Chevrolet LUMINA 1998 User manual

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0 The 1998 Chevrolet Lumina Owner’s Manual
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Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “air bag” system.
Features and Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system.
Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions.
Problems on the Road
This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc.
Service and Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good.
Maintenance Schedule
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact Chevrolet for assistance and how to get service and owner publications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page
8-10.
Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find
something you want to read.
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GENERAL MOTORS, GM,the GM Emblem,
CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem andthe
name LUMINA are registered trademarks of
General Motors Corporation.
Thismanual includesthelatest information atthe time it
was printed.We reserve the right to make changes in the
product after that time without further notice. For
vehiclesfirst sold in Canada, substitutethe name
“General Motorsof Canada Limited”for Chevrolet
Motor Division wheneverit appears in this manual.
Please keep this manualin your vehicle,
so it will be
there if you ever needit when you’re on the road.If
you
sellthe vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new
owner can use it.
Litho in
U.S.A.
Part No. 10285606 B First Edition
WE SUPPORT
VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN
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We support voluntary
technician certification.
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a
French Language Manual:
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@Copyright General Motors Corporation 1997
All Rights Reserved
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The dynamic William C. “Billy”
Durant shiftedgears frommaking
carriages to making cars,
forming half the team that gave
I birth to Chevrolet.
Louis Chevrolet, the other half of the team,
at the wheel
of his experimental “Classic
Six, ’’ which enteredproduction in I91 2.
Thatyear 2999 vehicles wereproduced.

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The 1957 Chevy started a romance with the American
public
-- and was poweredby an availablefuel-injected V8.
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60's automotive excitement ,-,
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included Chevrolet landmarks
likethe Corvette StingRay,
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the sporty Camaro, and 4.' Your new Chevrolet continues a tradition of quality and value.
powerplants like the
legendary
327 V8.
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How to Use this Manual
Many people read their owner’s manualfrombeginning
to end when theyfirst receive their new vehicle.If you
do
this, it 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 alphabeticallist
of what’s in
the manual, and the page number where you’llfind it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautionsin this book.
We use a box and the word
CAUTION to tell you
about things that could hurt you if you wereto ignore
the warning.
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 don’t, youor
others could be hurt.
You will
also find a circle
with a slash through it in
this book. This safety
symbol means “Don’t,’’
“Don’t
do this” or “Don’t
let this happen.”
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VehicleDamageWarnings In the noticearea,wetellyouaboutsomethingthat
can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage
be costly. Butthe notice will tell you whatto 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 seewarning labels on your vehicle. They use
the same words, CAUTIONor NOTICE.
Also, in thisbookyouwill find thesenotices:wouldnotbecoveredbyyourwarranty,and it could
NOTICE:
These mean there is something that could
damage your vehicle.
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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
originalbattery:
I A
CAUTION
PROTECT
EYES BY
SHIELDING
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CAUSTIC
BURNS
AVOID
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FLAMES
SPARK OR ,111,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BAllERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
POWER
WINDOW
These symbols
have todowith
your lamps:
SIGNALS e e3
TURN
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LAMPS **'
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are on some of
your controls:
These symbols
areused on
warning and
indicatorlights:
COOLANT
TEMP -
CHARGING 1-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE (@)
ENGINE OIL e,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK (@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
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LIGHTER
HORN )b.
SPEAKER
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FUEL B
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Seats and Restraint Systems
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Here you’llfind information aboutthe seats in your Chevrolet and how to use your safety belts properly.You can also
learn about some things you should
not do with air bags and safety belts.
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Seatsand Seat Controls
Safety Belts: They’refor Everyone
HereAre Questions Many People Ask About
Safety Belts
-- and the Answers
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Driver Position
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
Right Front Passenger Position
Air Bag System
Center Passenger Position
Rear Seat Passengers
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Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guidesfor
Children and Small Adults
Children
Built-in Child Restraint (Option)
Child Restraints
Larger Children
Safety Belt Extender
Checking Your Restraint Systems
Replacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you how to adjust the seats and
explains reclining seatbacks and head restraints.
