Chevrolet LUMINA 1998 User 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
CERTIFICATION
THROUGH
AUTOMOTIVE
National Institute for
SERVICE
EXCELLENCE
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We support voluntary
technician certification.
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a
French Language Manual:
Aux propridtaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous
procurer
un exemplairede ce guide enfransaischez
votre concessionaireou au:
DGN Marketing Services Ltd.
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Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1B9
@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
I
CAUSTIC
BURNS
AVOID
I SPARKSOR
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
.-x0
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
P
LIGHTER
HORN )b.
SPEAKER
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FUEL B
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