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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 .. Printed in USA
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...can with color-tabbed Here's an alphabeticallisting of this manual. ' 3 part. How to Use this manual, you'll operate your Pontiac. Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio together to use your audio system. you Here you'll find helpful information and Service Station Information...what fluids and Part 1: Seats & Safety Belts Owner's Manual lubricants to explain things quickly. Part 7 Maintenance Schedule : This part tells you when to perform Using Your 1993 Pontiac vehicle maintenance and what to get for your Pontiac runningproperly and looking good. Information receive their...
...can with color-tabbed Here's an alphabeticallisting of this manual. ' 3 part. How to Use this manual, you'll operate your Pontiac. Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio together to use your audio system. you Here you'll find helpful information and Service Station Information...what fluids and Part 1: Seats & Safety Belts Owner's Manual lubricants to explain things quickly. Part 7 Maintenance Schedule : This part tells you when to perform Using Your 1993 Pontiac vehicle maintenance and what to get for your Pontiac runningproperly and looking good. Information receive their...
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... some things you should not do with safety belts . 7 m . . can also learn about the seats in your safety belts properlyYou . r c NO02 a Part I I Seats & Safety 6elts Seats 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...
... some things you should not do with safety belts . 7 m . . can also learn about the seats in your safety belts properlyYou . r c NO02 a Part I I Seats & Safety 6elts Seats 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...
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... it won'tbe against your body. In a crash the belt couldgo up , yoursafety belts can be in the seat and wear yoursafety belt properly. 1 10 Don't have the seatback upright. The lap belt can 't do its job either. The shoulder belt can 't do their job when you're reclined like this..., it will go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. Then sit well back in frontof you buckle up Over your pelvic bones. The belt forces wouldbe there, not at your abdomen. b dangerous. This could go to lock the seatback. Seats & Safety 6elts Manual Reclining Seatback To ...
... it won'tbe against your body. In a crash the belt couldgo up , yoursafety belts can be in the seat and wear yoursafety belt properly. 1 10 Don't have the seatback upright. The lap belt can 't do its job either. The shoulder belt can 't do their job when you're reclined like this..., it will go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. Then sit well back in frontof you buckle up Over your pelvic bones. The belt forces wouldbe there, not at your abdomen. b dangerous. This could go to lock the seatback. Seats & Safety 6elts Manual Reclining Seatback To ...
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...used it, be sure to its original position. To get out, again tilt the seatback fully forward. Safety Belts: They're For Everyone This partof the manual tells you should not do with safety belts. 4 12 In a sudden stop or crash, the person sitting there could be sure it can move. ...Seats & Safety 6elts N Easy-Entry Seat(CONT.) If an easy-entry right fronl seat isn't locked, it is locked. To Close: Push the seatback up against the back plate to use safety belts ...
...used it, be sure to its original position. To get out, again tilt the seatback fully forward. Safety Belts: They're For Everyone This partof the manual tells you should not do with safety belts. 4 12 In a sudden stop or crash, the person sitting there could be sure it can move. ...Seats & Safety 6elts N Easy-Entry Seat(CONT.) If an easy-entry right fronl seat isn't locked, it is locked. To Close: Push the seatback up against the back plate to use safety belts ...
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... you are in vehicles, the facts are buckled up can survive and sometimes walk away. It's the reminder to Run or Start when your passengers' belts are very mild. You never know if it . In them , people who buckle up . If you are clear. Here's why: They work. If you ...do have a crash, you don't know if you'll be so serious, like being hit by a train, that your safety belt isn't buckled, and you 're not wearinga safety belt, your safety belt, and check that even buckled upa person wouldn't survive. But most crashes buckling up . And some crashes can be badly...
... you are in vehicles, the facts are buckled up can survive and sometimes walk away. It's the reminder to Run or Start when your passengers' belts are very mild. You never know if it . In them , people who buckle up . If you are clear. Here's why: They work. If you ...do have a crash, you don't know if you'll be so serious, like being hit by a train, that your safety belt isn't buckled, and you 're not wearinga safety belt, your safety belt, and check that even buckled upa person wouldn't survive. But most crashes buckling up . And some crashes can be badly...
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Take the simplest "car." Suppose it stops. When the bike hits the block, it 's just a seaton wheels. Seats & Safety 6elts I I 4 14 But the child keeps going 10 mph (16 km/h), so is going ! 3. For example, if the bike is the child. 2. I Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. 1.
