Geo Tracker 1994 User manual

1994
TRACKER

Geo Tracker
Introduction
Part
1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
1994 Owner’s Manual
Table of Contents
How to Use This Manual
Seats
& RestraintSystems =.=
Features & Controls
Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
Your DrivingandtheRoad
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Problemsonthe Road 131 I
Service & AppearanceCare 155 I
MaintenanceSchedule 203
CustomerAssistanceinformation 233 I
Index ....................
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Service Station Information LastPage
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Including“ReportingSafety Defects”on page 236.
Printed in U.S.A. Part No. 10260663 A Second Edition
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Important Notes about This
Manual
Please keep this manual in your Geo, so it
will be thereif you ever need it when
you’re on
the road. If you sell the vehicle,
please leave this manual
in it so the new
owner can use
it.
Thismanual includes the latest information
at the time
it was printed. We reserve the
right to make changes
in the product after
that time withoutfurther notice. For
vehicles first sold
in Canada, substitutethe
name“General Motors
of CanadaLimited”
for Chevrolet Motor Division wherever
it
appears in this manual.
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a
French Language Manual
Aux propriktaires canadiens: Vous pouvez
vous procurer un exemplaire de ce guide
en fransais chez votre concessionaire
ou au
DGN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500
Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T
1 C7.
Published by:
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
General Motors, GM
and the GM
emblem,
Chevrolet and the Chevrolet
emblem, and
Geo and theGeoemblem are
registered trademarks
of General Motors
Corporation.
@Copyright
1993 General Motors
Corporation, Chevrolet/Geo Division.
All
Rights Reserved.
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CONVERTIBLE
UTILITY
HARDTOP
UTILITY
About Driving Your Tracker
As with other vehicles of this type. fdureto operate this vehicle correctly may result in loss of control or an
accident. Be sure to read
the “on-pavement” and “off-road” driving guidelines in this manual. (See “Driving
Guidelines” and “Off-Road Driving with Your Four-Wheel-Drive Vehicle”
in the Index.)
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How to Use This Manual
How to Use This
Manual
Many people readtheir owner’s manual
from beginningto end when they first
receive their new vehicle. This will help
you learn about the features andcontrols
for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll
find thatpictures and words work
together to explain things quickly.
Index: A good placeto look for what
you need is
the Index in back of the
manual. It’san alphabetical list ofall
that’s in the manual, and the page
number where you’ll find
it.
Parts 1-8: Each part of this manual
begins witha brief list
of its contents, so
you can often find ata glance if a part
contains the information you want.
How to Use This Manual: This part
tells you howto use your manual and
includes safety and vehicledamage
warnings and symbols.
Part 1 - Seats & Restraint Systems:
This part tells you how to use your seats
and safety belts properly.
Part 2 - Features & Controls: This part
explains howto start and operate your
Geo.
Part 3 - ComfortControls & Audio
Systems:
This part tells you howto adjust
the comfort controls and how to operate
your soundsystem.
Part 4 - Your Driving and the Road:
Here you’llfind helpful information and
tips about the roadand how to drive under
different conditions.
Part 5 - Problemson the Road: This
part tells you whatto
do if you have a
problem whiledriving, such as a flat tire
or engine overheating, etc.
Part 6 - Service & AppearanceCare:
Here the manual tells you howto keep
your Geo running properly and looking
good.
Part 7 - MaintenanceSchedule: This
part tells when
to perform vehicle
maintenance and whatfluids and
lubricantsto use.
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Part 8 - CustomerAssistance
Information:
This part includes important
information about reporting safety defects
and gives you details about the “Roadside
Assistance” program.
You will also find
customer satisfaction phone numbers
(including customersatisfaction numbers
for the hearing and speech impaired),
as
well as the mediation/arbitration
procedure. We’ve also included ordering
information for service publications
in this
part.
Service Station Information: This is a
quick reference
of service information.
You can find
it on the last page of this
These mean there is something that
could hurt you or other people.
