CHEVROLET BLAZER 1996 2.G User Guide

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These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
BURNS AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,\I/,
COULD pq
FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
FASTEN SEAT
BELTS
These symbols have to do
with
your lights:
SIGNALS e
TURN
FOG LAMPS
# 0
These symbols
are on some
of
yo11r controls:
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
These symbols are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT -
TEMP -
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(0)
COOLANT a
ENGINE OIL e,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK
(a)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you
may see:
FUSE -%-
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LIGHTER I
HORN )cr
SPEAKER
b
FUEL siE3
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This manual covers these models:
Two-Door Utility Four-Door Utility
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Here you’ll find information about the seats in your
vehicle and how
to use your safety belts properly. You
can also learn about some things you should not do with
air bags and safety belts.
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust
them, and fold them up and down.
Manual Front Seat
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
don’t want
to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when
the vehicle
is not moving.
Move the lever under the
front of the standard seat
toward the driver’s door to
unlock
it. Slide the seat to
where
you want it. Then
release the lever and try to
move the seat with your
body,to make sure the seat
is locked into place.
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Move the lever under the
front of the easy entry seat
up to unlock it. Slide the
seat to where you want it.
Then release the lever and
try to move the seat with
your body to make sure the
'seat
is locked into place.
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Manual Lumbar Support
If you have this feature,
there will'be a knob on the
outside of the driver and
passenger bucket seats.
Turn the knob
counterclockwise to
increase lumbar support
and clockwise to decrease
lumbar support.
Power Driver's Seat (Option)
If you have this feature, there will be a control pad on
your driver's seat.
To make the front of the seat move up or down,.use
control
A.
To make the rear of the seat move up or down, use
control C.
Use control
B to move the whole seat up, down, forward
or backward.
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If you have this control, it is
located on the side of the
driver's seat.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, lift
the lever on the outer side
of the seat.
Press and hold'the front
of the control until you have the
desired lumbar support.
To decrease lumbar support,
press the rear
of the control. 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.

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is moving.
‘- Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is
~ in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle
up, your safety belts can’t do their job when
you’re reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it
won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be in
front of you.
In a crash you could go into it,
receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t do its job either. In
a crash the
belt could
go up over your abdomen. The belt
forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones.
This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is in
motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well
back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.
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Head restraints are fixed on some models and adjustable
on others. Slide an adjustable head restraint up or down
so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of
your ears. This position reduces the chance of a neck
injury in
a crash.
Your adjustable head restraint may also be tilted forward
for greater comfort.
Seatback Latches
The front seatback folds
forward to
let people get
into the back seat or
to
access the storage area
behind
the seat.
To fold the front seatback
~ forward, lift the latch and
push the seat forward.
To return the seatback to the upright position, push the
seatback all the way back until the latch catches. If the
seatback was reclined before being folded forward, it
will return to
the reclined position.
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If the seatback isn't locked, it could move forward
in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury
to the person sitting there. Always press rearward
on the seatback to be sure it
is locked.
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The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get
in
and out of the rear seat.
Tilt the right front seatback completely forward and
Move the seatback to its original position after
the whole seat
will slide
forward,
someone gets into the rear seat area. Then move the
seat rearward
until it locks.
If an easy entry right front seat isn’t locked, it
can move. In a sudden stop or crash, the person
sitting there could be injured. After you’ve used
it, be sure to push rearward on an easy entry seat
to be sure it
is locked.
Rear Seats
Your vehicle has a folding rear seat which lets you fold
the seatbacks down for more cargo space.
Tilt the seatback completely forward again to get out. The rear seat release handles
are
in the upper center of
the rear
of the seatbacks. Push back on the seatbacks as
you pull up on the handles.
To raise the seatbacks, just
lift up the seatbacks and push
until they lock in the upright position.
Push and pull on the seatbacks to check that
the latches
have locked
in the upright position. If they haven’t, have
them fixed immediately.
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This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts
properly.
It also tells you some things you should not do
with safety belts.
And
it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
(SIR), or a‘ ; sq :m.
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I A CAUTION:
Don’t let anyone ride where he or she can’t wear
a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and
you’re not wearing a safety belt, your injuries
can be much worse.
You can hit things inside the
vehicle
or be ejected from it. You can be seriously
injured or killed. In the same crash, you might
not be
if you are buckled up. Always fasten your
safety belt, and check that your passengers’ belts
are fastened properly too.
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Your vehicle has a light
that comes on as a reminder
to buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Light”
in
the Index.)
In most states and Canadian provinces, the law says to
wear safety belts. Here’s
why: They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a
crash,
you don’t know if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so
serious that even buckled up a person wouldn’t survive.
But most crashes are
in between. In many of them, people
who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away.
Without belts they could have been badly
hurt or killed.
After more than
25 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear.
In most crashes buckling up does
matter
... a lot!
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When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as
it goes.
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Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat
on wheels. Put
someone
on it.
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