service GMC SIERRA 1998 Owners Manual

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Brake Adjustment
.................................. 6-38
Fluid .................................. 6-35, 7-46 Master Cylinder .............................. 6-35
PedalTravel ................................. 6-38 Replacing System Parts ........................ 6-38
System Warning Light ......................... 2-67
Transmission Shift Interlock Check ............... 7-42
Brakes, Anti-Lock ............................... 4-7
Braking ........................................ 4-6 Braking in Emergencies ........................... 4-8
Break-In, New Vehicle .......................... 2-10
Bulb Replacement .............................. 6-39
Parking ..................................... 2-25
Trailer ...................................... 4-56
Wear ....................................... 6-37
BTSICheck ..................................... 42
Camper vpe Mirror ........................... 2-48
Camper Wiring Harness .......................... 4-48
Canadian Roadside Assistance ...................... 8-7
Capacities and Specifications ...................... 6-77
Carbon Monoxide .................... 2.30.2.31. 4.40
Care of Your Cassette Tape Player .................. 3-25
Cassette Deck Service ........................... 7-40
Cassette Tape Player ........................ 3-9, 3- 12
Cassette Tape Player Care ........................ 3-25
CassetteKompact Disc Storage ............... 2-55, 2-56
Center Overhead Console ........................ 2-51
Center Passenger Position ........................ 1-32
Certification Label .............................. 4-43
CargoLamp ................................... 2-45
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Tachometer .................................. 2-63
Voltmeter
................................... 2-67
Garage Door Opener
............................ 2-5 1
GAWR ....................................... 4-43
Gear Positions. Automatic Transmission
............. 2- 15
Gear Positions. Manual Transmission .......... 2- I8 . 2- 19
GloveBox .................................... 2-51
Gross Axle Weight Rating ........................ 4-43
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
...................... 4-43
Guide en Franpis
11
GVWR ....................................... 4-43
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Halogen Bulbs ................................ 6-39
Hazard Warning Flashers
.......................... 5-2
Head Restraints ................................. 1-5
Headlamps .................................... 2-41
Bulb Replacement
....................... 6-40. 6.4 I
High/Low Beam Changer ...................... 2-36
On Reminder
................................ 2-42
Wiring
..................................... 6-71
Heating
........................................ 3-5
High-Beam Headlamps
.......................... 2-36
Hill and Mountain Roads
......................... 4-34
Hitches. Trailer
................................. 4-55
Hood
Checking Things Under ......................... 6-9
Release
..................................... 6-10
Horn ......................................... 2-34
Hydraulic Clutch Fluid
...................... 6-25 . 7-46
Hydraulic Clutch System Check
................... 7-41
Hydroplaning
.................................. 4-30
Hearing Ilnpaired
. Customer Assistance .............. 8-4
Highway Hypnosis
.............................. 4-33 Ignition
Positions
..............................
Brakesystem ................................ 7-45
Drive Axle
.................................. 7-45
Engine Cooling System
........................ 7-44
Exhaust
Systems ............................. 7-44
Steering
.................................... 7-44
Suspension
.................................. 7-44
Throttle Linkage
.............................. 7-44
Transfer Case (Four-Wheel Drive)
............... 7-45
Instrument Panel
............................... 2-60
Cleaning
.................................... 6-64
Cluster
..................................... 2-62
FuseBlock
.................................. 6-72
Intensity Control
............................. 2-43
Interior Lamps
................................. 2-43
.................................... J ack. Tire 5-25
Jump Starting
................................... 5-3
Key Lock Cylinders Service
..................... 7-41
Key Release Button
............................. 2-12
Keyless Entry System ............................ 2-6
Keys
.......................................... 2-2
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Loading Your Vehicle for Off-Road Driving
Lockout Switch
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Locks
Cylinders
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Door .............................
Ignition Transmission Check ..........
Key Lock Cylinders Service ..........
Power Door .......................
Lubricants and Fluids ..................
Lubrication Service, Body ..............
Lumbar Controls .....................
Maintenance, Normal Replacement Parts .
Maintenance Record ..................
Maintenance Schedule .................
Long Trip/Highway Definition ........
