Pontiac AZTEK 2003 User manual

The 2003 PontiacAztekOwnerManual
SeatsandRestraintSystems ........................... 1-1
FrontSeats ............................................... 1-2
RearSeats ............................................... 1-7
SafetyBelts ........................... ........... 1-13
Child Restraints ......... ....... 1-39
Air Bag Systems ............ ........... 1-59
RestraintSystemCheck ............................ 1-68
FeaturesandControls ..................................... 2-1
Keys ........................................................ 2-3
Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-9
Windows ................................... ....... 2-15
Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-1 8
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-22
Mirrors .................................................... 2-36
Onstar@System ...................................... 2-37
StorageAreas ......................................... 2-39
Sunroof .................................................. 2-52
VehiclePersonalization ............................. 2-53
InstrumentPanel Overview .......................... 3-4
Climate Controls ...................................... 3-22
MessageCenter ....................................... 3-41
Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-50
Audio System(sj ....................................... 3-62
insirumeni panei ............................................. 3-<
WarningLights,Gages and Indicators ......... 3-29
DrivingYourVehicle ....................................... 4-1
Your Driving. the Road. and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2
Towing ................................................... 4-34
Service ..................................................... 5-3
Fuel ........................ ...................... 5-5
Checking Things Under
the
Hood ............................................. 5-10
All-Wheel Drive ........................................ 5-47
Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-49
Tires ...................................................... 5-55
Appearance Care ..................................... 5-89
Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-97
Electrical System ...................................... 5-98
Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-1 04
Nnrrnal Maintenance Replspm~nt P3t-t~ " I=-I I"" nc
Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1
Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2
Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-54
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Customer Assistance Information .................... 7-1
Customer Assistance Information .......... 7-2
INDEX ........................ ............ 1

I’y-im PONTIAC
GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, PONTIAC,
the PONTIAC Emblem and the name AZTEK 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 inthis 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.
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
About Driving Your Vehicle
As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate this
vehicle correctly may result in
loss of control or an
accident. See
Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle
on page
4-2.
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.
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Part No.
I0324206 A First Edition @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation
06/07/02
All RightsReserved

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back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s
in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it.
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.
These mean there is somethingthat could hurt
you or other people.
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.
n
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.”
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Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find these notices:
Notice: Thesemeanthere is somethingthat 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.
Vehicle Symbols
Your vehicle may be equipped with 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 in the Index:
“Engine Compartment Overview”
“Instrument Panel Overview”
“Climate Controls”
“Audio Systems’’
Also see WarningLights, Gages and lndicators on
page 3-29.
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These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT
EYES nv
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
BATTERY
ACID COULD
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR
COULD
FLAME
\\I1'
EXPLODE
BATERY
LATCH BOTH LAP AND
SHOULDER BELTS TO
PROTECTOCCUPANT
48: @
DO NOTTWISTSAFETY .
BELT WHEN ATTACHING
PULL BELT DO NOT INSTALL
A
FORWARD-FACING
CHILDRESTRAINT
p?
IN THIS SEATING
COMPLETELY
OUT
\!)&
THEN SECURE
CHILD SEAT POSITION
8
POWER
WINDOW DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
LIGHTING
-
MASTER SWITCH YY- / , \
SIGNALS TURN (313
LAMPS PC x
RUNNING
DAYTIME
LAMPS
LAMPS
$0
ENGINE
COOLANT
TEMP
BATTERY
+#
CHARGING 1-
SYSTEM
COOLANT
a
ENGINE OIL
PRESSURE
Wb
ANTI-LOCK (@)
BRAKES
FUEL
OWNER'S
MANUAL
SERVICE
MANUAL
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Section Seats and Restraint Systems
Front Seats ...................................................... 1.2
Manual Passenger Seat
.................................. 1.2
Six-Way Power Seats
..................................... 1.2
Manual Lumbar
.............................................. 1.3
Heated Seats
................................................. 1.3
Reclining Seatbacks
........................................ 1-4
Head Restraints
............................................. 1.6
Rear Seats ....................................................... 1-7
Rear Seat Operation
....................................... 1.7
Split Bench Seats
........................................... 1.7
Safety Belts ................................................... 1.13
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
................ 1-13
Questions and AnswersAbout Safety Belts
...... 1-17
Driver Position
........................... ........... 1-18
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
.............. 1-26
Right Front Passenger Position
....................... 1-27
Rear Seat Passengers
................................. .l -28
Center Rear Passenger Position ..................... 1.31
and Small Adults
....................................... 1.34
Safety Belt Extender
..................................... 1.38
Child Restraints ............................................. 1.39
Older Children
.............................................. 1.39
Infants and Young Children
............................ 1.41
How
to Wear Safety Belts Properly ................. 1-18
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children
Child Restraint Systems
................................. 1.45
Top Strap
................................................... .l -48
Top Strap Anchor Location ............................. 1-49
Where
to Put the Restraint ............................. 1-48
Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Securing a Child Restraint Designedforthe
Securing a Child Restraint in a RearOutside
Securing a Child Restraint in a CenterRear
Securing a Child Restraint in the RightFront
Children
(LA I (I;H systemj 1-31
LATCH System ......................................... 1-53
1-1
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Seat Position ............................................ 1-53
Seat Position
............................................ 1-55
Seat Position
............................................ 1-56
Air Bag Systems ............................................ 1-59
Where Are the Air Bags?
............................... 1-62
When Should an
Air Bag Inflate? .................... 1-64
How Does an Air Bag Restrain?
..................... 1-65
What Will You See After an AirBag Inflates?
....... 1-66
Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
......... 1-67
Restraint System Check .................................. 1-68
Checking Your Restraint Systems
................... 1-68
Crash
...................................................... 1-68
What Makes an Air Bag Inflate?
..................... 1-65
Replacing Restraint SystemPartsAfter a
1-1

