ESP CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1995 Owners Manual

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?
t 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.
Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why should I
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an accident - even
wear safety belts?
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 kmk).
Safety belts are for everyone.
How to Wear Safety Belts Proper/y
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.
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When should an air bag inflate?
The air bag is designed to inflate in moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal
crashes. The air bag
will inflate only if the impact speed is above the system’s
designed “threshold level.” If your vehicle goes straight into a wall that doesn’t
move or deform, the threshold level is about 12 to 16 mph (19 to 26
km/h).
The threshold level can vary, however, with specific vehicle design, so that it
can be somewhat above or below
this range. If your vehicle strikes something
that will move or deform, such as a parked car, the threshold level will be
higher. The air bag is not designed to inflate
in rollovers, side impacts, or rear
impacts, because inflation would not help the occupant.
In any particular crash, no one can say whether an air bag should have
inflated simply because of the damage to a vehicle or because of what the
repair costs were. Inflation is determined
by the angle of the impact and the
vehicle’s deceleration. Vehicle damage is only one indication of this.
The air bag system is designed to work properly under a wide range
of
conditions, including off-road usage. Observe safe driving speeds,
especially on rough terrain.
As always, wear your safety belt. See
“Off-Road Driving”
in the Index for more tips on off-road driving.
What makes an air bag inflate?
In a frontal or near-frontal impact of sufficient severity, the air bag sensing
system detects that the vehicle is suddenly stopping as a result
of a crash.
The sensing system triggers a chemical reaction of the sodium azide sealed
in the inflator. The reaction produces nitrogen gas, which inflates the air
bag. The inflator, air bag, and related hardware are all part of the air bag
module packed inside the steering wheel.
How does an air bag restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions, even belted
occupants can contact the steering wheel. The air bag supplements the
protection provided by safety belts. Air bags distribute the force of the
impact more evenly over the occupant’s upper body, stopping the occupant
more gradually. But air bags would not help you in many types
of collisions,
including rollovers and rear and side impacts, primarily because an
occupant’s motion is not toward the air bag. Air bags should never be
regarded as anything more than a supplement to safety belts, and then only
in moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions.
What will you see after an air bag inflates?
After the air bag inflates, it quickly deflates. This occurs so quickly that some
people may not even realize
the air bag inflated. Some components of the air
bag module in the steering wheel hub will be hot for a short time, but the part
of the bag that comes into contact with you will not be hot
to the touch. There
will be some smoke and dust coming from vents in the deflated air bag. Air
bag inflation
will not prevent the driver from seeing or from being able to
steer the vehicle, nor
will it stop people from leaving the vehicle.
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Then, hold the strap at
the white mark, pull
the strap toward you
and open the door all
the way.
To re-engage the door check strap, just close the door and the strap will
catch
the pin.
To close the doors, close the driver’s side door first. After securely closing
the door, close the passenger’s side door. Make sure both doors are latched
securely.
To lock the rear doors from outside the vehicle, put your door key in the
lock and turn
it to the right. If you have power door locks, you can lock the
side doors
as well as the rear doors from inside the vehicle. For more
information, see “Power Door Locks”
in this section.
Door Locks
A CAUTION:
Unlocked doors can be dangerous.
Passengers
- especially children - can easily open the doors
and fall out. When
a door is locked, the inside handle won’t open
it.
Outsiders can easily enter through an unlocked door when you
slow down
or stop your vehicle.
This may not be
so obvious: You increase the chance of being
thrown out
of the vehicle in a crash if the doors aren’t locked.
Wear safety belts properly, lock your doors, and you will be
far
better off whenever you drive your vehicle.
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To replace the batteries:
1. Insert a dime in the side seam of the transmitter housing, near the key
ring hole.
2. Twist the dime to separate the two halves of the transmitter housing.
3. Remove and replace the batteries. Put the new batteries in with the
Separate
the housing, bottom half first.
printed side down.
4. Align the housing and snap the halves together.
Theft
Vehicle theft is big business, especially in some cities. Although your
vehicle
has a number of theft-deterrent features, we know that nothing we
put on
it can make it impossible to steal. However, there are ways you can
help.
