a The 1998 GMC Envoy Owner’s Manual 1-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your seats and safe.ty 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 comf‘orr 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 and how 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 GMC for assistance and how to get service and owner publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8- 10. 9-1 Index Heree‘san alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. i I We support voluntary technician certification. WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION THROUGH GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, GMC, the Natlonal Institute for AUTOMOTIVE GMC Emblem are registered tradernarks and the name SERVICE ENVOY is a trademark of General Motors Corporation. EXCELLENCE This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the product after that time without further notice. For Canadian Owners Who Prefera For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name French Language Manual: ‘General Motors of Canada Limited” for GMC whenever it appears in this manual. Aux propri6taires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire de ce guideen frangais chez Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be votre concessionaire ou au: there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new DGN Marketing Services Ltd. owner can use it. 1577 Meyerside Drive Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1B9 Litho in U.S.A. 0Copyright General Motors Corporation 1997 S98 I I A First Edition All Rights Reserved ii About Driving Your Vehicle Safety Warnings and Symbols As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. this vehicle correctly may result in loss of control or We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you an accident. Be sure toread the “on-pavement” and about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore “off-road” driving guidelines in this manual. (See the warning. “Driving Guidelines” and “Off-Road Driving with Your Four-Wheel-Drive Vehicle” in the Index.) How to Use this Manual - Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning These ..lean there is something that could hurt to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you you or other people. do this, it will help you learn about the featuresand controls for yourvehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures and words work together to explain In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then things quickly. we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, you or Index others could be hurt. A good place to look for what you need is the Index in back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it. iii I You will also find a 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 could be costly. symbol means “Don’t,” But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid “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 OI- 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 thereis something thatcould Ldamage your vehicle. iv 1 Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you tnay find on your vehicle. For example. These symbols Here are some these symbols are important other symbols are used on an for you and you may see: original battery: your passenpel-s whenever your WINDSHIELD vehicle is CAUTION driven: WIPER POSSIBLE A FUSE INJURY COOLANT - TEMP - DOOR LOCK TURN PROTECT UNLOCK SIGNALS P EYES BY BATTERY LIGHTER m SHIELDING CHARGING I-1 SYSTEM CAUSTIC WINDSHIELD BATTERY HORN FA$TEll FA$TEll DEFROSTER b ACID COULD SEAT BRAKE CAUSE BELTS (a) BURNS COOLANT SPEAKER AVOID WINDOW b SPARKS OR DEFOGGER a FLAMES DAYTIME RUNNING ENGINE OIL w, LAMPS .':**o* PRESSURE FUEL SPARK OR ,111, p3 FLAME VENTILATING i F, COULD FAN EXPLODE FOG LAMPS ANTI-LOCK (@) $0 BRAKES BATTERY V 1 Model Reference This manual covers this model: Four-Door Utility 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 thingsyou should nut do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-3 1 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children 1-7 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone and Small Adults 1-11 Here Are Questions Many People Ask About 1-34 Center Rear Passenger Position Safety Belts -- and the Answers 1-35 Children 1-12 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly 1-38 Child Restraints 1-12 Driver Position 1-49 Larger Children 1-19 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy 1-52 Safety Belt Extender 1-20 Right Front Passenger Position 1-52 Checking Your Restraint Systems 1-20 Supplemental Inflatable Restraint 1-53 Replacing Restraint System Parts After (SIR) System a Crash 1-28 Rear Seat Passengers 1-1 Seats and Seat Controls Power Driver’s Seat This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them, and fold them up and down. Manual Passenger’s Seat Horizontal Control: Raise the front of the seat by raising the forward edge of the button. Lower the front of the seat by lowering the forward edge of the button. Move the seat forward by moving the whole button Move the lever under the front of the passenger’s seat up toward the front of the vehicle. to unlockit. Slide the seat to where you want it. Then Raise the rear of the seat by raising the rear edgeof the release the leverand try to move the seat with your body button. Lower the rear of the seat by lowering the rear to make sure the seat is locked into place. edge of the button. Move the seat rearward by moving the whole button toward the rear of the vehicle. 1-2 Moving the whole button up or down raises or lowers Heated Front Seats the whole seat. This control is located on Vertical Control: Move the reclining front seatback the side of the seat. This rearward by moving the button toward the rear of the feature will quickly heat the vehicle. Move the seatback forward by moving the lower cushion and lower button toward the front of the vehicle. back of the driver and Power Lumbar Control front passenger seats for added comfort. This control is located on the side of the seat facing the door. Press the lower part of the switch to turn the heater on low. Press the upper part of the switch to turn the heater on high. Put the switch in the center position to turn the heater off. The seatbelt must be latched to activate this feature. Press and hold the front of the control until you have the desired lumbar support. To decrease lumbar support, press and hold the rear of the control. 1-3 I ~ RecliningFront Seatback To adjust the right front passenger’s seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of the seat. But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. Release the lever to lock the seatback where you want it. Pull up on the lever and the seat will go to an upright position. 1-4 Head Restraints CAUTION: Slide the head restraint up or downso that the topof the A restraint is closest to the topof your ears. This position Sitting ina reclined position when your vehicle is reduces the chance ofa neck injury in a crash. in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle The head restraints tilt forward and rearward also. up, your safety belts can’t do their jobwhen you’re reclined like this. The shoulder beltcan’t do itsjob because it won’t be against your body. Instead, itwill be in front of you. In a crashyou could go into it, receiving neckor otherinjuries. The lap belt can’t doits job either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abdomen.