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...1998 GMC Sonoma Owner's Manual 1-1 2-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to operate your audio system. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you wantto read. 3-1 4-1 5-1 6-1 7-1 8-1 9-1 Maintenance Schedule This section tells when to perform vehicle maintenance and what to keep your vehicle. can useit to use your seats... helpful information and tips about the road and how to get service and owner publications. GMC 8-10. Features and Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle running properly and looking good.
...1998 GMC Sonoma Owner's Manual 1-1 2-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to operate your audio system. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you wantto read. 3-1 4-1 5-1 6-1 7-1 8-1 9-1 Maintenance Schedule This section tells when to perform vehicle maintenance and what to keep your vehicle. can useit to use your seats... helpful information and tips about the road and how to get service and owner publications. GMC 8-10. Features and Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle running properly and looking good.
Owner's Manual
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... lights: Here are some other symbols you may see: DOOR LOCK UNLOCK TURN SIGNALS ee WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER #I C I COOLANT TEMP BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM I-1 FUSE LIGHTER u FASTEN SEAT BELTS BRAKE ( ) 0 HORN )tr COOLANT DAYTIME RUNNING ' LAMPS . * * -. 0 WINDOW DEFOGGER ENGINE OIL PRESSURE VENTILATING FAN a ( ) @ SPEAKER b V ,\I/, e , p3 FUEL FOG LAMPS $0 ANTI-LOCK BRAKES...
... lights: Here are some other symbols you may see: DOOR LOCK UNLOCK TURN SIGNALS ee WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER #I C I COOLANT TEMP BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM I-1 FUSE LIGHTER u FASTEN SEAT BELTS BRAKE ( ) 0 HORN )tr COOLANT DAYTIME RUNNING ' LAMPS . * * -. 0 WINDOW DEFOGGER ENGINE OIL PRESSURE VENTILATING FAN a ( ) @ SPEAKER b V ,\I/, e , p3 FUEL FOG LAMPS $0 ANTI-LOCK BRAKES...
Owner's Manual
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... bags and safety belts. and the Answers How to use your safety belts properly. You can also the learn about seats in your vehicle and how to Wear Safety Belts Properly Driver Position Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Right Front Passenger Position ...Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) System 1-27 1-28 1-30 1-33 1-45 1-48 1-48 1-49 Center Passenger Position Rear Seat Passengers (Extended Cab Jump Seats) Children Child Restraints Larger Children Safety Belt Extender Checking Your Restraint Systems Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash 1-1 i 1-2 1-6 1-...
... bags and safety belts. and the Answers How to use your safety belts properly. You can also the learn about seats in your vehicle and how to Wear Safety Belts Properly Driver Position Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Right Front Passenger Position ...Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) System 1-27 1-28 1-30 1-33 1-45 1-48 1-48 1-49 Center Passenger Position Rear Seat Passengers (Extended Cab Jump Seats) Children Child Restraints Larger Children Safety Belt Extender Checking Your Restraint Systems Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash 1-1 i 1-2 1-6 1-...
Owner's Manual
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...lever under the front of the manual seat up and down. Slide the seat to where you want to make you push pedal when you about the seats -- A CAUTION: I You can lose controlof the vehicleif you , or make sure the seat is adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle moving . The sudden... movement could startle and confuse you try to move the seat with your body to . Then release the...
...lever under the front of the manual seat up and down. Slide the seat to where you want to make you push pedal when you about the seats -- A CAUTION: I You can lose controlof the vehicleif you , or make sure the seat is adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle moving . The sudden... movement could startle and confuse you try to move the seat with your body to . Then release the...
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Turn the knob to the left to increase lumbar support and to the right to an upright position. 1-3 Pull up on the leverand the seat will go to decrease lumbar support. Release the leverto lock the seatback where you want it. Manual Lumbar Support (If Equipped) Reclining Seatbacks (Bucket Seats or 60/40 Bench) To adjust the front saatback, lift the leveron the outer side of the seat.
Turn the knob to the left to increase lumbar support and to the right to an upright position. 1-3 Pull up on the leverand the seat will go to decrease lumbar support. Release the leverto lock the seatback where you want it. Manual Lumbar Support (If Equipped) Reclining Seatbacks (Bucket Seats or 60/40 Bench) To adjust the front saatback, lift the leveron the outer side of the seat.
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Instead, it will be there, at your pelvic bones. Even if you 're reclined like this. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety beltscan't do their job when you buckle up over your body. But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is in ...
Instead, it will be there, at your pelvic bones. Even if you 're reclined like this. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety beltscan't do their job when you buckle up over your body. But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is in ...
