CHEVROLET TRACKER 1997 Owners Manual

Weatherstrips
Silicone grease on weatherstrips will make them
last longer, seal better, and not stick or squeak.
Apply silicone grease with a clean cloth at least
every six months. During very cold, damp weather
more frequent application may be required. (See
“Recommended Fluids and Lubricants” in the Index.)
Cleaning the Outside of Your Geo
The paint finish on your vehicle provides beauty, depth
of color, gloss retention and durability.
Washing Your Vehicle
The best way to preserve your vehicle’s finish is to keep
it clean by washing it often with lukewarm or cold water.
Don’t wash your vehicle in the direct rays of the sun.
Don’t use strong soaps or chemical detergents. Use
liquid hand, dish or car washing (mild detergent) soaps.
Don’t use cleaning agents that are petroleum based, or
that contain acid or abrasives. All cleaning agents
should be flushed promptly and not allowed to
dry on
the surface, or they could stain. Dry the finish with a
soft, clean chamois or an all-cotton towel to avoid
surface scratches and water spotting.
High pressure car washes may cause water to enter
your vehicle.
Cleaning Exterior Lamps/Lenses
Use lukewarm or cold water, a soft cloth and a liquid
hand, dish or car washing (mild detergent) soap to clean
exterior lamps and lenses. Follow
instructions under
‘Washing
Your Vehicle.”
Finish Care
Occasional waxing or mild polishing of your Geo by
hand may be necessary to remove residue from the
paint finish. You can get GM-approved cleaning
products from your dealer. (See “Appearance Care
and Materials” in the Index.)
Your Geo has a “basecoatklearcoat” paint fish.
The clearcoat gives more depth and gloss to the
colored basecoat. Always use waxes and polishes
that
are non-abrasive and made for a basecoatklearcoat
paint finish.
NOTICE:
Machine compounding or aggressive polishing on
a basecoatlclearcoat paint finish
may dull the
finish or leave swirl marks.
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Foreign materials such as calcium chloride and other
salts, ice melting agents, road oil and tar, tree sap, bird
droppings, chemicals from industrial chimneys, etc., can
damage your vehicle’s finish if they remain on painted
surfaces. Wash the vehicle as soon as possible. If
necessary, use non-abrasive cleaners that are marked
safe for painted surfaces to remove foreign matter.
Exterior painted surfaces are subject to aging, weather
and chemical fallout that can take their toll over a
period of years. You can help to keep the paint finish
looking new by keeping your Geo garaged or covered
whenever possible.
Protecting Exterior Bright Metal Parts
Bright metal parts should be cleaned regularly to
keep their luster. Washing with water is all that is
usually needed. However, you may
use chrome polish
on chrome or stainless steel trim, if necessary.
Use special care with aluminum trim.
To avoid
damaging protective trim, never use auto or chrome
polish, steam or caustic soap to clean aluminum. A
coating
of wax, rubbed to high polish, is recommended
for all bright metal parts.
Special Care for Canvas Top and
Plastic
Windows
To protect the canvas top:
0 After you wash the vehicle, make sure the top is
completely dry before you open or remove it.
0 Don’t get any vinyl cleaner on the vehicle’s painted
finish; it could leave streaks.
0 Don’t go through automatic car washes; the canvas
top could be damaged.
The plastic windows are pliable and can be scratched
if
you don’t take these precautions when you clean them:
0 Wipe off dust with a soft cotton cloth moistened with
clean, cool or lukewarm water. Don’t use a “dry”
cloth. Wipe in one direction only, not back and forth.
To remove frost, snow or ice, use lukewarm water.
Don’t
use a scraper or any de-icing fluids.
Wash the windows with a soft cloth and clean, cool
or lukewarm water. Never use a dry cloth, hot water,
strong soap or detergent, solvents or harsh cleaning
agents. Rinse thoroughly and wipe with a slightly
moist soft, clean cloth.
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Don’t put any labels, stickers or tape on windows.
