Chevrolet 1995 Blazer User manual

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Table of Contents
Inrroauction - How to Use this Manual
This section tellsyou how to use your manual and includes safety
and vehicle damage warnings and symbols.
Section 1 - Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts
properly. It also explains theair bag system.
Section 2 - Features & Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Section 3 - Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
This section tellsyou how to adjust the ventilation and comfort
controls and how to operate your audio system.
Section 4 - Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and
how
to drive under different conditions.
Section 5 - Problems on the Road
This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while
driving, suchas a flat tire or engine overheating,etc.
Section 6- Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you howto keep your vehicle running
properly and looking good.
Section 7 - Maintenance Schedule
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and
what fluids and lubricants to use.
Section 8 - Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact GM for assistance and how to
get service publications. Italso gives you information on
“Reporting Safety Defects” on page
8-4.
Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this
manual. You
can use itto quickly find something you want to read.
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Introduction
1995 Chevrolet Blazer Owner’s Manual
Welcome
This manual was prepared to acquaint you with the operation and
maintenance
of your 1995 Chevrolet Blazer and to provide important safety
information. There is also a Chevrolet Truck Warranty and Owner
Assistance Information booklet. In some vehicles, there can be information
manuals from other manufacturers like body buildersor special equipment
companies. We urge you to review all these publications carefully.This will
help you enjoy safe and trouble-free operation
of your vehicle.
When
it comes to service, keep in mind that your Chevrolet dealer knows
your vehicle best and is interested in your complete satisfaction.Your dealer
invites you to return for
all of your service needs both during and after the
warranty period.
Remember,
if you have a concern and need help handling it to your
satisfaction, see the procedure
in the Chevrolet Truck Warranty and Owner
Assistance Information booklet.
Thanks for choosing
a Chevrolet product. We value you as a member of the
Chevrolet family.We want
to assure you of our continuing interest in your
pleasure and satisfaction with your vehicle.
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
30007 Van Dyke Ave.
Warren, Michigan
@Copyright
1994 General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet Motor Division
All Rights Reserved
Second Edition Printed in
U.S.A.
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Important Notes to Owners and Drivers
About This Manual
Please keep this manual in your vehicle so it will be there if you ever need it
when you’reon the road.If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in
it
so the new ownercan useit.
This manual includes the latest informationat the time it
was printed. We
reserve the right to makechangesin
the product after thattime without
further notice. For vehiclesfirst
sold in Canada,substitute the name
“GeneralMotors of CanadaLimited”for ChevroletMotor Division
whenever itappearsin this manual.
About Driving Your Blazer
As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate this vehicle correctly
may result in lossof control or
an accident. Be sure to read the
“on-pavement” and “off-road” driving guidelines in this manual.(See
“DrivingGuidelines”and “Off-Road Driving With yourFour-wheel Drive
Vehicle” inthe Index.)
WE SUPPORT
VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN
CERTIFICATION
THROUGH
National Institute for
AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE
EXCELLENCE
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For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a French Language
Manual:
Aux proprietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplairede
ce guide enfrancais chez votre concessionaireou au DGN Marketing
Services Ltd.,
1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T lC7.
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CHEVROLET
General Motors,GM and the GM Emblem, Chevrolet and the Chevrolet
Emblem, and Blazer are registered trademarks
of General Motors
Corporation.
How to Use This Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they
first receive theirnew vehicle. This 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 lookfor what you need is the Index in back of the
manual. It’s an alphabetical list
of all that’s in the manual, and the page
number where you’ll findit.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.We use a box with
gray background and the word CAUTION to tell
you about things that could
hurt you if you were to ignore the warning.
In the gray caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you
what to doto help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions.If
you don’t,
you or others could be hurt.
You will also find a circle with a slash throughit in this book.This safety
symbol means “Don’t,’’ “Don’tdothis,’’or“Don’t let this happen.”
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Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find these notices:
NOTICE:
These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle.
In the noticearea,we tellyou about somethingthat candamageyour
vehicle. Manytimes, this damagewould not be covered
by your warranty,
and
it could be costly. But the notice will tellyou what to do to help avoid
the damage.
When you read othermanuals,you might see CAUTION and NOTICE
warnings in differentcolors or
in different words.
You’ll alsosee warning labels on your vehicle. They use yellowfor
cautions,blue for notices and the words CAUTIONor NOTICE.
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Vehicle Symbols
Theseare some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle. Forexample,
these symbolsare used on an original battery:
Caution
Possible
Injury
Protect Eyes
by Shielding
Avoid Sparks
or Flames
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns Spark orflame Could
Explode Battery
These symbolsare importantfor you and your passengers whenever your
vehicle is driven:
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Fasten Safety Door Lock/Unlock
Belts
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These symbolshave to do with your lights:
Master Lighting
Switch
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ParkingLights
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TurnSignal
Direction
Daytime
RunningLights
A
Hazard Warning
Rasher
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FogLights
These symbolsare on some of your controls:
Windshield
Wiper
Rear Window
Defogger
Q
0* ew
Windshield
Washer
Ventilating Fan
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Windshield
Defroster
0
c Off
Heaulight
High
Beam
Headlight
Low Beam
0% 0%
Rear Window
WiperMasher
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These symbols are used on warning and indicatorlights:
Engine Coolant
Temperature
I BRAKE
Brake
Battery Charging
System
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Fuel
SHIFT
Shift Light
1 ANTI-LOCK
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Anti-Lock
Brake
Here are some other symbols you may see:
Fuse
Lighter
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Horn
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Engine Oil
Pressure
Hood
Release
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Seats & Restraint Systems
Section
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle andhow to use
your safety belts properly.
