User manual PONTIAC GRANDPRIX 2004

2004 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1 Front Seats ............................................... 1-2 Rear Seats ............................................... 1-8 Safety Belts ............................................. 1-10 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-29 Air Bag Systems ...................................... 1-48 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-56 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Keys ........................................................ 2-2 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-7 Windows ................................................. 2-12 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-14 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-18 Mirrors .................................................... 2-33 OnStar® System ...................................... 2-35 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-36 Sunroof .................................................. 2-39 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-2 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-25 Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators ......... 3-31 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-45 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-88 M Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2 Towing ................................................... 4-33 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Fuel ......................................................... 5-4 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Headlamp Aiming ..................................... 5-56 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-59 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-67 Tires ...................................................... 5-68 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-90 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-98 Electrical System ...................................... 5-99 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-104 Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts ...... 5-105 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Customer Assistance Information .................... 7-1 Customer Assistance Information .................. 7-2 Reporting Safety Defects ............................ 7-9 Index ................................................................ 1 Canadian Owners You can obtain a French copy of this manual from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, PONTIAC, the PONTIAC Emblem and the name GRAND PRIX 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 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 in this manual. Please keep this manual in your vehicle, 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 the new owner can use it. 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. Index A good place to look for what you need is the Index in back of the manual. It's an alphabetical list of what's in the manual, and the page number where you'll find it. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 10333510 A First Edition ii © Copyright General Motors Corporation 02/03/03 All Rights Reserved 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. 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. 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." {CAUTION: These mean there is something that could hurt you or other people. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings Also, in this book you will find these notices: Vehicle Symbols Your vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle, are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to a specific component, control, message, gage or indicator. If you need help figuring out a specific name of a component, gage or indicator, reference the following topics: Notice: These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle. A notice will 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. · · · · · · · Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 Features and Controls in Section 2 Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 Climate Controls in Section 3 Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators in Section 3 Audio System(s) in Section 3 Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 iv These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle: v NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Child Restraint Systems .................................1-35 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-38 Top Strap ....................................................1-39 Top Strap Anchor Location .............................1-40 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System) ...........................1-41 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the LATCH System ....................................1-43 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Position ............................................1-43 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ....................................1-45 Air Bag Systems ............................................1-48 Where Are the Air Bags? ...............................1-50 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ....................1-53 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? .....................1-53 How Does an Air Bag Restrain? .....................1-54 What Will You See After an Air Bag Inflates? .......1-54 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle .........1-56 Restraint System Check ..................................1-56 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-56 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ............................................1-57 Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Power Seat ...................................................1-4 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-5 Heated Seats .................................................1-5 Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-6 Head Restraints .............................................1-7 Rear Seats .......................................................1-8 Split Folding Rear Seat ...................................1-8 Safety Belts ...................................................1-10 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ................1-10 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-14 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-15 Driver Position ..............................................1-15 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-22 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-23 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-23 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults .......................................1-26 Safety Belt Pretensioners ...............................1-28 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-28 Child Restraints .............................................1-29 Older Children ..............................................1-29 Infants and Young Children ............................1-32 1-1 Front Seats Manual Seats {CAUTION: 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. Lift the bar located under the front seat cushion to unlock the seat. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat back and forth to make sure it is locked in place. 1-2 Fold-Flat Front Passenger Seat {CAUTION: If you fold the seatback forward to carry longer objects, such as skis, be sure any such cargo is not near an air bag. In a crash, an inflating air bag might force that object toward a person. This could cause severe injury or even death. Secure objects away from the area in which an air bag would inflate. For more information, see "Where Are the Air Bags?" and "Loading Your Vehicle," in the Index. If the vehicle has this feature, the front passenger seat can be folded flat for more cargo space. Used with the split folding rear seat, optimum cargo space is gained for long, flat items. See Split Folding Rear Seat on page 1-8 later in this section for more information. Pull up on the lever located in the middle of the seatback, lift up on the seatback, and push it forward. To return the seat to normal use, raise the seatback to the upright position. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked. 1-3 Power Seat To adjust the seat do the following: · Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the control toward the front or rear of the vehicle. · Raise or lower the seat cushion by sliding the control up or down. · Raise or lower the front portion of the seat by sliding the front part of the control up or down. · Raise or lower the rear portion of the seat by sliding the rear part of the control up or down. If your vehicle has this feature, the control is located on the outboard side of the driver's seat. 1-4 Power Lumbar If your vehicle has this feature, the power lumber control lets you adjust the amount of support in the lower seatback. The four-way control is located on the outboard side of the driver's seat cushion. Heated Seats If your vehicle is equipped with this feature, the buttons to activate the heat on each front seat cushion are located on the climate control panel. To increase or decrease lumbar support, press and hold the front or rear of the control. Release the control when the lower seatback reaches the desired level of support. You can also raise and lower the lumbar support on the lower seatback by pressing and holding the top or bottom of the control. The button for the driver's seat is located on the bottom left side of the climate control panel. The button for the passenger's seat is on the bottom right of the climate control panel. Push the button once to activate a high heat setting. Both indicator lights next to the button will come on. Push the button again to select a lower temperature setting. Only the bottom indicator light will come on. Press the button a third time to turn the heat off. This feature only works when the ignition is turned on. 1-5 Reclining Seatbacks The recliner levers for the driver's and passenger's front seatbacks are located on the outboard side of each front seat cushion. But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. Lift the lever to release the seatback, then move the seatback to where you want it. Release the lever to lock the seatback in place. Pull up on the lever without pushing on the seatback, and the seatback will return to an upright position. 1-6 Head Restraints {CAUTION: 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. Slide the head restraint up or down so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of your head. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. 1-7 Rear Seats Split Folding Rear Seat You can fold either side or both sides of the seatback down in your vehicle for more cargo space. Make sure the front seat isn't reclined. If it is, the rear seatback may not fold down all the way. To lower the rear seatback, follow these steps: 1. Pull forward on the seatback tab located on the outboard side of the rear seat cushion to fold the seatback down. This will allow you direct access to the trunk. 1. Remove the rear center lap-shoulder belt latch by using a pointed object to press the release button. 1-8 To raise the rear seatback, follow these steps: {CAUTION: 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. 1. Raise the seatback up and make sure it latches. Push and pull on the seatback to be sure it is locked in position. 2. Reconnect the center safety belt latch plate to the buckle. {CAUTION: A safety belt that is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted won't provide the protection needed in a crash. The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. After raising the rear seatback, always check to be sure that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted. Make sure the safety belt label is pointing to the release button, and that both are facing the front of the vehicle. Make sure the belt is not twisted. Push and pull on the latch plate to be sure it is secure. When the seat is not in use, the seatback should be kept in the upright, locked position. 1-9 Safety Belts Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts. {CAUTION: 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. {CAUTION: Don't let anyone ride where he or she can't wear a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and you're not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can be much worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously injured or 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. Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. See Safety Belt Reminder Light on page 3-34. 1-10 In most states and in all 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 30 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter... a lot! 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. 1-11 Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider doesn't stop. 1-12 The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... or the instrument panel... 1-13 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: 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. to wear safety belts? Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have A: 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. 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. 1-14