Pontiac BONNEVILLE 1994 User manual

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IS94 EONNEVILLE OWNER'S MANUAL

p Pontiac Bonneville
1994 Owner’s Manual
Table of Contents
Introduction HOW to Use This Manual ............
Part I Seats & RestraintSystems ........... 7L
Part 2 Features & Controls ............... 41 c
Part 3 ComfortControls & AudioSystems . I I I I
Part 4 YourDrivingand the Road ......... 137 E
Part 6 Service & Appearance Care ........ 193 I
Part 5 Problemson the Road ............. 165
Part 7 MaintenanceSchedule ............ 247 E
Part 8 CustomerAssistanceInformation .. 265
Part9 Index ........................... 279 I
Includes “ReportingSafety Defects” onpage 269.
Service Station Information . . LastPage
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Important Notes About thisManual
Please keep this 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 at
the time it was printed. We reserve the rightto make changes in the product
after that time without further notice.
Note to Canadian Owners
For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Pontiac Division whenever it
appears in this manual.
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer aFrench Language Manual:
Aux proprietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire de ceguide en franGais chez votre concessionaire
ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd.,
1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7.
Published by PontiacDivision
General Motors Corporation
GM and the GM Embiem, Pontiac, the Pontiac Emblem
and the name Bonneville are registered trademarks of
General Motors Corporation.
The word
Delco is a registered trademarkof General
Motors Corporation.
@ Copyright 1993 General Motors Corporation, Pontiac Division. All rights reserved.
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How to Use This Manual
Using Your 1994 Pontiac
Owner’s Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual
from beginning
to end when they first
receive their
new vehicle. This 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 quickly.
There are nine parts with black-tabbed
pages
in this manual. Eachpart begins
with a brief list of contents,
so you can
usually tell ata glance
if that part
contains the informationyou want.
You can bend the manual slightly to reveal
the black tabs that help you finda part.
This part tells you howto use your seats
and safety belts properly. It also explains
the “SIR’(Air Bag) System.
Part 2: Features & Controls
This part explains how to start and
operate your Pontiac.
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio
Systems
This part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and comfort controls and how
to operate your sound system.
Part 4: Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and
tips about the road and how
to drive
under different conditions.
Part 5: Problems on the Road
This part tells you what to do if you have
a problem while driving, such as a flat tire
or engine overheating, etc.
Part 6: Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how tokeep
your Pontiac running properly and
looking good.
Part 7: Maintenance Schedule
This part tells you when to perform
vehicle’maintenanceand what fluids and’
lubricants to use.
Part 8: Customer Assistance
Information
This part 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 269.
Part 9: Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost
every subject
in this manual. You can use it
to quickly find somethingyou want to read.
Service Station Information
This is a quick reference of service
information.
You can find it on the last
page of this manual.
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Safety Warnings and
Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions
in this book. We use a box with gray
background and
the word CAUTION to
tell you about things that could
hurt you i:
you were to ignore the warning.
[n the gray 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.
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 letthis happen.”
Vehicle Damage Warnings
41~0, in this book you will find these
notices:
NOTICE.
These mean there is something that
could damage your vehicle.
[n the noticearea, we tell you about
something that can damage your vehicle.
Many times, this damage would notbe
:overed by your warranty, and it could be
:ostly. But the notice will tell youwhat to
jo to help avoid the damage.
When you read other manuals,you might
see CAUTION and NOTICE warningsin
lifferent colors or
in different words.
You’ll also see warning labels on your
vehicle. They use yellow forcautions,
blue for notices, and the words
CAUTION or NOTICE.
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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 ,111,
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
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These symbols
have todo with
your lights:
SIGNALS e
TURN
HIGHBEAM
OR = =o
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are
on some of
your controls:
WIPER Q7
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING
4
FAN (I
These symbols
are used
on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT Fa
TEMP --
ENGINE
CHARGING
I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(0)
RADIATOR
COOLANT
FUEL
ENGINE OIL
PRESSURE
Wb
TEMPOIL ?b
ANTILOCK (@)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
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RADIO , - -
SELECTOR
b
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RADIO
VOLUME
CONDITIONING
AIR 43
LIGHTER
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SPEAKER
b
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Here YOU’II find informationaboutthe
seats inyour Pontiac and
how to use
your safety belts properly
. You can
alsolearn about some things you
should
not do with safety belts .
Part 1
Seats & Restraint Systems
Seatsand Seat Controls ............................................... 8
SafetyBelts ....................................................... 11
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly ..................................... 16
DriverPosition ..................................................... 16
SafetyBelt Use DuringPregnancy ..................................... 24
RightFront Passenger Position ........................................ 25
Center Passenger Position ............................................ 25
RearSeat Passengers ................................................ 26
Children ........................................................ 29
SmallerChildrenandBabies
........................................ 29
Child Restraints
.................................................... 30
SafetyBeltExtender
................................................ 39
Replacing Safety BeltsAfter a Crash
................................... 39
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint System (Air Bag)
........................ 20
LargerChildren .................................................... 37

