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... the road and how to drive under different conditions. 5- 1 2-1 3- 1 Problems on page 8-10. Customer Assistance Information This section tellsyou how to contact GMC for assistance and how to read. 6- 1 71 8-1 9- 1 i Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find in something you want to get ...you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the "SIR?system. The 1997 GMC Sonorna Owner's Manual 1-1 Seats and RestraintSystems This section tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good. It also ...
... the road and how to drive under different conditions. 5- 1 2-1 3- 1 Problems on page 8-10. Customer Assistance Information This section tellsyou how to contact GMC for assistance and how to read. 6- 1 71 8-1 9- 1 i Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find in something you want to get ...you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the "SIR?system. The 1997 GMC Sonorna Owner's Manual 1-1 Seats and RestraintSystems This section tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good. It also ...
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... it was printed. We support voluntary technician certification. If you 're on the road. r 7 +ii GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, GMC, the GMC Emblem and the name SONOMA are registered trademarks of Canada Limited" for AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a French Language Manual: Aux propribtaires canadiens:Vous pouvez vous...
... it was printed. We support voluntary technician certification. If you 're on the road. r 7 +ii GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, GMC, the GMC Emblem and the name SONOMA are registered trademarks of Canada Limited" for AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a French Language Manual: Aux propribtaires canadiens:Vous pouvez vous...
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Safety Warnings andSymbols You will find a number of safety cautions in the manual, and the page number where you'll find that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning . We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about the features and controls for what to do this book. In the caution area, we tell you what you need is the Index in the back of what the hazard is you or other people. It's an alphabetical list of the manual. iii Then we tell you what 's in this , it . If you do to help you learn about things that pictures and words work together ...
Safety Warnings andSymbols You will find a number of safety cautions in the manual, and the page number where you'll find that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning . We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about the features and controls for what to do this book. In the caution area, we tell you what you need is the Index in the back of what the hazard is you or other people. It's an alphabetical list of the manual. iii Then we tell you what 's in this , it . If you do to help you learn about things that pictures and words work together ...
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Many times, this happen." In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your warranty, and it in this book you will find a circle with a slash through it could is damage your vehicle. When you read other manuals, you what to do this,'' or "Don't let this damage would not be costly. iv This safety symbol means "Don't," "Don't do tohelp avoid the damage. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. You'll also seewarning labels on your vehicle. But the notice will tell you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in this book....
Many times, this happen." In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your warranty, and it in this book you will find a circle with a slash through it could is damage your vehicle. When you read other manuals, you what to do this,'' or "Don't let this damage would not be costly. iv This safety symbol means "Don't," "Don't do tohelp avoid the damage. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. You'll also seewarning labels on your vehicle. But the notice will tell you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in this book....
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BRAKE (a) HORN )cr COOLANT POWER WINDOW SPARK OR FLAME COULD EXPLODE BAlTERY ,\I/, DAYTIME e RUNNING ' LAMPS . * * 0 WINDOW DEFOGGER ENGINE OIL PRESSURE VENTILATING FAN a w, (@) SPEAKER CI p3 V FUEL FOG LAMPS $0 -1 ANTI-LOCK BRAKES Vehicle Symbols These are some of your controls: WINDSHIELD WIPER These symbols are used on an original battery: CAUTlON POSSIBLE INJURY PROTECT EYES BY SHIELDING CAUSTIC EATERY ACID COULD CAUSE BURNS A These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: These symbols have to do with your vehicle. For...
BRAKE (a) HORN )cr COOLANT POWER WINDOW SPARK OR FLAME COULD EXPLODE BAlTERY ,\I/, DAYTIME e RUNNING ' LAMPS . * * 0 WINDOW DEFOGGER ENGINE OIL PRESSURE VENTILATING FAN a w, (@) SPEAKER CI p3 V FUEL FOG LAMPS $0 -1 ANTI-LOCK BRAKES Vehicle Symbols These are some of your controls: WINDSHIELD WIPER These symbols are used on an original battery: CAUTlON POSSIBLE INJURY PROTECT EYES BY SHIELDING CAUSTIC EATERY ACID COULD CAUSE BURNS A These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: These symbols have to do with your vehicle. For...
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Model Reference This manual covers thesemodels: Regular Cab Pickup Extended Cab Pickup vi
Model Reference This manual covers thesemodels: Regular Cab Pickup Extended Cab Pickup vi
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You can also learn about the seats in your safety belts properly. nut 1-2 1-7 1-11 1-12 1-12 1-19 1-25 1-25 1-25 Seats and Seat Controls 1-27 Safety Belts: They're for Everyone Here Are Questions Many People Ask About 1-28 Safety Belts -- Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you'll find information about some things you should do with air bags and safety belts. and the Answers 1-30 How to use your vehicle and how to Wear Safety Belts Properly 1-34 Driver Position 1-37 Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) 1-37 System 1-38 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Right Front ...
