Pontiac 1995 Grand Am User manual

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GRAND AM

v The 1995 Pontiac Grand Am Owner’sManual
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How to Use this Manual .............................................................. .111
SeatsandRestraintSystems .......................................................... 1-1
FeaturesandControls ............................................................... 2-1
ComfortControlsandAudioSystems .................................................. 3-1
This section tells you how to use your manualand includes safety and vehicle damagewarnings and symbols.
This section tells you how to use your seatsand safety belts properly. Italso explains the “SRS” system.
This section explains how to start and operate yourPontiac.
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 whatto do if you have aproblem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine
overheating, etc.
Here the manual tells you how to keep your Pontiac running properly and lookinggood.
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
This section tells you howto contact Pontiacfor assistance and how to getservicepublications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8-4.
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost everysubject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find
something you want to read.
YourDrivingandtheRoad ........................................................... 4-1
ProblemsontheRoad ............................................................... 5-1
ServiceandAppearance Care. ........................................................ 6-1
Maintenanceschedule ............................................................... 7-1
CustomerAssistanceInformation ..................................................... 8-1
Index ............................................................................. 9-1
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PONTIAC and the PONTIAC Emblemare registered
trademarks of General Motors Corporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the timeit
was printed.We reserve the rightto make changes in the
product after that time without further notice. For
vehicles first sold
in Canada, substitute the name
“General Motors ofCanadaLimited” for Pontiac Motor
Division wheneverit appears in this manual.
Please keep this manual in your Pontiac, so it will be
there if youever 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.
Litho in U.S.A.
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Manual:
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‘Copyright General Motors Corporation 1994
All Rights Reserved
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How to Use this Manual
Many people read their owner’s manualfrombeginning
to end when they first receive
their new vehicle. This
will help you learn about the features and controlsfor
your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures
and words work together to explain things quickly.
Index
A good place to look for what you need is the Index in
the back
of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all
that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll
find it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number ofsafety cautions in this book.
We use a box with gray backgroundand the word
CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if
you were to ignore the warning.
In the gray caution .are.a, 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 dm’t~,~you or
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others cauhd be hurt.
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Vehicle DamageWarnings In the notice area,we tell you aboutsomethingthatcart
damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would
Also,
in thisbookyou will findthese notices: not be coveredbyyourwarranty,and it couldbecostly.
damage.
But the notice
will tell you what to do to help avoid the
NOTICE:
These mean thereis something that
could damage
your vehicle.
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When you read other manuals, you might see
CAUTIONand NOTICE warnings in different colors or
in differentwords.
You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use
yellow for cautions,blue fornotices and the words
CAUTION orNOTICE.
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Vehicle Symbols
These are someof 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
BURNS
SPARK OR ,\I/,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN SEAT 4
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
These symbols
have todo with
your lights:
SIGNALS e 9
TURN
WARNING A
HAZARD
FLASHER
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING
FAN
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT Fe
TEMP --
ENGINE
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE (a)
RADIATOR
COOLANT
FUEL
ENGINEOIL
PRESSURE
Wb
TEMP OIL &
ANTI-LOCK (@)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
RELEASE
RADIO
VOLUME
CONDITIONING A‘R 43
RELEASE
LIGHTER m
HORN )tr
SPEAKER
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NOTES
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Section 1 SeatsandRestraintSystems
Here you’ll find information about theseats in your
Pontiac and how to use your safety belts properly.You
can also learn about some things you should notdo with
air bags and safety belts.
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them
-- and also about reclining seatbacks and head restraints.
Manual Front Seat
Move the controllever under thefront of the seat to
unlock it. Slidethe seatto where you wantit. Then
release the lever and try
to move the seat with your
body, to make sure the seat is lockedinto place.
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Manual Four-Way Adjustable Seat (Option)
Power Seat Controls (Option)
There are two levers at the frontof the seat.The left
leveradjuststhe seat forward and back.The right lever
adjusts the angle of the front
of the seat.
To adjust the seat’s forward and rearward movement,lift
the leftlever
(A) up andadjust the seat forward or back.
Then release the lever and tryto move the seat to be
certainthat itis locked in place.
To raise or lower thefrontof the seat,lift the right
lever
(B), and leanforwardor backward.
To adjustthe power seat on some models:
Front Control (A): Raise the frontof the seatby
holding the switch
up. Lower the frontof the seatby
holding the switch down.
Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or back by
holding the control to the frontor back.
Move the seathigher by holding the control up. Lower
the seatby holding the control down.
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Rear Control (C): Raisethe rear oftheseatbyholding Reclining Front Seatbacks
the switch up. Lower therear of theseatby holding the
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switch down.
Manual Lumbar Support (Option)
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To adjustthe seatback,lift the leveron the outer side of
the seat and move the seatback where you wantit.
Release the leverto lock the seatback.
Pull up on the lever and the seat willgo toan upright
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d. position.
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 thesupport.
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But don’t have a seatback rec
moving.
:linedif yo1 1r vehicle is
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Head Restraints
Head restraints are fixed on some models andadjustable
on others. Slide
an adjustable headrestraintup or down
so that the top of therestraint isclosestto the top of
your ears. This position reduces thechanceof a neck
injury ina crash.
On some models, the headrestraintstilt forward and
rearward also.
Front Seatback Latches (2 Door Models)
The front seatbackfolds
forward
to let people get
into the back seat.
Your
seatback will moveback
and forth freely, unless you
cometo a sudden stop. Then
it will lock intoplace.
There’sone time the front seats may not fold without ‘
some helpfrom you. That’sif your vehicle is parked
going down a fairly steephill.
To fold a front seatbackforward,push the seatbgck
toward therear seat as you lift this latch. Thenthe
seatbackwill fold forward. The latch mustbe dswn for
the seat to work properly.

