Chevrolet 1994 Astro Passenger User manual

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INTRODUCTION
1994 Chevrolet Astro Owner’s Manual
Welcome
This manual was preparedto acquaintyou withthe operationand
maintenanceof your 1994ChevroletAstro and toprovide important safety
information.There is also a ChevroletTruck Warranty and Owner
AssistanceInformationbooklet. In somevehicles,there can be information
manuals from other manufacturerslike body builders or specialequipment
companies.We urge you to reviewall these publicationscarefully. This will
help you enjoysafe and trouble-free operationof your vehicle.
When itcomes to service,keep in mind that yourChevroletdealer knows
your vehicle best andis interested in yourcomplete satisfaction.Your dealer
invites you to return for all of your serviceneeds bothduring and afterthe
warranty period.
Remember, if you have a concern and need helphandling it to your
satisfaction,see the procedurein the ChevroletTruck Warranty and Owner
AssistanceInformationbooklet.
Thanks for choosinga Chevroletproduct. We value you as a member of the
Chevroletfamily.We want toassure you of our continuinginterest
in your
pleasure and satisfactionwith yourvehicle.
ChevroletMotor Division
GeneralMotors Corporation
30007 Van Dyke Ave.
Warren, Michigan
@Copyright1993General Motors Corporation,ChevroletMotor Division
All Rights Reserved
Second Edition
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Printed in U.S.A.

Important Notes to Owners and Drivers
. .. .AboutThis Manual:
Please keepthis manual in your vehicleso it will be there if you ever needit
when you’re on the road.If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in
it
so the new owner can use it.
This manual includes the latest information at the timeit was printed.We
reserve the rightto make changes in the product after that time without
furthernotice. For vehiclesfirst sold in Canada, substitute the name
“General Motors of Canada Limited”for Chevrolet Motor Division
whenever it appears in this manual.
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a
French Language Manual:
Auxpruprietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire de
ce guide en francaischez votre concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing
Services Ltd.,
1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, OntarioL5T 1C7.
General Motors, GM and the GM Emblem, Chevrolet and the Chevrolet
Emblem, and
ASTRO areregistered trademarks of General Motors
Corporation.
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Model Reference
This manual covers these models:
PassengerModel
Cargo Model
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Table of Contents
Introduction - How to Use this Manual
This section tells you how to use your manual and includes safety
and vehicle damage warnings and symbols.
Section 1 - Seats and Safety Restraints
This section tells you how to use yourseats and safetyrestraints
properly.
Section 2 - Features & Controls
This sectionexplainshow tostart and operate your vehicle.
Section 3 - Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
This section tells you howto adjustthe ventilation and comfort
controlsand howto operateyour audio system.
Section 4 - Your Driving and the Road
Here you’llfind helpful information and tips about the road and
how todrive under differentconditions.
Section 5 - Problems on the Road
This section tells you what todo if you have a problem while
driving, such asa flat tire or engine overheating.
Section 6 - Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you howto keep your vehicle running
properly and lookinggood.
Section 7- Scheduled Maintenance Services
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and
what fluidsand lubricantsto use.
Section 8 - Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contactyour GM division for
assistanceand how to getservicepublications. It also gives you
information on “Reporting Safety Defects’’on page 84
Index
Here’s an alphabeticallisting of almost everysubjectin this
manual. You can use itto quickly find something you wantto read.
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How to Use This Manual
Many people read their owner’smanual from beginningto end when they
firstreceive their new vehicle. This will help youlearn about the features
and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’llfind that pictures and
words worktogether 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 alphabeticallist of all that’s inthe manual, andthe page
number whereyou’ll find it.
SECTIONS 1-6: Each section of this manual begins witha brief list of its
contents,
so you can oftenfind at a glance if a sectioncontainsthe
informationyou want.
SECTION 7: This sectionof the manual covers the maintenancerequired
for your vehicle.
