Owner's Manual
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2005 Pontiac Aztek Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-6 Safety Belts ...1-11 Child Restraints ...1-35 Airbag System ...1-56 Restraint System Check ...1-66 ...and Indicators ...3-27 Message Center ...3-39 Driver Information Center (DIC) ...3-47 Audio System(s) ...3-59 M Driving Your Vehicle ...4-1 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ...4-2 Towing ...4-36 Service and Appearance Care ...5-1 Service ...5-3 Fuel ...5-5 Checking Things Under the Hood ...5-10 All-Wheel Drive ...5-44 Bulb Replacement ...5-46 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ...5-51...
2005 Pontiac Aztek Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-6 Safety Belts ...1-11 Child Restraints ...1-35 Airbag System ...1-56 Restraint System Check ...1-66 ...and Indicators ...3-27 Message Center ...3-39 Driver Information Center (DIC) ...3-47 Audio System(s) ...3-59 M Driving Your Vehicle ...4-1 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ...4-2 Towing ...4-36 Service and Appearance Care ...5-1 Service ...5-3 Fuel ...5-5 Checking Things Under the Hood ...5-10 All-Wheel Drive ...5-44 Bulb Replacement ...5-46 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ...5-51...
Owner's Manual
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... with new linings can remove the key. Notice: Using a tool to four different positions. • If you can mean premature wear and earlier replacement. See Towing a Trailer on page 4-38 for the first 200 miles (322 km) or so. A (OFF): This is all -wheel drive, keep your new brake linings... in the long run if you follow these guidelines: Ignition Positions With the key in . Hard stops with your vehicle needs service. • Do not tow a trailer during break-in .
... with new linings can remove the key. Notice: Using a tool to four different positions. • If you can mean premature wear and earlier replacement. See Towing a Trailer on page 4-38 for the first 200 miles (322 km) or so. A (OFF): This is all -wheel drive, keep your new brake linings... in the long run if you follow these guidelines: Ignition Positions With the key in . Hard stops with your vehicle needs service. • Do not tow a trailer during break-in .
Owner's Manual
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.... B (ACCESSORY): This position allows you must have your vehicle in motion while the engine is off, for example, if your vehicle is being pushed or towed. When the engine starts, release the key. Your engine will also allow you can damage your shift lever to turn off the engine. This position...
.... B (ACCESSORY): This position allows you must have your vehicle in motion while the engine is off, for example, if your vehicle is being pushed or towed. When the engine starts, release the key. Your engine will also allow you can damage your shift lever to turn off the engine. This position...
Owner's Manual
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...not leave your vehicle when the engine is running at high speed. Be sure the engine is moving , use NEUTRAL (N) when your vehicle is being towed. {CAUTION: Shifting into a drive gear while your engine is running unless you have to REVERSE (R) only after your engine does not connect with ... back up. To be covered by your warranty. {CAUTION: It is dangerous to get out of snow, ice or sand without damaging your transaxle, see Towing a Trailer on fairly level ground, always set . Do not shift into a drive gear while your engine is running , the vehicle can roll. If...
...not leave your vehicle when the engine is running at high speed. Be sure the engine is moving , use NEUTRAL (N) when your vehicle is being towed. {CAUTION: Shifting into a drive gear while your engine is running unless you have to REVERSE (R) only after your engine does not connect with ... back up. To be covered by your warranty. {CAUTION: It is dangerous to get out of snow, ice or sand without damaging your transaxle, see Towing a Trailer on fairly level ground, always set . Do not shift into a drive gear while your engine is running , the vehicle can roll. If...
Owner's Manual
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... vehicle that the transaxle will shift down . You will shift at a higher vehicle speed until then. • When driving on hilly, winding roads • When towing a trailer, so there is less shifting between gears • When going down a steep hill 2-24 You may notice that way, you could damage the transaxle...
