Pontiac Grandam 1997 Owner's manual

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Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly.
It
also explains the
“SRS”
system.
Features and Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your Pontiac.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system.
Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions.
Problems on the Road
This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire
or
overheated engine, etc.
Service and Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your Pontiac running properly and looking good.
Maintenance Schedule
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
Customer Assistance Information
This section tells
you
how to contact Pontiac for assistance and how to get service and owner publications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page
8-
10.
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.
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PONTIAC
GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,
PONTIAC, the PONTIAC Emblem and the name
GRAND
AM are registered trademarks of General
Motors Corporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the time it
was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the
product after that time without further notice. For
vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name
“General Motors
of
Canada Limited” for Pontiac
Division whenever it appears
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this manual.
Please keep this manual in your Pontiac,
so
it will be
there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you
sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it
so
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owner can use it.
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First Edition
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@Copyright General Motors Corporation
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How
to Use
this
Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you
do this, it will help you learn about the features and
controls for your 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
the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’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 and the word CAUTION to tell you
about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore
the warning.
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CAUTION:
These mean there
is
something that could hurt
you or other people.
In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then
we tell you what to do to help avoid
or
reduce the
hazard. Please read these cautions.
If
you don’t, you
or
others could be hurt.
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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.’’
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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 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 or in
different words.
You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use
the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.
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Vehicle Symbols
These are some
of
the symbols you may find on your vehicle.
For
example,
these symbols
are used on
an
original battery:
POSSIBLE
A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT
EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACID COULD
BATTERY
CAUSE
BURNS
SPARK
OR
,\I/,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BA'ITERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN
SEAT
BELTS
These symbols
have to do with
your lamps:
SIGNALS
e
TURN
FOG LAMPS
$0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
These symbols
are used
on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT
-
TEMP
-
CHARGING
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BA'ITERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(a)
COOLANT
a
ENGINE OIL
w,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK
(@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
-%-
t
LIGHTER
n
HORN
)tr
SPEAKER
b
FUEL
m
V
$@b
NOTES
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Section
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Seats and Restraint Systems
1-2 Seats and Seat Controls
1-7 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
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Here Are Questions Many People Ask About
1-13 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
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Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
Safety Belts
--
and the Answers
1-13 Driver Position
1-21 Right Front Passenger Position
1-21 Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
1-27 Rear Seat Passengers
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Pontiac and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also
learn about some things you should
not
do with air bags and safety belts.
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Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children
and Small Adults
Center Passenger Position
Children
Child Restraints
Larger Children
Safety Belt Extender
Checking Your Restraint Systems
Replacing Restraint System Parts After
a Crash
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Seats
and
Seat
Controls
This section tells you about the seats
--
how to
adjust them
--
and also about reclining seatbacks and
head restraints.
Manual
Seats
You
can lose control of the vehicle if you try to
adjust
a
manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is
moving. The sudden movement could startle and
confuse you, or make you push
a
pedal when you
don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when
the vehicle is not moving.
Move the control lever under the front of the seat to
unlock it. Slide the seat to where
you
want it. Then
release the lever and
try
to move the seat with your
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body, to make sure the-seat is locked into place.
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Reclining Front Seatbacks
To
adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of
the seat and move the seatback to where you want it.
Release the lever to lock the seatback. Pull up
on
the
lever and the seat will go to an upright position.
But don’t have
a
seatback reclined if your vehicle
is moving.
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CAUTION:
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Sitting in
a
reclined position when your vehicle is
in motion can be dangerous, Even if you buckle
up, your safety belts can’t do their job when
you’re reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it
won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be in
front of you. In a crash you could go into it,
receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t do its job either. In
a
crash the
belt could
go
up over your abdomen, The belt
forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones.
This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is in
motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well
back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.
Head Restraints
Slide the 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.
Seatback Latches (2-Door Models)
The front seatback folds forward to let people get into
the back seat.
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To
fold a front seatback forward, lift the seatback latch.
When you return the seatback to its original position, the
seatback will lock.
If
the seatback isn’t locked, it could move
forward in
a
sudden stop
or
crash. That could
cause injury to the person sitting there. Always
press rearward on the seatback
to
be sure it
is
locked.
Easy Entry
Seat
(2-Door
Models)
The right front seat
of
your vehicle makes it easy to get
in
and
out of the rear seat.
Tilt the right front seatback completely forward and
Move the right front seatback to its original position
the whole seat will
slide
forward.
after someone gets into the rear seat area. Then move
the seat rearward until
it
locks.
Tilt the seatback completely forward again to
get out.
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CAUTION:
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If
an easy entry right front seat isn’t locked, it
can move.
In
a
sudden stop or crash, the person
sitting there could be injured. After you’ve used
it, be sure to push rearward on an easy entry seat
to be sure it
is
locked.
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It is extremely dangerous to ride in
a
cargo area,
inside or outside
of
a
vehicle. In
a
collision,
people riding in these areas are more likely
to
be
seriously injured or killed.
Do
not allow people to
ride in any area of your vehicle that
is
not
equipped with seats and safety belts. Be sure
everyone in your vehicle is in
a
seat and using a
safety belt properly.
Your
vehicle has a light
that comes on as a reminder
to buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Light” in
the Index.)
In most 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
be
so
serious that even buckled up a person wouldn’t survive.
But
most
crashes are
in
between.
In
many of them, people
who buckle up can survive
and
sometimes walk away.
Without belts they could have
been
badly hurt or
killed.
After
more
than
25
years
of
safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear.
In
most crashes buckling up does
matter
... a lot!
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Why Safety
Belts
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.
Put someone
on
it.
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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 ...
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or the instrument panel . . .
or the safety belts!
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.
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Here Are Questions
Many
People
Ask
About Safety Belts
--
and the Answers
&:
Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if I’m wearing a 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.
&:
If my vehicle has air bags, why should
I
have to
wear safety belts?
A:
Air
bags are in many vehicles today and will be in
most of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only;
so
they work with
safety belts
--
not instead of them. Every air bag
system ever offered
for
sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has air
bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions,
but especially in side and other collisions.
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If I’m a good driver, and
I
never drive far from
A:
You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
home, why should
I
wear safety belts?
accident
--
even one that isn’t your fault
--
you
and
your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver
doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within
25
miles
(40
km)
of
home. And the greatest number of serious injuries
and deaths occur at speeds of less than
40
mph
(65
km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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How
to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Adults
This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to know about
safety belts and children. And there are different rules for
smaller children and babies.
If
a child will be riding
in
your Pontiac, see the part of this manual called
“Children.” Follow those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-Shoulder
Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear
it properly.
1.
Close and lock the door.
2.
Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index)
so
you can sit up straight.
3.
Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
4.
Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Don’t let it get twisted.
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