Key in the Ignition
If you walk away from your vehicle with the keys inside, it’s an easy target
for joy riders or professional thieves
- so don’t do it.
When you park your vehicle and open the driver’s door, you’ll hear a tone
reminding you to remove your key from the ignition and take it with you.
Always do this. Your steering wheel will be locked, and so will your
ignition. If
you have an automatic transmission, taking your key out also
locks your transmission. And remember
to lock the doors.
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Headlamps-On Reminder
A buzzer will sound when your headlamps are turned on and your ignition is
in OFF, LOCK or ACC. If you need to use your headlamps when the ignition
switch is
in OFF, LOCK or ACC, the buzzer can be turned off by turning the
thumb wheel next to the park/headlamp switch
all the way down.
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) Indicator Light
If your vehicle was
first sold, when new,
in Canada, you will
have this light on the
instrument panel.
It goes on whenever the Daytime Running Lamps are on.
When it begins to get dark,
the DRL indicator light is a reminder to turn on
your headlamps.
Daytime Running Lamps
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) can make it easier for others to see the
front
of your vehicle during the day. DRL can be helpful in many different
driving conditions, but they can be especially helpful
in the short periods
after dawn and before sunset. As
with any vehicle, you should turn on the
regular headlamp system when you need it.
The DRL system will make your high-beam headlamps come
on at a
reduced brightness when:
The ignition is on,
0 The headlamp switch is off, and
The parking brake is released.
When the DRL are on, only your high-beam headlamps will be on. The
taillamps, sidemarker and other lamps won’t be
on. Your instrument panel
won’t be
lit up either.
When
it begins to get dark, your DRL indicator light is a reminder to turn
your headlamp switch on. The other lamps that come on with your
headlamps will also come on.
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Lower Knob (TUNE-AM-FM) - The lower knob has two functions:
Turn it to tune in radio stations.
Press it to change between the AM and FM bands.
FADE
- The control ring behind the lower knob adjusts the front/rear
speaker balance.
SEEK
- Press the SEEK b button to cause the receiver to seek the next
higher station.
Press the
4 SEEK button to cause the receiver to seek the next lower
station.
SCAN
- Press the SCAN button to momentarily hear each available
station.
SCAN is a two button function and requires that you also press the
SEEK
b or 4 SEEK. “SCAN” appears in the display while you are in the
SCAN mode.
Press and hold
SEEK b, then press 4 SEEK to cause the receiver to scan
to the next higher station.
Press and hold
4 SEEK, then press SEEK to cause the receiver to scan
to the next lower station.
The receiver
will continue to scan until you press the VOL-RECALL knob
or
both SEEK buttons again.
Pushbuttons
- The four pushbuttons let you return to favorite stations. To
set the pushbuttons for up to fourteen favorite stations (7 AM and 7 FM):
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Press the SET button. “SET” appears in the display.
3. Within 5 seconds, press one of the four pushbuttons to store the station.
Whenever you press that button, the preset station will return.
Repeat these steps
for each pushbutton.
NOTE:
In addition to the four stations set as above, up to three additional stations
may be preset on each band by pressing two adjoining buttons at the same
time. Then do the following:
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Press the SET button. “SET” appears in the display momentarily.
3. Within 5 seconds, press any two adjoining pushbuttons at the same
time. (The station
will return when the same two buttons are pressed
again.)
TREBLE
- Slide the TREBLE lever up to increase the treble response. If a
station is weak or noisy, slide the TREBLE lever down to reduce the noise.
BASS - Slide the BASS lever up to increase the bass response. Adjust the
BASS lever to give a pleasing sound to your ear.
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P. SCAN (Preset Scan) - Press both SEEK buttons to scan each preset
pushbutton station. The receiver will continue to scan and momentarily stop
at each station until you press either SEEK button or the VOL-RECALL
knob. “PSCAN” appears in the display while you are in the
P. SCAN mode.
Pushbuttons
- The four pushbuttons let you return to favorite stations. To
set the pushbuttons for up to twenty-one favorite stations
(7 AM, 7 FM 1
and 7 FM2):
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Press the SET button. “SET” appears
in the display.
