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... Parts ...5-88 Maintenance Schedule ...6-1 bhintenance Schedule ...6-2 Customer Assistance Information ...7-1 Customer Assistance Information ...7-2 index ...i vu 99 3-1 3-2 3-1 8 3-23 A t Idin Cttctnm/c-\ IW UY=GIII\J~ ... 3-38 the Road. The 2003 Chevrolet Malibu Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...Front Seats ...Rear Seats ...Safety Belts ...Child Restraints ...Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) ...Restraint System Check ...Features and Controls ...Keys...
... Parts ...5-88 Maintenance Schedule ...6-1 bhintenance Schedule ...6-2 Customer Assistance Information ...7-1 Customer Assistance Information ...7-2 index ...i vu 99 3-1 3-2 3-1 8 3-23 A t Idin Cttctnm/c-\ IW UY=GIII\J~ ... 3-38 the Road. The 2003 Chevrolet Malibu Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...Front Seats ...Rear Seats ...Safety Belts ...Child Restraints ...Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) ...Restraint System Check ...Features and Controls ...Keys...
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... Division whenever it appears in this manual in U S A . Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem and the name MALIBU are registered trademarks of Canada Limited" for your vehicle. It's an alphabetical list of what you need it was printed. Part No. 22691530 A First Edition ...
... Division whenever it appears in this manual in U S A . Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem and the name MALIBU are registered trademarks of Canada Limited" for your vehicle. It's an alphabetical list of what you need it was printed. Part No. 22691530 A First Edition ...
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Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to help avoid or reduce the hazard. iii Please read these cautions. This safety symbol means "Don't,'' "Don't do to tell you about things that could be hurt. I s These mean there i something that could hurt you if you or others could hurt you what to ignore the warning. You will find a circle with a slash through it in this happen." I I In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you orotherpeople. If you don't, ...
Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to help avoid or reduce the hazard. iii Please read these cautions. This safety symbol means "Don't,'' "Don't do to tell you about things that could be hurt. I s These mean there i something that could hurt you if you or others could hurt you what to ignore the warning. You will find a circle with a slash through it in this happen." I I In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you orotherpeople. If you don't, ...
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A notice will tell you what to do to a specific component, control, message, gageor indicator. They use symbolsinstead of a component, gage or indicator reference the following topics in the Index: 0 0 0 0 "Engine Compartment Overview" "Instrument Panel Overview" "Climate Controls" "Audio Systems" Also see Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators on page 3-23. Vehicle Symbols Your vehicle may be costly. 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 need help avoid the damage. iv...
A notice will tell you what to do to a specific component, control, message, gageor indicator. They use symbolsinstead of a component, gage or indicator reference the following topics in the Index: 0 0 0 0 "Engine Compartment Overview" "Instrument Panel Overview" "Climate Controls" "Audio Systems" Also see Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators on page 3-23. Vehicle Symbols Your vehicle may be costly. 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 need help avoid the damage. iv...
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These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle: CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY A LATCH BOTH LAP AND SHOULDER BELTSTO PROTECT OCCUPANT DO NOT TWIST SAFETY BELT WHEN A-TTACHING FASTEN SEAT BELTS MOVE SEAT FULLY REARWARD+ SECURE CHILD SEAT PULL BELT COMPLETELY THEN SECURE CHILD SEAT C * LIGHTING MASTER / SWITCH - u, \ ENGINE COOLANT TEMP PROTECT SHIELDING TURN SIGNALS @G CAUSTIC 4CID COULD CAUSE BURNS \! $ % / z DO NOT INSTALL A REAR-FACING CHILD RESTRAINT IN THIS SEATING POSITION LAMPS Pf BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM ENGINE COOLANT FAN BRAKE (@) FUEL COOLANT...