Easy-Entry Seat (2 Door Models)
Theright front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get
in andout of the rear seat.
When you tilt the right front seatback fully forward,
After someonegets into the rear seat area, move the
right front seatbackto its original position.Then
move the seat rearward untilit locks.
the whole seat will slide forward.
To get out again, tilt the seatback fully forward.
Split Fold-Down Rear Seat (Option)
To open, pull forward on the seat tab.
To close, push the seatback up to its original position.
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Safety Belts: They’refor Everyone
This partof the manual tells you howto use safety belts
properly. It
also tells you somethings you should notdo
with safety belts.
And it explains the SupplementalRestraintSystem,or
“air bag” system.
Your car has a light
that comeson
as a
reminder to buckle
up.
(See “Safety Belt
Warning Light” in the
Index.)
In many statesand Canadianprovinces, the law’ saysto
wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They work.
You never knowif you’ll be ina crash. If you do have a
crash,you don’tknow if it will bea bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and somecrashes can be so
seriousthat evenbuckled upa person wouldn’t.kvive.
But mostcrashes are inbetween. In many of
them,
people whobuckleup can surviveand sometimes walk
away. Withoutbelts they could have beenbadly
hurt or
killed.
After more than 25 years of safety belts in vehicles,the
facts are clear.In most crashesbuckling up
does matter
... a lot!
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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride inor on anything, you go as fast asit
goes.
Put someone onit.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’sjust a seat on
wheels.

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Get it upto speed. Then stop thevehicle.The rider
doesn’t stop. The person keepsgoinguntil stopped
by something.
In a real vehicle,it couldbe 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 yourstrongestbones 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
&: Won’t I be trappedin 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.
Why don’t they just putin air bags so people
won’t have to wear safety belts?
A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and willbe in
more ofthem in the future.But they are
supplemental systemsonly;
so they work with
safety belts -- not instead of them. Every air bag
system ever offered forsalehas requiredthe use of
safety belts. Evenif you’re in a vehicle thathas air
bags, you stillhave to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions,
but especially in side and other collisions.
If I’m a good driver, and I neverdrivefarfrom
home,why should I wear safetybelts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, butif you’re in an
accident -- even one that isn’t yourfault -- you and
your passengerscan be hurt.Being a good dhver
doesn’t protect youfrom things beyond your
control, suchasbad drivers.
Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of
home. And the greatest number ofserious injuries
and deaths occur at speedsof less than 40’mph
(65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Adults
This part is only forpeople of adult size.
Be aware that thereare special things to know about
safety belts and children.And there are differentrules
for smallerchildren andbabies.If a child willbe riding
in your Pontiac,seethe part of this manual called
“Children.”Follow thoserules
for everyone’s
protection.
First, you’ll want to know whichrestraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll startwith the driver position.
Driver Position
Thispart describes the driver’srestraint system.
Was your Pontiacfirst sold, when new, inCanada? (If it
was, a stickeron the driver’sdoor will say “conformsto
all applicableCanada motor vehicle
.. . ” etc.) If so,
then this “Driver Position”part doesn’t apply to your
vehicle. To learn howto use yourdriver position safety
belts, read the
CanadianOwner’sManual SafetyBelt
Supplement.
It comes withevery new Pontiac firstsold
in Canada.
Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt
This safetybelt is called “automatic” becauseyou don’t
have to buckle
up when you get into your vehicle.
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And you don’t haveto unbuckle when you getout.
Just get into your vehicle. Then close and lock the door.
Adjust the seat (to see how,see “Seats’’ in the Index)
so
you cansit up straight.
The lap belt should be worn as low on the hips as
possible. In a crash, this applies forceto the strong
pelvic bones. And you’d be less likely
to slide under the
lapbelt.
If you slid underit, the belt would applyforce
at your abdomen. This could cause serious
or even fatal
injuries. The shoulder belt should
go over the shoulder
and across the chest. These partsof the bodyare best
able to take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks
if there’s a sudden stop or a crash.
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