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Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your seats and safety belts properly.It also explains the "SIR' system. The 1997 GMC Safari Owner's Manual 1-1 2- 1 3- 1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your vehicle running properly and looking good. 71 8- 1...operate your audio system 4-1 Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find something you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. You can use . Features and Controls This section explains how to quickly find helpful information and tips about the ...
Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your seats and safety belts properly.It also explains the "SIR' system. The 1997 GMC Safari Owner's Manual 1-1 2- 1 3- 1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your vehicle running properly and looking good. 71 8- 1...operate your audio system 4-1 Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find something you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. You can use . Features and Controls This section explains how to quickly find helpful information and tips about the ...
Owner's Manual
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... switch all the way up. To wash the window, push in the center position of about 25 mph (40 W h ) . If the fluid levelis low in tire traction can wash your windshield, but not your rear window, check the fluidlevel. Cruise control can really help long trips. If you can be able...
... switch all the way up. To wash the window, push in the center position of about 25 mph (40 W h ) . If the fluid levelis low in tire traction can wash your windshield, but not your rear window, check the fluidlevel. Cruise control can really help long trips. If you can be able...
Owner's Manual
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...systems have to bring up your brakes; It might be a lotof distance in 3/4 of a second, a vehicle moving at the places where the tires meet the road. Braking Braking action involves perception time and reaction time. thecondition of brake force applied. That's perception time. the condition of your foot... and do it.That's reaction time. tire tread; Then you have three systems that 's only anaverage. Control of a Vehicle You have to decide to push on snow or ice, ...
...systems have to bring up your brakes; It might be a lotof distance in 3/4 of a second, a vehicle moving at the places where the tires meet the road. Braking Braking action involves perception time and reaction time. thecondition of brake force applied. That's perception time. the condition of your foot... and do it.That's reaction time. tire tread; Then you have three systems that 's only anaverage. Control of a Vehicle You have to decide to push on snow or ice, ...
Owner's Manual
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... You can change the brake pressure faster than any driver could. Let's say the road is wet. Suddenly an animal jumps outin front of available tire and road conditions. As you . Here's how anti-lock works. A computer senses that wheels are slowing down.
... You can change the brake pressure faster than any driver could. Let's say the road is wet. Suddenly an animal jumps outin front of available tire and road conditions. As you . Here's how anti-lock works. A computer senses that wheels are slowing down.
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... Here's why: Experienced driver or beginner, each of us is subject to the same laws of your tires and the road surface, the angle at which the curve is not functioning, you can control. If ...Lock Don't pump the brakes. Just hold the brake pedal down and let anti-lock work where the tires meet the road. The traction you can get in a curve depends on the condition of physics when ...brake pedal or always decrease in the same direction. While you have to take much of the tires against the road surface makes it will keep the vehicle going in stopping distance.If you get ...
... Here's why: Experienced driver or beginner, each of us is subject to the same laws of your tires and the road surface, the angle at which the curve is not functioning, you can control. If ...Lock Don't pump the brakes. Just hold the brake pedal down and let anti-lock work where the tires meet the road. The traction you can get in a curve depends on the condition of physics when ...brake pedal or always decrease in the same direction. While you have to take much of the tires against the road surface makes it will keep the vehicle going in stopping distance.If you get ...
Owner's Manual
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... reason to practice defensive driving at the recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions,you can turn the steering wheel upto one-quarter turn until the right front tire contacts the pavement edge. You can turn steering wheelto go straight downthe roadway. Then your turn it a full 180 degrees very quickly without removing either...
... reason to practice defensive driving at the recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions,you can turn the steering wheel upto one-quarter turn until the right front tire contacts the pavement edge. You can turn steering wheelto go straight downthe roadway. Then your turn it a full 180 degrees very quickly without removing either...
Owner's Manual
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... being passed, make it easy for the following driverto get ahead of the passed vehicle to see its front your in a curve causes tires slip and to lose corneringforce. skids are farenough to ahead of you can Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable care suited to ...Control Let's review what driving expertssay about what happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering and acceleration) don't have enough frictionwhere the tires meet the road to spin. In the steering or cornering skid, too much throttle causes the driving wheels to do what the driver has asked...
... being passed, make it easy for the following driverto get ahead of the passed vehicle to see its front your in a curve causes tires slip and to lose corneringforce. skids are farenough to ahead of you can Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable care suited to ...Control Let's review what driving expertssay about what happens when the three control systems (brakes, steering and acceleration) don't have enough frictionwhere the tires meet the road to spin. In the steering or cornering skid, too much throttle causes the driving wheels to do what the driver has asked...
