belt CHEVROLET BLAZER 1995 2.G Owners Manual

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Inrroauction - How to Use this Manual
This section tells you how to use your manual and includes safety
and vehicle damage warnings and symbols.
Section 1 - Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts
properly. It also explains the air bag system.
Section 2 - Features & Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Section 3 - Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort
controls and how to operate your audio system.
Section 4 - Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and \
how
to drive under different conditions.
Section 5 - Problems on the Road
This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while
driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating, etc.
Section 6- Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running
properly and looking good.
Section 7 - Maintenance Schedule
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and
what fluids and lubricants to use.
Section 8 - Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact GM for assistance and how to
get service publications. It also gives you information on
“Reporting Safety Defects” on page
8-4.
Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this
manual. You
can use it to quickly find something you want to read.
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These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle. For example,
these symbols are used on an original battery:
Caution
Possible
Injury
Protect Eyes
by Shielding
Avoid Sparks
or Flames
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns Spark or
flame Could Explode Battery
These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your
vehicle is driven:
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Fasten Safety Door Lock/Unlock
Belts
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Section
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
Manual Front Seat (Except Easy Entry)
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Rear Folding Seat
Your utility vehicle has a folding rear seat which lets you fold t\
he seatbacks
down
for more cargo space.
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.
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
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, or “air bag” system.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. (See
“Safety Belt Reminder Light’’ in the Index.)
In many 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!
Why Safety Belts Work
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When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s
just a seat on wheels.
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or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to
stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces.
That’s why safety belts make such good sense.
Here Are Questions Many People Ask About
Safety Belts
- and the Answers
Q Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I’m wearing a
A: You could be - whether you’re wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you’re upside down. And your
chance of being conscious during and after an accident,
so you can
unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted.
safety belt?
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 0: Why don’t they just put in air bags so people won’t have to wear
safety belts?
A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in more of them in the
future. But
they are supplemental systems only; so they work with
safety belts - not instead of them. Every air bag system ever offered
for sale has required the use of safety belts. Even
if you’re in a vehicle
that has air bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most protection.
That’s true not only in frontal collisions,’but especially
in side and
other collisions.
0: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why should I
wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an accident - even
one that isn’t your fault
- you and your passengers can be hurt. Being
a good driver doesn’t protect you from things beyond your control,
such
as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within
25 miles (40 km) of home. And the
greatest number
of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of less
than
40 mph (65 kndh).
Safety belts are for everyone.
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Adults
This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things
to know about safety belts and
children. And there are different rules for smaller children and babies. If a
child will be riding in your vehicle,
see the part of this manual called
“Children.” Follow those rules
for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear it \
properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index) so you can sit up
straight.
3. Pick up the latch
plate and pull the
belt across
you.
Don’t let it get
twisted.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Pull up on the latch plate
to make sure it is secure.
If the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt Extender” at the end
of
this section.
Make sure
the release button on the buckle is positioned so you would
be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you ever had to.
5. To make the lap
part tight, pull
down on the buckle end
of the
belt as you pull
up on the
shoulder belt.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just
touching the thighs. In a crash, this applies force
to the strong pelvic bones.
And you'd be less likely
to slide under the lap belt. If you slid under it, the
belt would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause serious or even
fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should go over the shoulder and across the
chest. These parts of
the body are best able to take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks
if there's a sudden stop or a crash.
Q: What's wrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It won't give nearly as much protection
this way.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The belt is buckled in the wrong place.
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