1993 PONTIAC Sunbird OWNER'S MANUAL v V ~7 Pontiac Sunbird 1 9 Owner's Manual 93 Table of Contents Part Part Part Part Part Pert Part Part 1 Seats & Safety Belts 2 Features & Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .s ............... .45 3 Comfort Controls & AudioSystems . .103 .157 c r 4 Your Driving and the Road .......... .I17 5 Problems on the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . e 7 Service tk Appearance Care ....... . e Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . .253 I 18s I 8 CustomerAssistanceInformation Index Service Station Information. Includes "Reporting Safety Defects" page 280 on . . .275 Parts as . . .Last Page First Edition e Printed in USA 10202156 A Important Notes About this Manual Please keepthis 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 the new owner can use it. This manual includes the latest information the time it was printed. We reserve the right to makechanges in the at product after that time without further notice. Note to Canadian Owners For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name "General Motors Canada Limited" for Pontiac Division of whenever it appears in this manual. For Canadian Owners Who Prefera French Language Manual A m proprietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire de ce guideen francais chez votre concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing ServicesLtd.,1 0 Bonhill Road, Mississauga, Ontario L5T1C7. 50 Published by Pontiac Division General Motors Corporation The word Pontiac, the Pontiac emblem and the name Sunbird are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. The word Delco is a registered trademark of the General Motors Corporation. 0Copyright 1992 General Motors Corporation, Pontiac Division. All rights reserved. How to Use this Manual Part 5: Problems on the Road This part tellsyou what to do if you have a problem whiledriving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating. Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your Pontiac running properly and looking good. Part 7: Maintenance Schedule This part tells you when to perform Using bur 1993 Pontiac Owner's vehicle maintenance and what fluids and Manual Part 1: Seats and Safety Belts 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 you learn about the features and controls This part tellsyou how to contact for your vehicle. In this manual, you'll This part explains how to start and Pontiac for assistance and how to get operate your Pontiac. find that pictures and words work service publications. It also gives you together to explain things quickly. Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio information on Reporting Safey Dejects. Systems There are nine parts with color-tabbed Part 9: Index pages in this manual. Each part begins This part tellsyou how to adjust the Here's an alphabetical listingof almost with a brief listof contents, so you can ventilation and comfort controls and every subject in this manual. You can usually tell at a glance if that part how to operate your audio system. use it to quickly find something you contains the information want. you want to read. Part 4: Your Driving and the Road You can bend the manual slightly to Here you'll find helpful information and Service Station Information reveal the color tabs that help you find a tips about the road and how to drive This is a quick referenceof service part. under different conditions. information. You can find it on the last page of this manual. 3 l - .I. How to Use this Manual Safely Warnings and Symbols You will find a number safety of cautions in this book.We use yellow and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurtyou if you were to ignore the warning. bAU 1 l U 1 V Vehicle Damage Warnings Also, in this book you will find these You will also find a red circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety blue notices: symbol means: I I These mean there is something - L that could hurt you or other people. Don't Don't do this Don't letthis happen 8 I NOTICE These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle. In the blue 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 orin different words. In this manual, we've used the familiar words and colors that Pontiac has used for years. You'll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same colors, and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. I In the yellow caution area, we tellyou what the hazard is. Then we tellyou what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don't, you or others could behurt. m.. 4 Vehicle Symbols These are someof 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 These symbols have to do with your lights: Master Lighting Switch `I A Fasten Safety Belts Protect Eyes by Shielding Caustic Battery Acid Could Cause Burns @ 4 Turn Signal Direction Door LocWUnlock Hazard Warning Flashers Headlight High Beam Avoid Sparks or Flames Parking Lights Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery pf Fog Lights $0 5 ... How t o Use this Manual Vehicle Symbols (CONTJ These symbols are on some of your controls: Windshield Wipers Windshield Washer These symbols are used on warning and Here are some other symbols you may see: indicator lights: rc Engine Coolant Temperature Battery Charging System Fuel .chcccI Fuse Trunk Release Windshield Defroster Lighter Horn Rear Window Defogger Engine Oil Pressure Speaker Ventilating Fan Brake Hood Release Power Window Anti-Lock Brakes mm. 6 7 ... Part 1 L Seats & Safety 6 e l t s H e r e YOU'II find informationabout the seats in your Pontiac and to how use your safety belts properly . You can also learn aboutsome things you should not do with safety belts . Seats and Seat Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 SafetyBelts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Driver Position.................................................... 19 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Right Front Passenger Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Rear Seat Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Center Passenger Position ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Smaller Children and Babies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 LargerChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 40 SafetyBeltExtender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . Seats & Safety Belts Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seatshow to adjust them-and also about reclining seatbacks and head restraints. Manual Front Seat 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 seatonly when the vehicle is not moving. Reclining Front Seatback To adjust the seatback, liftthe lever on the outer sideof the seat and move the seatback to whereyou want it. Release the lever to lock the seatback.Pull up on the lever and the seat willgo to an upright position. Don't have a seatback reclined, however, if your vehicle is moving. Move the lever under the front seat to unlock it. Slide the seatto where you want it. Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place. 10 Head Restraints II Sitting i a reclined position when your vehicleis in motion can be n dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can't do their job wnen you're reclinedlike this. The shoulder belt can't do its job because it won't be 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 doits job either. In a crash the belt couldgo up over your abdomen. The belt forces wouldbe there, not atyour 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 the seat and wear your safety belt properly. in 1 Head restraints are fixed on some vehicles and adjustable on others. Slide an adjustable head restraint up or down so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of your ears. This position reduces the chanceof a neck injury in a crash. On some models, the head restraints tilt forward and rearward also. 11 Seats t Safety 6elts S Front Seatback Latches (2-DOOR MODELS) Easy-Entry Seat DOOR MODELS) The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get in and out the of In 2-door Pontiacs, the front seatback rear seat. folds forward to let people get into the back seat. Your seatback will move back When you push down on the rear latch and forth freely, unless you come to a and tilt the right front seatback fully sudden stop. Then it will lock in place. forward, the whole seat will slide forward. There's one time the seatback may not fold without some help fromyou. That's After someone gets into the rear seat if your vehicle is parked going down a area, move the right front seatback to fairly steep hill. its original position. Thenmove the seat rearward until it locks. To fold a front seatback forward,push the seatback toward the rear as you lift To get out, again tilt the seatback fully this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward, forward. The latch must be down the for seat to work properly. II CAUTION If an easy-entry right front 1 seatisn'tlocked,itcanmove. 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. llA * 12 Split hld-Down Rear Seat (OPTION) To Open: Pull forward on the seat tab. To Close: Push the seatback upto its original position. Push seatback solidly up against the back plate to ensure inertial latch will hook. Safety Belts: Tlzey're For Everyone This part of the manual tellsyou how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts. I A Don't let anyoneride where they can't wear a s&ty belt properly. If you are in a crash and you're not wearinga safkty belt, your injuries can be much worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected h m 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 htened properly too. 13I ` Seats & Safety 6elts I Safety Belts: They're For Everyone (Cont.) This figure lights up whenyou turn the 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 says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, You never know if you'll be in a crash. the facts are clear. In most crashes If you do have a crash, you don't know buckling up doesmatter. . . a lot! if it will be a 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 hitby a train, 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 ...