Chevrolet Kodiak 2006 User manual

Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1
Front Seats ............................................... 1-2
Rear Seats ............................................... 1-8
Safety Belts .............................................. 1-9
Child Restraints ....................................... 1-28
Airbag System ......................................... 1-50
Restraint System Check ............................ 1-62
Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1
Keys ........................................................ 2-2
Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-6
Windows .................................................. 2-8
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-11
Mirrors .................................................... 2-47
Storage Areas ......................................... 2-49
Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1
Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4
Climate Controls ...................................... 3-20
Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-25
Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-48
Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1
Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2
Towing ................................................... 4-37
Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1
Service ..................................................... 5-3
Fuel ......................................................... 5-6
Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-22
Rear Axle ............................................... 5-64
Four-Wheel Drive ..................................... 5-65
Front Axle ............................................... 5-66
Noise Control System ............................... 5-67
Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-68
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-69
Other Service Items .................................. 5-70
Tires ...................................................... 5-74
Appearance Care ..................................... 5-83
Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-91
Electrical System ...................................... 5-92
Capacities and Specifications ..................... 5-99
Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts ..... 5-104
Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1
Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2
Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1
Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2
Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-10
Index ................................................................ 1
2006 Chevrolet Kodiak Owner Manual M

GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,
CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, and the
name KODIAK are registered trademarks of General
Motors Corporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the time it
was printed. We reserve the right to make changes
after that time without further notice. For vehicles first
sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of
Canada Limited” for GM Medium Duty Truck Division
when it appears in this manual.
Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is
needed while you are on the road. If the vehicle is
sold, leave this manual in the vehicle.
Canadian Owners
A French language copy of this manual can be obtained
from your dealer or from:
Helm, Incorporated
P.O. Box 07130
Detroit, MI 48207
How to Use This Manual
Many people read the owner manual from beginning to
end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this
is done, it can help you learn about the features
and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work
together in the owner manual to explain things.
Index
A good place to quickly locate information about the
vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an
alphabetical list of what is in the manual and the
page number where it can be found.
Litho in U.S.A.
Part No. 06KODIAK B Second Printing
©
2005 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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Safety Warnings and Symbols
There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We
use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things
that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning.
{CAUTION:
These mean 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 do not,
you or others could be hurt.
You will also find a circle
with a slash through it in
this book. This safety
symbol means “Do Not,”
“Do Not do this” or “Do Not
let this happen.”
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Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this manual you will find these notices:
Notice: These mean there is something that could
damage your vehicle.
A notice tells about something that can damage the
vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered
by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. But
the notice will tell 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.
There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They use
the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.
Vehicle Symbols
The vehicle has components and labels that use
symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along with
the text describing the operation or information
relating to a specific component, control, message,
gage, or indicator.
If you need help figuring out a specific name of a
component, gage, or indicator, reference the following
topics:
•Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1
•Features and Controls in Section 2
•Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3
•Climate Controls in Section 3
•Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3
•Audio System(s) in Section 3
•Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5
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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle:
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✍NOTES
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Front Seats ......................................................1-2
Bucket Seats .................................................1-2
Split Bench Seat (80/20 Split) ..........................1-6
Air Suspension Seats ......................................1-6
Rear Seats .......................................................1-8
Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-8
Safety Belts .....................................................1-9
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-9
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-14
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-14
Driver Position ..............................................1-15
Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment .....................1-22
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-23
Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-23
Center Passenger Position .............................1-24
Rear Outside Passenger Positions
(Crew Cab) ..............................................1-25
Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-28
Child Restraints .............................................1-28
Older Children ..............................................1-28
Infants and Young Children ............................1-31
Child Restraint Systems .................................1-34
Where to Put the Restraint
(Regular Cab Models) ................................1-38
Where to Put the Restraint
(Crew Cab Models) ....................................1-40
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH) ..................................................1-41
Securing a Child Restraint in a
Rear Outside Seat Position
(Crew Cab Models) ....................................1-42
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Center Rear Seat Position (Crew Cab) or
Center Front Position .................................1-44
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position ............................1-46
Airbag System ...............................................1-50
Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-54
When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-55
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-56
How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-56
What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? .....1-56
Airbag Off Switch ..........................................1-58
Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-61
Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle ....................................................1-61
Restraint System Check ..................................1-62
Checking the Restraint Systems ......................1-62
Replacing Restraint System Parts After a
Crash ......................................................1-63
Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
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Front Seats
Bucket Seats
If your vehicle has bucket seats, you can adjust the
seats several different ways.
Fore-and-Aft Adjustment
{CAUTION:
You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to
adjust the seat while the vehicle is moving.
The sudden movement could startle and
confuse you, or make you push a pedal when
you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat
only when the vehicle is not moving.
The fore-and-aft
adjustment lever is
located underneath the
front of the driver’s seat.
To slide the seat forward or rearward, move the lever
toward the outboard side of the seat. The seat will lock
in at 1/2 inch (1.5 cm) increments.
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Lumbar Adjustment
Your seats may have this feature.
The lumbar adjustment
knob is located on the
seatback, on the inboard
side of the driver’s seat and
on the outboard side of the
passenger’s seat.
For more support to your lower back, turn the lumbar
adjustment knob clockwise. To decrease the amount of
lumbar support, turn the knob counterclockwise.
Seatback Adjustment
Your vehicle will have one of the following seatback
reclining mechanisms.
{CAUTION:
You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to
adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle
is moving. The sudden movement could startle
and confuse you, or make you push a pedal
when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s
seat only when the vehicle is not moving.
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{CAUTION:
If the seatback is not locked, it could move
forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could
cause injury to the person sitting there. Always
push and pull on the seatback to be sure it is
locked.
If your vehicle has this
knob, it is located on the
inboard side of the driver’s
seat cushion and the
outboard side of the
passenger’s seat cushion.
To tilt the seatback rearward, turn the knob toward the
rear of the vehicle. To tilt the seat forward turn the
knob toward the front of the vehicle.
If your vehicle has this lever, it is located on the
outboard side of the driver’s and passenger’s seat
cushions.
To recline the seatback, do the following:
1. Lift the recline lever.
2. Move the seatback to the desired position, then
release the lever to lock the seatback in place.
3. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is
locked.
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To return the seatback to an upright position, do the
following:
1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to the
seatback and the seatback will return to the upright
position.
2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is
locked.
{CAUTION:
Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle
is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you
buckle up, your safety belts cannot do their
job when you are reclined like this.
The shoulder belt cannot do its job. In a crash,
you could go into it, receiving neck or other
injuries.
The lap belt cannot do its job either. In a crash
the belt could go up over your abdomen. The
belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic
bones. This could cause serious internal
injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is in
motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit
well back in the seat and wear your safety belt
properly.
Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is
moving.
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Split Bench Seat (80/20 Split)
If your vehicle has a split bench seat, the passenger
seat is not adjustable.
There is a storage area underneath the seat cushion.
See Storage Areas on page 2-49.
Air Suspension Seats
Your vehicle may have a low-back or high-back air
suspension seat. There are two ways you can adjust
the seat.
Height Adjustment
The suspension seat
height adjustment lever is
located on the front
inboard side of the seat.
To adjust the height of the air suspension seat, pull the
lever up to inflate. Push the lever down to deflate.
The seat cushion can also be raised or lowered.
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The seat cushion height
adjustment handle is
located underneath the
front of the seat.
To adjust the height of the cushion, lift the handle up
and pull it forward. You can choose between two
settings.
Chugger-Snubber Lock-Out Feature
If your vehicle has this
feature, the handle is
located on the outboard
side of the driver’s
and passenger’s seats.
Move the handle down to reduce any backslap
experienced while in tractor/trailer operation or while
operating a dump truck application.
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Rear Seats
Rear Seat Operation
Folding the Rear Seat (Crew Cab)
{CAUTION:
A safety belt that is improperly routed, not
properly attached, or twisted will not provide
the protection needed in a crash. The person
wearing the belt could be seriously injured.
After raising the rear seatback, always check
to be sure that the safety belts are properly
routed and attached, and are not twisted.
Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts
still fastened may cause damage to the seat or the
safety belts. Always unbuckle the safety belts
and return them to their normal stowed position
before folding a rear seat.
The rear bench seat on the crew cab can be folded
down to provide more cargo space.
To fold down the seatback,
pull this nylon strap
located on the rear of the
seat, while pulling the
seatback down.
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To raise a seatback, pull the nylon strap while raising
the seatback until it locks upright.
{CAUTION:
If the seatback is not locked, it could move
forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could
cause injury to the person sitting there. Always
push and pull on the seatback to be sure it is
locked.
After raising a seatback to an upright position, push and
pull on the seatback to check that it is locked in place.
Safety Belts
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety
belts properly. It also tells you some things you should
not do with safety belts.
{CAUTION:
Do not let anyone ride where he or she cannot
wear a safety belt properly. If you are in a
crash and you are not wearing a safety belt,
your injuries can be much worse. You can hit
things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it.
You can be seriously injured or killed. In the
same crash, you might not be, if you are
buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt,
and check that your passengers’ belts are
fastened properly too.
1-9