2-Way Manual Front Seat
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
don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when
the vehicle is not moving.
Lift the bar under the frontof the seat to unlock it.Slide
the seat
to where you wantit and release the bar. Try to
move the seat with your body to be sure the seat is
locked intoplace.
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Driver’s 4-Way Manual Seat (Option)
The driver’s seat may havea bar and a handle under the
frontedge
of the seat.Lift the bar to unlock the seat and
to slideit forward and backward.
Lift this handle to tilt the seat upor down.
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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 seat forward or backward by
holding the control to the front or to the back. Raise or
lower the seat by holding the control
up or down.
REAR (C): Raise the rearof the seat by holding the
switch
up. Hold the switch down to lower the rear of
the seat.
Lift the lever to release the seatback, then move
the
seatback to where you wantit. Release the lever to
lock the seatback into place. Pull up on the lever
without pushing on the seatback, and the seatback
will move forward.
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But don’t havea seatback reclined if your vehicle
is moving.
Sitting in a reclined position when yourvehicle is
in motioncan be dangerous. Even if you buckle
up, your safety belts can’t do theirjob when
you’re reclined likethis.
The shoulderbelt can’t do its job because it
won’t be against yourbody. Instead, itwill be in
front of you. In
a crash you could go into it,
receiving neckor other injuries.
The lapbelt can’t do itsjob either. In
a crash the
belt couldgo up over yourabdomen. The belt
forces would be there, not
at your pelvic bones.
Thiscould cause seriousinternal injuries.
For proper protectionwhen the vehicle is in
motion, have theseatback upright. Then sit
well back in the seat and wear your safety
belt properly.
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Head Restraints
Slidethe head restraint up or down so that the topof the
restraint is closest to the topof your ears. This position
reduces the chanceof a neck injuryin a crash.
Safety Belts: They’refor 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.
And it explains the air bag system.
Don’t let anyone ride where heor she can’t wear
a safety beltproperly. If you are in acrash and
you’re not wearing a safety belt, your injuries
can be muchworse. You can hit thingsinside the
vehicle or be ejected from
it. You can beseriously
injured orkilled. In the same crash,you might
not be
if you arebuckled up. Always fasten your
safety belt, and check that yourpassengers’ belts
arefastened properlytoo.
It is extremely dangerous toride ina cargo area,
inside oroutside of a vehicle. In a collision,
people ridingin these areas are morelikely to be
seriously injured orkilled. Do not allow peopleto
ride in any areaof your vehicle that
is not
equipped with seats and safetybelts. Besure
everyonein yourvehicle is in a seat andusing a
safety beltproperly.
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 most states and Canadian provinces, the law says to
wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They work.
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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 crashesare in between. In manyof
them, people who buckle upcan survive and sometimes
walk away. Without belts they could have been badly
hurt or killed.
After more than
30 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear.In most crashes buckling up does
matter
... a lot!
Why Safety Belts Work
When youride in or on anything, you go asfast as
it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’sjust 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.Therider
doesn't stop.
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Thepersonkeeps going until stopped by something.
In
a real vehicle, it couldbe the windshield ...
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or the instrument panel . ..
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or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down asthe vehicle does.
You get more timeto stop.
You stop over more distance,
and your strongest bones taketheforces. That’s why
safety belts make such good sense.
Here Are Questions Many People Ask
About Safety Belts -- and the Answers
@ Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after 816
accident if I’m wearing a safety belt?
A: You could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety
belt
or not. Bat you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even
if you’re upside down. And your chance of
being conscious dag ad afkf an accident, SO
you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if
you arebelted.
e.” If my vehicle has air bage, why should I have to
wear safety belts?
A: Air bags are in my 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 air bag
systemever offered for sale has regraireid the use of
safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has ;air
bags, you $til1 have to buckle upto get the most
protection. That’s true not onlyin frontal collisions,
but especially in side and ather collisions.
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