Seats & Restraint Systems
4 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 control lever under the front of
the seat 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.
Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the power seats on some models:
FrontControl (A): Raise the front of the
seatbyholdingtheswitch
up. Lowerthe
front of the seatby holding the switch down.
Center Control (B): Move the seat
forward by pressing the control toward
the front, or backwardby pressing
it
toward the rearof the vehicle.
Move the seat higherby holding the
control up. Lower the seat
by holding the
control down.
RearControl(C): Raise the rearof the seat
by holding the switch up. Lower the rearof
the seat by holding the switch down.
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Adjustable Support Seat
(OPTION)
On some models, you’ll find thecontrols
on the center console. Slide the selector
switch to
“L” or “R’ to choosethe front
seat
you want to adjust.
J-
Adjusts the seat forward
or back.
-
‘I AJ Adjusts the seat up or down.
4. Adjusts the seatbacktoan
upright or reclined position.
Don’t havea seatback reclined
if your vehicle is moving.
Adjusts the position of the
seatback sid’ebolsters.
up or .down.
0 Tilts the rear of the seat
up or down.
Tilts thefront of the seat
Lumbar Controls
Reshapes the lower back
area
of the seat.
Reshapes the middle back
area of the seat.
Reshapes the upper back
area of the seat.
Manual Reclining
Seatback (OPTION)
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Lift the lever to release the seatbacgi,then
tilt the seatback forward or backwatd as
desired. Release the lever tolock th9
seatback
in place.
But don’t have
a seatback reclined if your
vehicle is moving.

Seats & Restraint Systems
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Head Restraints
Slide the head restraint up or down so that
the topof the restraint is closest
to the top
of your ears.
This position reducesthe chanceof a
neck injury in a crash.
On some models, you can also adjust the
head restraint
by tilting the pad forward or
rearward.
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Safety Belts: They’re
For Everyone
This part of the manual tellsyou how to
use safety belts properly. It alsotells you
some thingsyou should notdo with safety
belts
.
And it explainsthe Supplemental
Inflatable Restraint,or “air bag”system.
This figurelights up as a reminder to
buckle
up. (See “Safety Belt Reminder
Light”
in the Index.)
In many states and Canadian provinces,
the law says to wear safety belts. Here’s
why: They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If
you do have a crash,you don’t know
if it
will bea bad one.
A few crashes aremild, and some crashes
:an be
so serious that even buckled up a
person wouldn’t survive.
But most
:rashes are
in between. In many of them,
people who buckle up can survive and
sometimes walk away. Without belts they
could have been badly hurt or killed.
After more than
25 years of safeiybelts in
vehicles,the facts are clear. In most
crashesbuckling up does matter
4.. a lot!
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Seats & RestraintSystems
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, yougo
as fast as
it goes.
For example, if the bike is going 10 mph
(16 km/h), so is the child. When the bike hits
the block, it stops. But
the child keepsgoing!