It’s hard to remove adhesives left on the window
when such items
are removed. If a sticker or label
must be removed, remove any adhesive left
on the
window while the adhesive is still soft and sticky,
Press
on a new sticker or piece of tape and then lift it
off again; keep doing this until all the adhesive lifts
off with the sticker or tape.
Cleaning Aluminum Wheels
(If Equipped)
Keep your wheels clean using a soft clean cloth with
mild soap and water, Rinse with clean water. After
rinsing thoroughly, dry with a soft clean towel.
A wax
may then be applied.
The surface
of these wheels is similar to the painted
surface
of your vehicle. Don’t use strong soaps,
chemicals, abrasive polishes, abrasive cleaners or abrasive cleaning brushes on them because you could
damage the surface.
Don’t take your vehicle through an automatic car wash
that has silicon carbide tire cleaning brushes. These
brushes can also damage the surface of these wheels.
Cleaning Tires
To clean your tires, use a stiff brush with a tire cleaner.
NOTICE:
When applying a tire dressing always take care
to wipe off any overspray or splash from
all
painted surfaces on the body or wheels of the
vehicle. Petroleum-based products may damage
the paint finish.
Sheet Metal Damage
If your vehicle is damaged and requires sheet metal
repair
or replacement, make sure the body repair shop
applies anti-corrosion material to the parts repaired
or
replaced to restore corrosion protection.
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Finish Damage
Any stone chips, fractures or deep scratches in the finish
should be repaired right away. Bare metal will corrode
quickly and may develop into a major repair expense.
Minor chips and scratches can be repaired
with touch-up
materials available from your dealer or other service
outlets. Larger areas
of finish damage can be corrected
in your dealer’s body and paint shop.
Underbody Maintenance
Chemicals used for ice and snow removal and dust
control can collect on the underbody.
If these are not
removed, accelerated corrosion (rust) can occur
on
the underbody parts such as fuel lines, frame, floor
pan and exhaust system even though they have
corrosion protection.
At least every spring,
flush these materials from the
underbody wi.th plain water. Clean any areas where mud
and other debris can collect. Dirt packed
in closed areas
of the frame should be loosened before being flushed.
Your dealer or an underbody car washing system can
do this for you.
Chemical Paint Spotting
Some weather and atmospheric conditions can create
a chemical fallout. Airborne pollutants can fall upon
and attack painted surfaces on your vehicle.
This
damage can take two forms: blotchy, ringlet-shaped
discolorations, and small irregular dark spots etched
into
the paint surface.
Although
no defect in the paint job causes this, Geo
will repair, at no charge to the owner, the surfaces
of
new vehicles damaged by this fallout condition within
12 months or 12,000 miles
(20 000 km) of purchase,
whichever occurs first.
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Appearance Care Materials Chart
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Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
II
I CODE +.- MODEL YEAR -PLANT I
This is the legal identifier for your Geo. It appears on a
plate in the front corner of the instrument panel, on the
driver’s side. You can see it if
you look through the
windshield from outside your vehicle. The
VIN also
appears on the Vehicle Certification and Service Parts
labels and the certificates of title and registration.
Engine Identification
The 8th character in your VIN is the engine code. This
code will help you identify your engine, specifications
and replacement parts.
Service Parts Identification Label
You’ll find this label inside the glove box on the door.
It’s very helpful
if you ever need to order parts. On this
label is:
0 your VIN,
0 the model designation,
0 paint information and
0 a list of all production options and special
Be sure that this label is not removed from the vehicle.
equipment
.
Electrical System
Add-on
Electrical Equipment
I NOTICE:
Don’t add anything electrical to your Geo unless
you check with your dealer
first. Some electrical
equipment can damage your vehicle and the
damage wouldn’t be covered by your warranty.
Some add-on electrical equipment can keep other
components from working as they should.
Your vehicle has an air bag system. Before attempting to
add anything electrical to your Geo, see “Servicing Your
Air Bag-Equipped Geo” in the Index.