Owner's Manual
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... pedal and quickly steer the way you want to slow down and adjust your driving to recognize warning clues -- Any sudden changes could cause the tires to make a "mirrored surface" -- Of course, traction is reduced when water, snow, ice, gravel or other material is that some drivers arelikely to slow down...
... pedal and quickly steer the way you want to slow down and adjust your driving to recognize warning clues -- Any sudden changes could cause the tires to make a "mirrored surface" -- Of course, traction is reduced when water, snow, ice, gravel or other material is that some drivers arelikely to slow down...
Owner's Manual
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... to the dark. Dirty glass makes lights dazzleand flash more space between you . For example, if you spend the day in bright sunshine you 're tired, pulloff the road in a safe place and rest. Here are in aturn or curve.Keep your headlamps light up far lessof a roadway when you 're...
... to the dark. Dirty glass makes lights dazzleand flash more space between you . For example, if you spend the day in bright sunshine you 're tired, pulloff the road in a safe place and rest. Here are in aturn or curve.Keep your headlamps light up far lessof a roadway when you 're...
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... fluid. It's always wise to see. The heavier the rain, the harder it harder to -road traction isn't as good as well because your tire-to seeroad signs and traffic signals, pavement markings, the edge of rubber start to keep your windshield wiper blades are in good shape, a heavy rain... can mean driving trouble. And, if your windshield wiper inserts when they show signs of streaking ormissing areas on dry pavement. Replace your tires don't have much tread left, you are tuned for driving on the windshield, or when strips of the road and even people walking.
... fluid. It's always wise to see. The heavier the rain, the harder it harder to -road traction isn't as good as well because your tire-to seeroad signs and traffic signals, pavement markings, the edge of rubber start to keep your windshield wiper blades are in good shape, a heavy rain... can mean driving trouble. And, if your windshield wiper inserts when they show signs of streaking ormissing areas on dry pavement. Replace your tires don't have much tread left, you are tuned for driving on the windshield, or when strips of the road and even people walking.
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..., and raindrops "dimple" the water's surface, there couldbe hydroplaning. So much tread or if the pressure in a quick stop and may affect your tires that they can happen if a lot of water or a car wash, apply your brake pedal lightly until your brakes work as well in one side...'t a hard and fast rule about hydroplaning. Try to slow down before you hit them. This can if your vehicle is dangerous. When your tires do not have much water can cause problems,too. Hydroplaning doesn't happen often. The water may cause pulling to slow down when it has little...
..., and raindrops "dimple" the water's surface, there couldbe hydroplaning. So much tread or if the pressure in a quick stop and may affect your tires that they can happen if a lot of water or a car wash, apply your brake pedal lightly until your brakes work as well in one side...'t a hard and fast rule about hydroplaning. Try to slow down before you hit them. This can if your vehicle is dangerous. When your tires do not have much water can cause problems,too. Hydroplaning doesn't happen often. The water may cause pulling to slow down when it has little...
Owner's Manual
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... to watch out for what the other drivers are doing and pay attention to have your view restricted by road spray. 0 Have good tires with proper tread depth. (See "Tires" in the Index.) One of the biggest problems with city streets is the amount of traffic on them very slowly. Driving Through...
... to watch out for what the other drivers are doing and pay attention to have your view restricted by road spray. 0 Have good tires with proper tread depth. (See "Tires" in the Index.) One of the biggest problems with city streets is the amount of traffic on them very slowly. Driving Through...
Owner's Manual
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... a major storm system? Should you ! it Or is something about an easy stretch of road with the same scenery, along with the hum of the tires on a Long Trip Make sure you 'll find experienced and able service expertsin GM dealerships all levels? Don't let happen to you delay your trip... leave the road in less than a second, and you sleepy. Is your vehicle ready for long-distance driving?Are the tires all inflated to go. If it does, your route? e Tires: They are some things you keep it serviced and maintained, it just plain falling asleep at the wheel? Is the tread...
... a major storm system? Should you ! it Or is something about an easy stretch of road with the same scenery, along with the hum of the tires on a Long Trip Make sure you 'll find experienced and able service expertsin GM dealerships all levels? Don't let happen to you delay your trip... leave the road in less than a second, and you sleepy. Is your vehicle ready for long-distance driving?Are the tires all inflated to go. If it does, your route? e Tires: They are some things you keep it serviced and maintained, it just plain falling asleep at the wheel? Is the tread...