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... folds forward to let people get in a sudden stopor crash. CAUTION: - 1 A CALTION: seatbackisn'tlocked,itcouldmove forward in and out of the seat rearward and pull the seatback forward. If the seatback was reclined before being folded forward, it is locked. Tilt the right front seatback completely forward... and the whole seat will return to the reclined position. Move the seatback to the person sitting there. Always press rearward on the side of the rear ...
... folds forward to let people get in a sudden stopor crash. CAUTION: - 1 A CALTION: seatbackisn'tlocked,itcouldmove forward in and out of the seat rearward and pull the seatback forward. If the seatback was reclined before being folded forward, it is locked. Tilt the right front seatback completely forward... and the whole seat will return to the reclined position. Move the seatback to the person sitting there. Always press rearward on the side of the rear ...
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...folded and stored between the seatcushion and seatback. - And it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR), or air bag system. /i\ CAUTION: To fold the jump seat down, pull down on the bottom of the manual tells you should be much worse. Don't let the safety belts be seriously it is in... a crash and you you're not wearing a safety belt, your passengers' belts are buckled up until the seat is flush with safety belts. It also tells you some things you how to a vertical position. In the same crash, might you not be ejected...
...folded and stored between the seatcushion and seatback. - And it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR), or air bag system. /i\ CAUTION: To fold the jump seat down, pull down on the bottom of the manual tells you should be much worse. Don't let the safety belts be seriously it is in... a crash and you you're not wearing a safety belt, your passengers' belts are buckled up until the seat is flush with safety belts. It also tells you some things you how to a vertical position. In the same crash, might you not be ejected...
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... it will be in a crash. Here's why: They work. After more likely to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of your vehicle is in seat and using a a safety beltproperly. In most crashes buckling up . (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) 1-7 It is extremely dangerous to be ...so serious that is not equipped with seats and safety belts.Be sure everyone in your vehicle that even buckled up can be seriously injured or killed. In many of safety belts in...
... it will be in a crash. Here's why: They work. After more likely to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of your vehicle is in seat and using a a safety beltproperly. In most crashes buckling up . (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) 1-7 It is extremely dangerous to be ...so serious that is not equipped with seats and safety belts.Be sure everyone in your vehicle that even buckled up can be seriously injured or killed. In many of safety belts in...
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Put someone on it goes. Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it . Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat on wheels. 1-8
Put someone on it goes. Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it . Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat on wheels. 1-8
Owner's Manual
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...across you very quickly. Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. Close and lock the door. 3. Pick up straight. 1-12 Adjust the seat (to see how, see the part of Be aware that there are special things know which restraint systems your this happens,let the belt go... pull the belt across you. of manual called "Children." Follow those rules everyone's protection. Here's how to wear it . If this vehicle, see "Seats" in your vehicle has. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it get twisted. We'll start with the driver position. Don't let it...
...across you very quickly. Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. Close and lock the door. 3. Pick up straight. 1-12 Adjust the seat (to see how, see the part of Be aware that there are special things know which restraint systems your this happens,let the belt go... pull the belt across you. of manual called "Children." Follow those rules everyone's protection. Here's how to wear it . If this vehicle, see "Seats" in your vehicle has. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it get twisted. We'll start with the driver position. Don't let it...
Owner's Manual
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... ever happens,and then you damage the covering for the right front passenger's bag. See "Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position" in the right front seat position. 0 Let only qualified technicians work on unless you want to inflate and help protect the person sitting there. Do not open or...
... ever happens,and then you damage the covering for the right front passenger's bag. See "Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position" in the right front seat position. 0 Let only qualified technicians work on unless you want to inflate and help protect the person sitting there. Do not open or...
Owner's Manual
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Center Passenger Position Lap Belt If your vehicle has a bench seat, someonecan sit in a center seating position, have a lap you sit in the center position. To make the belt longer, tilt the latch plateand pull it along the belt. When you safety belt,which has no retractor.
Center Passenger Position Lap Belt If your vehicle has a bench seat, someonecan sit in a center seating position, have a lap you sit in the center position. To make the belt longer, tilt the latch plateand pull it along the belt. When you safety belt,which has no retractor.
Owner's Manual
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...,'@lllits free end as the lap part of this section. Accident statistics show that unbelted people in therear seat are hurt more often in crashes than those who are reserve seating positions equipped with lap belts only. (If your extended cab pickup has the optional side access panel, there...'s only one reserve seating position.) It's very important for rear seat passengers to . 1-28 These are wearing safety belts. If the belt isn't long enough, see "Safety Belt Extender" at the end of...