These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle: CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY A LATCH BOTH LAP AND SHOULDER BELTSTO PROTECT OCCUPANT DO NOT TWIST SAFETY BELT WHEN A-TTACHING FASTEN SEAT BELTS MOVE SEAT FULLY REARWARD+ SECURE CHILD SEAT PULL BELT COMPLETELY THEN SECURE CHILD SEAT C * LIGHTING MASTER / SWITCH - u, \ ENGINE COOLANT TEMP PROTECT SHIELDING TURN SIGNALS @G CAUSTIC 4CID COULD CAUSE BURNS \! $ % / z DO NOT INSTALL A REAR-FACING CHILD RESTRAINT IN THIS SEATING POSITION LAMPS Pf BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM ENGINE COOLANT FAN BRAKE (@) FUEL COOLANT...
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l r r . . Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Top Strap Anchor Location ...1-42 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System) ...1-43 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the 1-45 LATCH System ...Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Seat Position ...1-45 Securing a Child Restraint in a Center Rear Seat Position ...1-48 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-50 Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) ...1-53 Where Are the Air Bags? ...1-55 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-57 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-57 How Does an Air Bag ...
l r r . . Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Top Strap Anchor Location ...1-42 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System) ...1-43 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the 1-45 LATCH System ...Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Seat Position ...1-45 Securing a Child Restraint in a Center Rear Seat Position ...1-48 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-50 Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) ...1-53 Where Are the Air Bags? ...1-55 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-57 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-57 How Does an Air Bag ...
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The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you try to adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle is moving . 1 Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body to . Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is locked in place. 1-2 Front Seats Manual Seats You can lose contrc If the vehicle if you don't want it . Slide the seat to where you want to be sure the seat is not moving .
The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you try to adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle is moving . 1 Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body to . Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is locked in place. 1-2 Front Seats Manual Seats You can lose contrc If the vehicle if you don't want it . Slide the seat to where you want to be sure the seat is not moving .
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If your vehicle has this feature, the power seat control is located on the outboard side of the vehicle. Six-Way Power Driver Seat To adjust the power seat, do the following: 0 Move the seat forward or rearward by pushing the control toward the front or back of the driver's seat. 1-3 Raise or lower the front of the seat cushion by holding the front of the control up or down. 0 Raise or lower the rear of the seat cushion by holding the rear of the control up or down . Raise or lower the entire seat cushion by holding the control up or down .
If your vehicle has this feature, the power seat control is located on the outboard side of the vehicle. Six-Way Power Driver Seat To adjust the power seat, do the following: 0 Move the seat forward or rearward by pushing the control toward the front or back of the driver's seat. 1-3 Raise or lower the front of the seat cushion by holding the front of the control up or down. 0 Raise or lower the rear of the seat cushion by holding the rear of the control up or down . Raise or lower the entire seat cushion by holding the control up or down .
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But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. 1-4 Pull up on the lever without pushing on the outboard side of the seat and move the seatback to where you want it. Reclining Seatbacks To adjust the seatback, lift the lever located on the seatback, and the seatback will go to an upright position. Release the lever to lock the seatback.
But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. 1-4 Pull up on the lever without pushing on the outboard side of the seat and move the seatback to where you want it. Reclining Seatbacks To adjust the seatback, lift the lever located on the seatback, and the seatback will go to an upright position. Release the lever to lock the seatback.
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In a crash the belt couldgo up , your safety belts can be against your body. Thensit .. e ..." properly. 1-5 Instead, it 's job either. The belt forces would be in front of you. is in motion can 't do their job when you're reclined like this. r r L ...e e" . The shoulder belt can 't do its job because it , receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt can 't do it will be there, not your at pelvic bones. This could go into it won't be dangerous. II LJaCin :".*L- Head Restraints Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is For proper protection when ...
In a crash the belt couldgo up , your safety belts can be against your body. Thensit .. e ..." properly. 1-5 Instead, it 's job either. The belt forces would be in front of you. is in motion can 't do their job when you're reclined like this. r r L ...e e" . The shoulder belt can 't do its job because it , receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt can 't do it will be there, not your at pelvic bones. This could go into it won't be dangerous. II LJaCin :".*L- Head Restraints Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is For proper protection when ...
