GMC 1998 Envoy User manual

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The 1998 GMC Envoy Owner’s Manual
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Seatsand RestraintSystems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safe.ty belts properly. It also explains the “SIR” 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 comf‘orr controls andhow 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.
Serviceand 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 GMC for assistance and how to get service and owner publications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8- 10.
Index
Heree‘san 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, GMC, the
GMC Emblem are registered tradernarks and the name
ENVOY
is a trademark of General MotorsCorporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the time
it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes
in the product after that time without further notice.
For vehicles first sold
in Canada, substitute the name
‘GeneralMotors of Canada Limited” for GMC
whenever
it appears in this manual.
Please keep this manual
in your vehicle, so it will be
there
if 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.
Litho in U.S.A.
S98 I I A First Edition
We support voluntary
technician certification.
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VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN
CERTIFICATION THROUGH
Natlonal Institute for
AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE
EXCELLENCE
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a
French Language Manual:
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procurer
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Copyright General Motors Corporation 1997
All Rights Reserved
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About DrivingYour Vehicle
As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate
this vehicle correctlymay result in
loss of control or
an accident. Be sure toread the “on-pavement” and
“off-road” driving guidelinesin
this manual. (See
“Driving Guidelines”and “Off-Road Driving with
Your Four-Wheel-Drive Vehicle”
in the Index.)
How to Use this Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to end when they first receivetheir new vehicle. If you
do this, it will help you learn about the featuresand
controls for yourvehicle. In this manual, you’ll find
that pictures and words work together to explain
things quickly.
Index
A good place to look for what you need is the Index in
back of the manual. It’san alphabetical list of what’s in
the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.
We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you
about things that could hurt
you if you were to ignore
the warning.
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These ..lean there is something that could hurt
you
or other people.
In the caution area, wetell 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.
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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.“
In the notice area, we tell you about something that can
damage 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 OI-
in different words.
You’ll
also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use
the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.
Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find these notices:
NOTICE:
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These mean there is something that could
damage your vehicle.
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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you tnay find on your vehicle.
For example.
these symbols
are used
on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT
EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACID COULD
BATTERY
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS OR
FLAMES
SPARK OR ,111,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passenpel-s
whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FA$TEll SEAT
BELTS
SIGNALS
TURN
RUNNING .':**o
DAYTIME
LAMPS *
FOG LAMPS $0
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING i F,
FAN
COOLANT -
TEMP -
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE (a)
COOLANT
a
ENGINEOIL w,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK (@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
P
LIGHTER m
HORN b
SPEAKER
b
FUEL p3
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Model Reference
This manual covers this model:
Four-Door Utility
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Section 1
Seats and Restraint Systems
Here you’ll find information aboutthe seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also
learn about some things you should nut do with air bags and safety belts.
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Seatsand Seat Controls
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
Here Are Questions
Many People Ask About
Safety Belts
-- and the Answers
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Driver Position
Safety Belt Use DuringPregnancy
Right Front Passenger Position
Supplemental InflatableRestraint
(SIR) System
Rear Seat Passengers
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Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides forChildren
and Small Adults
Center RearPassenger Position
Children
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 about the seats -- how to adjust
them, and fold them
up and down.
Power Driver’s Seat
Manual Passenger’s Seat
Move the lever under the front of the passenger’s seat up
to unlock
it. Slidethe seat to where you want it. Then
release the leverand try to move the seat with your body
to make sure the seat is locked into place.
Horizontal Control: Raise the front of the seat by
raising the forward edge of the button. Lower the front
of the seat by lowering the forward edge of the button.
Move the seat forward by moving the whole button
toward the front
of the vehicle.
Raise the rear of the seat by raising the rear edgeof the
button. Lower the rear of the seat
by lowering the rear
edge of the button. Move the seat rearward by moving
the whole button toward the rear of the vehicle.
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Moving the whole button up or downraises or lowers
the whole seat.
Heated FrontSeats
Vertical Control: Move the reclining front seatback
rearward by moving the button toward the rear
of the
vehicle. Move the seatback forwardby moving the
button toward the front of
the vehicle.
Power LumbarControl
This control is located on
the side
of the seat. This
feature
will quickly heat the
lower cushion and lower
back of the driver and
front passenger seats for
added comfort.
This controlis located on
the side of the seat facing
the door.
Press the lower part
of the switch to turn the heater on
low. Press
the upper part of the switch to turn the heater
on high. Put the switch in the center position to turn
the heater off.The seatbelt must be latched to activate
this feature.
Press and hold the front
of the control until you have the
desired lumbar support.