{CAUTION:
It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo
area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a
collision, people riding in these areas are more
likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not
allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle
that is not equipped with seats and safety
belts. Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in a
seat and using a safety belt properly.
Your vehicle has a light
that comes on as a
reminder to buckle up. See
Safety Belt Reminder
Light on page 3-28.
In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law
says to wear safety belts. Here is why: They work.
You never know if you will be in a crash. If you do have
a crash, you do not know if it will be a bad one.
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A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so
serious that even buckled up, a person would not
survive. But most crashes are in between. In many of
them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes
walk away. Without belts they could have been badly
hurt or killed.
After more than 40 years of safety belts in vehicles, the
facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter... a lot!
Why Safety Belts Work
Q: Aren’t safety belts for kids?
A: Yes. And they are for adult truckers, and anyone
else who rides in your vehicle.
Here is why: when your vehicle goes, say, 30 mph
(50 km/h), so do you and your passengers.
1-11

If the vehicle hits something, it stops – right then. But
nothing stops the people. They keep moving.
Then something will stop them. It could be the
windshield.
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Or it could be the instrument panel.
Now, what if you and your passengers were to give that
big vehicle a chance to deal with the force of the
impact, instead of you?
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop.
You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones
take the forces. Safety belts are for everyone.
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Questions and Answers About
Safety Belts
Q: Will I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident
if I am wearing a safety belt?
A: You could be — whether you are wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you are 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.
Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I have to
wear safety belts?
A: Airbags are in many vehicles today and will be
in most of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only; so they work with
safety belts — not instead of them. Every airbag
system ever offered for sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even if you are in a vehicle that has
airbags, you still have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That is true not only in frontal collisions,
but especially in side and other collisions.
Q: If I am a good driver, and I never drive far from
home, why should I wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you are in an
accident — even one that is not your fault — you
and your passengers can be hurt. Being a good
driver does not 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 speeds of less than
40 mph (65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to know about
safety belts and children. And there are different
rules for smaller children and babies. If a child will be
riding in your vehicle, see Older Children on page 1-28
or Infants and Young Children on page 1-31. Follow
those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you will want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We will start with the driver position.
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