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ATTENTION:
HSV vehicles are equipped with a Supplemental Restraint System (SRS). An SRS consists of seat belt pre-
tensioners (fitted to all front seats), a dri ver’s-side air bag , a passenger’s-sid e air bag and left and right hand
side air bags. Refer to CAUTIONS, Section 12M, in Volume 12M of the Holden V2 Coupe Service Manual
before performing any service operation on or around SRS components, the steering mechanism or wiring.
Failure to follow the CAUTIONS could result in personal injury or unnecessary SRS system repa irs.
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The HSV Coupe 4 is an all new model for HSV. Therefore virtually no compon ents carry over from previous models.
The powertrain is similar to HSV Avalanche models.
NOTE:
When using trolley jack to raise the vehicle it is
important that the jack be positioned under he
suspension crossmember, or hoist pad locations.
Do not jack under the suspension control arm.
The vehicle should always be supported by jack
stands at the hoist pad locations when raised.
Care must be taken not to d amage the side skirts
when jacking the vehicle.
The purpose of this supplement is to provide information on the unique HSV components fitted to these vehicles. The
information in this document is designed to supplement the information contained i n the Hold en Service Information and
details are given where differences occur between the HSV models and standard Holden models. A series of instruction
drawings describe the design changes and indicate specific part numbers, fitting instructions and relevant notes for
vehicle servicing.
This supplement is divided into sections a nd each section addresses a spec ific subject, eg. Section D discusses brake
systems. In addition, supplementary service bulletins will be issued (as need arises) to describe service operations on
new systems and/or new vehicles not prev iously described in this supplement. These supplementary service bulletins will
be issued in numerical sequence.
Terms used in this document accord to the contents of International Standard ISO 1087 ( 1990). In addition, other terms
are used to indicate that precautions must be taken durin g the servicing procedures that follow. The terms used are
Caution and Note, and these terms have the following meanings:
A CAUTION (as shown) will precede any text
which if not correctly followed may cause
personal injury, damage to equipment or
corruption of digital data.
NOTE:
A NOTE (as shown) will precede any servicing
procedure, technique, or inf ormation which need s
special attention and needs to be highlighted.
1.1 HSV Build Plate
HSV vehicles can be identified by the HSV Vehicle Build Plate, which is located in th e engine compartment. An example
of an HSV Build Plate is shown in dra wing 1A2F-040030
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1A2F040030
BUILD PLATE - COUPE 4
DP
GD
04.06.04
Coupe
NUMERICAL VEHICLE BUILD NUMBER
HSV MODEL DESIGNATION
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
HSV VEHICLE BUILD DATE
VEHICLE BODY PAINT COLOUR
VEHICLE BODY ACCENT PAINT COLOUR
DATE
ISSUEDA
TED
AUTH'Y
CK.
SYM
AUTH'Y
REVISION RECORD
DATE
SYM
SIGNATURES ON
ORIGINAL APPROVAL
DR.
ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
INSTRUCTION DRAWING.
A4
SIZE
REVISION RECORD
PRELIMINARY ISSUE
CK.
NAME
PART NO.
CK.
REFERENCE
DWG.
DR.
DATE:
APPR
APPR
DR.
AP
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