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Once a tether is secure. 1. The right tether will open the larger side of the seatback. Then pull on the driver's side of the seatback. 1 -6 To close the split folding rear seatback, push the seatback up until you hear a click. Open the trunk and pull one or both of the tethers located on the seatback to make sure it is pulled, the seatback can be pushed open through the trunk, or pulled open the smaller side of the trunk. Rear Seats Rear Seat Operation Folding the Seatback Your vehicle may have a split folding rear seatback. The left tether will open from inside the ...
Once a tether is secure. 1. The right tether will open the larger side of the seatback. Then pull on the driver's side of the seatback. 1 -6 To close the split folding rear seatback, push the seatback up until you hear a click. Open the trunk and pull one or both of the tethers located on the seatback to make sure it is pulled, the seatback can be pushed open through the trunk, or pulled open the smaller side of the trunk. Rear Seats Rear Seat Operation Folding the Seatback Your vehicle may have a split folding rear seatback. The left tether will open from inside the ...
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You can be , if you 're not wearing a safety belt, your safety belt, -I --#&- In a collision, people riding in these areas are buckled up . not allow people to ridein any area of your vehicleis in a cargo area, inside the vehicle or be seriously injured or killed. This part of a vehicle. I - - - 1.-- 9 ai~u c;rlec;n trral y u u ~ passtaryt=ra -1 1L-1 Your vehicle has a light that is extremely c,.lge. ,us to buckle up . Be sure everyone in your vehicle that comes on page 3-26. It also tells you some things you should not do with seats and safety belts. See ...
You can be , if you 're not wearing a safety belt, your safety belt, -I --#&- In a collision, people riding in these areas are buckled up . not allow people to ridein any area of your vehicleis in a cargo area, inside the vehicle or be seriously injured or killed. This part of a vehicle. I - - - 1.-- 9 ai~u c;rlec;n trral y u u ~ passtaryt=ra -1 1L-1 Your vehicle has a light that is extremely c,.lge. ,us to buckle up . Be sure everyone in your vehicle that comes on page 3-26. It also tells you some things you should not do with seats and safety belts. See ...
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In many of safety belts in a crash. Without belts they could have a crash, you don't know if it goes. Take the simplest vehicle. If you do have been badly hurt or killed. Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on wheels. 1-8 Suppose it's just a seat on anything, you 'll be in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most states and in between. A few crashes are in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. After more than 30 years of them, people who buckle up can be a bad one. You never kvow if you go as fast as it will...
In many of safety belts in a crash. Without belts they could have a crash, you don't know if it goes. Take the simplest vehicle. If you do have been badly hurt or killed. Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on wheels. 1-8 Suppose it's just a seat on anything, you 'll be in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most states and in between. A few crashes are in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. After more than 30 years of them, people who buckle up can be a bad one. You never kvow if you go as fast as it will...
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A: You could be - That's why safety belts make such good sense. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in the future. You get more time to stop over more distance, and your chance of being conscious during and after an accident if I'm wearing a safety belt? A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most protection. But they work with safety beits - Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of safety belts. so they are belted. not insteaa oi tnem. whether you're wearing a safety belt or not, But you can unbuckle and ...
A: You could be - That's why safety belts make such good sense. That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in the future. You get more time to stop over more distance, and your chance of being conscious during and after an accident if I'm wearing a safety belt? A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most protection. But they work with safety beits - Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of safety belts. so they are belted. not insteaa oi tnem. whether you're wearing a safety belt or not, But you can unbuckle and ...
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If a child will be hurt. Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of less than 40 mph (65 km/h). And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of home. Be aware that there are different rules for everyone . 1-12 And there are special things to know which restraint systems your control, such as bad drivers. First, you from home, why should I wear safety belts? even onethat isn't yourfault - you 're in your passengers can be riding in an accident - Being a gooddriver doesn't protect you 'll want to Wear Safety Belts Properly This part is ...
If a child will be hurt. Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of less than 40 mph (65 km/h). And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of home. Be aware that there are different rules for everyone . 1-12 And there are special things to know which restraint systems your control, such as bad drivers. First, you from home, why should I wear safety belts? even onethat isn't yourfault - you 're in your passengers can be riding in an accident - Being a gooddriver doesn't protect you 'll want to Wear Safety Belts Properly This part is ...