3. Within 5 seconds, press one of the four pushbuttons to store the station.
Whenever
you press that button, the preset station will return.
Repeat these steps for each pushbutton.
NOTE:
In addition to the four stations set as above, up to three additional stations
may be preset on each band by pressing two adjoining buttons at the same
time. Then do the following:
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Press the SET button. “SET” appears in the display momentarily.
3. Within 5 seconds, press any two adjoining pushbuttons at the same
time. (The station will return when the same two buttons are pressed
again.)
TREBLE
- Slide the TREBLE lever up to increase the treble response. If a
station is weak or noisy, slide the TREBLE lever down to reduce the noise.
BASS
- Slide the BASS lever up to increase the bass response. Adjust the
BASS lever to give a pleasing sound to your ear.
To Play A Cassette
Your tape player is built to work best with tapes that are 30 to 45 minutes
long on each side. Tapes longer than that are
so thin they may not work well
in this player.
Once the tape is playing, use the controls for volume, balance, fade, treble
and bass just as you do for the radio. A lighted arrow will also appear and
show the direction
of play when a tape is in the player.
FORWARD
- To rapidly advance the tape, press 4 SEEK or SEEK in
the direction that the amber arrow points and the tape will rapidly go
forward until you press the same SEEK button lightly.
REVERSE
- To rapidly reverse the tape, press 4 SEEK or SEEK in
the opposite direction that the amber arrow points and the tape will rapidly
reverse until you press the same
SEEK button lightly.
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FADE - Press lightly on the FADE knob to release it from its stored
position and
pull it out to the fully extended position. Rotate the knob
clockwise to adjust sound
to the front speakers and counterclockwise to
adjust sound to the rear speakers. Push the knob back
in to the stored
position when done.
BAL
- Press lightly on the BAL knob to release it from its stored position
and pull it
out to the fully extended position. Rotate the knob clockwise to
adjust sound to the right speakers and counterclockwise to adjust sound
to
the left speakers. Push the knob back in to the stored position when done.
BASS
- Press lightly on the BASS knob to release it from its stored
position and pull
it out to the fully extended position. Rotate the knob
clockwise
to increase the bass response and counterclockwise to decrease
bass response. Any time the BASS control is rotated,
tone is automatically
set back to
MAN (manual). Push the knob back in to the stored position
when done.
TREBLE
- Press lightly on the TREB knob to release it from its stored
position and pull
it out to the fully extended position. Rotate the knob
clockwise to increase the treble response and counterclockwise
to decrease
treble response. Any time the TREB control is rotated,
tone is automatically
set back
to MAN (manual). Push the knob back in to the stored position
when done.
To Play a Cassette
Your tape player is built to work best with tapes that are 30 to 45 minutes
long
on each side. Tapes longer than that are so thin they may not work well
in this player.
To load a cassette tape with the ignition off, first press EJECT or RCL.
Then, insert the cassette tape.
Once the tape is playing, use the control knobs for volume, balance, fade,
treble and bass just
as you do for the radio. A lighted tape symbol shows
when a cassette tape is in the player. A lighted arrow
will also appear and
show the direction of play when a tape
is active.
The player automatically senses if the cassette tape
is metal or CR02 and
adjusts for best playback sound. For metal tapes,
00 (Dolby' Noise
Reduction) will appear
in the display.
Any time
a cassette tape is inserted, the top side is selected for play first.
PREV (1)
- Press PREV or 4 SEEK (in the direction that the lighted tape
direction
arrow points) to search for the previous selection. A minimum
three-second blank gap is needed for the player to stop at the beginning
of
the selection. The tape direction arrow will blink during the SEEK
operation.
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AUTO TONE -Press this button to select between five preset equalization
settings and tailor the sound to the music or voice being heard. Each time
you press the button, the selection will switch to one of the preset settings of
CLASSIC, NEWS, ROCK, POP, or JAZZ. The display will show which
mode the receiver is in.