Long Tripmighway Intervals ..........
Owner Checks and Services ...........
Periodic Maintenance Inspections ......
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants ...
Scheduled Maintenance Services .......
Short TripKity Definition ............
Short TripKity Intervals .............
Maintenance, Underbody ...............
Maintenance When Trailer Towing .......
Malfunction Indicator Lamp ............
Manual Front Seat ....................
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Manual Transmission Check
...................................... 7-41
Fluid
.................................. 6.24, 7.46
Shifting
................................ 2- 18. 2. I9
Starting Your Engine .......................... 2- 13
Manualwindows
............................... 2-32
Memo Pad Holder
......................... 2.55. 2.57
Methanol
...................................... 6- 5
Mirrors ....................................... 2-45
CamperType
................................ 2-48
Convex Outside
.............................. 2-50
Electrochromic Daymight Rearview
.............. 2-46
Inside Daymight Rearview
..................... 2-45
Manual
..................................... 2-48
Power Remote Control
......................... 2-50
WestCoastType
.............................. 2-50
MMT
......................................... 6-4
Model Reference
................................. vi
MountainRoads ................................ 4-34
New Vehicle Break-In
.......................... 2- 10
Nightvision ................................... 4-27
Noise Control System ........................... 6- 13
Normal Maintenance. Normal Replacement Parts
...... 6-78
Odometer
.................................... 2-63
Odometer. Trip
................................. 2-63
Off-Road Driving
.............................. 4- I4
Off-Road Recovery
............................. 4- I I
Oil. Engine ............................... 6-14. 7-46
Opener. Garage Door
............................ 2-51
Overheating Engine ............................. 5- 13 Owner Checks
and Services
....................... 7-40
Owner Publications. Ordering
................ 8- 1 1. 8- 12
Paint Spotting. Chemical
........................ 6-68
Park. Shifting Into
.............................. 2-26
Park. Shifting Out of
............................ 2-29
Parking
AtNight
..................................... 2-9
Brake
...................................... 2-25
Brake Mechanism Check
....................... 7-43
Over Things That Burn
........................ 2-30
With a Trailer ................................ 4-58
Your Vehicle. Manual Transmission
.............. 2-29
Passenger Position
.............................. 1-23
Lots
........................................ 2-9
Passin;
@ ..................................... 4-11
Passlock
................................ 2- 10, 2-73
Periodic Maintenance Inspections
.................. 7-44
Pickup Box Identification Lamp Bulb Replacement
.... 6-47
Pickup Conversion to Chassis Cab
................. 4-48
Power
Accessory Outlet
............................. 2-59
DoorLocks
................................... 2-6
Driver’sSeat ................................. 1-3
Option Fuses
................................ 6-71
Remote Control Mirror
........................ 2-50
Steering ..................................... 4-8
Steering Fluid ........................... 6-33, 7-46
Take-Off .................................... 4-61
Winches
.................................... 4-61
Windows
................................... 2-32
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Pregnancy. Use of Safety Belts .................... 1-22
Problems on the Road ............................ 5- 1
Protecting Exterior Bright Metal Parts ............... 6-67
PTO
......................................... 4-61
Publications. Service and Owner
.............. 8- 1 I . 8- I2
Radiator
..................................... 5-20
Radiator Pressure Cap
........................... 6-32
Radio Reception
................................ 3-23
Radios
........................................ 3-7
Rain. Driving
In ................................ 4-28
Rear
Reading
Lamps
................................ 2-44
Axle
.................................. 6-26.7-47
Outside Seat Position
..................... 1-34. 1-38
Safety Belt Comfort Guides ..................... 1-40
Seat Passengers
.............................. 1-34
Towing
..................................... 5-12
Window Defogger ............................. 3-6
RearSeat
.................................. 1-7.1-8
Rearview Mirror
................................ 2-45
Electrochromic Day/Night
...................... 2-46
Inside Day/Night
............................. 2-45
Reclining Seatbacks
.............................. 1-4
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
............... 7-46
Recovery
Hooks ................................ 5-37
Recovery Tank, Coolant
.......................... 5- 15
Recreational Vehicle Towin?