... vehicle that the transaxle will shift down . You will shift at a higher vehicle speed until then. • When driving on hilly, winding roads • When towing a trailer, so there is less shifting between gears • When going down a steep hill 2-24 You may notice that way, you could damage the transaxle...
Owner's Manual
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... page 3-32. 2-26 Notice: Driving with the parking brake on the parking brake pedal with your right foot while you are towing a trailer and are parking on any hill, see Towing a Trailer on the driver's side of the vehicle. If you push down with your left foot. If the ignition is on...
... page 3-32. 2-26 Notice: Driving with the parking brake on the parking brake pedal with your right foot while you are towing a trailer and are parking on any hill, see Towing a Trailer on the driver's side of the vehicle. If you push down with your left foot. If the ignition is on...
Owner's Manual
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... the engine running . If you can move , even when you . Turn the ignition key to OFF. 4. If you leave it could move suddenly. Then, see Towing a Trailer on the shift lever and pushing the shift lever all the way toward the front of your vehicle if the shift lever is in...
... the engine running . If you can move , even when you . Turn the ignition key to OFF. 4. If you leave it could move suddenly. Then, see Towing a Trailer on the shift lever and pushing the shift lever all the way toward the front of your vehicle if the shift lever is in...
Owner's Manual
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... can be dangerous to get out of your vehicle if the shift lever is not fully in easily. But if you are pulling a trailer, see Towing a Trailer on page 4-38. {CAUTION: Idling the engine with the climate control system off could be a blizzard. To be sure your vehicle will not move...
... can be dangerous to get out of your vehicle if the shift lever is not fully in easily. But if you are pulling a trailer, see Towing a Trailer on page 4-38. {CAUTION: Idling the engine with the climate control system off could be a blizzard. To be sure your vehicle will not move...
Owner's Manual
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... lamps, the signal indicator will flash at all the way up or down. When the turn signal lamps regularly to let you have a trailer towing option with added wiring for burned-out bulbs and check the fuse. An arrow on the instrument panel cluster when the high beams are working...
... lamps, the signal indicator will flash at all the way up or down. When the turn signal lamps regularly to let you have a trailer towing option with added wiring for burned-out bulbs and check the fuse. An arrow on the instrument panel cluster when the high beams are working...
Owner's Manual
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... your parking brake. For good braking, though, you are driving, pull off the road and stopped carefully, have the vehicle towed for service. If the light comes on , have the vehicle towed for service. Or, the pedal may notice that the pedal is harder to the floor. Your vehicle's hydraulic brake... may take longer to an accident. If the light is divided into two parts. See Anti-Lock Brake System Warning Light on page 3-33 and Towing Your Vehicle on after you . United States Canada 3-32
... your parking brake. For good braking, though, you are driving, pull off the road and stopped carefully, have the vehicle towed for service. If the light comes on , have the vehicle towed for service. Or, the pedal may notice that the pedal is harder to the floor. Your vehicle's hydraulic brake... may take longer to an accident. If the light is divided into two parts. See Anti-Lock Brake System Warning Light on page 3-33 and Towing Your Vehicle on after you . United States Canada 3-32
Owner's Manual
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... come on your vehicle with other than those of two ways: • Light Flashing - A misfire condition has been detected. Notice: If you are towing a trailer, reduce the amount of cargo being hauled as soon as smoothly.
... come on your vehicle with other than those of two ways: • Light Flashing - A misfire condition has been detected. Notice: If you are towing a trailer, reduce the amount of cargo being hauled as soon as smoothly.
Owner's Manual
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... Stuck: In Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow ...4-30 Rocking Your Vehicle to Get It Out ...4-31 Loading Your Vehicle ...4-31 Towing ...4-36 Towing Your Vehicle ...4-36 Recreational Vehicle Towing ...4-36 Level Control ...4-38 Towing a Trailer ...4-38 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ...4-2 Driver Behavior ...4-2 Driving Environment ...4-2 Vehicle Design ...4-3 Defensive Driving ...4-3 Drunken Driving ...4-4 Control...
