User manual PONTIAC TRANSSPORT 1993

F- 1993 PONTIAC Trans Sport OWNER'S MANUAL iac Trans Sport Introduction 1 9 Owner's Manual 93 Table of Contents How to Use this Manual .............. .a Part Part Part c 1 Seats & Safety Belts 2 Features &Controls .................. s ............... .45 I c 3 Comfort Controls & Audio Systems ....1 1 1 4 Your Driving and the Road Part Part Part Part 5 6 7 P a r t 8 Customer Assistance Information ....297 Includes "Reporting page Safety on Defects" ......... .is9 I Problems on the Road ..............185 Service & Appearance Care ......... Maintenance Schedule.............277 302 I 7 Part 9 Index ............................ Service Station Information r I 31 1 . . . Last Page Second Printing Printed in USA 10193600 B . lmportant Notes About Manual this Please keep this manual in your Pontiac, so it will be there if you ever need it when you're the road. If you sell on the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so.the new owner can use it. 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. Note to Canadian Owners For vehicles fllrst soldin Canada, substitute the name "General Motors Canada Limited" for Pontiac Division of whenever it appears inthis manual. For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a French Language Manual: Aux proprietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en francais chez votre 50 concessionaire ou auDGN Marketing ServicesLtd.,1 0 Bonhill Road, Mississauga, OntarioL5T 1C7. Published by Pontiac Division General Motors Corporation The wordPontiac, the Pontiac emblem the and name Trans Sport are registered trademarksof General Motors Corporation. The wordDelco is a registered trademarkof General Motors Corporation. @ Copyright 1992 General Motors Corporation, Pontiac Division.All rights reserved. mmm 2 How t o Use this Manual Part 5: Problems on the Road This part tellsyou 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 tellsyou how to keep your Pontiac running properly and looking good. Part 7: Maintenance Schedule This part tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. Part 8: Customer Assistance Information This part tellsyou how to contact Pontiac for assistance and how to get service publications. It also givesyou information onReporting Safety Defects. Part 9: 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. Service Station Information This is a quick reference service of information. You can find it on the last page of this manual. 3 I= Part 1: Seats & Safety Belts Many people read their owner's manual This part tells you how to use your seats from beginning to end when they first and safety belts properly. receive their new vehicle. This will help Part 2: Features & Controls you learn about the features and controls This part explains how to start and for your vehicle. In this manual, you'll operate your Pontiac. find that pictures and words work Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio together to explain things quickly. There are nine parts with color-tabbed Systems pages in this manual. Each part begins This part tells you how to adjust the with a brief list of contents, so you can ventilation and comfort controls, and usually tell ata glance if that part how to operate your audio system. contains the information you want. Part 4: Your Driving and the Road You can bend the manual slightly to Here you'll find helpful information and reveal the color tabs that help you find tips about the road and how to drive a part. under different conditions. I Using Your 1993 Pontiac Owner's Manual How t o Use this Manual Safety Warnings and Symbols Vehicle Damage Warnings I Also, in this book you will fmd these You willfindanumber of safety You willalsofindaredcirclewitha cautions in this book. We use yellow slash through it in this book. This safety blue notices: symbol me&: and the word CAUTION to you tea about things that could hurt if you you were to ignore the warning. A L These mean there is something thatcouldhurt you or other pGdple. Don't Don't do this Don't let this happen 8 In the yellow caution area, we tell you what the hazardis. Then we tell you what todo to help avoidor reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don't, you or others could be hurt. 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 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 labels your on vehicle. They use the same colors, and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. mmm 4 Vehicle Symbols you These are someof the symbols you will These symbols are important for 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 Protect Eyes by Shielding Fasten Safety Belts These symbols have to with your do lights: Master Lighting Switch Caustic Battery Acid Could Cause Burns Avoid Sparks or Flames @ W Turn Signal Direction Door LocWUnlock Hazard Warning Flashers Liftsate Ajar Headlight High Beam 63 c A pt 5 Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery U Parking Lights Interior Lights ... 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: Rear Window Wiper Engine Coolant Temperature Q #%#- Windshield Defroster Rear Window Defogger w Ltttl Rear Window Delay Wiper 0 Battery Charging System Fuel Rear Window Washer/ Wiper Ventilating Fan Windshield Defogger and Heater Power Window s Low Fuel Engine Oil Pressure Anti-Lock Brakes ... 6 Here are some other symbols may you see: Fuse Lighter Horn Speaker Hood Release Notes . ,. ., . . . Part 1 Seats & Safety 6elts uoo Seats & Safety 6elts Seats and Seat Controls This section tellsyou about theseatshow to adjust them, take them put out, them back in, and fold themup and down. Manual Front Seats Pull up the lever the frontof the seat on to unlock it. Slide the seat to 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. Four-Way Manual Seat The driver's seat can be adjusted four ways. Use the lever on the front of the seat to adjust the seat forward or back (see Manual Front Seatsearlier in this section). To raise the driver's seat, pull up the lever on the sideof the seat. To lower the seat, push the lever down. I CAUTION hvehicle if you try to adjusta You can lose controlof the I manual driver's seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or makeyoupush a pedal when you don't want to. Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is not moving. I I To adjust the driver's six-way power To adjust the seatback, rotate this knob. seat: But don't havea seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. Front Control (A): Raise the frontof the seat by holding the switch up. Hold the switch down to lower the front the of seat. Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or back by holding the control to the frontor back. Raise or lower the seat by holding the control up down. or Rear Control (C): Raise the rearof the seat by holding the switchup. Hold the switch down to lower the rear the of seat. Six-Way Power Seat (omoN) Reclining Fmnt Seatbacks Seats & Safety 6elts t Reclining Front Seatbacks (CONT:) A Head Resttaints Slide the head restraint up or down so that the topof the restraint is closest to the top of yourears. This position reduces the chance a of neck injury in a crash. On some models, the head restraints tilt forward and rearward also. 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 beltcan't do its job because it won't be against your body. Instead, it willbe in front of you. In a crashyou could go intoit, receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt can't do its job either. In a crash the belt could up over your go abdomen. The belt forceswould be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. For proper protection when the vehicle in motion, have the seatback is upright. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly. 12 Bench Seat RWng the Seatback Removing the Bench Seat 1. Make sure the seatback is the in If you have a rear bench seat, the To fold downthe seatback,lift the seatback can be folded down. Also, the seatback latch release while folding the upright position, and that all safety belts are on the seat. bench seat can be removed moved to seatback forward. or a different floor location to provide extra raise the seatback, lift the seatback 2. Then lift the seatback latch release To storage space. latch release while raising the seatback while folding the seatback forward. until it locks upright. Push and on pull 3. From behind the bench seat, pull up the seatback to check that it is locked. the two rear levers, and lift the bench seat. 4. Remove the bench seatfrom the vehicle. ... Seats & Safety 6elts Replacing the Bench Seat Don't put the bench seat in it faces so 4. Lift the seatback latch release and 2. Push the rear hooks into the rear raise the seatback until it locks backward, becauseit won't latch that floor pins, then push down on the upright. way. If you want more storage room two levers to lock the rear the of behind the seat, use the floor pins closer bench in place. 5. Push and pullon the seatback to to the front the vehicle. See Adjusting 3.T y to raise the bench seat to check of check that itis locked. r Rear Seats later in this section. that it is locked down. 1. Place the front hooks the bench of seat latch onto the front floor pins. m.. 1 4 Removable Rear Bucket Seats (OPTION) Entry to Third Row Bucket Seats The RIGHT ONLY seats have a lower To get out of the third row seats, push The rear bucket seats can be removed to bar To lever to tilt the seat forward. get into down on the rear release under the provide extra storage,or they can be seat aheadof you to tilt the seat forward. third row seats, push back the lower moved to different floor locations. There lever on theRIGHT ONLY seat nearest are three types rear bucket seats: of the slidingdoor and tilt the seat LEFT ONLY, CENTER OR LEFT, forward. Then pull the seat back and and RIGHT ONLY. The back of each check that it locks into place. seat has a diagram (similarto the one above) that shows where the seat must be located in your vehicle. The LEFT ONLY seats fit onlyin the left positions. TheRIGHT ONLY seats fit only in the right positions. The CENTER OR LEFT seat fits in the center position and in either left position. To install thirdrow seats, the second row seats must be tilted forward or removed. Don't put the seats in the wrong location. Seats & Safety r . I Removing Rear Bucket Sea& Removing the RIGHT ONLY Seats: 3.Then, from behind the seat, support Removing LEFTONLY and et s of the top portion the seat with one CENTER OR LEFT S a : 1. Lift the upper lever fold the to hand as you squeeze the front release 1. Lift the upper lever to fold the seatback forward. bar toward the crossbar.The seat will seatback forward. 2. Push the lower lever back the so release from the floor pins. entire seat and seatback tilt forward. 16 Adjusting RearSeats 2. Push down on the rear release bar. The entire seat will tilt forward. I. Then, from behind the seat, support Each rear seat can secured in one of be two sets of floor pins. Move the location the top portionof the seat with one up hand as you squeeze the front release of the rear seats or back to provide a or bar toward the crossbar. The seat will little more room behind in front of a seat. release from the floorpins. 17 Seats & Safety 6elts Replacing Rear Bucket Seats Follow the diagram on the back the of 1. With the entire seat tilted forward, 4. Push and pullon the seat to check that it is locked. seats to replace the seats in their proper place the front hooks the seat latch of onto the front floor pins. location. 5. Check to see that you have put the seats into the proper location, The LEFI' ONLY seats fit only in the 2. Firmly press the rear hooks onto the according to the label on each seat. If rear floor pins. The seat should lock left positions. TheRIGHT ONLY seats not, the seatsmay not latch properly, into position. fit only in the right positions. The and your passengers may not have the CENTER OR LEFT seat fits in the 3.Lift the upper lever and pull up on proper safety belt. center position andin either left the seatback until it locks upright. position. To install third row seats, if your vehicle is equipped with them, the second row seats must be tilted forward removed. or Don't try to place the seats in backward, because they won't latch thatway. use sifefy belts properly. also tells you It This figure lights up when turn the you do ih some things you should not wt key to Run or Start when your safety safety belts. 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 Don't let anyone ride where belts. Here's why: They work. they can't wear a safety belt properly. If you are ina crash and you're not wearinga safety belt, much worse. your injuries can be 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' beltsare fastened properly too. You never know if you'll be in a crash. If you do havea crash, you dan't know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are very mild. In them, you won't gethurt even if you'renot buckled up. And some crashes can so be serious, like being hitby a train, that even buckled up a person wouldn't survive. But most crashesare in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could be badly hurt or k i l l e d . After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter. . .a lot! 19