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Fuses and Circuit Breakers
The wiring circuits in your vehicle are protected from
short circuits by fuses, circuit breakers and thermal links
in the wiring itself.
This greatly reduces the chance of
fires caused by electrical problems.
Look at the silver-colored band inside the fuse.
If the
band is broken or melted, replace the fuse. Be sure you
replace a bad fuse with a new one of the correct size.
If you ever have a problem on the road and don’t
have a spare fuse, you can “borrow” one. Just pick
some feature of your vehicle that you can get along
without
-- like the radio or cigarette lighter -- and
use its fuse, if it is the size you need. Replace it as
soon as you can.
Before replacing
a fuse, turn every vehicle electrical
switch
off.
Instrument Panel Fuse Block
This fuse box is under the left side of the instrument
panel. The fuses here protect each separate circuit
There are two fuse blocks
in your vehicle: the instrument
including headlamps. If you have failure,
panel fuse block and the engine compartment fuse block.
check here
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Fuse Usage
1
2
3
4
5
Dome Lamp, Sidemarker Lamps, Parking
Lamps, License Plate Lamp, Instrument
Panel Illumination
Stoplamps,
Horn
Hazard Lamps
Fuse
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Usage
Door Lock (Option)
Lighter, Radio
Ignition System, Warning and Indicator
Lights, Gages, Four-wheel Drive System
(Option)
Turn Signal Flasher, Back-up Lamps
Wipermasher
Rear Defogger
Heater
Empty
Empty
Please note, fuses for the air bags are located
next to the
instrument panel fuse block.
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Main Fuse Block
The main fuse box in your engine compartment protects
all electrical loads.
For access
to the main fuses, pull off the cover. A spare
fuse
is also inside the fuse box.
Fuse
BATT
ABS
IG
LAMP
H/L,
R
H/L, L
FI
AIC
Usage
All Electrical Load
Anti-Lock Brake System
Ignition, Lighter, Radio, Wipermasher,
Rear Defogger, Turn Signals, Back-up
Lamps, Heater
Taillamps, Dome Lamps, Stop Lamps, Horn,
Hazard Lamps
Right Side Headlamp
Left Side Headlamp
Fuel Injection System
Air Conditioning
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Replacement Bulbs
Center High-Mounted Stop ................. 921
Dome
........ GM Part No. 96051559 or equivalent
Front Parking and Turn Signal
........... 11 57 NA
Headlamp (Halogen) ..................... 9004
Rear Hazard and Turn Signal
............... 1156
Rear Parking and Stop
.................... 1157
Sidemarker
.............................. 194
Capacities and
Engine
Type ............
Specifications
........................ L4
Compression Ratio ....................... 9.5: 1
Firing Order
.......................... 1-3-4-2
Horsepower
.............................. 95
Fuel Delivery .................... Fuel Injection
Piston Displacement
............... 97 CTD (1.6L)
Valve Arrangement
............ In-Head “V” Type AC
Belt Tension
........ Deflect Belt 0.24-0.3 inch
(6-9 mm)
@ 22 lbs. (10 kg) Pressure
Fan Belt Tension
Inspection
.......... Deflect Belt 0.24-0.32 inch
(6-8 mm)
@ 22 lbs. (10 kg) Pressure
Replacement
........ Deflect Belt 0.20-0.28 inch
(5-7 mm)
@ 22 lbs. (10 kg) Pressure
Specification
................... 180” F (82 O C)
Thermostat Temperature
Replacement Parts
Air Cleaner Filter ................. 13780-58k20
GM Part No. 96068629 or equivalent
Battery
....... .................... 26R-50s
Engine
Oil Filter .......... GM Part No. 25014441
Fuel Filter
..................... AC Type GF571
GM Part No. 96058022 or equivalent
PCV Valve
............... GM Part No. 96058079
or equivalent
Radiator Pressure Cap
............ 13 psi (90 kPa)
Spark Plug
................... AC Type R43XLS
Gap: 0.028-0.032 inches
(0.7-0.8 mm)
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