User manual PONTIAC GRANDAM 1993

r c -- 1993 ' PONTIAC I Grand Am OWNER'S MANUAL 1993 Owner's Manual Pontiac Grand Am Introduction Part Part Part Pert Table of Contents How to Use this Manual .............. .3 1 Seats &Safety Belts. ................ .7 ............... .43 2 Features & Controls 3 Comfort Controls & Audio Systems. ... 4 Your Driving and the Road .......... . I ~ I ProblemsontheRoad..............16s L I Part5 Part Part 6 Service & Appearance Care .........197 284 r I 7 Maintenance Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . .259 Part 8 Customer Assistance Information . . . .27s Includes "Reporting Safety page Defects" on Part9 ........................... 293 Service Station Information .... Last Page Index 10202167 B Second Printing c .. Printed in USA Important Notes About this Manual Please keep this manual in your Pontiac, so it will be there if you ever need it when you'reon the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual init so the new owner can use it. This manual includes the latest information at the timewas printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the it product after that time without further notice. `t, Note to Canadian Owners For vehicles fmt sold in Canada, substitute the name "General Motors Canada Limited" for Pontiac Division of whenever it appears in this manual. For Canadian OwnersWho Prefer a French Language Manual: Aux proprietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire ce guide en francais chez votre de concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd.,1 0 Bonhill Road, Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7. 50 Published by Pontiac Division General Motors Corporation The word Pontiac, the Pontiac emblem and the name Grand Am are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. The word Delco is a registered trademark of General Motors Corporation. ... 0Copyright 1992 General Motors Corporation, Pontiac Division. All rights reserved. 2 How to Use this Manual Part 5 Problems on the Road : This part tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating. Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your Pontiac runningproperly and looking good. Part 7 Maintenance Schedule : This part tells you when to perform Using Your 1993 Pontiac vehicle maintenance and what fluids and Part 1: Seats & Safety Belts Owner's Manual lubricants to use. Many people read their owner's manual This part tells you how to use your seats Part 8: Customer Assistance from beginning to end when they first and safety belts properly. Information receive their new vehicle. This will help Part 2: Features & Controls This part tells you how to contact you learn about the features and controls This part explains how tostart and Pontiac for assistance and how to get for your vehicle. In this manual, you'll operate your Pontiac. service publications. It also gives you find that pictures and words work information on Reporting Safety Defects. Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio together to explain things quickly. Systems Part 9: Index There are nine parts with color-tabbed Here's an alphabeticallisting of almost pages in this manual. Each part begins This part tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and every subject in this manual. You can with a brief list of contents, you can so how to operate your audio system. use it to quickly find something you usually tell at a glance if that part want to read. Part 4: Your Driving and theRoad contains the information want. you Here you'll find helpful information and Service Station Information You can bend the manual slightly to tips about the road and how todrive reveal the color tabs that help you find a This is a quick reference of service under different conditions. part. information. You can find it on the last page of this manual. ' 3 How t o Use this Manual hicle SaSty Warnings Symbolsand You willfinda number of safety You will also finda red circle witha Also, inthisbook you willfindthese cautions in this book. We use yellowslash through it in this book. This safetybluenotices: and the word CAUTION to tell you symbol means: about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. Don't These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle. I Don't do this Don't let this happen I hesc Lean there is something In the blue notice area, we tell you It could hurt you or other about something that can damage your PLUplC. vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be coveredby your warranty, and it I could be costly.But the notice will tell In the yellow caution area, we tell you you what to do to help avoid the what the hazard is. Then we tell you damage. what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If When you read other manuals, you you don't, you or others could be hurt. might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. In this manual,we've used the familiar words and colors that Pontiac has used for years. You'll also see warning labelson your vehicle. They use the same colors, and the words CAUTIONor NOTICE. A ` 1, I I 8 am. 4 Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you will These symbols are important for you find on your vehicle. For example, these and your passengers whenever your symbols are used on an original battery: vehicle is driven: Caution Possible Injury rhese symbols have to do with your lights: Protect Eyes by Shielding @ Turn Signal Direction Door LocWUnlock Hazard Warning Flashers Caustic Battery Acid Could Cause Burns Headlight High Beam Avoid Sparks or Flames Parking Lights Spark or FlameCould Explode Battery Fog Lamps 5 How to Use this Manual Vehicle Symbols (CONT.:) These symbols are on some of your controls: Windshield Wipers Windshield Washer These symbols are used on warning and indicator lights: Engine Coolant Temperature Battery Charging System Fuel Here are some other symbols may you see: Fuse Windshield Defroster Rear Window Defogger Engine Oil Pressure Speaker Ventilating Fan Brake (0) Power Window Anti-Lock Brakes (@I Hood Release ... 