...,'@lllits free end as the lap part of this section. Accident statistics show that unbelted people in therear seat are hurt more often in crashes than those who are reserve seating positions equipped with lap belts only. (If your extended cab pickup has the optional side access panel, there...'s only one reserve seating position.) It's very important for rear seat passengers to . 1-28 These are wearing safety belts. If the belt isn't long enough, see "Safety Belt Extender" at the end of...
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... belt longer, tilt the latch plate a little and pull the belt. They won work properly. To unlatch the belt, just push the button on these seats. I 1-29 To make it is positioned so you ever had to. Make sure the release button on the buckle is snug. Each jump... seat has a lap belt with no retractor. Buckle and position it the sarne way as shown until it shorter, pull the belt as the lap part ...
... belt longer, tilt the latch plate a little and pull the belt. They won work properly. To unlatch the belt, just push the button on these seats. I 1-29 To make it is positioned so you ever had to. Make sure the release button on the buckle is snug. Each jump... seat has a lap belt with no retractor. Buckle and position it the sarne way as shown until it shorter, pull the belt as the lap part ...
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... compatible with the motor vehicle in which it will be an sure to turnoff the passenger's air bag. See "Securing a Child Restraintin the Right Front Seat Position"in four basic types. A: Add-on child restraintsare available in the Indexfor more on child restraints? Child Restraints Every time infantsand young children ridein...
... compatible with the motor vehicle in which it will be an sure to turnoff the passenger's air bag. See "Securing a Child Restraintin the Right Front Seat Position"in four basic types. A: Add-on child restraintsare available in the Indexfor more on child restraints? Child Restraints Every time infantsand young children ridein...
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... (B) positions an infant to restrain or position a child on a continuous flatsurface. Rear-facing infant restraints are designed for use in the vehicle and the seat part is a special bed made for infants of up to about 20 lbs. (9 kg) and about one year of age. Thistype of restraint faces ...the rearso that the infant's head rests toward the center of the vehicle. Some infant seats come in a crash. An infant car bed (A) is removable. the base stays secured in a motor vehicle. With an infant car bed, make sure ...
... (B) positions an infant to restrain or position a child on a continuous flatsurface. Rear-facing infant restraints are designed for use in the vehicle and the seat part is a special bed made for infants of up to about 20 lbs. (9 kg) and about one year of age. Thistype of restraint faces ...the rearso that the infant's head rests toward the center of the vehicle. Some infant seats come in a crash. An infant car bed (A) is removable. the base stays secured in a motor vehicle. With an infant car bed, make sure ...
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These forward-facing restraints are designed to help protect children who are from 20 to 40 Ibs. (9 to 18 kg) and about 26 to 40 inches (66 to 102 cm) in height, or up to face forward in the vehicle. A forward-facing child restraint (C-E) positions a child upright to around four years of age. One type, a convertible restraint, is designed to be used either as a rear-facing infant seat ora folward-facing child seat. 1-36
These forward-facing restraints are designed to help protect children who are from 20 to 40 Ibs. (9 to 18 kg) and about 26 to 40 inches (66 to 102 cm) in height, or up to face forward in the vehicle. A forward-facing child restraint (C-E) positions a child upright to around four years of age. One type, a convertible restraint, is designed to be used either as a rear-facing infant seat ora folward-facing child seat. 1-36
Owner's Manual
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... information. When choosing a child restraint, be sure the child restraint is not available, obtain a replacement copy from the manufacturer. Booster seats can also help reduce the chance of personal injury. If you want to secure arear-facing child restraint in your vehicle, but the child...lap-shoulder belts. The instructionsthat come with shields use lap-only belts; See"Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position" in a vehicle. Booster seats with the infant or child restraint will have a label saying that . The child restraint must be used in the Index ...
... information. When choosing a child restraint, be sure the child restraint is not available, obtain a replacement copy from the manufacturer. Booster seats can also help reduce the chance of personal injury. If you want to secure arear-facing child restraint in your vehicle, but the child...lap-shoulder belts. The instructionsthat come with shields use lap-only belts; See"Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position" in a vehicle. Booster seats with the infant or child restraint will have a label saying that . The child restraint must be used in the Index ...
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... vehicle has reduced-force frontal air bags. Be sure to turn the air bag before using off a rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat position. If you want to install an anchor yourself, your GM dealer to do it. even when no child is because the back the rear...
... vehicle has reduced-force frontal air bags. Be sure to turn the air bag before using off a rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat position. If you want to install an anchor yourself, your GM dealer to do it. even when no child is because the back the rear...