You can also learn about some thingsyou should
not do with air bags and safetybelts.
Seats and Seat Controls
Manual Front Seat (Except Easy Entry)
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Manual Front Seat (Easy EntryOnly)
Move the lever under
the frontof the seat
towards the driver's
door to unlockit.
Slidethe seatto where
you wantit. Then
release the lever and
try to move the seat
with your body to
make sure the seat is
locked into place.
Move the lever under
the frontof the seatup
to unlock it. Slide the
seat to where you
want it. Then release
the lever and try to
move the seat with
' yourbody to make
-_ a, sure the seat is locked
into place.
Manual Lumbar Adjustment
If you have this
feature, there willbe
a
knob on the outside of
the driver and
passenger bucket
seats.
Turn the top
of the
knob forwardto
increase lumbar
support and or
rearward to decrease
lumbar support.
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Power Driver’s Seat
If you have this feature, there willbe a control pad on the front of your
driver’s seat.
Power Lumbar Adjustment
The left control make
the rearof the seat
go
up and down.
The right control
makes the frontof the
seat go up anddown..
The center control
makes the whole seat
go up and downor
forward and rearward
If you have this
feature,there will be
a
control on the front of
your driver’sseat.
Press and hold the
passenger’s sideof the
control untilyou have
the desired lumbar
support.To decrease
lumbarsupport,press
the driver’s side
of the
control.
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Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback,
lift the lever on the
outer side
of the seat.
Release the leverto
lock the seatback
where you wantit.
Pull up on the lever
and the seat will
go to
an upright position.
But don’t have a seatback reclined
if your vehicle is moving.
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Front Seatback Latches (2-Door Models)
The front seatback folds forward to let people get into the backseat.Your
seatback will move back and forth freely, unless
you come to a sudden stop.
Then it will will lock in place.
There’s one time the seatback may
not fold without some help from you.
That’s if your vehicleis parked going down a fairly steep hill.
To fold a front
seatbackforward,
push the seatback
toward the rearas you
lift this latch. Then the
seatback will fold
forward.The latch
must be down for the
seat to work properly.
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Easy Entry Seat (2-Door Models)
The outside front
passenger seatof your
vehicle makes it easy
to get in and out of the
rear vehicle area.
When you tilt the outside front passenger seatback fully forward, the
whole seat will slide forward.
After someone gets into the rear seat area, move the seatback to its
original position. Then move the seat rearward until it locks.
0 To get out, again tilt the seatback fully forward.
Head Restraints
Head restraints are fixed on some models and adjustable on others.Slide an
adjustable head restraint up or down so that the topof the restraint is closest
to thetop
of your ears.This position reduces thechance of a neck injury in a
crash.
The head restraints tilt forward and rearward also.
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Rear Folding Seat
Your utility vehicle has a folding rear seat which lets you fold the seatbacks
down
for more cargo space.
The rear seat release
handles are
in the
upper center
of the
rear
of the seatbacks.
Push back on the
seatbacks as you pull
up
on the handles.
To raise theseatbacks,just lift up the seatbacks and push until they lock in
the upright position.
Push and pull on the seatbacks
to check that the latches have locked in the
upright position.If they haven’t, have them fixed immediately.
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. Italso
tells
you some things you should not do with safety belts.
And it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint,or “air bag”system.
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Your vehicle has a light that comeson as a reminder to buckle up. (See
“Safety Belt Reminder Light’’ in the Index.)
In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says
to wear safety belts.
Here’s why:
They work.
You never know if you’ll be in acrash.If you do have acrash, you don’t
know if it will be a badone.
A few crashesare mild, and some crashes can be
so serious that even
buckled up a person wouldn’t survive. But most crashes arein between. In
many ofthem,people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away.
Without belts they could have been badly hurtor killed.
After more than
25 years of safety beltsin vehicles, the facts are clear. In
most crashes buckling updoes matter ... a lot!
Why Safety BeltsWork
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When you ride inor on anything, you go as fast as it goes.
Take the simplest
vehicle. Supposeit’s
just a seat on wheels.
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Put someone on it.
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Get it up to speed.
Then stop the vehicle.
The rider doesn't stop
The person keeps
going until stopped
by
something.
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In a real vehicle, it
could be
the
windshield . . .
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or the instrument
panel
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or the safety belts!
With safetybelts,you slow down as the vehicledoes.
You get more time to
stop. You stop overmore distance, and your strongest bones take the forces.
That’s why safety belts makesuchgood sense.
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 wearinga
A: You could be - whether you’re wearing a safety belt or not.But you
can unbucklea safetybelt,
even if you’re upsidedown.And your
chanceof being conscious during and after an accident,
so you can
unbuckleand getout, is much greater if you are belted.
safety belt?
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