belt CHEVROLET LUMINA 1993 1.G Owners Manual

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Table of Contents
Printed in USA
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Introduction How to Use this Manual ........................
Part I Seats & Safety Belts ............................ 11
Features & Controls ............................. 45
Comfort Controls & Audio Systems. ... 97
Your Driving and the Road ................ 117
Problems on the Road ....................... ’ 163
Service & Appearance Care .............. 191
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Maintenance Schedule ...................... 259
Customer Assistance Information mm.. 281
Includes “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 286
Service Station Information .... Last Page
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Using Your 1993 Chevrolet
Owner's Manual
Many people read their owner's manual
from beginning to end when they first
receive their new vehicle. This will help
you learn about the features and
controls for your vehicle. In this
manual, you'll find that pictures and
words work together to explain things
quickly.
There are nine parts with color-tabbed pages in this manual. Each part begins
with a brief list of contents,
so you can
usually tell at a glance
if that part
contains the information you want.
You can bend the manual slightly to
reveal the color tabs that help you find a
part.
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Part 1: Seats and Safety Belts
This part tells you how to use your seats
and safety belts properly.
Part 2: Features & Controls
This part explains how to start and
operate your Chevrolet.
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio
Systems
This part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and comfort controls and
how
to operate your audio system.
Part 4: Your Driving and the Road
Here you'll find helpful information and
tips about the road and how to drive
under different conditions.
Part 5: Problems on the Road
This part tells you what to do if you
have a problem while driving, such as a
flat tire or engine overheating.
Part 6: Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep
your Chevrolet running properly and looking good.
Part 7: Maintenance Schedule
This part tells you when to perform
vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
Part 8: Customer Assistance
Information
This part tells you how to contact
Chevrolet for assistance and how to get
service publications. It also gives you
information on
Reporting Safety Defects.
Part 9: 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.
Service Station Information
This is a quick reference of service
information. You can find it on the last
page of this manual.

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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you will
find on your vehicle. For example, these
symbols
are used on an original battery: These symbols
are important for you
and your passengers whenever your
vehicle is driven: These
symbols have
to do with your
lights:
Caution Possible Injury
Protect
Eyes by Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames
Spark or Flame Could
Explode Battery Fasten Safety Belts
Door Lock/Unlock
la Turn Signal Direction
Hazard Warning Flashers
Headlight High Beam
Parking Lights
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Here YOU’II find information about
the seats in your Chevrolet
and how
to use your safety belts properly
.
You can also learn about some things
you should not do with safety
Part I
Seats & Safety Belts
Seats and Seat Controls ........................................................................\
................. 12
Safety Belts
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..................................... 15
How to Wear Saf6ty Belts Properly ...................................................................... 20
Driver Position
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........... 21
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
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24
Right Front Passenger Position
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..... 25
Center Passenger Position
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............. 25
Rear Seat Passengers
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..................... 26
Children ........................................................................\
.......................................... 29
Smaller Children and Babies
........................................................................\
......... 29
Child Restraints ........................................................................\
............................ 30
Larger Children ........................................................................\
.............................. 38
Safety Belt Extender ........................................................................\
..................... 40
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ............ 1 ....................................................... 41

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Seats & Safety Belts
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Reclining Front Seatbacks (CONT.)
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
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.
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Head Restraints
Slide the 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.
For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatbaclc uprij
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Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.
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In 2-door Chevrolets, the front seat
folds forward to let people get into the
back seat.
Your seatback
will move back and forth
freely, unless you come
to a sudden
stop. Then it will lock in place.
There’s one time the seatback may not
fold without
some help from you. That’s
if your vehicle is parked facing down a
fairly steep hill.
To fold a seatback forward, push the
seatback toward the rear as you lift this
latch. Then the seatback will fold
forward. The latch must be down for
the seat to work properly.
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. Safety BeS:
Ilzeyke 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.

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Safety Belts:
Zlwy’re For Everyone (Cont.)
This figure lights up when you turn the
key to
Run or Start when your safety
belt isn’t buckled, and you’ll hear a
tone, too. It’s the reminder to buckle
up. In many states and Canadian
provinces, the law says to wear safety
belts. Here’s why:
They work.
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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 very mild. In them,
you won’t
get hurt even if you’re not
buckled up. And some crashes can be
so serious, like being hit by a train, 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 be badly hurt or killed. After
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.
1. For example, if the bike is going 10
mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops. But the child keeps
going!
3. Take the simplest "car." Suppose
it's just
a seat on wheels.

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5. Get it up to sped. Then stop the
G6ar.y' The rider doesn't stup.
8. or the safety bdtd
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6. The person keeps going until
stopped by something- In a real
vehicle, it could be the
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Ask About Safety
Belts-
and the Answers
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle
after an accident if I’m wearing a
safety belt?
wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily 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.
A You could be-whether you’re
Q: Why don’t they just put in air bags
so people won’t have to wear safety
belts?
Inflatable Restraint systems, are in
some 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.
A: “Air bags,” or Supplemental
Q: 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 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.