I I Table of Contents Introduction - How to Use this Manual This section tells you how to use your manual andincludes safety and vehicle damage warnings and symbols. Section 1 - Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use yourseats 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 how to 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. It also gives you information on "Reporting Safety Defects" on page 8-4. Index Here's an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. i lnfroduction 1995 GMC Jimmy Owner's Manual Welcome This manual was prepared to acquaint you with the operation and maintenance of your 1995 GMC Jimmy and to provide important safety information. There is also a GMC Truck Warranty and Owner Assistance Information booklet. In some vehicles, there can be information manuals from other manufacturers like body builders special equipment or This will companies. We urge you to review all these publications carefully. help you enjoy safe and trouble-free operation of your vehicle. When it comes to service, keep in mind that your GMC Truck dealer knows in your vehicle best and is interested your complete satisfaction. Your dealer invites you to return for all of your service needs both during andafter the warranty period. Remember, if you have a concern and need help handling it your to Owner satisfaction, see the procedure in the GMC Truck Warranty and Assistance Information booklet. Thanks for choosing a GMC Truck product. We value you as a member of the GMC Truck family.We want to assure you ofour continuing interest in your pleasure and satisfaction withyour vehicle. GMC Truck Division General Motors Corporation Pontiac, Michigan @Copyright1994 General Motors Corporation, GMC Truck Division All Rights Reserved Second Edition Printed in U.S.A. 11 .. Important Notes to Owners and Drivers About This Manual Please keep this manual in your vehicle so it will bethere if you ever need it when you're on the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new owner can use it. This manual includes the latest information at the time it wasprinted. We reserve the right to make changes in the product after that time without further notice. Forvehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name "General Motors of Canada Limited" for GMC Truck Division whenever it appears in this manual. About Driving Your Jimmy As with other vehicles of this type, failureto operate this vehicle correctly may result in loss of control or an accident. Besure 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'' inthe Index.) W E SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION THROUGH National Institute for AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE 11 1 ... For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a French Language Manual: Aux propriktaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en franqais chez votre concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7. GMTRUCK General Motors, GMand the GM Emblem, GMC and the GMC Emblem, JIMMY and the JIMMY Emblemare registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. 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 for your vehicle. In this manual, you'll find that pictures and words work together toexplain things quickly. INDEX: A good place to look for what you need is Index in back of the the manual. It's an alphabetical list of all that's in the manual, and the page number where you'll find it. 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 CAUTIONto tell you about things that could hurt you if you were ignore the warning. to In the gray caution area, we tell you what the hazard Then we tell you is. what to do to 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.'' iV Vehicle Damage Warnings Also, in this book you will find these notices: NOTICE: These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle. In the notice area, we tell you aboutsomething 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 to help avoid do the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. You'll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use yellowfor cautions, blue for notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. V Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle. For example, these symbols are used on an original battery: Cautron Possible Injury Protect Eyes by Shielding Caustic Battery Acid Could Cause Burns Spark or Flame Could Explode Baftery A void Sparks or Flames These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: I I I Fasten Safety Belts Door Lock/Unlock vi These symbols have to do with your lights: Master Lighting Switch A H Turn Signal Direction Daytime Running Lights Fog Lights Hazard Warning Flasher Headlight High Beam pf Parking Lights 0 $0 Headlight Low Beam These symbols are on some of your controls: Windshield Wiper Windshield Washer -Windshield Defroster Rear Window WiperNasher r Ventilating Rear Window Defogger 7 A 0 Off Fan vii These symbols are used on warning and indicator lights: Engine Coolant Temperature -I I I Baftery Charging System Fuel Engine Oil Pressure BRAKE SHIFT ANTI-LOCK I I I Brake Shift Light Anti-Lock Brake Here are some other symbols you may see: E Fuse Hood Release -I I I Lighter Horn I I Speaker Vlll ... Seats & Restraint Systems Section ' I Here you'll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also learnabout some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seats-how to adjust them, and fold them up and down. Manual Front Seat (Except Easy Entry) 1-1 Move thelever under the front of the seat towards the driver's door to unlockit. Slide the seat to where you want it. Then release the lever and try to movethe seat with your body to make sure the seat is locked into place. Manual Front Seat (Easy Entry Only) Move the lever under the front of the seat up 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. Manual Lumbar Adjustment If you have this feature, there will be a knob on the outside of the driver and passenger bucket seats. Turn the topof the knob forward to increase lumbar support and or rearward to decrease lumbar support. 1-2 Power Driver's Seat If you have this feature, there will be a control pad on the front of your driver's seat. The leftcontrol 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 r e w a r d . Power Lumbar Adjustment If you have this feature, there will be a control on the front of your driver's seat. Press and hold the passenger's side of the control until you have the desired lumbar support. To decrease lumbar support, press the driver's side of the control. 1-3 Reclining FrontSeatbacks To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer sideof the seat. Release the leverto lock the seatback where you want it. Pull up on the lever go and the seat will to an upright position. But don't have a seatback reclinedif your vehicle is moving. 1-4 Front Seatback Latches (2-Door Models) The front seatback folds forward to let people get intothe back seat. Your seatback will move back and forth freely, unless you come to a sudden stop. Then it will will lock in place. There's one time the seatback may not fold without some help from you. That's if your vehicle is parked going down a fairly steep hill. To fold a front seatback forward, push the seatback toward the rear as you lift this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward. Thelatch must be down for the seat to work properly. 1-5 Easy Entry Seat (2-Door Models) The outside front passenger seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get in and out of the rear vehicle area. When you tilt the outside front passenger seatback fully forward, the whole seat will slide forward. 0 After someone gets into the rear seat area, move the seatback to its original position. Then move the seat rearward until it locks. To get out, again tilt the seatback fully forward. Head Restraints Head restraints are fixed on some models and adjustable on others. Slide an adjustable head restraint up or down so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of your ears. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. The head restraints tilt forward and rearward also. 1-6 Rear Folding Sear Your utility vehicle has a folding rear seat which lets you fold the seatbacks down for more cargo space. The rear seat release handles are in the upper center of the rear ofthe seatbacks. Push back on the seatbacks as you pull up on the handles. To raise the seatbacks, justlift up the seatbacks and push until they lockin the upright position. Push and pull on the seatbacks to check that the latches have locked in the upright position. If they haven't, have them fixed immediately. Safety Belts: They're for Everyone This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly.It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts. And it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint, or "air bag" system. Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckleup. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. You never know if you'll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don't know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are mild,and some crashes can beso serious that even buckled up a person wouldn't survive. But most crashesare in between. In can many of them, people who buckle up survive and sometimes walkaway. Without belts they could have been badly hurt killed. or After more than25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot! Why SafetyBelts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat on wheels 1-8 Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider doesn't stop. The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ... 1-9 or the instrument panel ... or the safety belts! I I c With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts - and the Answers Q t Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident I'm wearing a i f safety belt? A: You could be - whether you're wearing a safety belt or not.But you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you're upside down. And your chance of being conscious during and after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out,is much greater if you are belted. 1-10 ...