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Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions
in this book. We use a box with a 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 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 slash
through
it in this book. This safety symbo
means ”Don’t,” “Don’t
do this,” or “Don’
let this happen.”
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NOTICE:
These mean there is something that
could damage
your vehicle.
Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find these
notices.
In the notice area, we tell you about
something that
can darnage your vehicle.
Many times, this damage 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 seewarning labels
on your
vehicle. Theyuse yellow for cautions. bluc
for notices and the words CAUTION or
NOTICE.
Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you will
find on your vehicle. For example. these
symbols are used on an original battery:
Caution Possible Injury
A
Protect Eyes by Shielding
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Caustic BatteryAcid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames
Sparks
or Flame Could
Explode Battery
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These symbols are important for you and
your passengers whenever your vehicle is
driven:
Fasten Safety Belts
These symbolshave todo with your lights:
Master lighting Switch
Turn Signal Direction
Hazard Warning Flashers
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Headlight High Beam
Headlight Low Beam
Parking Lights
Brightness Control
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These symbols are on some of your
controls:
WindshieldWiper
WindshieldWasher
WindshieldDefroster
Rear Window Wiper
and Washer
Rear Window Wiper
Rear Window Defogger
VentilatingFan
Recirculate
InsideAir
Circulate
OutsideAir
Bi-Level
Vent
Heater
These symbols are used on warning and
indicator
lights:
Engine Coolant
Temperature
Battery ChargingSystem
Fl
Fuel
Engine OilPressure
Brake (Canada)
Daytime RunningLights
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Here are some other symbols you may see:
Hood Release
Lighter
Horn
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Hereyou'll find information
about the seats in your
Geo and
how to use your safety belts
properly.
You can also learn
about somethings you should
not do with safety belts.
Part 1
Seats & Restraint Systems
Seats andSeat Controls .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . 10
Safety Belts: They're for Everyone . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . , . ... .. ...... . .. . .. 15
Why Safety BeltsWork . . . . .. . . .. . ....... . .. . . . . .. . .. . , .. . ... , , . . . . . 16
Here Are Questions Many People Ask about Safety Belts - and the Answers .. I8
Safety Belt Reminder Light . .. ....... . . . , . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . ... . .... . 19
How to WearSafety Belts Properly . . .. . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . , , ... . .. . .. 19
Children ......................................................... 26
Child Restraints ..... .. . . . . . . ..... .. ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . .. 27
LargerChildren ................................................... 32
Safety BeltExtender ............................................... 33
Checking Your RestraintSystems . . . ... . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . . ..... .. . .. . 33
Replacing Safety Belts after a Crash . ......... . .. , . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Seats and Restraint Systems
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about theseats -
how to adjust them, andalso about
reclining front seatbacks,head restraints,
seatback latches, easyentry seats and the
folding rear seatback.
Front Seat
Move the lever under the front seat to
unlock it. Slide the seatto where you
want it. Then release the lever and try to
move
the seat with your body,to make
sure the seat is lockedinto place.
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Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback,lift the lever on the
Iuter side
of the seat. Release thelever to
ock
the seatback where you want it. Pull
1p on the lever, and the seat will go to its
Iriginal upright position. But don’t have
he seatback reclined
if your vehicle is
noving.
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Head Restraints
Head restraints are fixed on some
vehicles and adjustable on others. Slide
an adjustable head restraint
up or down
so that the top of the restraint is closest
to the top of your ears. This position
reduces the chance ofaneck injury
in a
crash.
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Seats and Restraint Systems
To raise or lower therestraint, push in the
release while you pull up or push down
on the restraint.
Easy Entry Seats
The front seats of your vehiclemake it
easy to get
in and outof the rear seat.
0 Whenyou pullupon the recliner
release lever, the seatback will tilt
forward and the whole seat willslide
forward.
After someone gets into the rear seat
area, move the seatbackto its original
position. Then move the seat rearward
until it locks.
0 To get out, pull the release handle on
the rear of the right frontseat.
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Folding Rear Seat
The rear seat in your Geo folds to provide
more cargo space.
