wheel CHEVROLET TAHOE 2012 3.G Owners Manual

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2012 Chevrolet Tahoe Police and Special ServicePackagesM
Keys, Doors, and
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Keys and Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Seats and Restraints . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Instruments and Controls . . . . 5-1
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Information Displays . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Exterior Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Driving and Operating . . . . . . . . 9-1
Driving Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Starting and Operating . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 Vehicle Care
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Appearance Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Vehicle Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Special Equipment Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
SEO Standard Options . . . . . . . 15-2
SEO Available Options . . . . . . 15-10
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i-1

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3-4 Seats and Restraints
Airbag Deployment Diagrams
Top View of Instrument Panel and Approximate Deployment Area
of the Airbag Zone
A. Passenger Side InstrumentPanel Top Surface Zone
B. Passenger Side Airbag Module Trim Panel —Rear Edge
C. Passenger Side Door
D. Approximate Dimensions of Inflated Airbag
E. Passenger Side Airbag Deployment Zone
F. Passenger Centerline
G. Inside Rearview Mirror
H. Vehicle Centerline
I. Driver Centerline
J. Driver Side Airbag Deployment Zone
K. Front of Steering Wheel
L. Driver Side Door
M. Shift Selector Arc
See Notices for Customer Installed
Equipment on page 3‑3 for more
information.

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Seats and Restraints 3-5
Side View of Driver Side AirbagDeployment Zone
A. Top Edge of Windshield
B. Top of Instrument Panel
C. Inflated Airbag —Steering
Wheel
D. Centerline of Steering Column at Mid-Tilt
E. Driver Airbag Deployment Zone
F. Front of Steering Wheel
See Notices for Customer Installed
Equipment on page 3‑3 for more
information.Side View of Passenger Side
Airbag Deployment Zone
A. Top Edge of Windshield
B. Inside Rearview Mirror
C. Instrument Panel Top Surface Zone
D. Passenger Side Airbag Module Trim Panel —Rear Edge
E. Inflated Airbag —Horizontal
Dimension (Approximate
390 mm (15.4 in))
F. Inflated Airbag —Vertical
Dimension (Approximate
490 mm (19.3 in)) G. Inflated Airbag
—Instrument
Panel
H. Passenger Airbag Deployment Zone
See Notices for Customer Installed
Equipment on page 3‑3 for more
information.

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Driving and Operating 9-3
Center of Gravity (CG)
A vehicle's center of gravity is an
imaginary location inside the vehicle
and is a balance point for the
vehicle mass as it moves down the
road. The police vehicle's center of
gravity, before you add a load and
passengers, is approximately
midway between the center of the
axles, up from the ground to just
below the front window, and
between the driver and passenger.
Equipment location and weight on
the vehicle's center of gravity is
important to keep in mind when
planning an installation. Heavy
equipment should be positioned as
low and as far forward in the rear
load compartment as possible. Try
to mount the equipment below the
bottom of the side windows. Refer
to the Loading Zone chart and
diagram to help with your
installation plan.A procedure to make the necessary
measurements and formulas to
calculate the vehicle longitudinal,
lateral and vertical position of the
center of gravity can be found in the
GM Coachbuilders Manual.
Equipment required to conduct the
measurements for calculating the
center of gravity are:
.Weight scales of sufficient
capacity to measure the vehicle
weight at each wheel.
.A post‐type hoist or other means
to safely elevate the front of the
vehicle to at least an angle of
20 degrees above horizontal.
See your GM dealer to get more
information about this coachbuilder
procedure. Keeping the center of gravity
midway between the axles is also
important to provide proper braking
performance. About half the total
vehicle weight on each axle is
recommended.
Weigh your vehicle after the
additional equipment has been
installed to determine the actual
weight of your vehicle. Weigh the
vehicle with a full tank of fuel and
without passengers. You may need
to put a limit on how many people or
other equipment you can carry
inside your vehicle after the
additional equipment has been
installed.

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Vehicle Care 10-1
Vehicle Care
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Tire Pressure MonitorSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Appearance Care
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Wheels and Tires
Tires
Tahoe Police and Special
Service Packages
Refer to the Tire and Loading
Information label, located on the
driver B-pillar, for information
regarding tire sizes, speed
ratings, and recommended tire
inflation pressures. See "Tire
and Loading Information Label"
under Vehicle Load Limits in the
owner manual for more
information. The Special Service
Package is not designed nor
intended for use in high‐speed
emergency vehicle operations.
Wheels
Metal hub caps are standard
with SEO PPV. These caps are
bolted to the wheels and do not
require removal when rotating or
removing the wheels. Loosening or tightening the decorative
wheel attachment nuts can be
done with the hub caps in place.
Tire Pressure Monitor
System
The Tahoe Police and Special
Service Packages may have a Tire
Pressure Monitor System (TPMS).
Sensors are mounted on each tire
and wheel assembly. Only the
Tahoe Police Package (SEO PPV)
has a TPM sensor in the full‐size
spare tire and wheel assembly. The
TPM system will not monitor or
display the spare tire's air pressure
until it is installed onto one of the
four tire/wheel positions on your
vehicle.
Once installed, the spare tire's
sensor code must be matched its
new tire/wheel position on your
vehicle. See
“Tire Pressure Monitor
System” in your owner manual
Index for information about the TPM
system.

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Special Equipment Options 15-11
Exterior Lamp
Emergency Flashing
System - SEO 6J7
SEO 6J7 provides a high-beam
headlamps flashing module, rear
lamps flashing and control wire for a
customer-furnished switch to turn
the module on or off. The flasher
control wire is coiled under the
center of the instrument panel. This
control lead may be combined with
the interior wiring leads for SEO 6J3
when that option is ordered with
SEO 6J7.The headlamps flashing module is
located below the passenger side
front headlamp and forward of the
passenger side front wheel. The
module is connected to an inline
connector in the forward lamp
harness. The headlamps flashing
module is activated by the
application of 12 volts to a dark
green/red wire coiled in the
passenger side footwell. When
activated, the driver and passenger
side high-beam headlamps and the
high-beam instrument panel cluster
light will flash alternately at
2.4 flashes per second.
When the headlamps flashing
module is turned on, the module
sends a signal to the Body Control
Module (BCM). The BCM alternately
flashes the stop lamps and backup
lamps. Depressing the brake pedal
will override the stop lamp flashing
and placing the transmission in
reverse will override the backup
lamp flashing.Activation of the headlamp and
rearlamp flashing can be separated.
Call Kerr Industries at 905‐725‐6561
During daylight conditions, the
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) are
automatically turned off whenever
the headlamps flasher module is
activated. During nighttime
conditions, the low-beam
headlamps turn on automatically
while the high-beam headlamps
flash. Turning on the high-beam
headlamps manually with the turn
signal/multifunction lever will
override the flashing module and
the high-beam headlamps will
operate continuously.