User manual CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1994

[. . . ] 7994 SUBURBAN AND BLAZER INTRODUCTION Welcome This manual was prepared to acquaint you with the operation and maintenance of your 1994 Chevrolet Blazer or Suburban and to provide important safety information. There is also a Chevrolet Truck Warranty and Owner Assistance Information booklet. In some vehicles, there can be information manuals from othermanufacturers like body builders or special equipment companies. We urge you to review all these publications carefully. [. . . ] Whatever the condition - smooth ice, packed, blowing , or loose snow drive with caution. If you accelerate too fast, the drive wheels will spin and polish the surfaceunder the tires even more. Your anti-lock brakes improve your ability to make a hard stop on a slippery road. Even though you have an anti-lock braking system, you'll want to begin stopping sooner than you would on drypavement. Allow greater following distance on any slippery road. The road might be fine until you hit a spot that's covered with ice. On anotherwise clear road, ice patches may appear in shaded areas where the sun can't reach: around clumps of trees, behind buildings, or under bridges. Sometimes the surface of a curve or an overpass may remain icy when the surrounding roads are clear. If you see apatch of ice ahead of you, brake before you are on it. Try not to brake while you're actually on the ice, and avoid sudden steering maneuvers. 4-32 If You're Caughtin a Blizzard If you are stopped by heavy snow, you could be in a serious situation. You should probably stay with your vehicle unless you knowfor sure that you are near help and you can hike through the snow. Here are some things to do to summon help and keep yourself and your passengers safe: Turn on your hazard flashers. Tie a red cloth to your vehicle to alert police that you've been stopped by the snow. Put on extra clothing or wrap a blanket around you. If you have no blankets or extra clothing, make body insulators from newspapers, burlap bags, rags, floor mats - anything you can wrap around yourself or tuck under your clothing to keep warm. You can run the engine to keep warm, but be careful. 4-33 Run your engineonly as long as you must. When you run the engine, make it go a little faster than just idle. This uses less fuel forthe heat that you get and it keeps the battery (or batteries) charged. You will need a well-charged battery (or batteries) to restart the vehicle, and possibly for signaling later on with your headlights. If you have a diesel engine, you may have to run it at a higher speed to get enough heat. Then, shut the engine off and close the window almost all the way to preserve the heat. Start the engine again and repeat this only when you feel really uncomfortable from the cold. [. . . ] 6-79, 6-81 Leaving Vehicle While Running . 2-31 Oil (See "Oil") Overheating . 6-56, 6-85 Fuses and Circuit Breakers FuseBlock . 6-56 Power Windows and Other Power Options . [. . . ]