GMC 1994 Jimmy User manual

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Owner's
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INTRODUCTION
1994 GMC Jimmy Owner’s Manual
Welcome
This manual was preparedto acquaint you with the operation and
maintenanceof your
1994 GMC Jimmy and toprovideimportantsafety
information. There is also a GMC Truck Warranty and OwnerAssistance
Informationbooklet. Insomevehicles, there canbe informationmanuals
from other manufacturerslike body builders or specialequipment
companies.We urge you to review all these publications carefully.This will
help youenjoy safe and trouble-free operation of your vehicle.
When it comesto service,keep
in mind that your GMC Truck dealer knows
your vehicle best andis interested in yourcompletesatisfaction. Your dealer
invites you to returnfor all of your service needs bothduring and after the
warranty period.
Remember,
if you have a concernand need helphandlingit to your
satisfaction, seethe procedurein the GMC Truck Warranty and Owner
AssistanceInformationbooklet.
Thanksfor choosing a GMC Truck product.We value youas a member
of
the GMC Truck family.We want to assure you of our continuing interest in
your pleasure and satisfaction with your vehicle.
GMC TruckDivision
GeneralMotors Corporation
Pontiac, Michigan
@Copyright
1993 GeneralMotors Corporation, GMC TruckDivision
All RightsReserved
SecondEdition
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Printed in U.S.A.

Important Notes to Owners and Drivers
. .. .About This Manual:
Please keep this manual in your vehicle so it will be thereif you ever needit
when you’re on the road.If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in
it
so the new owner can use it.
This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed.We
reserve the rightto make changes in the product after that time without
furthernotice. For vehiclesfirst sold in Canada, substitute the name
“GeneralMotors of Canada Limited” for GMC Truck Division whenever it
appearsin this manual.
.... About Driving Your Jimmy:
As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate this vehicle correctly
may resultin loss of control
or an accident. Be sure to read the
“on-pavement” and “off-road” driving guidelines
in this manual.(See
“DrivingGuidelines’’ and “Off-RoadDrivingWith Your Four-wheel Drive
Vehicle” in the Index.)
For Canadian Owners Who Prefera French Language
Manual:
Aux proprietuires cunadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplairede
ce guideen francais chez votre concessionaireou au DGNMarketing
Services
Ltd., 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga,Ontario L5T 1C7.
GMCTRUCK
General Motors,GM and the GM Emblem, GMC and the GMC Emblem,
JIMMY and the JIMMY Emblem are registered trademarksof General
Motors Corporation.
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Model Reference
This manual covers these models:
Two-Door
Four-Door
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Table of Contents
Introduction - How to Use this Manual
This section tells youhow to use your manual and includes safety
and vehicle damage warnings and symbols.
Section 1 - Seats and Safety Restraints
This section tellsyou how to use your seats and safety restraints
properly.
Section 2 - Features & Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Section 3 - Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort
controls and howto operate your audio system.
Section 4 - Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and
how to drive under different ’conditions.
Section 5 - Problems onthe Road
This section tells you what todo if you havea problem while
driving, such as aflat tire or engine overheating.
Section 6 - Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tellsyou howto keep your vehicle running
properly and looking good.
Section 7- Scheduled Maintenance Services
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenanceand
what fluids and lubricants to use.
Section 8 - Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you howto contact your GM division for
assistance and how to get service publications.It
also gives you
information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page
8-4.
Index
Here’s an alphabetical listingof almost every subjectin this
manual. You can useit
to quickly find something you want to read.

How to Use This Manual
Many people read their owner’s manualfrom beginningto end when they
first receive their new vehicle.This will help you learnaboutthe features
and controlsfor your vehicle. In thismanual,you’ll find that pictures and
words work together to explain things quickly.
INDEX: A good place to lookfor what you need isthe Index in backof the
manual. It’san alphabetical listof all that’s inthe manual, and thepage
number where you’ll findit.
SECTIONS 1-6: Each section of this manualbegins with a brief listof its
contents,
so you can often find ata glance if a section containsthe
informationyou want.
SECTION 7: This section of the manual coversthe maintenancerequired
for your vehicle.
SECTION 8, CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE: This section includes
importantinformationaboutreporting safety defects and gives you details
aboutthe “RoadsideAssistance” program.You will also findcustomer
satisfaction phone numbers (including customersatisfaction numbersfor the
hearing and speechimpaired)as well as the mediatiodarbitration procedure.
We’ve alsoincludedordering informationfor service publications in this
section.
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Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.We use a box with
gray background and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could
hurt youif 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 avoidor reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If
you don’t, youor others couldbe hurt.
You will alsofind a circle with a slash through
it in this book.This safety
symbol means “Don’t,” “Don’tdothis,’’
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 you about somethingthat candamageyour
vehicle. Many times, thisdamagewould notbe covered by your warranty,
and itcouldbe costly.
But the notice will tellyou what to do to help avoid
the damage.
When you read othermanuals,you mightsee 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, bluefor notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE.
Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbolsyou will find on your vehicle.For example,
these symbols are used on an original battery:
Cautron
Possible Injury
Protect Eyes
Caustic Battery Acid Spark orFlame Could
by Shielding
Could CauseBurns Explode Batrery
Avoid Sparks
or Flames
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Thesesymbolsare important for you and your passengers whenever your
vehicle is driven:
Fasten Safety Door LocMUnlock
Belts
Thesesymbols have todo with your lights:
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Master Lighting
Switch
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Turn Signal
Direction
A
Hazard Warning
Flasher
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Fog Lights
Parking
Lights
Daytime
Running lights
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Headlight
High Beam

