seat and use your body to raising or lowering the rear of the horizontal control. slide the seat to where you want it. Release the • Raise or lower the entire seat cushion by raising