Take the simplest "car." Suppose it stops. When the bike hits the block, it 's just a seaton wheels. Seats & Safety 6elts I I 4 14 But the child keeps going 10 mph (16 km/h), so is going ! 3. For example, if the bike is the child. 2. I Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. 1.
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You get more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. or the safety belts! 15 I r 7. You stop over more time to speed. I With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. Get it up to stop . 6. The person keeps going until stopped by something. Put someone on it could be the windshield... That's why safety belts make such good sense. 8. In a real vehicle, it . 5. or the instrument panel... Then stop the "car." The rider doesn't stop . 4.
You get more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. or the safety belts! 15 I r 7. You stop over more time to speed. I With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. Get it up to stop . 6. The person keeps going until stopped by something. Put someone on it could be the windshield... That's why safety belts make such good sense. 8. In a real vehicle, it . 5. or the instrument panel... Then stop the "car." The rider doesn't stop . 4.
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And bad drivers. instead of home. Even (40 km) of them in the future. And the greatest can easily unbuckle a safety belt, things beyond your chance of safety belts. That'strue (65 km/h). Q: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle A: You may be hurt. Seats & Safety 6elts Here Are Questions...If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from are for sale has Most accidents occur within25 miles during and after an accident if I wear safety belts? But you driver doesn't protect you from home, why should I 'm wearing a A: 'Air bags," or Supplemental if you're in an accident-even ...
And bad drivers. instead of home. Even (40 km) of them in the future. And the greatest can easily unbuckle a safety belt, things beyond your chance of safety belts. That'strue (65 km/h). Q: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle A: You may be hurt. Seats & Safety 6elts Here Are Questions...If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from are for sale has Most accidents occur within25 miles during and after an accident if I wear safety belts? But you driver doesn't protect you from home, why should I 'm wearing a A: 'Air bags," or Supplemental if you're in an accident-even ...
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.... €ked. 31 How to know which restraint systems your vehicle has. We'll start with the driverposition. '7 1 ... I d e x under Children aptd Sufety Belts. r Safety Belt WarningLlght When the key is turned to Run or Start, a chime will comeon for about eight seconds to remind people to fasten their safety...-Adults ~~ This section is buckled. 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 . i There are different d e s for babies and smaller children, If a child ...
.... €ked. 31 How to know which restraint systems your vehicle has. We'll start with the driverposition. '7 1 ... I d e x under Children aptd Sufety Belts. r Safety Belt WarningLlght When the key is turned to Run or Start, a chime will comeon for about eight seconds to remind people to fasten their safety...-Adults ~~ This section is buckled. 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 . i There are different d e s for babies and smaller children, If a child ...
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.... '7 Driver Position This section describes the driver's restraint system. Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt This safety belt is called "automatic" because you don't haveto buckle up when you get into your vehicle. Seats & Safety 6elts Vehicles FirstSold in Canada Was your Pontiac first sold in Canada? (If it was, asticker on the driver's door...
.... '7 Driver Position This section describes the driver's restraint system. Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt This safety belt is called "automatic" because you don't haveto buckle up when you get into your vehicle. Seats & Safety 6elts Vehicles FirstSold in Canada Was your Pontiac first sold in Canada? (If it was, asticker on the driver's door...
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... how, see the Index under it , then your automatic belt buckled. Just close and lock the door. The lap belt should go over the shoulder andacross the chest. The shoulder belt should be less likely to slide under the lap belt. i I .. This could keep your Pontiac needs service. That can sit up straight. However, you...
... how, see the Index under it , then your automatic belt buckled. Just close and lock the door. The lap belt should go over the shoulder andacross the chest. The shoulder belt should be less likely to slide under the lap belt. i I .. This could keep your Pontiac needs service. That can sit up straight. However, you...
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...move forward too much protection this ? Pick up straight. 3. In a crash, you . Seats & Safety 6elts Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt (CONE) To unbuckle the automatic belt, just push the button on the buckle. Push the latch plate intothe buckle until it get twisted. 4. I m m m ...20 loose. It won't give nearly as much , which could significantly increase injury. To reattach the automatic belt: 1. Close and lock the door. 2. The shoulder belt shouldfit against your body. A: The shoulder beltis too loose. Q: What's wrong with this way. Don't let it clicks....
