2005 Chevrolet Uplander 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 ........ 4-2 Rear Seats ............................................... 1-7 Towing ................................................... 4-39 Safety Belts ............................................. 1-22 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-41 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Airbag System ......................................... 1-72 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-86 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 All-Wheel Drive ........................................ 5-44 Keys ........................................................ 2-3 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-46 Doors and Locks ...................................... 2-11 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-50 Windows ................................................. 2-24 Tires ...................................................... 5-51 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-27 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-86 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-31 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-94 Mirrors .................................................... 2-43 Electrical System ...................................... 5-95 OnStar® System ...................................... 2-44 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-101 ® HomeLink Wireless Control System ........... 2-46 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-51 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 ...................................... 3-25 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-10 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-31 Index .................................................................1 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-45 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, and the CHEVROLET Emblem are How to Use This Manual registered trademarks; and the name UPLANDER is a Many people read the owner manual from beginning to trademark 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 when you are on the road. If the vehicle vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an is sold, leave this manual 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. 05UPLANDER 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 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. component, gage, or indicator, reference the following But the notice will tell what to do to help avoid topics: 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 use • Climate Controls in Section 3 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 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 ..........................1-38 Six-Way Power Seats .....................................1-4 Safety Belt Pretensioners ...............................1-41 Heated Seats .................................................1-4 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-41 Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-5 Child Restraints .............................................1-41 Head Restraints .............................................1-7 Older Children ..............................................1-41 Rear Seats .......................................................1-7 Infants and Young Children ............................1-43 Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-7 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-47 Flip and Fold Feature (Bucket Seats) ................1-8 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-50 Bucket Seats .................................................1-9 Top Strap ....................................................1-51 Captain Chairs .............................................1-14 Top Strap Anchor Location .............................1-52 Third Row Seat ............................................1-19 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Safety Belts ...................................................1-22 Children (LATCH System) ...........................1-53 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ................1-22 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-26 the LATCH System ....................................1-55 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-27 Securing a Child Restraint in a Driver Position ..............................................1-27 Rear Seat Position ....................................1-55 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment .....................1-35 Securing a Child Restraint in the Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-35 Right Front Seat Position ............................1-58 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-36 Built-In Child Restraint ...................................1-61 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-36 1-1 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System ...............................................1-72 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-85 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-74 Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-77 Vehicle ....................................................1-86 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-78 Restraint System Check ..................................1-86 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-78 Checking the Restraint Systems ......................1-86 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ........1-79 Replacing Restraint System Parts Passenger Sensing System ............................1-80 After a Crash ............................................1-87 1-2 Front Seats {CAUTION: Manual Seats You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to Use the lever located on adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle the front of the seat to is moving. The sudden movement could startle adjust the seat forward or and confuse you, or make you push a pedal rearward. Pull up the when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s lever to unlock