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Adjust the seat so you very quickiy. Way Power Driver Seat on page 1-2 or Six- I I - -11 4. Then pull the belt across you more slowly. Close and lock the door. 2. Pick up straight. Don't let it clicks. 1-13 L SI- The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt vr across you can sit up the latch plate and pull the belt across you . Push the latch plate into the buckle until it get twisted. I ulls rlappe~ 1e111le ueI1 IS, go back slightly to wear it . Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. Here's how to unlock it properly. 1....
Adjust the seat so you very quickiy. Way Power Driver Seat on page 1-2 or Six- I I - -11 4. Then pull the belt across you more slowly. Close and lock the door. 2. Pick up straight. Don't let it clicks. 1-13 L SI- The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt vr across you can sit up the latch plate and pull the belt across you . Push the latch plate into the buckle until it get twisted. I ulls rlappe~ 1e111le ueI1 IS, go back slightly to wear it . Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. Here's how to unlock it properly. 1....
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To make sure it is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you pull 'up on the latch plate to make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle end of the belt as you ever had to. 5. If the belt isn't long enough, see Safety Belt Extender on page 1-30. Make sure the release button on the buckle is secure. If the belt stops before it reaches the buckle, tilt the latch plate and keep pulling until you can buckle the belt, Pull up on the shoulder belt. 1-14
To make sure it is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you pull 'up on the latch plate to make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle end of the belt as you ever had to. 5. If the belt isn't long enough, see Safety Belt Extender on page 1-30. Make sure the release button on the buckle is secure. If the belt stops before it reaches the buckle, tilt the latch plate and keep pulling until you can buckle the belt, Pull up on the shoulder belt. 1-14
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In a crash, this applies force to the strongpelvic bones. These parts of the belt should go over the shoulderand across thechest. Andyou'd be worn low and snug on the hips, justtouching the thighs. This couldcause serious or even fatal injuries. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or crash, or if you slid under thelap belt. If you pull the belt very quickly out of the retractor. 1-15 The shoulder belt should be less likely to slide under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. The lap part of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces.
In a crash, this applies force to the strongpelvic bones. These parts of the belt should go over the shoulderand across thechest. Andyou'd be worn low and snug on the hips, justtouching the thighs. This couldcause serious or even fatal injuries. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or crash, or if you slid under thelap belt. If you pull the belt very quickly out of the retractor. 1-15 The shoulder belt should be less likely to slide under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. The lap part of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces.
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Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster Before you begin to drive, move the adjuster up just by pushing on your shoulder. 1-16 You can move the shoulder belt adjuster to the height that the shoulder portion of the belt is righ,t for you want it has locked into position. To move it down, squeeze the release button and move it down without squeezing the release button to make sure it , try to move the height adjuster to where you . Adjust the height so that is centered on the shoulder belt guide. The belt should be away from your face and neck, but not falling off your shoulder. ...
Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster Before you begin to drive, move the adjuster up just by pushing on your shoulder. 1-16 You can move the shoulder belt adjuster to the height that the shoulder portion of the belt is righ,t for you want it has locked into position. To move it down, squeeze the release button and move it down without squeezing the release button to make sure it , try to move the height adjuster to where you . Adjust the height so that is centered on the shoulder belt guide. The belt should be away from your face and neck, but not falling off your shoulder. ...
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Q: What's wrong with this way. 1-17 It won't give nearly as mucn protection this ? A: The shoulder belt is too loose. In a crash, you would move forward too much, which could increase injury. You can be seriously hurt if your body. The shoulder belt should fit against your shoulder belt is too loose.
Q: What's wrong with this way. 1-17 It won't give nearly as mucn protection this ? A: The shoulder belt is too loose. In a crash, you would move forward too much, which could increase injury. You can be seriously hurt if your body. The shoulder belt should fit against your shoulder belt is too loose.