SECTION 8 CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE: This sectionincludes
important informationabout reporting safety defects and gives you details
about the “RoadsideAssistance’’program.
You will alsofind customer
satisfactionphone numbers (includingcustomersatisfactionnumbers for the
hearing and speechimpaired)as well as themediatiodarbitrationprocedure.
We’ve also included ordering informationfor servicepublicationsin this
section.
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Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will finda number of safety cautions in this book.We use a box with
gray backgroundand the word CAUTION to tell you about things thatcould
hurt you if you were to ignore the warning.
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In the gray cautionarea, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you
what
to do to help avoidor reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions.If
you don’t, you
or others could be hurt.
You will also finda circle with a slash through it in this book.This safety
symbolmeans“Don’t,’’ “Don’tdo this,” or “Don’t let
this happen.”
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Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you willfind these notices:
NOTICE:
These mean thereis something that could damage your vehicle.
In thenotice area,we tell youabout somethingthat can damage your
vehicle. Many times,this damage would not be coveredby your warranty,
and it couldbe costly. But the notice will tell you whatto do to help avoid
the damage.
When you readother manuals, you mightseeCAUTION and NOTICE
warnings
in differentcolors or in differentwords.
You’ll also seewarning labels on your vehicle.They use yellowfor
cautions,blue for notices andthe words CAUTIONor NOTICE.
Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle.For example,
these symbolsare used on an originalbattery:
Caubon ProtectEyes CausticBatteryAcidSpark or FlameCould
Possible Injury by Shielding Could CauseBurnsExplodeBattery
Avoid Sparks
or Flames
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These symbolsare important for you and yourpassengerswhenever your
vehicle
is driven:
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FastenSafety Door LocWUnlock
Belts
These symbols have to do with your lights:
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Master Lighting
S wifch
Parking Lights
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Turn Signal
Direction
Daytime
Running Lights
A
Hazard Warning
Flasher
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Fog Lights
Headlight
High Beam
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These symbolsare on some of your controls:
HoodRelease
Ventilating
Fan
Windshield
Wiper
Q
Rear Window
Wiper & Washer
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Windshield
Washer
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Rear Window
Defogger
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These symbolsare used on warning and indicator lights:
Engine Coolant
Temperature Battery Charging System
Brake
(Standard Cluster
ANTI-
LOCK
4- Wheel
Anti-Lock
Windshield
Defroster
Hatch
Release
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FuelEngine Oil
Pressure
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Here are some other symbols you may see:
Fuse
Lighter Horn Speaker
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Seats and Safety Belts
Section
Here you’llfind informationabout the seatsin yourvehicle and how to use
your safetybelts properly
. You can also learn about somethings you should
not do with safety belts .
Seats and Seat Controls .................................... 1-2
Frontseats
............................................. 1-2
Rear Seats
............................ , .. ....... 1-5
Head Restraints
...................... ........ 1-10
WhySafety Belts Work
.................................. 1-12
SafetyBelt ReminderLight
............................. 1-16
How to Wear SafetyBelts Properly ............................ 1-16
Adults .......................... .. ............. 1-16
Driver Position ............. ..................... 1-17
Lap-ShoulderBelt
.................................... 1-17
Driver’sFacial Air Bag System
............................ 1-25
Right Front PassengerPosition
............................. 1-30
Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions
....................... 1-31
CenterPassengerPositions
................................ 1-34
LapBelt
............................................ 1-34
Children ................................................. 1-35
SmallerChildrenandBabies
.............................. 1-36
Child Restraints
........................................ 1-37
Larger Children
............. ......................... 1-44
SafetyBelt Extender
....................................... 1-46
CheckingYour Restraint Systems
............................. 1-47
ReplacingSafetyBelts After a Crash
.......................... 1-47
Safety Belts:They’refor Everyone
....... ................. 1-11
QuestionsMany People Ask About SafetyBelts
............. 1-15
Safety Belt Use DuringPregnancy .......................... 1-29
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Seats and Seat Controls
This sectiontells you about the seats-how to adjust them,take them out
and put them back in.It also tells you about bucket and benchseats,power
seats,and headrestraints.
