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Printed in USA 1993 Owner's Manual Pontiac Grand Am Introduction Part Part Part Pert Table of Contents How to Use this Manual ...3 1 Seats &Safety Belts. ...7 ...43 2 Features & Controls 3 Comfort Controls & Audio Systems...4 Your Driving and the Road ...I ~ I ProblemsontheRoad...16s L I Part5 Part Part 6 Service & Appearance Care ...197 284 r I 7 Maintenance Schedule...259 Part 8 Customer Assistance Information ...27s Includes "Reporting Safety page Defects" on Part9 ...293 Service Station Information ...Last Page Index 10202167 B Second Printing c ..
Printed in USA 1993 Owner's Manual Pontiac Grand Am Introduction Part Part Part Pert Table of Contents How to Use this Manual ...3 1 Seats &Safety Belts. ...7 ...43 2 Features & Controls 3 Comfort Controls & Audio Systems...4 Your Driving and the Road ...I ~ I ProblemsontheRoad...16s L I Part5 Part Part 6 Service & Appearance Care ...197 284 r I 7 Maintenance Schedule...259 Part 8 Customer Assistance Information ...27s Includes "Reporting Safety page Defects" on Part9 ...293 Service Station Information ...Last Page Index 10202167 B Second Printing c ..
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... Schedule : This part tells you how to use your seats Part 8: Customer Assistance from beginning to end when they first and safety belts properly. Many people read . This will help you find that pictures and words work information on Reporting Safety Defects. It also gives you ...your audio system. part. Information receive their owner's manual This part tells you when to perform Using Your 1993 Pontiac vehicle maintenance and what to do if you 'll operate your Pontiac. Each part begins This part tells you can with color-tabbed Here's an alphabeticallisting of this manual. '...
... Schedule : This part tells you how to use your seats Part 8: Customer Assistance from beginning to end when they first and safety belts properly. Many people read . This will help you find that pictures and words work information on Reporting Safety Defects. It also gives you ...your audio system. part. Information receive their owner's manual This part tells you when to perform Using Your 1993 Pontiac vehicle maintenance and what to do if you 'll operate your Pontiac. Each part begins This part tells you can with color-tabbed Here's an alphabeticallisting of this manual. '...
Owner's Manual
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... and Seat Controls ...8 SafetyBelts ...How to use your Pontiac. and how to Wear Safety Belts Properly ...17 DriverPosition ...18 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ...22 Right Front Passenger Position ...22 Rear Seat Passengers ...23 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ...26 Center Passenger Position ...28 Children ......29 . can also learn about some things you ^ find information about the seats in your safety belts properlyYou . Smaller Children and Babies ...29 Child ...
... and Seat Controls ...8 SafetyBelts ...How to use your Pontiac. and how to Wear Safety Belts Properly ...17 DriverPosition ...18 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ...22 Right Front Passenger Position ...22 Rear Seat Passengers ...23 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ...26 Center Passenger Position ...28 Children ......29 . can also learn about some things you ^ find information about the seats in your safety belts properlyYou . Smaller Children and Babies ...29 Child ...
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... want it , receiving neck or other injuries. dIV Sitting in frontof you could cause serious internal injuries. In a crash you . In a crash the belt couldgo up Over your vehicle is in motion can 't do its job either. Then sit well back in motion, have a seatback reclined, however, if ...your abdomen. For proper protection when the vehicle is in the seat and wear yoursafety belt properly. 1 10 This could go to lock the seatback. Even if you 're reclined like this. Release the lever to an upright position. Pull...
... want it , receiving neck or other injuries. dIV Sitting in frontof you could cause serious internal injuries. In a crash you . In a crash the belt couldgo up Over your vehicle is in motion can 't do its job either. Then sit well back in motion, have a seatback reclined, however, if ...your abdomen. For proper protection when the vehicle is in the seat and wear yoursafety belt properly. 1 10 This could go to lock the seatback. Even if you 're reclined like this. Release the lever to an upright position. Pull...
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...'re For Everyone This partof the manual tells you should not do with safety belts. 4 12 It also tells you some things you how to use safety belts properly. In a sudden stop or crash, the person sitting there could be injured. Push the seatback solidly up to ensure inertial latch will hook...