To return to the manual mode, press and release
AUTO TONE until
MAN (manual) appears in the display. This will return
the tone adjustment to the
TREB and BASS controls. Also, any time a
TREB or BASS control is rotated, tone
is automatically set back to MAN
(manual).
FADE
- Press lightly on the FADE knob to release it from its stored
position and pull it out
to the fully extended position. Rotate the knob
clockwise to adjust sound to the front speakers and counterclockwise to
adjust sound to the rear speakers. Push the knob back
in to the stored
position when done.
BAL
- Press lightly on the BAL knob to release it from its stored position
and pull
it out to the fully extended position. Rotate the knob clockwise to
adjust sound to the right speakers and counterclockwise to adjust sound to
the left speakers. Push the knob back in
to the stored position when done.
BASS
- Press lightly on the BASS knob to release it from its stored
position and pull it out to the
fully extended position. Rotate the knob
clockwise to increase the bass response and counterclockwise to decrease
bass response. Any time the BASS control is rotated, tone is automatically
set back to MAN (manual). Push the knob back
in to the stored position
when done.
TREBLE
- Press lightly on the TREB knob to release it from its stored
position and pull it out to the fully extended position. Rotate the knob
clockwise to increase the treble response and counterclockwise to decrease
treble response. Any time the TREB control is rotated, tone is automatically
set back to MAN (manual). Push the knob back
in to the stored position
when
done.
To Play A Compact Disc
NOTICE:
DO NOT use mini-discs that are called singles. They won’t eject.
USE FULL-SIZE COMPACT DISCS.
Press the PWR knob to turn the player on. Inserting a disc partway with the
power
off and ignition on will also turn the player on. Insert a disc into the
slot, label side up. The player will pull
it in. Wait a few seconds and the disc
should play. When a disc is
in the player, a CD symbol will appear in the
display. When a disc is playing, the letters CD will appear next to the CD
symbol.
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REV (4) - To rapidly reverse the tape, press REV and the tape will rapidly
reverse
to the beginning of the cassette reel or until you press REV again.
The radio plays the last selected station during REV.
00 (5) - 00 is active at all times with a tape inserted in the remote
cassette.
00 will appear in the display.
FWD (6) - To rapidly advance the tape, press FWD and the tape will
rapidly advance to the end of the cassette reel or until you press FWD again.
The radio plays the last selected station during FWD.
TAPE
- To switch between the player and the radio when a tape is playing,
press the AMEM button. To return to the tape player, press CD AUX. The
lighted arrow
will appear next to the tape symbol and show the direction of
play when a tape is active.
EJECT (on cassette player)
- To remove the tape press the EJECT button.
EJECT
can be used with either the ignition or radio off. Also, you must
press EJECT before loading
a cassette with the radio off to allow loading.
If
a tape is inserted with side “1” (or “A”) up, then the right arrow means
that that side is being played. Likewise, a left arrow would indicate that side
“2” (or “B”) had been selected.
00 Dolby@ Noise Reduction is manufactured under a license from Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Dolby@ and the
00 symbol are
trademarks
of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
Understanding Radio Reception
FM stereo will give you the best sound. But FM signals will reach only
about
10 to 40 miles (16 to 65 km). And, tall buildings or hills can interfere
with
FM signals, causing the sound to come and go.
The range for most
AM stations is greater than for FM, especially at night.
The longer range, however, can cause stations to interfere with each other.
AM can pick up
noise from things like storms and power lines. Try reducing
the treble to reduce this noise
if you ever get it.
AM Stereo means the DelcoB system can receive C-QUAM@stereo
broadcasts. Many
AM stations around the countr use C-QUAM@ to
produce stereo, though some do not. (C-QUAM
is a registered trademark
of Motorola, Inc.) If your Delco@ system can get C-QUAM@, your
“STEREO” light will come
on when you’re receiving it.
Be aware that hearing damage from loud noise is almost undetectable until
it is too late. Your hearing can adapt to higher volumes of sound. Sound that
seems normal can be loud and harmful to your hearing. Take precautions by
adjusting the volume control on your radio to a safe sound level before your
hearing adapts to it.
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