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... you how to keep your audio system. Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to contact Chevrolet for assistance and how to get service and owner publications. yellowblue The 2000 Chevrolet Impala Owner's Manual 1-1 2-1 3-1 4-1 5-1 6-1 7-1 8-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your vehicle. Features and Controls This...
... you how to keep your audio system. Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to contact Chevrolet for assistance and how to get service and owner publications. yellowblue The 2000 Chevrolet Impala Owner's Manual 1-1 2-1 3-1 4-1 5-1 6-1 7-1 8-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your vehicle. Features and Controls This...
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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem and the name IMPALA are registered trademarks of Canada Limited" for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever it when you're on the road. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name "General Motors of General Motors Corporation. ...
GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem and the name IMPALA are registered trademarks of Canada Limited" for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever it when you're on the road. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name "General Motors of General Motors Corporation. ...
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If you don't, you were to ignore the warning. This safety symbol means "Don't," "Don't do to help you learn about things that could hurt you if you or others could hurt you do this, it in this Manual Many people read these cautions. In this manual, you'll find a number of safety cautions in this happen." iii CAUTION: These mean there is . Safety Warnings and Symbols You will help avoid or reduce the hazard. If you or other people. In the caution area, we tell you what to do this" or "Don't let this book. Then we tell you what the hazard is something ...
If you don't, you were to ignore the warning. This safety symbol means "Don't," "Don't do to help you learn about things that could hurt you if you or others could hurt you do this, it in this Manual Many people read these cautions. In this manual, you'll find a number of safety cautions in this happen." iii CAUTION: These mean there is . Safety Warnings and Symbols You will help avoid or reduce the hazard. If you or other people. In the caution area, we tell you what to do this" or "Don't let this book. Then we tell you what the hazard is something ...
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In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. When you read other manuals, you what to do to help avoid the damage. But the notice will find these notices: NOTICE: These mean there is something that could damage your warranty, and it could be costly. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. iv You'll also see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in this damage would not be covered by your vehicle. Many times, this book you will tell you might see warning labels on your vehicle. yellowblue Vehicle Damage ...
In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. When you read other manuals, you what to do to help avoid the damage. But the notice will find these notices: NOTICE: These mean there is something that could damage your warranty, and it could be costly. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. iv You'll also see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in this damage would not be covered by your vehicle. Many times, this book you will tell you might see warning labels on your vehicle. yellowblue Vehicle Damage ...
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yellowblue Vehicle Symbols These are some other symbols you may find on your controls: WINDSHIELD WIPER These symbols are used on some of the symbols you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: These symbols have to do with your lamps: MASTER LIGHTING SWITCH These symbols are on warning and indicator lights: Here are some of your vehicle. For example, these symbols are used on an original battery: CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY PROTECT EYES BY SHIELDING CAUSTIC BATTERY ACID COULD CAUSE BURNS AVOID SPARKS OR FLAMES SPARK OR FLAME COULD EXPLODE BATTERY These symbols are ...
yellowblue Vehicle Symbols These are some other symbols you may find on your controls: WINDSHIELD WIPER These symbols are used on some of the symbols you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: These symbols have to do with your lamps: MASTER LIGHTING SWITCH These symbols are on warning and indicator lights: Here are some of your vehicle. For example, these symbols are used on an original battery: CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY PROTECT EYES BY SHIELDING CAUSTIC BATTERY ACID COULD CAUSE BURNS AVOID SPARKS OR FLAMES SPARK OR FLAME COULD EXPLODE BATTERY These symbols are ...
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You can also learn about some things you 'll find information about the seats in your safety belts properly. yellowblue Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you should not do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 1-8 1-12 1-13 1-13 1-21 1-22 1-22 1-30 Seats and Seat Controls Safety Belts: They're for Children and Small Adults Children Child Restraints Larger Children Safety Belt Extender Checking Your Restraint Systems Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash 1- 1-1 and the Answers How to use your vehicle and how to Wear Safety Belts Properly Driver Position Safety Belt ...
You can also learn about some things you 'll find information about the seats in your safety belts properly. yellowblue Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you should not do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 1-8 1-12 1-13 1-13 1-21 1-22 1-22 1-30 Seats and Seat Controls Safety Belts: They're for Children and Small Adults Children Child Restraints Larger Children Safety Belt Extender Checking Your Restraint Systems Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash 1- 1-1 and the Answers How to use your vehicle and how to Wear Safety Belts Properly Driver Position Safety Belt ...
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The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you want to. Try to move the seat with your body to adjust the seats and explains reclining seatbacks and head restraints. Slide the seat to where you don't want it . Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is not moving . Manual Front Seat CAUTION: You can lose control of the seat to unlock it and release the bar. yellowblue Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you try to adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle is moving . Lift the bar under the front of the vehicle ...
The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you want to. Try to move the seat with your body to adjust the seats and explains reclining seatbacks and head restraints. Slide the seat to where you don't want it . Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is not moving . Manual Front Seat CAUTION: You can lose control of the seat to unlock it and release the bar. yellowblue Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you try to adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle is moving . Lift the bar under the front of the vehicle ...