...'re For Everyone This partof the manual tells you should not do with safety belts. 4 12 It also tells you some things you how to use safety belts properly. In a sudden stop or crash, the person sitting there could be injured. Push the seatback solidly up to ensure inertial latch will hook...
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... it . A few crashes are buckled up . If you are clear. And some crashes can 't wear a safety belt properly. After 25 years of them , you won't get hurt even if you are very mild. It's the reminder... to Run or Start when your safety belt isn't buckled, and you 'll be if you 're not buckled up does matter...a lot! 13 You ...away. If you do have a crash, you don't know if you 'll hear a chime, too. Without belts they can be so serious, like being hit by a train, that your injuries can hit things inside the vehicle...
... it . A few crashes are buckled up . If you are clear. And some crashes can 't wear a safety belt properly. After 25 years of them , you won't get hurt even if you are very mild. It's the reminder... to Run or Start when your safety belt isn't buckled, and you 'll be if you 're not buckled up does matter...a lot! 13 You ...away. If you do have a crash, you don't know if you 'll hear a chime, too. Without belts they can be so serious, like being hit by a train, that your injuries can hit things inside the vehicle...
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But the child keeps going 10 mph (16 km/h), so is going ! 3. I Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it stops. Seats & Safety 6elts I I 4 14 When the bike hits the block, it goes. 1. For example, if the bike is the child. 2. Take the simplest "car." Suppose it's just a seaton wheels.
But the child keeps going 10 mph (16 km/h), so is going ! 3. I Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it stops. Seats & Safety 6elts I I 4 14 When the bike hits the block, it goes. 1. For example, if the bike is the child. 2. Take the simplest "car." Suppose it's just a seaton wheels.
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or the instrument panel... You get more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. or the safety belts! 15 Then stop the "car." The rider doesn't stop . I With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it . 5. You stop over more time to speed. Put someone on it could be the windshield... That's why safety belts make such good sense. 8. I r 7. Get it up to stop . 6. 4.
or the instrument panel... You get more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. or the safety belts! 15 Then stop the "car." The rider doesn't stop . I With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it . 5. You stop over more time to speed. Put someone on it could be the windshield... That's why safety belts make such good sense. 8. I r 7. Get it up to stop . 6. 4.
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... And the greatest can unbuckle and get the most protection. especially in the future. But you driver doesn't protect you required the use of safety belts. instead of them in side and other collisions. 16 Even (40 km) of home. not only in frontal collisions, but after an accident, ...wear and the Answers Q: If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from are supplemental systems only-so can be an excellent driver, but Safety belts are for sale has Most accidents occur within25 miles during and after an accident if I'm wearing a A: 'Air bags," or Supplemental if you 're upside down...
... And the greatest can unbuckle and get the most protection. especially in the future. But you driver doesn't protect you required the use of safety belts. instead of them in side and other collisions. 16 Even (40 km) of home. not only in frontal collisions, but after an accident, ...wear and the Answers Q: If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from are supplemental systems only-so can be an excellent driver, but Safety belts are for sale has Most accidents occur within25 miles during and after an accident if I'm wearing a A: 'Air bags," or Supplemental if you 're upside down...
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...'s protection. We'll start with the driverposition. '7 1 ... If the driver's beltis buckled, neither the chime nor the light will be riding in your Pontiac, seethe I A If your s&ty belt light ever comes on or stays on after the h n t doors are different d e s for babies and smaller children, If a child will come on and...
...'s protection. We'll start with the driverposition. '7 1 ... If the driver's beltis buckled, neither the chime nor the light will be riding in your Pontiac, seethe I A If your s&ty belt light ever comes on or stays on after the h n t doors are different d e s for babies and smaller children, If a child will come on and...
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... called "automatic" because you don't haveto buckle up when you get into your safety belts, please read the Owner's Manual Safety Belt Supplement. comes with It every new Pontiac first sold , when new, in Canada. '7 Driver Position This section describes the driver's restraint system. Seats &... Safety 6elts Vehicles FirstSold in Canada Was your Pontiac first sold in Canada? (If it was, ...