To decrease lumbar support,
press and hold the rear
of the control.
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~ RecliningFrontSeatback
To adjust the right front passenger’s seatback, lift the
lever
on the outer side of the seat.
Release the lever to lock the seatbackwhere
you want it.
Pull
up on the lever and the seat will go to an
upright position.
But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle
is moving.
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A CAUTION:
Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is
in motion can be dangerous.Even if you buckle
up, your safetybelts can’t do their jobwhen
you’re reclined like this.
The shoulder beltcan’t do itsjob because it
won’t beagainst your body. Instead, itwill be in
front of you. Ina crashyou could go into it,
receiving neckor otherinjuries.
The lap belt can’t doitsjob either. In a crash the
belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt
forces would bethere, not atyour pelvic bones.
This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protectionwhen the vehicle isin
motion, have the seatback upright.Then sit
well back in the seatand wear your safety
belt properly.
Head Restraints
Slide the 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 ofa neck injury in a crash.
The head restraints tilt forward and rearward also.
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Rear Seats
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Your vehicle has a folding rear seatwhich lets you fold
the seatbacks down formore cargo space.
The rear seat release handles are onthe rear of the
seatbacks. Push back on the seatbacks as you pull up on
the handles. The head restraint will automatically fold
out
of the way when the seatback is folded down.
To raise theseatbacks,just lift up the seatbacks and push
until they lock in the upright position. Push and pull on
the seatbacks to check that the latches have locked in
the upright position.
If they haven’t, have them
fixed immediately.
To return the head restraints to the upright position,
reach behind the seats and pull the head restraint up until
it locks into position.
Push and pull on the head restraints to check that they
have locked in the upright position. If they haven’t, have
them fixed immediately.
The rear seat head restraints are adjustable.
Push the button located under the head restraint to raise or
lower it. Slide the adjustable head restraint upor down
so
that the top of the head restraint is closest to the top of
your ears. After releasing the button, push
and pull on the
head restraint to make sure it’s locked
in place.
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Safety Belts: They’re 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.
And it explains the Supplemental InflatableRestraint
(SIR), or airbag system.
A CAUTION:
Don’t let anyone ride where he orshe can’t wear
a safety belt properly. If youarein a crash and
you’re not wearing a safety belt, your injuries
can be much worse. You can hit thingsinside the
vehicle orbe ejected from it. You can be seriously
injured orkilled.
In the same crash, you might
not be if you arebuckled up. Alwaysfasten your
safety belt, and check that your passengers’ belts
arefastened properly too.
A CAUTION:
It is extremelydangerous to ride in a cargo area,
inside oroutside of a vehicle. In a collision,
people riding in these areas aremore likely to be
seriously injured or killed.
Do not allow peopleto
ride
in any area of your vehicle that is not
equipped with seats andsafety belts. Be sure
everyonein your vehicle is
in a seat andusing a
, safety belt properly.
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Your vehicle has a light that
comes
on as a reminder to
buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Light”
in
the Index.)
In most states and Canadian provinces, the law says to
wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They work.
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 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
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 you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as
it goes.
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Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just aseat
on wheels.
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Put someone on it.
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Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
doesn't stop.
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The person keeps going until stopped by something.
In
a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ...
or the instrument panel ...
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or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down
as the vehicle does.
You get more time
to stop. You stop overmore distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That'swhy
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 afteran
accident if
I'm wearing a safety belt?
A: You ctxrld be -- whether you're wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you're upside down. And your chance of
being conscious duringand after an accident, so
you car2 unbuckle and get out, is m~h greater if
you are belted.
Q.' If my vehicle has airbags, why should I have to
wear safety belts?
A: Air bags 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 air bag
system ever offered for sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even if you're in a vehicle that 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.

@ 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 onethat isn’t your fault -- you and
your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver
doesn’t 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 Saf
elts Properly
Adults
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 smallerchildren and babies.
If a child will be
riding in your vehicle, see the part of this manual
called “Children.” Follow those rules for
everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want
to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
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Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driverhas a lap-shoulderbelt. Here’s how to wear
it properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to seehow, see “Seats” in the Index)
so you can sit up straight.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
The shoulderbelt may lock
if you pull the belt across
you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt
go back
slightly tounlock it. Then pull the belt across
you
more slowly.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Pull up on
the latch plate to make sure it is secure. If
the belt isn’t long enough, see“Safety Belt
Extender’’at the end
of this section.
Make surethe release button on the buckle is
positioned
so you would be able to unbuckle the
safety belt quickly if
you ever had to.
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