GMC ENVOY 1998 Owners Manual

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The 1998 GMC Envoy Owner’s Manual
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Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safe.ty belts properly. It also explains the “SIR” system.
Features and Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comf‘orr controls and how to operate your audio system.
Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about. the road and how to drive under different conditions.
Problems on the Road
This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc.
Service and Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good.
Maintenance Schedule
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact GMC for assistance and how to get service and owner publications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8- 10.
Index
Heree‘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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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, GMC, the
GMC Emblem are registered tradernarks and the name
ENVOY
is a trademark of General Motors Corporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the time
it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes
in the product after that time without further notice.
For vehicles first sold
in Canada, substitute the name
‘General Motors of Canada Limited” for GMC
whenever
it appears in this manual.
Please keep this manual
in your vehicle, so it will be
there
if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you
sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new
owner can use
it.
Litho in U.S.A.
S98 I I A First Edition We
support voluntary
technician certification.
WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN
CERTIFICATION THROUGH
Natlonal Institute for
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a
French Language Manual:
Aux propri6taires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous
procurer
un exemplaire de ce guide en frangais chez
votre concessionaire
ou au:
DGN Marketing Services Ltd.
1577 Meyerside Drive
Mississauga, Ontario
L5T 1B9
0 Copyright General Motors Corporation 1997
All Rights Reserved
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About Driving Your Vehicle
As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate
this vehicle correctly may result in
loss of control or
an accident. Be sure to read the “on-pavement” and
“off-road” driving guidelines in
this manual. (See
“Driving Guidelines” and “Off-Road Driving with
Your Four-Wheel-Drive Vehicle”
in the Index.)
How to Use this Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you
do this, it 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.
Index
A good place to look for what you need is the Index in
back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s in
the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.
We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you
about things that could hurt
you if you were to ignore
the warning.
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These ..lean there is something that could hurt
you
or other people.
In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then
we tell
you what to do to help avoid or reduce the
hazard. Please read these cautions.
If you don’t, you or
others could be
hurt.
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You will also find a circle
with a slash through
it in
this book. This safety
symbol means “Don’t,”
“Don’t do this’‘ or ‘&Don’t
let this happen.“
In the notice area, we tell you about something that can
damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would
not be covered by your warranty, and
it could be costly.
But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid
the damage.
When
you read other manuals, you might see
CAUTION
and NOTICE warnings in different colors OI-
in different words.
You’ll
also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use
the same words, CAUTION or
NOTICE.
Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find these notices:
NOTICE:
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These mean there is something that could
damage your vehicle.
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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you tnay find on your vehicle.
For example.
these symbols
are used
on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACID COULD
BATTERY
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,111,
COULD FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passenpel-s
whenever your vehicle
is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FA$TEll SEAT
BELTS SIGNALS
TURN
RUNNING
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DAYTIME LAMPS
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FOG LAMPS $0
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING
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FAN COOLANT
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TEMP -
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(a)
COOLANT a
ENGINE OIL w,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK
(@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
P
LIGHTER m
HORN b
SPEAKER
b
FUEL p3
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Model Reference
This manual covers this model:
Four-Door Utility
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
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 nut do with air bags and safety belts.
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and Seat Controls
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
Here Are Questions
Many People Ask About
Safety Belts
-- and the Answers
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Driver Position
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
Right Front Passenger Position
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
(SIR) System
Rear Seat Passengers 1-3
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Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children
and Small Adults
Center Rear Passenger Position
Children Child Restraints
Larger Children
Safety Belt Extender
Checking Your Restraint Systems
Replacing Restraint System Parts After
a Crash
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust
them, and fold them
up and down.
Power Driver’s Seat
Manual Passenger’s Seat
Move the lever under the front of the passenger’s seat up
to unlock
it. Slide the seat to where you want it. Then
release the lever and try to move the seat with your body
to make sure the seat is locked into place.
Horizontal Control: Raise the front of the seat by
raising the forward edge of the button. Lower the front
of the seat by lowering the forward edge of the button.
Move the seat forward by moving the whole button
toward the front
of the vehicle.
Raise the rear of the seat by raising the rear edge of the
button. Lower the rear of the seat
by lowering the rear
edge of the button. Move the seat rearward by moving
the whole button toward the rear of the vehicle.
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Moving the whole button up or down raises or lowers
the whole seat. Heated Front Seats
Vertical Control: Move the reclining front seatback
rearward by moving the button toward the rear
of the
vehicle. Move the seatback forward by moving the
button toward the front of
the vehicle.
Power Lumbar Control
This control is located on
the side
of the seat. This
feature
will quickly heat the
lower cushion and lower
back of the driver and
front passenger seats for
added comfort.
This control is located on
the side of the seat facing
the door.
Press the lower part
of the switch to turn the heater on
low. Press
the upper part of the switch to turn the heater
on high. Put
the switch in the center position to turn
the heater off. The seatbelt must be latched to activate
this feature.
Press and hold the front
of the control until you have the
desired lumbar support.
To decrease lumbar support,
press and hold the rear
of the control.
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