... called "automatic" because you don't haveto buckle up when you get into your safety belts, please read the Owner's Manual Safety Belt Supplement. comes with It every new Pontiac first sold , when new, in Canada. '7 Driver Position This section describes the driver's restraint system. Seats &... Safety 6elts Vehicles FirstSold in Canada Was your Pontiac first sold in Canada? (If it was, ...
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... all the way, then slowly open it , the belt would apply force at your Pontiac needs service. The shoulder belt should be less likely to slide under Seat Controls) so you may need to see how, see the Index under the lap belt. These parts of the body are best able to ...the door was slammed shut very hard. i I .. In a crash, this applies force tothe strong pelvic bones. If that an automatic belt could cause serious or even fatal injuries. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or a crash. Adjust the seat (to unbuckle it , then your abdomen. And you don't ...
... all the way, then slowly open it , the belt would apply force at your Pontiac needs service. The shoulder belt should be less likely to slide under Seat Controls) so you may need to see how, see the Index under the lap belt. These parts of the body are best able to ...the door was slammed shut very hard. i I .. In a crash, this applies force tothe strong pelvic bones. If that an automatic belt could cause serious or even fatal injuries. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or a crash. Adjust the seat (to unbuckle it , then your abdomen. And you don't ...
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... push the button on the buckle. To reattach the automatic belt: 1. Q: What's wrong with this way. Push the latch plate intothe buckle until it get twisted. 4. In a crash, you . I m m m 20 Pick up straight. 3. loose. Adjust the ... (to see how, see the Index under Seat Controls) so you can sit up the latch plate and pull the belt across you would move forward too much protection this ? The shoulder belt shouldfit against your body. A: The shoulder beltis too loose. It won't give nearly as much , which could significantly increase...
... push the button on the buckle. To reattach the automatic belt: 1. Q: What's wrong with this way. Push the latch plate intothe buckle until it get twisted. 4. In a crash, you . I m m m 20 Pick up straight. 3. loose. Adjust the ... (to see how, see the Index under Seat Controls) so you can sit up the latch plate and pull the belt across you would move forward too much protection this ? The shoulder belt shouldfit against your body. A: The shoulder beltis too loose. It won't give nearly as much , which could significantly increase...
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...over the shoulder at the pelvic bones. It should be worn over your abdomen. You could cause serious internal injuries. The belt forces would be if A you wear the shoulder belt ullder your belt into the buckle nearest you the You can Q: What's wrong with this ? I : What's wrong with this . ... the wrong place like your body would apply too much force to fix it can be seriously injured the belt to take impact forces. A: The shoulder belt is worn under the arm. If a belt is twisted, make it straight so it . 21 be there, not at all times. I : What's wrong with this...
...over the shoulder at the pelvic bones. It should be worn over your abdomen. You could cause serious internal injuries. The belt forces would be if A you wear the shoulder belt ullder your belt into the buckle nearest you the You can Q: What's wrong with this ? I : What's wrong with this . ... the wrong place like your body would apply too much force to fix it can be seriously injured the belt to take impact forces. A: The shoulder belt is worn under the arm. If a belt is twisted, make it straight so it . 21 be there, not at all times. I : What's wrong with this...
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...worn properly, it's more likely to be worn as low as possible throughout the pregnancy. Like all occupants, they don't wear safety belts. When a safety belt is called the "toeboard" (A). That way you can sit up straight. seriously injured if they are more likely that the fetus won... likely to slide under Seat Controls) so you 'd be hurt in a crash. Seats & Safety 6elts The right front passenger's safety belt works the same way as the driver's Safety belts work for anyone, the key to making safety belts effective is to protect the mother. including pregnant women.
...worn properly, it's more likely to be worn as low as possible throughout the pregnancy. Like all occupants, they don't wear safety belts. When a safety belt is called the "toeboard" (A). That way you can sit up straight. seriously injured if they are more likely that the fetus won... likely to slide under Seat Controls) so you 'd be hurt in a crash. Seats & Safety 6elts The right front passenger's safety belt works the same way as the driver's Safety belts work for anyone, the key to making safety belts effective is to protect the mother. including pregnant women.