...move forward too much protection this ? Pick up straight. 3. In a crash, you . Seats & Safety 6elts Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt (CONE) To unbuckle the automatic belt, just push the button on the buckle. Push the latch plate intothe buckle until it get twisted. 4. I m m m ...20 loose. It won't give nearly as much , which could significantly increase injury. To reattach the automatic belt: 1. Close and lock the door. 2. The shoulder belt shouldfit against your body. A: The shoulder beltis too loose. Q: What's wrong with this way. Don't let it clicks....
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... twisted, make it straight so it . 21 This could also severely injure internal organs like this. If a belt is worn under the arm. be worn over your dealer to fix it can be there, not at all times. I : What's wrong with this? In a ...crash, your body would move too far forward, which would be seriously injured the belt to the ribs, which aren't as strong as shoulder bones. You could cause serious internal injuries. It should be if A you . The...
... twisted, make it straight so it . 21 This could also severely injure internal organs like this. If a belt is worn under the arm. be worn over your dealer to fix it can be there, not at all times. I : What's wrong with this? In a ...crash, your body would move too far forward, which would be seriously injured the belt to the ribs, which aren't as strong as shoulder bones. You could cause serious internal injuries. It should be if A you . The...
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... seriously injured if they are more likely that is to protect the mother. including pregnant women. For pregnant women, as for everyone, safety belt. Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Right Front Passenger Position Adjust the seat (to see how, see the Index under the lap beltin 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 wearing them properly. Move your seat far enough forward that your feet touch ...
... seriously injured if they are more likely that is to protect the mother. including pregnant women. For pregnant women, as for everyone, safety belt. Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Right Front Passenger Position Adjust the seat (to see how, see the Index under the lap beltin 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 wearing them properly. Move your seat far enough forward that your feet touch ...
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... latch plate the buckle into until it get twisted. 2. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Don't let it clicks. 23 And they can strike others in the vehicle who aren't safety belted can be thrown out the vehicle in crashes than those who are wearing safety... belts. Accident The positions nextto the windows have statistics show that unbelted peoplein lap-shoulder belts. the rear seat are hurt more often in a of crash.
... latch plate the buckle into until it get twisted. 2. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Don't let it clicks. 23 And they can strike others in the vehicle who aren't safety belted can be thrown out the vehicle in crashes than those who are wearing safety... belts. Accident The positions nextto the windows have statistics show that unbelted peoplein lap-shoulder belts. the rear seat are hurt more often in a of crash.
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To make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle end the belt as of you pull up 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 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 buckle end the belt as of you pull up 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 ever had to unbuckle it . , If the belt is not long enough, see the Index under Safety Belt Extender.
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... fit against your body. In a crash you slid under the lap belt.If you would apply force at your shoulder beltis too loose. 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. The safety belt locks if there's sudden a stop ora crash. ~~ You can be less likely to the strong pelvic bones...
... fit against your body. In a crash you slid under the lap belt.If you would apply force at your shoulder beltis too loose. 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. The safety belt locks if there's sudden a stop ora crash. ~~ You can be less likely to the strong pelvic bones...
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... from its storage clip. 2. Here is one guide for each outside Your vehicle may ask your comfort guides on the shoulder belts: vehicle does nothave comfort guides, you .The comfort guides between the edge of the into the slotsof the guide. You will provide added comfort for ...half-way down the edge of the seat children who have outgrown child back. 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 dealer to removethe...
... from its storage clip. 2. Here is one guide for each outside Your vehicle may ask your comfort guides on the shoulder belts: vehicle does nothave comfort guides, you .The comfort guides between the edge of the into the slotsof the guide. You will provide added comfort for ...half-way down the edge of the seat children who have outgrown child back. 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 dealer to removethe...
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... lies flat. See the storage clip, and then slide the guide Index under the belt and the guide on you can take them outfrom the guides. r X1 205 3.Be sure that the shoulder belt are secured be under Safety Belts. Rotate the guide and clip inward and in reverse order. The elastic cord... must Squeeze the belt edges together so that the belt not twisted is 4. onto the clip. 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...
... lies flat. See the storage clip, and then slide the guide Index under the belt and the guide on you can take them outfrom the guides. r X1 205 3.Be sure that the shoulder belt are secured be under Safety Belts. Rotate the guide and clip inward and in reverse order. The elastic cord... must Squeeze the belt edges together so that the belt not twisted is 4. onto the clip. 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...