6 r c NO02 a Part I I Seats & Safety 6elts Seats and Seat Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SafetyBelts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 DriverPosition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Right Front Passenger Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Rear Seat Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Center Passenger Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . Smaller Children and Babies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 LargerChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 40 Safety Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . ' H e r e you^ find information about the seats in your Pontiac. and how to use your safety belts properlyYou . can also learn about some things you should not do with safety belts . 7 m.. Seats & Safety Eelts Seats und Seat Controls This section tellsyou about the seatshow to adjust them-and also about recliningseatbacksandheadrestraints. Manual Fmnt Seat I -L You can lose controlof 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 Slide the seat to it. where you want it. Then release the lever and try to move the seat wt your ih body, to make sure the seat is locked into place. D D D 8 I Manual 4- Way Adjustable Seat (OPTION) I Power Seat Controls (opTIoN) Manual LumbarSupport Turn the knob on the side of the driver's seat clockwise to increase support to the lower back. Turn the knob counterclockwise to decrease the support. To adjust the power seat on some models: There are two levers at the front the of seat. The left lever adjusts the seat Front Control (A): Raise the front of forward and back. The right lever the seat by holding the switch up. Lower adjusts the angleof the frontof the seat. the front of the seat by holding the switch down. To Adjust the Seat's Forward and Rearward Movement: Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or back by holding the control Lift the left lever and adjust the seat up forward or back. Then release the lever to the front or back. and try to move the seat to becertain Move the seat higher by holding the that it is locked in place. control up. Lower the seat by holding the control down. To Raise or Lower the Frontof the Seat: Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding the switch up. Lower the Lift the right lever, and lean forward or rear of the seat by holding the switch backward. down. Seats & Safety 6elts Manual Reclining Seatback To adjust the seatback, lift the leveron the outer side of the seat and move the seatback 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. Don't have a seatback reclined, however, if your vehicle is moving. dIV Sitting in a reclined position whenyour vehicle is in motion can be - b dangerous. Even if you buckle up, yoursafety belts can't do their job when you're reclined like this. The shoulder belt can't do its job because it won'tbe against your body. Instead, it will be in frontof 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 couldgo up Over your abdomen. The belt forces wouldbe 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 yoursafety belt properly. 1 10 Head Restraints Head restraintsare fixed on some vehicles and adjustable on others. Slide an adjustable head restraint up or down so that the topof the restraint is closest to the top of your ears. This position reduces the chance a of neck injury in a crash. On some models, the head restraints tilt forward and rearward also. Front Seatback Latches (2-DOOR MODELS) Easy-Entry Seat (2-DOOR MODELS) The front seatback folds forwardto let people getinto the back seat. Your seatback willmove back and forth freely, unless youcome to a sudden stop, Then it will lock into place. There's one time the front seats may not fold without some help from you. That's if your vehicleis parked facing down a fairly steep hill. To fold a front seatback forward, push the seatback toward therear seat as you lift this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward. The latcH must be down for the seat to work properly. The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to getin and out of the rear seat. When you tilt the right front seatback fully forward, the whole seat will slide forward. After someone gets into the rear seat area, move the right front seatback to its original position. Then move the seat rearward until it locks. Seats & Safety 6elts N Easy-Entry Seat(CONT.) If an easy-entry right fronl 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 easyentry seat to be sure it is locked. To get out, again tilt the seatback fully forward. Split Fold-Down Rear Seat (OPTION) I I To Open: Pull forward on the seat tab. To Close: Push the seatback up to its original position. Push the seatback solidly up against the back plate to ensure inertial latch will hook and lock securely during sudden stops. Safety Belts: They're For Everyone This partof the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts. 4 12 Don't let anyone ride where they can't wear a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and you're not wearinga safety belt, your