Front Seats
Manual Front Seat
The bucket seatscan
be adjusted forward
or
rearward by the lever
at the front of the seat.
Slidethe lever at the front of
the seatto theleft to unlock it.Slidethe seat to
where you wantit. Then release thelever and try to
move the seat with your
body, to make sure theseat is locked into place.
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Power Driver's Seat
You can adjustthe seat before enteringthe vehicle.
The front control
makes the front of the
seat
go up and down.
The rear control
makes the rear of the
seat go
up and down.
The center control
makes the whole seat
go up and downor
forward and rearward.
Reclining Bucket Seats
If you have this feature, you will have either a knob or alever on the inside
of the seat to adjust the seatback.
If you have the knob,
you can adjustthe
seatback
by rotating
the knob to the left
or
right.
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If you have the lever,
you can adjust the
seatback by lifting the
lever. Release the
lever to lock the seat
back where you want
it.
Pull up on the lever
and the seat willgo to
an upright position.
Don’t adjust the driver’s seatback while your vehicleis moving.
Don’t have a seatback reclinedif your vehicleis moving.
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Rear Seats
Bucket Seats
If you have rear bucket seats in your vehicle,they will reclineand adjustthe
same way as the frontmanual bucket seats. See “Front Seats”earlier
in this
section or inthe Index.
Bench Seats
If you have bench seats in yourvehicle, each seat can carry upto three
passengers.They canalso be removed to increase storage space.
The centerand rear benchseats can be adjustedforward or rearward by the
leverat the front
of the seat.
Slidethe lever at the
frontof the seat to the
right to unlock
it.
Slidethe seat to where
you want it. Then
releasethe lever and
try to movethe seat
with your body,to
make sure
the seat is
locked into place.
The non-touring center bench seat has apivoting right armrest. The left
armrestcan alsobe used asa storagecompartment,
The storagecompartmentand beverage cooler can alsobe used as rear seat
armrests. See “Storage CompartmentBeverageCooler” in the Index.
The optional touringbench seats come
with moveable armrests,individual
reclining seatbacks,adjustableheadrests
and a fold down center console.
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To adjust your
seatback, pull up on
the lever on thelower
outside of the seat.
The center bench
seatbacks will recline
further back than the
rear benchseatbacks.
To raise or lower the
center console,press
the button betweenthe
beverage holders.
Only sit in thecenter
seating position when
the console is in an
upright position.For
detailsabout
headrests, see “Head
Restraints”in this
section.
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Seatback Latches (Non-Touring Bench Seats)
To fold your
non-touring seatback
forward,pull up on
the latch release lever
while pullingthe
seatbacktoward you.
Thelever is on the
right rear of your seat.
After the latch has beenreleased,push the seatbackdown until it locks in
place. To raise the seatback,unlock the seatby pushingforward on the
lever. Make surethe seatback
is lockedwhen it is put back inthe upright
position.
Removable Seats (Touring and Non-Touring Bench Seats)
To Remove The Seat
1. Disconnectthe quick release latchplates forthe lapshoulderbelt from
thebuckles in the roof.
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[ TODETACH \
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2. Ifyou are
removing the
center seat,
remove theright
lapshoulder belt.
To do this, press
the tip of akey
into the release
hole of the safety
belt attachment
while pullingup
on the safety belt.
3. If you have a
safety beltguide
on your seat,pull
the safety belt all
the way out
through the
guide.
H 4. Pullup on the
seatbacklatchon
the right rearof
the front seat.
Push the seatback
down until it
locks inplace
(non-touring
bench seatsonly).
5. Lift up on the seatrelease latch.The latches are nearthe floor on the
rear legs of the seat.To relieve pressure on thelatch,pull back
on the
seat.
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