To fold the seat. lower the rear seatback
and then
flip the whole rear seat up
against
the front seats.
1. Swing thesafetybeltbucklesforward
and down.
Pull the knobs on both sides
of the
seatback.
If you have a split rear seat,
you can
fold half of the seat by pulling
only the knob on the side
you want to
fold.
3. Fold the seatback down.
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4. Unlock the bottom part of the seat.
Ontheone-piecerear seat, pullou
Onthesplitrear sear, liftthe
the release ring.
release lever oneither seat.
5. Lift the bottom of the seat up and pus1
it toward the front of the vehicle.
i. Find the support bar on the bottom of
the seat. This bar keeps the rear seat
fromunfolding.
’. Pull the inner end of the support off of
the seat bracket and swing it down.
’. Push the support bar into the floor
bracket.
Be sure the support bar is
secured.
‘0 unfold the seat:
ieep your hands, safety
belts and other
bjects away from where the seat
will
:st.
Pull the support bar outof the floor
bracket and swing
it up and toward the
bottom of the seat.
Push the support bar into the bracket
on the bottom
of the seat.
Slowly pull the seat down to
the floor.
The seat should latch into place. Pull
up
on the bottom of the seat to be sure
it is locked in position.
Pull the seatback
up and push it back.
Push and pull the
top of the seatback
to
be sure it is locked in place.
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Safety Belts: They’re
for Everyone
This part of the manual tells you howto
use safety belts properly.It alsotells you
some things you should not do with safety
belts.
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’his figurelights up as a reminder to
luckle up. (See “SafetyBelt Reminder
ight” in the Index.)
n many states and Canadian provinces,
he law says to wear safety belts. Here’s
vhy: Thev work.
tou never know if you’ll be in a crash. If
rou do have a crash, you don’t know if it
vi11 be a bad one.
1 few crashes are mild, and some crashes
:an be
so serious that even buckled up
L person wouldn’t survive. But most
:rashesare in between.
In many of them,
Ieople whobuckle up can surviveand
lometimes walk away.Without belts they
:oddhave been badly hurt or killed.
4fter more than
25 years of safety belts
n vehicles, the facts are clear. In most
:rashes buckling up does matter
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WhySafety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go
as fast as it goes.
For example, if the bike is going 10 mph
( 16 km/h), so is the child.
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When the bike hits the block, it stops. But
the child keeps going!
Fdke the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's
just a seat on wheels.

Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle.
I'he 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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x the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slowdown as the
vehicle does.
You get more time to stop.
You stop over more distance, and your
;trongest bonestake the forces. That’s
why safety belts make such good sense.
ManyPeople Ask about
Safety Belts - and the
Answers
Q: Won’t I be trappedin the vehicle
after an accident if
I’m wearing a
safety belt?
A: You could be - whether you’re
wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily unbucklea safety belt,even
if you’re upsidedown. And your
chance of being consciousduring and
after an accident,
so you an unbuckle
and get out, is much greater
if you are
belted.
Q: Why don’t theyjust put in air bags
so people won’t haveto wear safety
belts?
A: Air bags are in some 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 insteadof them.
Every air bag systemever offered for
sale has required the use
of safety
belts. Evenif you’re
in a vehicle that
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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.
Q: If I’m 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’re in an accident - even one that
isn’t your
fmlt - you and your
passengers can be
hurt. Being a good
driver doesn’t protect you fromthings
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.
w How to Wear Safety
Belts Properly
Adults
This section is only for people of adult
size.
Be aware that there are special things to
know about safety belts andchildren.
And there are different rules for smaller
children and babies.
If a child will be
riding
in your Geo, see the section after
this one, called “Children.”
Follow those
rules for everyone’s protection.
Safety Belt Reminder
Light
Nhen the key is turned to “ON” or
‘START,” a light will come on for about
:ight seconds
to remind people to fxten
heir safety belts. Unless the driver’s
afety belt is already buckled, a chime
vill also sound.
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