II .. i p.; INTRODUCTION 1994 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer Owner's Manual Welcome This manual was prepared to acquaint you with the operation and maintenance of your 1994 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer and to provide important safety information. There is also a ChevroletTruck Warranty and Owner Assistance Informationbooklet. In some vehicles, there can be information manuals from other manufacturers body builders orspecial equipment like companies. We urge you to review all these publicationscarefully. This will help you enjoy safe and trouble-free operation of your vehicle. When it comesto service, keep in mind that your Chevrolet dealerknows your vehicle best and is interested in your complete satisfaction. Your dealer invites you to return for all of your service needs both during and after the warranty period. Remember, if you have a concernand need help handling it to your satisfaction, see the procedure in the ChevroletTruck Warranty and Owner Assistance Informationbooklet. Thanks for choosing a Chevrolet product. value you as a member of the We Chevrolet family. We want to assure you of our continuinginterest in your pleasure and satisfaction with your vehicle. Chevrolet Motor Division General Motors Corporation 30007 Van Dyke Ave. Warren, Michigan Motor Division @Copyright1993 General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet All Rights Reserved Second Edition Printed in U.S.A. 1 Important Notes to Owners and Drivers ....About This Manual: Please keep this manual in your vehicleso it will be there ifyou ever need it when you're on the road. If you sell the vehicle, pleaseleave this manual in it so the new owner can use it. This manual includes the latest information at the timeit was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the productafter that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name "General Motors of Canada Limited" for Chevrolet Motor Division whenever it appears in this manual. ,...About Driving Your Blazer: As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate this vehicle correctly may result in loss of control or an accident. Be sure to read the "on-pavement" and "off-road" driving guidelines in this manual. (See "Driving Guidelines" and "Off-Road Driving With Your Four-wheel Drive Vehicle" in the Index.) For Canadian OwnersWho Prefer a French Language Manual: Aux proprietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en francais chez votre concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7. General Motors, GM and the GM Emblem, Chevrolet and theChevrolet Emblem, and S-10 are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. 11 .. Model Reference This manual covers these models: Two-Door Four-Door 111 ... Table of Contents Introduction - How to Use this Manual This section tells you how to use your manual and includes safety and vehicle damage warnings and symbols. Section 1 - Seats and Safety Restraints This section tells you how to use your seats and safety restraints properly. Section 2 - Features & Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle. Section 3 - Comfort Controls& Audio Systems This section tells you howto adjust the ventilation andcomfort 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 differentconditions. Section 5 This section tells you whatto do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating. - Problems on the Road Section 6 - Service & Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good. Section 7 - Scheduled Maintenance Services This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricantsto use. Section 8 - Customer Assistance Information This section tells you how to contact your GM division for assistance and how to get service publications. It also gives you information on "Reporting Safety Defects" on page 8-4. Index Here's an alphabetical listingof almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. 1v How to Use This Manual Many people read their owner's manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. This will help you learn about thefeatures and controls foryour vehicle. In this manual, you'll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. INDEX: A good place to look for what you need is the Index in back of the manual. It's an alphabetical list of all that's in the manual, and the page number where you'll find it. SECTIONS 1-6: Each section of this manual begins with a brief list of its contents, so you can often find at a glance if a section contains the information you want. SECTION 7 This section of the manual covers the maintenance required : for your vehicle. SECTION 8, CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE: This section includes important information about reporting safety defects and gives you details about the "Roadside Assistance" program. You will also find customer satisfaction phone numbers (including customersatisfaction numbers for the hearing and speech impaired) as well as the mediatiodarbitration procedure. in We've also included orderinginformation for service publications this section. Safety Warnings and Symbols You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box with gray background and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if you wereto ignore the warning. In the gray caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to doto help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don't, you or others could be hurt. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol means "Don't,'' "Don't do this," or "Don't let this happen." vi Vehicle Damage Warnings Also, in this book you will find these notices: NOTICE: These mean there something that could damage your vehicle. is In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors orin different words. You'll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use yellow for cautions, blue for notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle. For example, these symbols areused on an original battery: Caution Possible Injury Protect Eyes by Shielding Caustic Battery Acid Could Cause Burns Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery A void Sparks or Flames . .. r.* These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: 1 I Fasfen Safety Belts Door LocWUnlock These symbols have to do with your lights: A Master Lighting Switch Turn Signal Direction Hazard Warning Flasher Headlight High Beam pf Parking Lights Daytime $0 fog Lights Running Lights v111 ... These symbols are on some of your controls: Windshield Wiper Windshield Washer Windshield Defroster Rear Window Wiper 0 Defroster Rear Wlndow Washer Window Ventilating Fan Rear Off These symbols are usea on warning and indicator lights: Engine Coolant Temperature Battery Charging Engine Fuel System Oil Pressure Brake (Digital Cluster) Brake (Standard Cluster) Shift Light 4- Wheel Anti-Lock ix Here are some other symbols you may see: i t -1 Fuse Horn Speaker Hood Release X Seats & Safety Belts Section Here you'll find information about seats in your vehicle and how to use the your safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should not do with safety belts . Seats and Seat Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Safety Belts: They're for Everyone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Why Safety Belts Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............................ 1-14 Adults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Driver Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 1-22 Right Front PassengerPosition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Center Passenger Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22 1-23 LapBelt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rear Seat Passenger Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24 Children . . ; t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 Smaller Children and Babies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28 . Larger Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38 Safety Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40 Checking Your Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-41 1-41 1-1 Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seats-how to and down. adjust them, and fold them up Front Seats Manual Front Seat Move the lever under the front of the seat left to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it. Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your body to make sure the seat is locked into place. 1-2 Manual Lumbar Adjustment ..,;: If you have this feature, there will be a knob with six settings on the outside of the driver and passenger bucket seats. Turn the knob to the left to increase lumbar support and to the right to decrease lumbar support. Power Driver's Seat The left control makes the rear of the seat go up and down. The right control makes the front of the seat go up and down. The center control makes the whole seat go up and down or forward and rearward. Power Lumbar Adjustment If you have this feature, there will be a control on the front of your seat. Press and hold the right side until you have the desired lumbar support. To decrease lumbar support, press the left side of the control. 1 -z Front Seatback Latches (Two-Door Models) The front seatback folds forward to letpeople get into the back seat. To fold a front seatback forward, push the seatback toward the rear as you lift this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward. The latch must be down for the seat to work properly. Reclining Front Seatbacks (Bucket Seatsor 60/40 Split-Bench) To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of the seat. Release the lever to lock the seatback where you want it. Pull up on the lever and the seat will go to an upright position. I 4 1-4 Don't have aseatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. 1-5 Easy EntrySeat The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get in and out of the rear vehicle area. a When you tilt the right front seatback fully forward, the whole seat will slide forward. After someone gets into the rear seat area, move the right front seatback to its original position. Then move the seat rearward until it locks. a To get out, again tilt the seatback fully forward. Rear Folding Seat (Two-Door Models) Your utility vehicle has a rear folding seat which lets you fold the seatback down formore cargo space. Push back on the seatback as you pull forward on the latch at the righthand side of the seat cushion. Then fold the seatback forward. To raise it, lift up the seatback and push it until locks in the upright it position. Your rear seatback hasa mechanical latch on the righthand side, and an on inertia latch on the lefthand side. Push and pull the seatback to be sure that the right side has locked in the upright position. Have fixed if it doesn't. it Rear Folding Seat (Four-Door Models) Your utility vehicle has a folding rear seat which lets you fold the seatback down for more cargo space. I The rear seat release handle is in the upper center of the rear of the seatback. Push back on the seatback as you pull up on the handle. TOraise it, just lift up the seatback a ...