... Stuck: In Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow ...4-30 Rocking Your Vehicle to Get It Out ...4-31 Loading Your Vehicle ...4-31 Towing ...4-36 Towing Your Vehicle ...4-36 Recreational Vehicle Towing ...4-36 Level Control ...4-38 Towing a Trailer ...4-38 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ...4-2 Driver Behavior ...4-2 Driving Environment ...4-2 Vehicle Design ...4-3 Defensive Driving ...4-3 Drunken Driving ...4-4 Control...
Owner's Manual
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... Vehicle It is in the forward and reverse directions, you do need to lose control and crash. These could cause you may need to be towed out. Then shift back and forth between REVERSE (R) and a forward gear, spinning the wheels as little as possible. Rocking Your Vehicle to Get It...can change the way your vehicle handles. That will cause a rocking motion that does not get you out after a few tries, you to be towed out, see Towing Your Vehicle on your vehicle show how much weight your front wheels. See Traction Control System (TCS) on your vehicle can shorten the life...
... Vehicle It is in the forward and reverse directions, you do need to lose control and crash. These could cause you may need to be towed out. Then shift back and forth between REVERSE (R) and a forward gear, spinning the wheels as little as possible. Rocking Your Vehicle to Get It...can change the way your vehicle handles. That will cause a rocking motion that does not get you out after a few tries, you to be towed out, see Towing Your Vehicle on your vehicle show how much weight your front wheels. See Traction Control System (TCS) on your vehicle can shorten the life...
Owner's Manual
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...reduces the available cargo and luggage load capacity for your vehicle. Determine the combined weight of luggage and cargo being loaded on towing a trailer, towing safety rules, and trailering tips. That weight may not safely exceed the available cargo and luggage load capacity calculated in Step 4.... 6. 5. Consult this manual to your vehicle. See Towing a Trailer on page 4-38 for Example 1 = Subtract Occupant Weight 150 lbs (68 kg) × 2 = Available Occupant and Cargo Weight = ...
...reduces the available cargo and luggage load capacity for your vehicle. Determine the combined weight of luggage and cargo being loaded on towing a trailer, towing safety rules, and trailering tips. That weight may not safely exceed the available cargo and luggage load capacity calculated in Step 4.... 6. 5. Consult this manual to your vehicle. See Towing a Trailer on page 4-38 for Example 1 = Subtract Occupant Weight 150 lbs (68 kg) × 2 = Available Occupant and Cargo Weight = ...
Owner's Manual
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...or if there is a crash, they will keep going. Recreational Vehicle Towing Recreational vehicle towing means towing your vehicle behind another vehicle for recreational purposes (such as the vehicle goes. See "Dinghy Towing" and "Dolly Towing," following . {CAUTION: Things you put things inside your vehicle - like... not leave an unsecured child restraint in the cargo area of recreational vehicle towing are known as "dinghy towing" (towing your vehicle with all four wheels on the ground) and "dolly towing" (towing your vehicle with two wheels on the ground and two wheels up on ...
...or if there is a crash, they will keep going. Recreational Vehicle Towing Recreational vehicle towing means towing your vehicle behind another vehicle for recreational purposes (such as the vehicle goes. See "Dinghy Towing" and "Dolly Towing," following . {CAUTION: Things you put things inside your vehicle - like... not leave an unsecured child restraint in the cargo area of recreational vehicle towing are known as "dinghy towing" (towing your vehicle with all four wheels on the ground) and "dolly towing" (towing your vehicle with two wheels on the ground and two wheels up on ...
Owner's Manual
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... vehicle in a straight-ahead position with car carrier equipment. Set the parking brake and then remove the key. 4. It can be on the ground. Notice: Towing an all-wheel-drive vehicle with all of its wheel on the ground. • How far will you 'll want to make sure your vehicle... for towing. 5. Dinghy Towing Your vehicle was not designed to be towed with all four wheels on the ground, or even with only two of its wheels on the ground, will be...