injuries can bemuch worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously injuredor killed. In the same crash, you might not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your passengers' belts are fastened properly too. This figure lights up when turn the you key to Run or Start when your safety belt isn't buckled, and you'll hear a chime, too. It's the reminder to buckle up. In many states and Canadian provinces, the law saysto 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 bea bad one. A few crashes are very mild. In them, you won't get hurt even if you're not buckled up. And some crashes can be so serious, like being hit by a train, that even buckled upa 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 be badly hurt or killed. After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter. . . a lot! 13 Seats & Safety 6elts I I Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. 1. For example, if the bike is going 10 mph (16 km/h), so is the child. 2. When the bike hits the block, it stops. But the child keeps going! 3. Take the simplest "car." Suppose it's just a seaton wheels. I 4 14 4. Put someone on it. 5. Get it up to speed. Then stop the "car." The rider doesn't stop. 6. The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield.. . I r 7. or the instrument panel.. . I 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. 8. or the safety belts! 15 Seats & Safety 6elts Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety BeltsQ: Why don't they just put in air bags so people won't have to wear and the Answers Q: If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why should I wear safety belts? safety belts? Q: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle A: You may be an excellent driver, but after an accident if I'm wearing a A: `Air bags," or Supplemental if you're in an accident-even one Inflatable Restraint systems, are in safety belt? some vehicles today and will be in that isn't your fault-you and your A: You could be-whether you're passengers can be hurt. Beinga good more of them in the future. But they wearing a safety belt or not. But you driver doesn't protect you from are supplemental systems only-so can easily unbuckle a safety belt, things beyond your control, such as they work with safety belts, not even if you're upside down. And bad drivers. instead of them. Every "air bag" your chance of being conscious system ever offered for sale has Most accidents occur within25 miles during and after an accident, so you required the use of safety belts. Even (40 km) of home. And the greatest can unbuckle and get out, is much if you're in a vehicle that has "air number of serious injuries and deaths greater if you are belted. bags," you still have to buckle up to occur at speedsof less than 40 mph get the most protection. That'strue (65 km/h). not only in frontal collisions, but Safety belts are for everyone. especially in side and other collisions. 16 r Safety Belt WarningLlght When the key is turned to Run or Start, a chime will comeon for about eight seconds to remind people to fasten their safety belts, unless the driver's safety belt is buckled. The safety belt light will also come on and stay on for about a minute. If the driver's beltis buckled, neither the chime nor the light will come on. I A If your s&ty belt light ever comes on or stays on after the h n t doors are closed and the driver`s belt is buckled, W e your vehicle If you don't, you might not have the protection you'd need i a n crash. ked. 31 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly-Adults ~~ This section is only for people of adult size. 1 h o w about safety belts and children, And there are different d e s for babies and smaller children, If a child will be riding in your Pontiac, seethe I d e x under Children aptd Sufety Belts. Eollow those rules for everyone's protection. i There are special things to First, you'll want to know which restraint systems your vehicle has. We'll start with the driverposition. '7 1 ... Seats & Safety 6elts Vehicles FirstSold in Canada Was your Pontiac first sold, when new, in Canada? (If it was, asticker on the driver's door will say "conforms to all applicable Canada motor vehicle. . . etc.) If so, then the rest of Part 1 does not apply to your vehicle. To learn how to use your safety belts, please read the Owner's Manual Safety Belt Supplement. comes with It every new Pontiac first sold in Canada. '7 Driver Position This section describes the driver's restraint system. Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt This safety belt is called "automatic" because you don't haveto buckle up when you get into your vehicle. 18 1 i I .. And you don't have to unbuckle when you get out. Just get into your vehicle. Then close and lock the door. Adjust the seat (to see how, see the Index under Seat Controls) so you can sit up straight. The lap belt should be worn as low on the hips as possible. In a crash, this applies force tothe strong pelvic bones. And you'd be less likely to slide under the lap belt. If you slid under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should go over the shoulder andacross the chest. These parts of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or a crash. It's possible that an automatic belt could keep you from fully openinga door. That can happenif the door was slammed shut very hard. Just close the door all the way, then slowly open it. If that doesn't fix it, then your Pontiac needs service. We hope you will always keep your automatic belt buckled. However, you may need to unbuckle it in an emergency. 19