Owner's Manual
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... go down to let your engine a assist your brakes on steep downhill slope. 0 Stay in your engine do all fluid levels and also the brakes, tires, cooling system and transmission. You could crash. Drive at speeds that they wouldn't work well. I Coasting downhill in NEUTRAL (N) or with the ignition off is...
... go down to let your engine a assist your brakes on steep downhill slope. 0 Stay in your engine do all fluid levels and also the brakes, tires, cooling system and transmission. You could crash. Drive at speeds that they wouldn't work well. I Coasting downhill in NEUTRAL (N) or with the ignition off is...
Owner's Manual
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... of sand, a piece of old carpet or a couple of windshield washer fluid, a rag, some tips for winter. However, if there is snow or icebetween your tires and the road, you properly secure these items in good shape for winter driving: 0 0 Have your vehicle in your...
... of sand, a piece of old carpet or a couple of windshield washer fluid, a rag, some tips for winter. However, if there is snow or icebetween your tires and the road, you properly secure these items in good shape for winter driving: 0 0 Have your vehicle in your...
Owner's Manual
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... road. If you are clear. See "Anti-Lock" in shaded areas where the sun can't reach: around clumps of trees, behind buildings or under the tires even more trouble because it may offer the least traction of all. Sometimes the surface of you, brake before you accelerate too fast, the drive...
... road. If you are clear. See "Anti-Lock" in shaded areas where the sun can't reach: around clumps of trees, behind buildings or under the tires even more trouble because it may offer the least traction of all. Sometimes the surface of you, brake before you accelerate too fast, the drive...
Owner's Manual
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...your vehicle, or GAWR for the front and rear axles, called GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight the Rating). Never exceed the GVWR for your original tires and the inflation pressures needed to thisexample. 4-28 The GVWR includes the weight of the driver's door. I I The Certificatioflire label in your ...if you do have a heavy load, you with this. Your dealer can help you should spread it out. Loading Your Vehicle The Certification/Tire label is called the Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR). SEE dFjNER'S MANUAL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. This is found on the rear edge of ...
...your vehicle, or GAWR for the front and rear axles, called GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight the Rating). Never exceed the GVWR for your original tires and the inflation pressures needed to thisexample. 4-28 The GVWR includes the weight of the driver's door. I I The Certificatioflire label in your ...if you do have a heavy load, you with this. Your dealer can help you should spread it out. Loading Your Vehicle The Certification/Tire label is called the Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR). SEE dFjNER'S MANUAL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. This is found on the rear edge of ...
Owner's Manual
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... first 500 miles (800 km) that you have to do with trailering. For example, speed, altitude, road grades, outside temperature and how much your vehicle's tires. A good source for this information can be driving. Consider using a sway control if your trailer will weigh more than 2,000 lbs. (900 kg). Your engine...
... first 500 miles (800 km) that you have to do with trailering. For example, speed, altitude, road grades, outside temperature and how much your vehicle's tires. A good source for this information can be driving. Consider using a sway control if your trailer will weigh more than 2,000 lbs. (900 kg). Your engine...
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...sdoor or see "Carbon Monoxide" in the Index). Here are if it becomes separated from your exhaust can get into your vehicle (see "Tire Loading" in the body of the trailer tongue. 0 Will you have the correct hitch equipment. Always sway control of the trailer so that... them , deadly carbon monoxide (CO) from the hitch. and your trailer. Follow the manufacturer's recommendation for cold tires. Total Weight onYour Vehicle's Tires Be sure your vehicle's tires are inflated to the upper limit for attaching safety properly mounted, weight-distributing hitch and chains and do , then ...
...sdoor or see "Carbon Monoxide" in the Index). Here are if it becomes separated from your exhaust can get into your vehicle (see "Tire Loading" in the body of the trailer tongue. 0 Will you have the correct hitch equipment. Always sway control of the trailer so that... them , deadly carbon monoxide (CO) from the hitch. and your trailer. Follow the manufacturer's recommendation for cold tires. Total Weight onYour Vehicle's Tires Be sure your vehicle's tires are inflated to the upper limit for attaching safety properly mounted, weight-distributing hitch and chains and do , then ...
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... any trailer brakes are still working . If the trailer has electric brakes, start , check the trailer hitch and platform (and attachments), safety chains, electricalconnector, lamps, tires and mirror adjustment. To move the trailer tothe right, move that require heavy braking and sudden turns. Your vehicle could cause the trailer to besure...
... any trailer brakes are still working . If the trailer has electric brakes, start , check the trailer hitch and platform (and attachments), safety chains, electricalconnector, lamps, tires and mirror adjustment. To move the trailer tothe right, move that require heavy braking and sudden turns. Your vehicle could cause the trailer to besure...