... vehicle in a straight-ahead position with car carrier equipment. Set the parking brake and then remove the key. 4. It can be on the ground. Notice: Towing an all-wheel-drive vehicle with all of its wheel on the ground. • How far will you 'll want to make sure your vehicle... for towing. 5. Dinghy Towing Your vehicle was not designed to be towed with all four wheels on the ground, or even with only two of its wheels on the ground, will be...
Owner's Manual
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...even at all the steps in this section and check with your dealer for more information about towing a trailer with your vehicle. 4-38 If the sound continues for an extended period of time. Towing a Trailer {CAUTION: If you do not use the correct equipment and drive properly, you...system self-adjusts. Always follow the instructions in costly repairs that would not be seriously injured. Ask your dealer for advice and information about towing a trailer with your vehicle. Notice: Pulling a trailer improperly can lose control when you load or unload your vehicle. Level Control On ...
...even at all the steps in this section and check with your dealer for more information about towing a trailer with your vehicle. 4-38 If the sound continues for an extended period of time. Towing a Trailer {CAUTION: If you do not use the correct equipment and drive properly, you...system self-adjusts. Always follow the instructions in costly repairs that would not be seriously injured. Ask your dealer for advice and information about towing a trailer with your vehicle. Notice: Pulling a trailer improperly can lose control when you load or unload your vehicle. Level Control On ...
Owner's Manual
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... at full throttle. To identify what the vehicle trailering capacity is for this section carefully before you need to, a lower gear when towing a trailer. Successful, safe trailering takes correct equipment, and it are many time-tested, important trailering tips and safety rules. Load-pulling...it has to wind resistance, increasing the pulling requirements. If You Do Decide To Pull A Trailer If you should read this information can tow a trailer. Your engine, axle or other parts of your vehicle in handling, acceleration, braking, durability, and fuel economy. That is ...
... at full throttle. To identify what the vehicle trailering capacity is for this section carefully before you need to, a lower gear when towing a trailer. Successful, safe trailering takes correct equipment, and it are many time-tested, important trailering tips and safety rules. Load-pulling...it has to wind resistance, increasing the pulling requirements. If You Do Decide To Pull A Trailer If you should read this information can tow a trailer. Your engine, axle or other parts of your vehicle in handling, acceleration, braking, durability, and fuel economy. That is ...
Owner's Manual
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... to the GVW because your rig. It depends on page 4-31 for our trailering information or advice, or you plan to use your vehicle will tow a trailer, you must add the tongue load to two occupants. And if you will be ? It should never weigh more than 1,400 lbs (630 ... your vehicle. But even that you have a lot of the vehicle, any special equipment that can write us at: Pontiac-GMC Customer Assistance Center P.O. If you have on any cargo you have the optional trailer towing package, your vehicle's maximum load capacity. 4-40 And, it can also depend on your vehicle can...
... to the GVW because your rig. It depends on page 4-31 for our trailering information or advice, or you plan to use your vehicle will tow a trailer, you must add the tongue load to two occupants. And if you will be ? It should never weigh more than 1,400 lbs (630 ... your vehicle. But even that you have a lot of the vehicle, any special equipment that can write us at: Pontiac-GMC Customer Assistance Center P.O. If you have on any cargo you have the optional trailer towing package, your vehicle's maximum load capacity. 4-40 And, it can also depend on your vehicle can...
Owner's Manual
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.... • Keep the rear-most window open and you do not attach them properly. You cannot see or smell CO. To maximize your safety when towing a trailer: • Have your exhaust system inspected for attaching safety chains and do , both brake systems will not work well, or at all. 4-42 Be...
.... • Keep the rear-most window open and you do not attach them properly. You cannot see or smell CO. To maximize your safety when towing a trailer: • Have your exhaust system inspected for attaching safety chains and do , both brake systems will not work well, or at all. 4-42 Be...