Take
just a
the simplest vehicle.
seat on wheels. Suppose it’s
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Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle.
The rider doesn’t stop.
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Seats & Restraint Systems
Why Safety Belts Work
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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.

Here Are Questions
Many People Ask
About Safety Belts --
and the Answers
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle
afteran accident if
I’m wearing a
safety belt?
A: You could be -- whether you’re
wearing a safety belt
or not. But you
can easily unbuckle a safety belt, even
if you’re upsidedown. And your
chanceof being consciousduring and
after an accident,
so you can unbuckle
and get
out, is much greater if you are
belted.
Q: Why don’t theyjust put in air bags
so people won’t have to wearsafety
belts?
A: Air bags, or Supplemental Inflatable
Restraint systems,are
in some
vehicles today and
will be in more of
them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only
-- so they
work safety belts, not instead
of
them. Every air bag system ever
offered forsale has requiredthe use of
safety belts. Even
if you’re in a
vehicle that has air bags, you still have
to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only
in
frontal collisions,but especially in
side and other collisions.
Q: If I’m a good driver,and I never
drive far from home,why should
I
wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if
you’re in an accident -- even one that
isn’t your fault
-- you and your
passengers can be hurt. Being a good
driver doesn’t protect you from things
beyond your control, such as bad
drivers.
Most accidentsoccur within 25 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.
BELTS
Safety Belt Reminder
Light
Yhen the key is turned to “Run” or
Start”, achime will come on for about
ight seconds to remind people
to fasten
heir safety belts. The safety belt light
vi11 also come on and stay on for about
10 seconds. If the driver’s belt is already
buckled, neither the chime nor the light
vill come on.
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Seats & Restraint Systems
How To Wear Safety
Belts
Properly
Adults
This section is only for people of adult
size.
Be aware that there are special things to
know about safety belts and children.
And there are different rules for smaller
children and babies.
If a child will be
riding in your Pontiac, see the section
located later
in this part called “Children.’’
Follow those rules for everyone’s
protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint
systems your vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This section describes the driver’s
restraint system.
lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s
low to wear it properly.
I. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see
“Seats” in the Index)
so you can sit up
straight.
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3: Pick up the latch plate and pull the
belt across you. Don’t let
it get
twisted.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle
until
it clicks.
Pull up
on the latch plate to makesure
it is secure.If the belt isn’t long
enough, see “Safety Belt Extender” at
the endof this section.
Make sure the release button on the
buckle
is positioned so you would be
able to unbuckle the safety belt
quickly
if you ever had to.
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The lap part of the belt shouldbe 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 wouldapply
force at your abdomen. This could cause
serious
or even fatal injuries. The
shoulder belt should go over the shoulder
and across the chest. These parts
of the
body are best able to take belt restraining
forces.
The safety belt locks if there’s
a sudden
stop or crash.
ShoulderBelt Height Adjuster
You can move the shoulder belt adjuster
to the height that is rightfor you.
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Lap-Shoulder Belt (CONK)
To move it up ordown, squeezethe
release handle. When you release the
handle, try to move
it down a littleto
make sureit has locked into position.
You can move the adjuster up from a
lower position by pushing the bottom of
the release handle.
Adjust the height
so that the shoulder
portion of the belt is properly positioned
on your shoulder, away from your face
and neck.
To help you find a height that is right for
you, follow these guidelines:
For a tall person: Use the upperor
upper-middle position.
For a person
of averaEe heipht: Usea
position somewhere in the middle.
For a short person: Use the lower or
lower-middle position.
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Q: What’s wrong withthis?
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It
won’t give nearlyas much protection
this way.

Q: What’s wrong withthis?
A: The belt is buckled in the wrong
place.
Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is worn under the
arm, It should be
worn over the
shoulder at
all times.
Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The belt is twisted across thebody.
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