Chevrolet 1995 Monte Carlo User manual

Owner’s Manual

0 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Owner's Manual
Seats and Restraint Systems .............................................................. 1-1
Featuresandcontrols .................................................................. 2-1
ComfortControlsandAudioSystems ..................................................... 3-1
This section tells you how to use your scats and safety belts properly. It also explains the air bag system.
This section explains how
to start and operate your Chevrolet.
This section tells you how
to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your
sound system.
Here
you'll find helpful inforlnation and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions.
This section tells you what
to do if you have a problem while driving. such as a flat tire or engine
overheating, etc.
Here the
~nanual tells you how to keep your Chevrolet running properly and looking good.
This section tells you when
to perform vehicle maintenance and what tluids and lubricants to use.
This section tells you how to contact Chevrolet forassistance and how to get service publications. It also
gives you information on "Reporting Safety Defects" on page 8-4.
Here's an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find
something you want to read.
YourDrivingandtheRoad .............................................................. 4-1
ProblemsontheRoad .................................................................. 5-1
Serviceand Appearance Care.. .......................................................... 6-1
Maintenanceschedule .................................................................. 7-1
CustomerAssistanceInformation ........................................................ 8-1
Index ................................................................................. 9-1
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GENERAL MOTORS, GM andthe GM Emblem,
CHEVROLET and the Chevrolet Emblemand the name
MONTE CARLO are registered trademarks of General
Motors Corporation.
This manual includes the latestinformation at the time it
was printed.We reserve the right to make changes in the
product after that timewithout furthernotice. For
vehicles first soldin Canada, substitute the name
“General Motors of Canada Limited” for Chevrolet
Motor Division whenever it appears in this manual.
Pleasekeep this manual in your Chevrolet,
so it will be
there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you
sell thevehicle, please leave this manual in it
so the new
owner can use it.
Litho in
U.S.A.
Part NO. 10254583 B SecondPrinting
fi-3 We support voluntary
technician certification.
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 propriktairescanadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer
un exemplaire de ce guide en franpis chez votre
concessionaire ou au DGNMarketing ServicesLtd.,
1500 BonhillRd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7.
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eneralMotors Corporation 1994
All Rights Reserved
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The Heritage of Chevrolet
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The dynamic William C. ‘iBilly”
Durant shifted gearsfrom making
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forming half the team thatgave
carriuges to making curs,
I birth to Chevrolet.
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Louis Chevr-olet, the other half of the team,
at the wheel
of his experimental “Classic
Six,
” which entered production in 1912.
That year 2999 vehicles were produced.

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' The 1957 Chevy started a romance with
I an available fuel-injected V8.
the Americanpublic-and was powered by
60 S automotive excitement
included Chevrolet landmarks
like the Corvette Sting Ray,
the
sporty Camaro, and
powerplants like the
legendary
327 V8.
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Your new Chevrolet continues atradition of quulity und value.