You can also learn about the seats in your safety belts properly. nut 1-2 1-7 1-11 1-12 1-12 1-19 1-25 1-25 1-25 Seats and Seat Controls 1-27 Safety Belts: They're for Everyone Here Are Questions Many People Ask About 1-28 Safety Belts -- Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you'll find information about some things you should do with air bags and safety belts. and the Answers 1-30 How to use your vehicle and how to Wear Safety Belts Properly 1-34 Driver Position 1-37 Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) 1-37 System 1-38 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Right Front ...
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Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you don't want it . I You can lose control of the seat up to make sure the seat is locked into place. Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is not moving . Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your body to unlock it . how to adjust them, and fold them up and down. 9 For vehicles without easy Manual Front Seat Au TION: I For vehicles with easy entry seats, move the lever under the front of the vehicle if you want to make sure the seat is locked into place. 1-2 Slide the seat to where you ...
Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you don't want it . I You can lose control of the seat up to make sure the seat is locked into place. Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is not moving . Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your body to unlock it . how to adjust them, and fold them up and down. 9 For vehicles without easy Manual Front Seat Au TION: I For vehicles with easy entry seats, move the lever under the front of the vehicle if you want to make sure the seat is locked into place. 1-2 Slide the seat to where you ...
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the and Pull up on the outer side of the driver and passenger bucket seats. Reclining Seatbacks (Bucket Seats or 60/40~Bench) To adjust the front seatback, lift the lever on the lever the seat will be a knob the on outside of the seat. Release the lever to decrease lumbar support. Manual Lumbar Support (Option) If you want it. Turn the knob counterclockwise to increase lumbar support and clockwise to lock seatback where you have this feature, there will go toan upright position. 1-3
the and Pull up on the outer side of the driver and passenger bucket seats. Reclining Seatbacks (Bucket Seats or 60/40~Bench) To adjust the front seatback, lift the lever on the lever the seat will be a knob the on outside of the seat. Release the lever to decrease lumbar support. Manual Lumbar Support (Option) If you want it. Turn the knob counterclockwise to increase lumbar support and clockwise to lock seatback where you have this feature, there will go toan upright position. 1-3
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For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have a seatback reclined vehicle is if in motion can be against your body. Then sit well back in the seatand wear your pelvic bones. The shoulder belt can't do job because it its belt couldgo up , your safety belts can't do job either. In a crash the its won't be dangerous. The belt forces would bethere, not at your safety belt properly. This could gointo it will bein front of you could cause serious internal injuries. But don't have the seatback upright. Evenyou buckle up over your abdomen. if vow 1-4 ...
For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have a seatback reclined vehicle is if in motion can be against your body. Then sit well back in the seatand wear your pelvic bones. The shoulder belt can't do job because it its belt couldgo up , your safety belts can't do job either. In a crash the its won't be dangerous. The belt forces would bethere, not at your safety belt properly. This could gointo it will bein front of you could cause serious internal injuries. But don't have the seatback upright. Evenyou buckle up over your abdomen. if vow 1-4 ...
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Always press rearward on the seatback be sure it to the reclined position. 1-5 If the seatback was reclined before being folded forward, it forward ina sudden stop or crash. To return the seatback to let people get into the back seat or reach the storage area behind the seat. A CAUTION: 0 To fold the front seatback forward, lift the latch and, push the seat forward. If the seatback isn't locked, could cause injury to the person sitting there. Seatback Latches The front seatback folds forward to the upright position, push the seatback all the way back until the latch ...
Always press rearward on the seatback be sure it to the reclined position. 1-5 If the seatback was reclined before being folded forward, it forward ina sudden stop or crash. To return the seatback to let people get into the back seat or reach the storage area behind the seat. A CAUTION: 0 To fold the front seatback forward, lift the latch and, push the seat forward. If the seatback isn't locked, could cause injury to the person sitting there. Seatback Latches The front seatback folds forward to the upright position, push the seatback all the way back until the latch ...
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Then move the seat rearward until it can move the seatback to its original position after someone gets into the rear seat area. Don't let the safety belts be injured. If an easy entry right front seat isn't locked, it locks. To fold the jump seat down, pull down on the cushion, then push the entire seat up until the seat is flush with the trim panels. Easy Entry Seat (Extended Cab) The right front bucket or split-bench seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get out. Ina sudden stop or crash, the person sitting there could be damaged by the hinges or the latches. Tilt ...
Then move the seat rearward until it can move the seatback to its original position after someone gets into the rear seat area. Don't let the safety belts be injured. If an easy entry right front seat isn't locked, it locks. To fold the jump seat down, pull down on the cushion, then push the entire seat up until the seat is flush with the trim panels. Easy Entry Seat (Extended Cab) The right front bucket or split-bench seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get out. Ina sudden stop or crash, the person sitting there could be damaged by the hinges or the latches. Tilt ...
