Pontiac 1995 Bonneville User manual

The 1995 Pontiac Bonneville Owner’s Manual
SeatsandRestraintSystems .......................................................... 1-1
FeaturesandControls ............................................................... 2-1
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems .................................................. 3-1
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “SRS” system.
This section explains how to start and operate your Pontiac.
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your
audio system.
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions.
This section tells
you what to dorif you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine
overheating, etc.
Here the
rrmmal tells you how to keep your Pontiac running properly and loolung good.
This section tells you when to perform’vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
This section tells you how to contact Pontiac for assistance and how to get service publications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects’’ on page
8-4.
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every jsubject in this manual. You can useit to quickly find
something you want to read.
YourDrivingandtheRoad ........................................................... 4-1
ProblemsontheRoad ............................................................... 5-1
Service and Appearance Care ......................................................... ,6-1
Maintenanceschedule ............................................................... 7-1
CustomerAssistanceInformation ..................................................... 8-1
Index ............................................................................... 9-1
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I PONTIAC 11
GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem,
PONTIAC and the PONTIAC Emblem
are registered
trademarks
of General Motors Corporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the time it
was printed. We reserve the right to makechanges in the
product
after that time without further notice. For
vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name
“GeneralMotors
of Canada Limited” for Pontiac Motor
Division whenever
it appears in this manual.
Pleas’ekeep this manual in yourPontiac, SO it will be
there
if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you
sellthe vehicle, please leave this manual
m it so the new
owner can use
it.
Litho in U.S.A.
Part No, 10254645 B First Edition
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National institute for
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fi
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@CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1994
All Rights Reserved
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How to Use This Manual
Many peopleread their owner’smanual from beginning
to end when they first receivetheir new vehicle.
Ths
will help you learn aboutthe features and controls for
your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures
, and words worktogether to explain thingsquickly.
Index
A good place to look for whatyou need isthe Indexin
the back of the manual. It’s an alphabeticallist of all
that’s inthe manual, and the page number where you’ll
find it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find anumber of safety cautions in this book.
We use abox with gray background
and the word
CAUTIONto tell you about things that could hurt you if
you were toignore thewarning.
In the gray cautionarea, we tell you whatthe hazard is.
Then we tell you whatto do to help avoid or reduce the
hazard. Please readthese cautions.
If you don’t,you or
otherscould be hurt.
You will also find a circle with a slashthrough it in this
This safety symbolmeans
“Don’t,’’“Don’t do
this,” or
“Don’t let
this happen.”
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Vehicle Damage Warnings
Ah, 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 somethmg 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
yellow
for cautions, blue for notice'sand the words
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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
AVOID
SPARKS OR
FLAMES
SPARK OR ,\I/,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BAllERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN SEAT 4
BELTS
POWER
WINDNOW
These symbols
have to do with
your lights:
SIGNALS 9
TURN
HIGH LAMPSoR BEAM = =o
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are on some of
your controls:
WIPER w
WINDsHIELDw DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING 4 1
FAN CI
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT Fe
TEMP --
ENGINE
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE (0)
RADIATOR
COOLANT a
FUEL @
ENGINE OIL
PRESSURE Wb
TEMPOIL 45
ANTI-LOCK (@)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
RADIO
VOLUME
CONDITIONING AIR 43
TRUNK
RELEASE
t
LIGHTER n
SPEAKER
V

NOTES
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Section 1 SeatsandRestraint Systems
Here you'll find information about the seats in your
Pontiac and how
to use your safety belts properly. You
can also learn about somethings you should not do with
air bags and safety belts.
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you abouttheseats -- how to adjustthem
-- and also about reclining seatbacks and head restraints.
Manual Front Seat
Pull up on the controlbar under the front of the seat to
unlock it. Slidethe seat to where you want it. Then
release the
bar and try to move the seat with your body,
to make sure the seat is locked
into place.
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Power Seat (Option)
To adjust the power seats on
some models:
Front Control: Raise the front of the seatby holding
the switchup. Lower the front
of the seat by holding the
switchdown.
Center Control: Move the seat forward by pressing the
controltoward the right,
or backward by pressing it
toward the left.
Move the seat higher by holding the control up. Lower
the seat by holding the controldown.
Rear Control: Raise the rear of the seat by holding the
switch
up. Lower the rear of the seat by holding the
switch down.
Adjustable Support Seat (Option)
On some models,you’Il
find the controls on the
center console.
