Chevrolet Astro II 2 owners manual page 96

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Retained Accessory Power (RAP) Notice: Holding your key in START for longer than 15seconds at a time will cause your battery to Your vehicle is equipped with a Retained Accessorybe drained much sooner. And the excessive heat Power (RAP) feature which will allow certain features oncan damage your starter motor. Wait about your vehicle to continue to work up to 20 minutes15seconds between each try to help avoid draining after the ignition key is turned to OFF.your battery or damaging your starter. Your radio, power windows and overhead console will2. If it does not start within 10 seconds, push the work when the ignition key is in RUN or ACCESSORY.accelerator pedal all the way to the ﬂoor, while Once the key is turned from RUN to OFF, theseyou hold the ignition key in START. When features will continue to work for up to 20 minutes orthe engine starts, let go of the key and let up on the until a door is opened. accelerator pedal. Wait about 15 seconds between each try. Starting Your Engine When starting your engine in very cold weather (below 0°F or −18°C), do this: Move your shift lever to PARK (P) or NEUTRAL (N).1. With your foot off the accelerator pedal, turn the Your engine will not start in any other position — that isignition key to START and hold it there up to a safety feature. To restart when you are already15seconds. When the engine starts, let go of moving, use NEUTRAL (N) only. the key. Notice: Do not try to shift to PARK (P) if your2. If your engine still will not start, or starts but then vehicle is moving. If you do, you could damage thestops, it could be ﬂooded with too much gasoline. transmission. Shift to PARK (P) only when yourTry pushing your accelerator pedal all the way to the vehicle is stopped. ﬂoor and holding it there as you hold the key in 1. With your foot off the accelerator pedal, turn theSTART for about three seconds. When the engine ignition key to START. When the engine starts,starts, let go of the key and accelerator. If the let go of the key. The idle speed will go down asvehicle starts brieﬂy but then stops again, do the your engine gets warm. same thing, but this time keep the pedal down for ﬁve or six seconds. This clears the extra gasoline from the engine. 2-18

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