Front Seats
Manual Passenger Seat
Pull up on the lever,
locatedon the front of the
seat, to unlock and
move the seat.
Slide the seat to where you want it and release the
lever. To make sure the seat is locked into place, try to
move the seat back and forth with your body.
Six-Way Power Seats
Your vehicle may have this
feature.
If it does, the
six-way power seat control
is located on the outboard
sides of the driver’s
and front passenger’s
seats.
Move the front of the control up or down to adjust
the front portion
of the cushion up or down.
Move therear of the control up or down to adjust
the rear portion of the cushion up or down.
Lift up or push down on the whole control to move
the entire seat up or down.
To move the whole seat forward or rearward, slide
the control forward or rearward.
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Manual Lumbar
Heated Seats
The knob that controls this
feature is located on the
outboard sides of the
driver's and front
passenger'sseats.
Turn the knob toward the front of the vehicle to increase
lumbar support.Turn the knob toward the rear of the
vehicle to decrease lumbar support.
Your vehicle may have
heated seats.
If it does,
the heated seat switches
are located in the
instrument panel
switchbank.
This feature will quickly heat the lowercushions and
lowerback of the driver's and front passenger's seat. The
leftswitch isfor the driver's seat and the rightswitch isfor
thefront passenger'sseat.
Press the top of the switch
to turn the heater on. Press
the bottom of the switch
to turn the heater off. The
heated seat switch will turn off when the ignition
is turned to
OFF and will resume operation when the
ignition is turned
to ON, unless the switch is turned off.
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Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle
is in motion canbe 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 frontof you. In
a crash you could go into it,
receiving neckor other injuries.
CAUTION: (Continued)
Thelapbeltcan
do it’s 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 andwear your safety belt
properly.
1-5

Head Restraints
Adjust your head restraint so that the top of the restraint
is closest to thetop of your head.This position
reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash.
The front seat head restraints are adjustable. Slide the
head restraint up or down to adjust it.
On some models,the head restraintstilt forwardand
rearward
also.
The rear seat head restraints in your vehicle may be
adjustable. They work the same as the front seat head
restraints, except they do not tiltforward or rearward.
1 -6

Rear Seats
Folding or Reclining the Seatbacks
Rear Seat Operation
The rear seats in your vehicle have seat operating
features to adjust,fold, remove and reinstall the seats.
By using the seat operating procedures, in the
correct order, you can easily remove the seats from
your vehicle.
When you put theseatsback inthe vehicle, besureto
follow thelabelon the back of the seat for proper location.
Split Bench Seats
The seatbacks can be folded forward or reclined
individually andthe sections can be flipped forward or
removed individually.
If the seatback isn’t I ked, i ouldmove
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.
To recline the seatbacks
lift up on the recliner lever
located on the outboard
side of the seatback.
1-7

Move the seatback to the desired position.
It is easier to raise or lower the seatback
if you lean
forward and take the weight
off the seatback.
Removingthe Split Bench Seat
Each section of the split bench seat can be flipped
forward or removed individually.
To fold the seatback forward lift up on the recliner lever
and fold the seatback forward. The seatback will lock
into place.
Lift up on the lever again to raise the seatback. The
seatback will lock into place when you push it back to
the upright position.
After raising a seatback to an upright position, push and
pull on the seatback to check that it is locked upright.
1. Unlatch the shoulder belt from the lap belt.
2. Make sure the seatback is in the upright position.
3. Lift the seatback recliner lever to fold the seatback
forward.
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4. Pull the lever, located at the base on the outboard
side of the seat, to releasethe rear latches from the
floor pins and flip the seat forward.
The seat can stay in this position or it can be
removed from the vehicle by following the next
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5. To release the front latches, squeeze the angled
latch release bar toward the straight crossbar.
6. Removethe seat by rocking it slightly toward the
rear
of the vehicle and then pulling it out.
Repeat these steps for the other section of the split
bench seat.
1 -9

Renracing the Split Bench Seats
-
A 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.
A seat that isn’t locked into place properly can
move around in a collision or sudden stop.
People in the vehicle could be injured.Be sure
to lock the seat into place properly when
installing
it.
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 installing theseat, always check tobe
sure that the safety belts are properly routed
and attached, and are not twisted.
Make surethe seatback is in thefoldedforward position
and the safety beltsare on the correctsectionof the seat.
Don’t put the sections of the bench seatin
so they face
rearward because they won’t latchthat way.
The split bench seat sections have seat position labels,
located on the back of each section, showing where
the section must go.
The seat
must be placedin the proper location for the
legs
to attach correctly.
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1. Squeezetheangled latch release bar toward the
straight crossbar while placing the front hooks of
the bench seat onto the front two floor pins.
2. Make surethe bench
seat is angled
so that the
front hooks clear the
floor pins.
If the front legs
are not attached
correctly, the rear legs
will not attach to the rear
set of floor pins.
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3. Firmly push the rear hooks onto the rear floor pins
4. Try to raise the seat to check that it is lockeddown.
3. Lift the seatback recliner lever andraisethe
seatback until it locks upright.
6. Push and pull on the seatback to check that it is
locked upright.
7. Attach the lap belt.
by pushing down on the rear
of the seat.
1-12

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.
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.
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.
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