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Replacing brake system parts, Battery, Vehicie storage – GMC 2003 Savana User Manual

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Replacing Brake System Parts

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braking system an a vehicle is comples. Its many

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well togelher if

the vehicle is to have really good braking. Your
vehicle was designed and tested with top-quaiily GM
brake parts. When you replace parts of yoor bnakirig
system — for example, when your bnake linings
wear down arid you need new ones put in — be sure
you gel new approved GM replacemont parts. It
you don’t, your brakes may no longer work properly. For
example, if bomeone pula in brake linings that are

wrong for your vehicle, the balance between your from
and roar brakes can change — for the worse. The
braking performance you've coma to oxpect can change
in глапу other ways if someorte puta in the wrong
replacement brake parts.

Battery

Your new vehicle comes with a maintenance free
ACDeico'® hallery. When It's time tor a new battery, get
one lhat has the replacement number shown on the
original battery's label. We recommend an ACDelco'^
battery. See

Engine Comparifrrent Overview

on

page 5-i2for battery location.

W arning:

Salfery posts, terminals and felaled

accassories conlain lead and lead compounds,
chemicals known lo the State of California to cause
cancer and reprocfuclive harm. Wash liands alter

handling,

Vehicie Storage

If youVe not going to dnve your vehicle for Э5 days or
more, remove the black, negative {-) cable from
ibe haltsry. This will help keep your battery fiom
funning down.

A CAUTION:

Baheries h^ure

acirl that

can

bum

you

and 99

s

that can explode, You

can

be badly hurt if you

aren't careful. See "Jump Starting” next for

tips on working around a ballery without

getting hurt.

Contact your dealer to learn how lo prepare your
vehicle fcr longer storage periodB.

Also, for your audio system, goo

Theff-Deierrent

Feature (Non-ROS Radios]

or?

page 3-73 or

Thefi-Deiefrer]t Feature (RDS Radios) on page 3-73.

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