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To raise or lower the rear portion of your seat, push the front of the switch up or down. Turn the knob toward the front of the vehicle to decrease lumbar support. 1-3 yellowblue 6-Way Power Driver's Seat (If Equipped) Manual Lumbar (If Equipped) This switch is located on the left side of the driver's seat. Turn the knob toward the rear of the switch up or down . To raise or lower the front portion of your seat, push the rear of the vehicle to increase lumbar support. The knob that controls this feature is designed to control the movements of the driver's seat ...
To raise or lower the rear portion of your seat, push the front of the switch up or down. Turn the knob toward the front of the vehicle to decrease lumbar support. 1-3 yellowblue 6-Way Power Driver's Seat (If Equipped) Manual Lumbar (If Equipped) This switch is located on the left side of the driver's seat. Turn the knob toward the rear of the switch up or down . To raise or lower the front portion of your seat, push the rear of the vehicle to increase lumbar support. The knob that controls this feature is designed to control the movements of the driver's seat ...
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Press HI to warm the seat to where you want it. Reclining Front Seatbacks Lift the lever to release the seatback, then move forward. 1-4 yellowblue Heated Front Seat (If Equipped) If your vehicle is equipped with this feature off, place the switch in place. Release the lever to a lower temperature. Press LO to warm the seat to lock the seatback in the center position. To turn this feature, both the driver's and passenger's heated seat switches are on the seatback, and the seatback will move the seatback to a higher temperature. Pull up on the lever without pushing on ...
Press HI to warm the seat to where you want it. Reclining Front Seatbacks Lift the lever to release the seatback, then move forward. 1-4 yellowblue Heated Front Seat (If Equipped) If your vehicle is equipped with this feature off, place the switch in place. Release the lever to a lower temperature. Press LO to warm the seat to lock the seatback in the center position. To turn this feature, both the driver's and passenger's heated seat switches are on the seatback, and the seatback will move the seatback to a higher temperature. Pull up on the lever without pushing on ...
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In a crash you 're reclined like this. The belt forces would be against your body. For proper protection when the vehicle is moving. 1-5 In a crash the belt could go into it will be dangerous. The shoulder belt can't do its job either. Even if you buckle up over your safety belt properly. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your abdomen. This could go up , your safety belts can't do its job because it won't be there, not at your pelvic bones. Instead, it , receiving neck or other injuries. yellowblue CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your ...
In a crash you 're reclined like this. The belt forces would be against your body. For proper protection when the vehicle is moving. 1-5 In a crash the belt could go into it will be dangerous. The shoulder belt can't do its job either. Even if you buckle up over your safety belt properly. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your abdomen. This could go up , your safety belts can't do its job because it won't be there, not at your pelvic bones. Instead, it , receiving neck or other injuries. yellowblue CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your ...
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yellowblue Head Restraints Slide the head restraint up or down so that the top of the restraint is , the rear seatback won't fold down . 1-6 If it is closest to the top of the seatback down in a crash. To lower the rear seatback, follow these steps: 1. Remove the rear center lap-shoulder belt latch by using a key to fold the seat cushion down. Pull forward on the seat tab to press the release button. 2. This will allow you direct access to the trunk. 3. Fold the seatback down all the way. Split Folding Rear Seat You can fold either side of your vehicle for more cargo space...
yellowblue Head Restraints Slide the head restraint up or down so that the top of the restraint is , the rear seatback won't fold down . 1-6 If it is closest to the top of the seatback down in a crash. To lower the rear seatback, follow these steps: 1. Remove the rear center lap-shoulder belt latch by using a key to fold the seat cushion down. Pull forward on the seat tab to press the release button. 2. This will allow you direct access to the trunk. 3. Fold the seatback down all the way. Split Folding Rear Seat You can fold either side of your vehicle for more cargo space...
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Make sure the arrow on the latch plate to be seriously injured. Raise the seatback up and make sure it is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted won't provide the protection needed in position. 2. CAUTION: A safety belt that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted. 1-7 Push and pull on the safety belt label is secure. Reconnect the center safety belt latch plate to the release button. After raising the rear seatback, always check to be sure it latches. yellowblue To raise the rear seatback, follow these steps: 1. The ...
Make sure the arrow on the latch plate to be seriously injured. Raise the seatback up and make sure it is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted won't provide the protection needed in position. 2. CAUTION: A safety belt that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted. 1-7 Push and pull on the safety belt label is secure. Reconnect the center safety belt latch plate to the release button. After raising the rear seatback, always check to be sure it latches. yellowblue To raise the rear seatback, follow these steps: 1. The ...
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It also tells you some things you should not do with seats and safety belts. CAUTION: It is extremely dangerous to ride in a seat and using a safety belt properly. CAUTION: Don't let anyone ride where he or she can be if you are buckled up . (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in a crash and you're not wearing a safety belt, your passengers' belts are more likely to use safety belts properly. Always fasten your vehicle is not equipped with safety belts. Be sure everyone in your safety belt, and check that is in a cargo area, inside the vehicle or be seriously injured or ...