Slide the
selector switch to
“L” or
“R’ to choosethe front seat
4 Adjusts the seat forward or back.
Ad 1 Adjusts the seat up or down.
& Adjusts the seatback tsan upright or re
:clin
.ed
position. Don’t have
a seatback reclined if your
vehicle is moving.
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R
Reclining Front Seatbacks
c
l)i # Adjusts theposition of the seatback sidebolsters.
Tilts the rear of the seat up ordown.
Tilts the front of the seat up or down.
Lumbar Controls:
d! Reshapes the lower back areaof the seat.
Jv Reshapesthe middle back area of the seat.
4 Reshapes the upper back area of the seat.
8,
Lift the leverto release the seatback,then tilt the
seatbackforward
or backward as desired. Release the
lever to lock the seatbackin place.
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But don’thave a seatback reclinedif your vehicle is
moving.
Head Restraints
Slidethe head restraint up or down so that thetop of the
restraint is closest tothe top of your ears. This position
reduces the chance
of a neck injury in a crash.
On some models, the head restraints tilt forward and
rearward also.
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Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
This part of the manualtells you howto use safety belts
properly. Italso tells yousome things you should notdo
with safetybelts.
And
it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint,or
“air bag” system.
Your vehicle has a light that comes onas a reminderto
buckle
up. (See “SafetyBeltReminder Light’’ in the Index.)
In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to
wear safety belts. Here’s why:They work.
You never knowif you’ll be in acrash. If you dohave a
crash, you don’t know
if it will be a bad one.
A fewcrashes are mild, and some crashes can be so serious
that evenbuckled up aperson wouldn’t survive.But most
crashes are
in between. In many ofthem, people who
buckle up cansurviveand sometimeswalk away.
Without
belts theycould have been badly hurtor killed.
After more than
25 years of safety beltsinvehicles,thefacts
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.
c I
Take the simplest vehicle.Supposeit’sjust 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
Q=
A:
A:
”
Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if
I’m wearing a safety belt?
You could be --whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But youcan unbuckle a safetybelt,
even if you’re upside down. Andyour chance of
being consciousduring and after an accident,
so
you can unbuckle andget out, is much greater if
you are belted.
Why don’t theyjust put in air bags so people
won’t have to
wear safety belts?
Air bags are in many vehicles today and willbe in
more ofthem in thefuture. But theyare
supplemental systems only;
so they work with
safety belts -- not instead of them. Every airbag
system ever offered for sale has required theuse of
safety belts. Evenif you’re in a vehicle that has air
bags, you still have
to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not onlyin frontal collisions,
but especially in
side and other collisions.
@’ If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from
home, why should
I wear safety belts?
A: You may be anexcellent driver, but if you’re in an
accident
-- even one that isn’tyour fault -- you and
your passengers can be hurt.Being a good driver
doesn’t protect youfrom things beyond your
control, such as baddrivers.
Most accidents occur within25 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.
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Adults
This part is only for people of adult size.
Beaware that there
are specialthings toknow about safety
belts and children. Andthere
are different rulesforsmaller
children and babies. If achild will be riding inyour
Pontiac, see the part ofthis manual called “Children.”
Follow those rulesfor everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want
to know whichrestraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll startwith the driver position.
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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 seehow, 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.
Pull
up onthe latch plate to make sure it is secure. If
the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt
Extender’’at the end of
ths section.
Make sure the release button
on the buckle is
positioned
so you would beable to unbuckle the
safety beltquickly if you ever had to.
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The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on
the hips,just touching the thighs. In
a crash, this applies
force to the strong pelvic bones. And you’d be less
likely to slide under the lap belt. If you slid under it, the
belt would applyforce at your abdomen. This could
cause serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulderbelt
should
go over theshoulder and across the chest. These
parts of the body arebest able totake belt restraining
forces.
The safetybelt locksif there’s asudden stop or crash.
Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster
Before you begin to drive, move the shoulder belt
adjuster to the height that
is right for you.
To move itdown, squeeze the release handle and move
the height adjuster to the desired position.
You can move
the adjuster
up just by pushing up on the bottom of the
release handle. After you move the adjuster to where
you wantit,
try to move it down without squeezing the
release handle to
make sure it has locked into pasition
Adjust the height so that the shoulderportion of the belt
is centered on your shoulder. The belt shouldbe away
from your face and-neck, but not falling off your
shoulder.
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@ What’s wrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It won’t givenearly
as much protection this way.
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Q: What’s wrong with this?
I I I I I I I I
A: The belt is buckled in the wrong place.
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