How to Use This Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to end when they first receivetheir new 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 look for what you needis the Index in
the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all
that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll
find it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautionsin 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 ignorethe warning.
In the gray 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.
You will also find a circle with
a slashthrough it in this
book,
* This safetv svmbol means
“Don’t,” “Don’t do this,” 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 thereis something that
could damage your vehicle.
In the notice area, we tell youabout something that can
damage your vehicle. Many times, thisdamage 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
or in different words.
You’ll also see warning labels
on your vehicle. They use
yellow for cautions,blue for notices and the words
CAUTION or NOTICE.
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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT
EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACIDCOULD x
BATTERY
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS OR
FLAMES
SPARK OR ,\I/,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BAllERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN SEAT 4
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
These symbols
have
to do with
your lights:
SIGNALS e
TURN
HIGH LAMPSoR BEAM = =o
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are
on solne of
your controls:
WIPER Q
f0 -** -1
WINDSHIELDQ
WASHER
I
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING
FAN
These symbols
are used
on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT F-
TEMP --
ENGINE
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE (@)
RADIATOR
COOLANT a
FUEL e3
ENGINEOIL
PRESSURE Wb
TEMP OIL 9b
ANTI-LOCK (@)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE J\r
RADIO k
VOLUME a
CONDITIONING AIR a
t
LIGHTER m
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0 Section I
Seats and Restraint Systems
Here you’ll find information about the seatsin your
Chevrolet and how to use your safety beltsproperly.
You can also learn about some thingsyou should not do
with air bags and safety belts.
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tellsyou how to adjust the seatsand
explains reclining seatbacks, folding rear seatsand head
restraints.
Manual Front Seat
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Two-way Manual Seat Four-Way Manual Seat (Option)
The driver's seat may have a bar and a handle under the
front edge
of the seat. Lift the bar to unlock the seat and
slide it forward and back.
Lift the
bar under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide
the seat to where
you want it and release thebar. Try to
move the seat with your body to be sure the seat
is
locked in place.
Lift the handle
to tilt the seat up or down.
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Power Seat (Option)
FRONT (A): Raise the frontof the seat by holding the
switch up. Hold the switch down to lower the front of
the seat.
CENTER (B): Move the seatforward or back by
holding the control tothe front
or back. Raise orlower
the seatby holding the control up
or down.
REAR (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding the
switch up. Hold the switch down to lower the rear
of the
seat.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
Lift the lever to release the seatback, then move the
seatback to where you want it. Release the lever to lock
the seatback
in place. Pullup on the lever without
pushing on the seatback, and the seatback will move
forward.
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But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is
moving.
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Head Restraints
Slide thehead restraint up or down so that thetop of the
restraint is closest to the topof your ears.
This position. I
reduces the chanceof a neck injury in a crash.
Seatback Latches
The front seat foldsforward
to let people get into the
back seat.
Your seatback
will moveback and forth
freely, unless you come to a
sudden stop. Then itwill
lock inplace.
If your vehicle is parked facing down a fairly steep hill,
the seatbackmay not fold without some help fromyou.
To fold the locked seatback forward,push the seatback
toward the rear and lift
this latch. Then the seatbackwill
fold forward. The latchmust be down for the seat to
work properly.
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Split Folding Rear Seat (Option)
Pull forwardon the seat tabto fold theseat down. To
return the seat to its original position,push it back up
and make sure it latches.
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Safety Belts: They’refor Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts
properly.It alsotells you some things you should not do
with safety belts.
And it explainsthe Supplemental Inflatable Restraint, or
“air bag” system.
Your vehicle has a light that
comes on as a reminder to
buckle
up. (See “Safety Belt
Reminder Light” in the
Index
.)
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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 a crash. If you do have a
crash, you don’t know
if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be
so
serious that even buckled up a person wouldn’t survive.
But most crashes are
in between. In many of them,
people who buckle
up can surviveand sometimes walk
away. Withoutbelts
they could have been badly hurt or
killed.
After more than
25 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts areclear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter
... a lot!
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Why Safety BeltsWork
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fastas it
goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's
just a seat on
wheels.
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,
In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ...
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or the instrumentpanel ...
or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance,
and your strongestbones take the forces. That’swhy
safety belts make such good sense.
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Here Are Questions Many People Ask
About Safety Belts -- and the Answers
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle afteran
accident if
I’m wearing a safety belt?
A: You could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you’re upside down. And your chance of
being conscious during and after an accident, so
you can unbuckle and get out,is much greater if
you are belted.
Why don’t theyjust put inairbags so people
won’t have to wear safety belts?
A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be
in more of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only;
so they work with
safety belts -- not instead of them. Every air bag
system ever offered for salehas required the use
of
safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has air
bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions,
but especially in side and other collisions.
If I’ma good driver, and I never drivefarfrom
home, why should I wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
accident
-- even one that isn’t your fault -- you and
your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver
doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of
home. And the greatest number
of serious injuries
and deaths occur at speedsof less than 40 mph
(65 kdh).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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