These symbolsare onsome of your controls:
M Windshield
Wiper WindshieldWindshieldRearWindowWasherDefrosterWiper
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Rear Wlndow
Washer
P II II,
RearWindowVentilatingFan
Defroster
These symbolsare used on warning and indicator lights:
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Engine Coolant
Temperature
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Battery Charging
System Fuel
Brake Brake
(DigitalCluster) (Standard Cluster) Shift Light
Engine Oil
Pressure
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4- Wheel
Anti-Lock

Here are some other symbolsyou may see:
Fuse
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Lighter Horn Speaker
Hood Release
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Seats & Safety Belts
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Here you’ll findinformationaboutthe seatsin your vehicle and how to use
your safety belts properly
. You can also learnabout somethings you should
not do with safety belts .
Seatsand Seat Controls ...................................... 1-2
HeadRestraints
.......................................... 1-8
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
............................. 1-8
WhySafetyBelts Work
.................................. 1-10
QuestionsMany People Ask About Safety Belts
............... 1-13
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............................ 1-14
Adults
................................................... 1-14
DriverPosition
......................................... 1-15
Lap-ShoulderBelt
.................................... 1-15
Safety Belt UseDuringPregnancy
.......................... 1-21
Right Front PassengerPosition
............................. 1-22
CenterPassengerPosition
................................. 1-22
LapBelt
............................................ 1-23
Rear SeatPassengerPositions
............................. 1-24
Children
................................................. 1-26
SmallerChildrenandBabies
.............................. 1-27
ChildRestraints
........................................ 1-28
Larger Children
......................................... 1-38
SafetyBelt Extender
....................................... 1-40
CheckingYour Restraint Systems
............................. 1-41
ReplacingSafety Belts After a Crash
.......................... 1-41
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about theseats-how to adjust them, and fold them up
and down.
Front Seats
Manual Front Seat
Move the lever under
the front of the seat
left to unlockit. Slide
the seat to where you
want it. Then release
the lever and
try to
move the seat with
your body to make
sure the seat is locked
into place.
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Manual Lumbar Adjustment
If you have this
feature,there will be a
knob with six settings
on the outside
of the
driver andpassenger
Power Driver's Seat
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Power Lumbar Adjustment
bucket seats.
Turn the knob to the
left to increase lumbar
support andto the
right to decrease
lumbar support.
The left control
makes the rear of the
seat go up and down.
The right control
makes thefront of the
seat go up and down.
The center control
makes the whole seat
go up and down or
forwardand rearward.
If you havethis
feature,there will be a
control
on the frontof
your seat. Press and
hold the right side
until you have the
desired lumbar
support.
To decrease
lumbar support, press
the left side of the
control.
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Front Seatback Latches (Two-Door Models)
The front seatback folds forward to let people get into the back seat.
To fold a front
seatback forward,
push the seatback
toward the rearas you
lift this latch. Then the
seatback will fold
forward.The latch
must be downfor the
seat
to work properly.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
(Bucket Seats or
60/40 Split-Bench)
To adjust the seatback,
lift the lever
on the
outer sideof the seat.
Release the lever to
lockthe seatback
where you wantit.
Pull
up on the lever
and the seat will
go to
an upright position.

Don’t have a seatbackreclined if your vehicle ismoving.
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Easy Entry Seat
The right front seatof your vehicle makesit easy to get in and out of the
rear vehicle area.
0 When you tilt the right front seatback fully forward, the whole seat will
After someone gets into the rear seat area, move the right front
slide forward.
seatback to its original position. Then move the seat rearward untilit
locks.
To get out, again tilt the seatback fully forward.

Rear Folding Seat (Two-Door Models)
Your utility vehicle has a rear folding seat whichlets you foldthe seatback
down for more cargospace.
Push back on the
seatback asyou pull
forwardon the latch at
the righthand sideof
the seat cushion. Then
fold the seatback
forward.
To raise it, lift up the seatback and push it untilit locks in the upright
position.
Your rear seatback has a mechanical latch on the righthand side, and an
inertia latch on the lefthand side. Push
and pull on the seatback to be sure that
the right side has locked in the upright position. Have it fixed if it doesn't.
Rear Folding Seat (Four-Door Models)
Your utility vehicle has a folding rear seat whichlets you fold the seatback
down for more cargospace.
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handleis in the upper
center of the rearof
the seatback.Push
back on the seatback
as you pullup on the
To raise it,just lift up the seatback and push it untilit locks in the upright
position.

Your rear seatback has mechanical latches on both side. Push and pull on the
seatback to check that both latches have lockedin the upright position.
If
they haven’t, have them fixed immediately.
Head Restraints
The head restraints in
this vehicle are not
adjustable.
Safety Belts: They’re For Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly.It also
tells
you some thingsyou should notdo with safety belts.
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