...................... 4-4 1
Refrigerants, Air Conditionlng .................... 6-79 Replacement
Bulbs
................................. 6.39. 6.76
Wheel
...................................... 6-59
Parts
....................................... 6-78
Replacing Safety Belts ........................... 1-70
Reporting Safety Defects ......................... 8-10
Restraints Checking
................................... 1-70
Child
....................................... 1-45
Head
........................................ 1-5
Replacing Parts After
a Crash ................... 1-70
System Check ................................ 7-41
Right Front Passenger Position
.................... 1-23
Roadside Assistance .............................. 8-5
Roadside Assistance. Canadian
..................... 8-7
Rocking Your Vehicle ........................... 5-37
Roof Marker Lamp Bulb Replacement
.............. 6-47
Rotation
. Tires ............................ 6-53. 6-54
Safety Bell Extender ............................ 1-70
Safety Belts .................................... 1-9
Adults ...................................... 1-14
Care
....................................... 6-64
Children .................................... 1-42
Driver Position
............................... 1-14
Extender
.................................... 1-70
Incorrect Usage
.................... 1 . 17. 1.68. 1-69
Center
Passenger Position
...................... 1-32
How to Wear Properly ......................... 1-14
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LapBelt .................................... 1-32
Lap-Shoulder
...................... 1.14. 1.35. 1-38
Larger Children
.............................. 1-67
Passenger Position
............................ 1-23
Questions and Answers
........................ 1 . I3
Rear Comfort Guides .......................... 1-40
Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions ....... 1.34. 1-38
Rear Seat Passengers
.......................... 1-34
Reminder Light .......................... 1.9. 2.64
Replacing After a Crash ........................ 1-70
Right Front Passenger Position
.................. 1-23
Smaller Children and Babies
.................... 1-43
Use During Pregnancy ......................... 1.2 2
Safety Chains
.................................. 4-56
Safety Defects. Reporting
........................ 8- IO
Safety Warnings and Symbols ....................... 111
Scheduled Maintenance Services .................... 7-4
Seatback. Latches
................................ 1-5
Seatbacks. Reclining ............................. 1-4
Seats
Easy Entry
................................... 1-6
Manual Front ................................. 1-2
Power Driver's
................................ 1-3
Power Lumbar Control .......................... 1-3
Rear .................................... 1-7.1-8
Restraint Systems .............................. 1 -I
Seat Controls ................................. 1-2
Securing a Child Restraint . . 1.52. 1.54 . 1.57. 1.60. 1-62
Securing
a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position ................ 1.60 . 1-62
Shoulder
Belt Height Adjuster
................... I . 16
WhyThey Work .............................. 1-10
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Security Light .................................. 2-73
Service
........................................ 6-2
Engine Soon Light
............................ 2-69
Manuals
. Order~ng ....................... 8- 1 1. 8- I2
Parts Identification Label ....................... 6-70
Publications. Ordering
.................... 8- I 1.8- 12
Work. Doing Your Own
......................... 6-2
Service and Appearance Care
...................... 6-1
Service and Owner Publications .............. 8- I 1. 8- 12
Service Publications
........................ 8- I I . 8-12
Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
........... 1-30
Sheet Metal Damage
............................ 6-67
Shift Lever
.......................... 2- 15. 2- 18. 2- I9
Shift Light ............................... 2-20.2-73
Shift Speeds
................................... 2-20
Shifting Into Park
(P) ............................ 2-26
Shifting
. Manual Transmission ............... 2- 18. 2- I9
Shifting Out of Park (P) .......................... 2-29
Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster
..................... 1 -16
Sidemarker Lamp Bulb Replacement ............... 6-44
Signaling TU~M
................................ 2-35
Skidding
...................................... 4-13
Sound Equipment. Adding ........................ 3-24
Specifications and Capacmes 6-77
Specifications
. Engine ........................... 6-77
Speech Impaired. Customer Assistance
............... 8-4
Speedometer ................................... 2-63
Stains. Cleaning
................................ 6-63
Starter Switch Check
............................ 7-42
Starting Your Engine
............................ 2-12
Steam ........................................ 5-13
Bulletins.
Ordering
....................... 8- I 1 . 8-12
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