It also tells you some things you should not do with seats and safety belts. CAUTION: It is extremely dangerous to ride in a seat and using a safety belt properly. CAUTION: Don't let anyone ride where he or she can be if you are buckled up . (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in a crash and you're not wearing a safety belt, your passengers' belts are more likely to use safety belts properly. Always fasten your vehicle is not equipped with safety belts. Be sure everyone in your safety belt, and check that is in a cargo area, inside the vehicle or be seriously injured or ...
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Take the simplest vehicle. But most crashes buckling up a person wouldn't survive. After more than 30 years of them, people who buckle up can be so serious that even buckled up does matter ...a lot! In most crashes are in between. Suppose it's just a seat on anything, you 'll be a bad one. yellowblue You never know if it will be in a crash. A few crashes are clear. Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in vehicles, the facts are mild, and some crashes can survive and sometimes walk away. In many of safety belts in or on wheels. 1-9 If you do have been ...
Take the simplest vehicle. But most crashes buckling up a person wouldn't survive. After more than 30 years of them, people who buckle up can be so serious that even buckled up does matter ...a lot! In most crashes are in between. Suppose it's just a seat on anything, you 'll be a bad one. yellowblue You never know if it will be in a crash. A few crashes are clear. Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in vehicles, the facts are mild, and some crashes can survive and sometimes walk away. In many of safety belts in or on wheels. 1-9 If you do have been ...
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or the instrument panel ... 1-11 In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ... yellowblue The person keeps going until stopped by something.
or the instrument panel ... 1-11 In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ... yellowblue The person keeps going until stopped by something.
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so they are supplemental systems only; But you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you 're upside down as the vehicle does. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in the future. Air bags are belted. You stop . and the Answers Q: Won't I be -- And your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. 1-12 Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of them . Q: A: or the safety belts! With safety belts, you 're wearing a safety belt or not. If my vehicle has air bags, why should...
so they are supplemental systems only; But you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you 're upside down as the vehicle does. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in the future. Air bags are belted. You stop . and the Answers Q: Won't I be -- And your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. 1-12 Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of them . Q: A: or the safety belts! With safety belts, you 're wearing a safety belt or not. If my vehicle has air bags, why should...
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even one that there are special things to know which restraint systems your vehicle has. And there are for smaller children and babies. If a child will be riding in your fault -- Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of adult size. Here's how to know about safety belts and children. Adjust the seat (to Wear Safety Belts Properly Adults This part is only for everyone . How to see how, see the part of home. You may be hurt. Being a good driver doesn't ...
even one that there are special things to know which restraint systems your vehicle has. And there are for smaller children and babies. If a child will be riding in your fault -- Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of adult size. Here's how to know about safety belts and children. Adjust the seat (to Wear Safety Belts Properly Adults This part is only for everyone . How to see how, see the part of home. You may be hurt. Being a good driver doesn't ...
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Push the latch plate into the buckle until it . yellowblue 3. If this section. Make sure the release button on the latch plate to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you very quickly. Don't let it is positioned so you would be able to make sure it get twisted. Then pull the belt across you ever had to unlock it clicks. If the belt isn't long enough, see "Safety Belt Extender" at the end of this happens, let the belt go back slightly to . 1-14 The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you . Pick up on the buckle is secure. Pull up the latch plate ...
Push the latch plate into the buckle until it . yellowblue 3. If this section. Make sure the release button on the latch plate to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you very quickly. Don't let it is positioned so you would be able to make sure it get twisted. Then pull the belt across you ever had to unlock it clicks. If the belt isn't long enough, see "Safety Belt Extender" at the end of this happens, let the belt go back slightly to . 1-14 The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you . Pick up on the buckle is secure. Pull up the latch plate ...
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yellowblue 5. And you pull the belt very quickly out of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. These parts of the retractor. 1-15 In a crash, this applies force to slide under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or crash, or if you 'd be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs. The lap part of the belt as you slid under the lap belt. To make the lap part tight, pull down on the shoulder belt. If you pull up on the buckle end of the ...
yellowblue 5. And you pull the belt very quickly out of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. These parts of the retractor. 1-15 In a crash, this applies force to slide under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or crash, or if you 'd be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs. The lap part of the belt as you slid under the lap belt. To make the lap part tight, pull down on the shoulder belt. If you pull up on the buckle end of the ...
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Adjust the height so that is centered on the shoulder belt guide. To move it has locked into position. yellowblue Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster Before you begin to drive, move the shoulder belt adjuster to the height that the shoulder portion of the belt is right for you want it, try to move it down without squeezing the release lever to make sure it down, squeeze the release lever and the shoulder belt guide as shown and move the height adjuster to the desired position. You can move the adjuster to where you . The belt should be away from your face and neck, but not falling ...
Adjust the height so that is centered on the shoulder belt guide. To move it has locked into position. yellowblue Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster Before you begin to drive, move the shoulder belt adjuster to the height that the shoulder portion of the belt is right for you want it, try to move it down without squeezing the release lever to make sure it down, squeeze the release lever and the shoulder belt guide as shown and move the height adjuster to the desired position. You can move the adjuster to where you . The belt should be away from your face and neck, but not falling ...