2007 Chevrolet Express Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ....................... 7 Instrument Panel ....................................... 141 Front Seats .............................................. 9 Instrument Panel Overview ................... 144 Rear Seats ............................................. 13 Climate Controls ................................... 160 Safety Belts ............................................ 17 Warning Lights, Gages, and Child Restraints ...................................... 41 Indicators .......................................... 166 Airbag System ........................................ 78 Audio System(s) ................................... 187 Restraint System Check ......................... 98 Driving Your Vehicle ................................. 227 Features and Controls .............................. 101 Your Driving, the Road, and Keys ..................................................... 102 Your Vehicle ..................................... 228 Doors and Locks .................................. 108 Towing ................................................. 264 Windows ............................................... 116 Service and Appearance Care .................. 283 Theft-Deterrent Systems ....................... 119 Service ................................................. 286 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ..... 120 Fuel ...................................................... 288 Mirrors .................................................. 134 Checking Things Under the Hood ......... 296 Storage Areas ...................................... 139 All-Wheel Drive ..................................... 332 1 Rear Axle ............................................. 333 Maintenance Schedule .............................. 397 Front Axle ............................................ 334 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 398 Noise Control System ........................... 334 Bulb Replacement ................................ 336 Customer Assistance Information ............. 417 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ... 340 Customer Assistance and Information ... 418 Tires ..................................................... 342 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 436 Appearance Care .................................. 378 Index .......................................................... 439 Vehicle Identification ............................. 388 Electrical System .................................. 389 Capacities and Specifications ................ 394 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, and vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle the name CHEVY EXPRESS are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Canadian Owners This manual includes the latest information at the A French language copy of this manual can be time it was printed. We reserve the right to obtained from your dealer or from: make changes after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute Helm, Incorporated the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” P.O. Box 07130 for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever it appears Detroit, MI 48207 in this manual. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15861874 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 Index is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. A good place to quickly locate information about If 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,” There are a number of safety cautions in this “Do Not do this” or book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to “Do Not 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 information that could damage your vehicle. relating to a specific component, control, message, A notice tells about something that can damage gage, or indicator. the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figuring out a specific name of covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could a component, gage, or indicator, reference be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help the 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. • Climate Controls in Section 3 They 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 Child Restraints ............................................ 41 Manual Seats ................................................ 9 Older Children ............................................. 41 Power Seat ................................................. 10 Infants and Young Children ......................... 44 Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 10 Child Restraint Systems .............................. 47 Rear Seats .................................................... 13 Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 51 Rear Seat Operation ................................... 13 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) .................................... 54 Safety Belts .................................................. 17 Securing a Child Restraint in a Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 17 Rear Outside Seat Position or the Questions and Answers About Safety Belts .... 21 Second Row Center Seat Position ........... 63 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 22 Securing a Child Restraint in a Driver Position ............................................. 22 Center Seat Position (3rd, 4th, Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 31 and 5th Row) ........................................... 66 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 32 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Passenger Position ................... 32 Right Front Seat Position (With Center Passenger Position Passenger Sensing System) .................... 68 (3rd, 4th and 5th Row) ............................ 33 Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Passenger Position (2nd Row) ......... 34 Right Front Seat Position (With Rear Outside Passenger Positions .............. 34 Airbag Off Switch) .................................... 72 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 37 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 40 Safety Belt Extender ................................... 40 7 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System .............................................. 78 Passenger Sensing System ......................... 89 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 80 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 96 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 82 Adding Equipment to Your What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 84 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 97 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 84 Restraint System Check ............................... 98 What Will You See After an Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 98 Airbag Inflates? ........................................ 84 Replacing Restraint System Parts Airbag Off Switch ........................................ 86 After a Crash ........................................... 99 8 Front Seats Manual Seats {CAUTION: 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 do not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to when the vehicle is not moving. unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure the seat is locked in place. 9 Power Seat Reclining Seatbacks {CAUTION: You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while