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...twisted. 2. the rear seat are hurt more often in the vehicle who are wearing safety belts. And they can be thrown out the vehicle in a of crash. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions Here's How t Wear One Properly: o 1.... Rear passengers who aren't safety belted can strike others in crashes than those who are wearing safety belts. Rear Seat Passengers It's very important for rear seat...
...twisted. 2. the rear seat are hurt more often in the vehicle who are wearing safety belts. And they can be thrown out the vehicle in a of crash. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions Here's How t Wear One Properly: o 1.... Rear passengers who aren't safety belted can strike others in crashes than those who are wearing safety belts. Rear Seat Passengers It's very important for rear seat...
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To make the lap part tight, pull down on the shoulder part. 24 Make sure the release buttonon the buckle faces upwardor outward so you would be able to . 3. 2 Seats & Safety 6elts Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions (CONT.) If the belt stops before it reaches the buckle, tilt the latch plate and keep pulling until you can buckle it quicklyif you pull up on the buckle end the belt as of you ever had to unbuckle it . , If the belt is not long enough, see the Index under Safety Belt Extender.
To make the lap part tight, pull down on the shoulder part. 24 Make sure the release buttonon the buckle faces upwardor outward so you would be able to . 3. 2 Seats & Safety 6elts Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions (CONT.) If the belt stops before it reaches the buckle, tilt the latch plate and keep pulling until you can buckle it quicklyif you pull up on the buckle end the belt as of you ever had to unbuckle it . , If the belt is not long enough, see the Index under Safety Belt Extender.
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... over the shoulder and across the chest. And you'd be seriously hurt if your abdomen. These parts of the belt should beworn low and snug on the buckle. 25 To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the hips, just touching the thighs, In a crash, this applies force to slide under... it, the belt would move forward too much, which could cause serious or even fatal injuries. This could increase injury. The safety belt locks if there's sudden a stop ora crash. ~~ You can be less likely to the strong...
... over the shoulder and across the chest. And you'd be seriously hurt if your abdomen. These parts of the belt should beworn low and snug on the buckle. 25 To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the hips, just touching the thighs, In a crash, this applies force to slide under... it, the belt would move forward too much, which could cause serious or even fatal injuries. This could increase injury. The safety belt locks if there's sudden a stop ora crash. ~~ You can be less likely to the strong...
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... guides.This seat back andthe interior body, about feature will find them for you may be under the belt. You will provide added comfort for half-way down the edge of the seat children who have outgrown child back. Here is one guide for ... and head. Slide the guide under and past the be The elastic cordmust be equipped with rear passenger position inthe rear seat. Seats & Safety Belts I Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults There is how you should install the restraints, and for small adults.If your comfort guides on...
... guides.This seat back andthe interior body, about feature will find them for you may be under the belt. You will provide added comfort for half-way down the edge of the seat children who have outgrown child back. Here is one guide for ... and head. Slide the guide under and past the be The elastic cordmust be equipped with rear passenger position inthe rear seat. Seats & Safety Belts I Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults There is how you should install the restraints, and for small adults.If your comfort guides on...
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...in reverse order. properly. Pull the guide upward to expose its belt crosses the shoulder. r X1 205 3.Be sure that the shoulder belt are secured be under Safety Belts. See the storage clip, and then slide the guide Index under the belt and the guide on you can take them outfrom the guides.... The elastic cord must Squeeze the belt edges together so that the belt not twisted is 4. Buckle the belt around the child, and To remove and storethe comfort guides, just perform these steps in between the seat back and the interior body,...
...in reverse order. properly. Pull the guide upward to expose its belt crosses the shoulder. r X1 205 3.Be sure that the shoulder belt are secured be under Safety Belts. See the storage clip, and then slide the guide Index under the belt and the guide on you can take them outfrom the guides.... The elastic cord must Squeeze the belt edges together so that the belt not twisted is 4. Buckle the belt around the child, and To remove and storethe comfort guides, just perform these steps in between the seat back and the interior body,...