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Safety Belts: They're for Everyone This part of a vehicle. A CAUTION: ~ 't let anyone ride where he or she can be seriously You injured orkilled. In the same crash, might you not beif you are in a crash and you're not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can 't wear a safety belt properly.If you are buckled up. Do not allow people to ride in any areaof your vehicle that your safety belt, and check that is in these areas are fastened properlytoo. You can be muchworse. can hit things inside or outside of the manual tells you should not do with seats and safety ...
Safety Belts: They're for Everyone This part of a vehicle. A CAUTION: ~ 't let anyone ride where he or she can be seriously You injured orkilled. In the same crash, might you not beif you are in a crash and you're not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can 't wear a safety belt properly.If you are buckled up. Do not allow people to ride in any areaof your vehicle that your safety belt, and check that is in these areas are fastened properlytoo. You can be muchworse. can hit things inside or outside of the manual tells you should not do with seats and safety ...
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A few crashes are clear. Take the simplest vehicle. Here's why: They work. Without belts they could have a crash, you don't know if you do have been badly hurt or killed. just 1-s Your vehicle has a light that even buckled up a person wouldn't survive. If you 'll be so serious that comes on as it will be a bad one. But most states and Canadian provinces, the law says to buckle up. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) Why Safety BeltsWork When you ride in a crash. In most crashes buckling up can be in or on wheels. Suppose it's a seat on m y t...
A few crashes are clear. Take the simplest vehicle. Here's why: They work. Without belts they could have a crash, you don't know if you do have been badly hurt or killed. just 1-s Your vehicle has a light that even buckled up a person wouldn't survive. If you 'll be so serious that comes on as it will be a bad one. But most states and Canadian provinces, the law says to buckle up. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) Why Safety BeltsWork When you ride in a crash. In most crashes buckling up can be in or on wheels. Suppose it's a seat on m y t...
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Then s t o the vehcle. The rider ~ doesn't stop. 1-9 Put someone on it up to speed. Get it .
Then s t o the vehcle. The rider ~ doesn't stop. 1-9 Put someone on it up to speed. Get it .
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In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ... or the instrument panel ... 1-10 r The person keeps going until stopped by something.
In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ... or the instrument panel ... 1-10 r The person keeps going until stopped by something.
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And your strongest bones take the forces. If my vehicle has air bags, whv should I be -- With safety belts,you slow down . That'swhy safety belts make such good sense. Even if you're in a vehicle that has air bags, you 're wearing a safety belt or not. Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts-- whether you still have to wear safety belts? You stop . Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of them . A: or the safety belts! so they are in many vehicles today and will be in side and other collisions. 1-11 That's true not only in ...
And your strongest bones take the forces. If my vehicle has air bags, whv should I be -- With safety belts,you slow down . That'swhy safety belts make such good sense. Even if you're in a vehicle that has air bags, you 're wearing a safety belt or not. Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts-- whether you still have to wear safety belts? You stop . Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of them . A: or the safety belts! so they are in many vehicles today and will be in side and other collisions. 1-11 That's true not only in ...
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&.. If a child will beriding in your vehicle, see "Seats" in an accident -- Here's how to see how, see the part of adult size. If I'm a good driver, andI never drive far from things beyond your passengers can sit up straight. 1-12 And there are for everyone 's protection. Being a good driver doesn't protect you 'll want to Wear Safety Belts Properly Adults This part is only forpeople of this manual called "Children." Follow those rules for smaller children and babies. Lap-Shoulder Belt The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. even one that there are special things...
&.. If a child will beriding in your vehicle, see "Seats" in an accident -- Here's how to see how, see the part of adult size. If I'm a good driver, andI never drive far from things beyond your passengers can sit up straight. 1-12 And there are for everyone 's protection. Being a good driver doesn't protect you 'll want to Wear Safety Belts Properly Adults This part is only forpeople of this manual called "Children." Follow those rules for smaller children and babies. Lap-Shoulder Belt The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. even one that there are special things...
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Pick up on the latch plate to . Don't let it clicks. 5. Pull up the latch plate and pull the belt across you ever had to make sure it is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you . 3. To make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle end of this section. Make sure the release button on the shoulder belt. If the belt isn't long enough, see "Safety Belt Extender" at the end of the belt as you pull up on the buckle is secure. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it get twisted. 4.
Pick up on the latch plate to . Don't let it clicks. 5. Pull up the latch plate and pull the belt across you ever had to make sure it is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you . 3. To make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle end of this section. Make sure the release button on the shoulder belt. If the belt isn't long enough, see "Safety Belt Extender" at the end of the belt as you pull up on the buckle is secure. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it get twisted. 4.
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And you slid under the lap belt.If you 'd beless likely to the strong pelvic bones. In a crash, this applies force to slide under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause serious oreven fatal injuries.The shoulder belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or a crash. 1-14 These parts of the belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. The lappart of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces.
And you slid under the lap belt.If you 'd beless likely to the strong pelvic bones. In a crash, this applies force to slide under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause serious oreven fatal injuries.The shoulder belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or a crash. 1-14 These parts of the belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. The lappart of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces.