User manual CHEVROLET BLAZER 1995

[. . . ] I Table of Contents Inrroauction - How to Use this Manual This section tells you how to use your manual and includessafety and vehicle damage warnings and symbols. Section 1 - Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the air bag system. Section 2 - Features & Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle. Section 3 - Comfort Controls & Audio Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. Section 4 - Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. Section 5 - Problems on the Road This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating, etc. Section 6 - Service & Appearance Care Here the manual tells you howto keep your vehicle running properly and looking good. Section 7 - Maintenance Schedule This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. Section 8 - Customer Assistance Information This section tells you how to contact GM for assistance and how to get service publications. Italso gives you information on "Reporting Safety Defects" on page 8-4. Index Here's an alphabetical listing almost every subjectin this of manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want read. [. . . ] If you drive regularly in steep country, or if you're planning tothere, visit here are some tips that can make your trips safer and more enjoyable. (See "Off-Road Driving" in theIndex for information about driving off-road. ) Keep your vehicle in good shape. Check fluid levels andalso the all brakes, tires, cooling system and transmission. These parts can work hard on mountain roads. 0 Know how to go down hills. The most important thing to know this: is let your engine do some of the slowing down. Shift to a lower gear when you go down a steepor long hill. 4-30 0 Know how togo uphill. You may want to shift down to a lower gear. The lower gears help cool your engine and transmission, and you can climb thehill better. Stay inyour own lane when drivingon two-lane roads in hills or mountains. Don't swing wide cut across the center the road. Drive or of at speeds that let you stay in yourown lane. 0 0 As you go over the topof a hill, be alert. There could be something in your lane, like a stalled caror an accident. You may see highwaysigns on mountains thatwarn of special problems. Examples are long grades, passing or no-passing zones, a falling rocks area, or winding roads. Be alert to these and take appropriate action. 0 4-31 Winter Driving Here are some tips for winter driving: Have your vehicle in good shape for winter. Be sure your engine coolant mix is correct. You may want to put winter emergency supplies in your vehicle. Include anice scraper, a small brush or broom, supply of windshield a washer fluid, a rag, some winter outer clothing, a small shovel, a flashlight, a red cloth, and a couple of reflective warning triangles. And, if you will be driving under severe conditions, include a small bagof sand, a piece of old carpet or a couple of burlap bags to help provide traction. sure you Be properly secure these items your vehicle. in Driving on Snow Ice or Most of the time, those places where your tires meet the road probably have good traction. However, if there is snow or ice between your tires and the you can road, have a very slippery situation. You'll have a lot less traction or "grip"and will need to be very careful. 4-32 What's the worst timefor this?"Wet ice. "Very cold snow or ice canbe slick and hard to drive on. [. . . ] Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi, vu, vm Ventilationsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Voltmeter ( See "Gages") W Warning Devices. [. . . ]