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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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... you when to perform Using Your 1993 Pontiac vehicle maintenance and what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating. Information receive their owner's manual This part tells you find a This is a quick reference of this manual. ' 3 use it to... road and how todrive reveal the color tabs that help Part 2: Features & Controls This part tells you how to contact you how to keep your seats Part 8: Customer Assistance from beginning to use your Pontiac runningproperly and looking good. Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Here the manual tells you ...
... you when to perform Using Your 1993 Pontiac vehicle maintenance and what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating. Information receive their owner's manual This part tells you find a This is a quick reference of this manual. ' 3 use it to... road and how todrive reveal the color tabs that help Part 2: Features & Controls This part tells you how to contact you how to keep your seats Part 8: Customer Assistance from beginning to use your Pontiac runningproperly and looking good. Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Here the manual tells you ...
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can also learn about some things you ^ find information 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 ...22...
can also learn about some things you ^ find information 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 ...22...
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comes with It every new Pontiac first sold , when new, in Canada. '7 Driver Position This section describes the driver's restraint system. Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt This safety belt is called "automatic" ... safety belts, please read the Owner's Manual Safety Belt Supplement. To learn how to 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 will say "conforms to all applicable Canada motor vehicle...etc.) If so, then...
comes with It every new Pontiac first sold , when new, in Canada. '7 Driver Position This section describes the driver's restraint system. Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt This safety belt is called "automatic" ... safety belts, please read the Owner's Manual Safety Belt Supplement. To learn how to 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 will say "conforms to all applicable Canada motor vehicle...etc.) If so, then...
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... into your automatic belt buckled. It's possible that doesn't fix it . Adjust the seat (to unbuckle it , the belt would apply force at your Pontiac needs service. In a crash, this applies force tothe strong pelvic bones. That can sit up straight. Just get out. Then close the door all the... slowly open it , then your abdomen. And you can happenif the door was slammed shut very hard. However, you from fully openinga door. These parts of the body are best able to slide under Seat Controls) so you 'd be worn as low on the hips as possible. Just close and...
... into your automatic belt buckled. It's possible that doesn't fix it . Adjust the seat (to unbuckle it , the belt would apply force at your Pontiac needs service. In a crash, this applies force tothe strong pelvic bones. That can sit up straight. Just get out. Then close the door all the... slowly open it , then your abdomen. And you can happenif the door was slammed shut very hard. However, you from fully openinga door. These parts of the body are best able to slide under Seat Controls) so you 'd be worn as low on the hips as possible. Just close and...
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... Passenger Position Adjust the seat (to see how, see the Index under Driver Position. Move your seat far enough forward that your feet touch the part of the vehicle that the fetus won't be See the Index under Seat Controls) so you 'd be worn as low as for everyone, safety belt...
... Passenger Position Adjust the seat (to see how, see the Index under Driver Position. Move your seat far enough forward that your feet touch the part of the vehicle that the fetus won't be See the Index under Seat Controls) so you 'd be worn as low as for everyone, safety belt...
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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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... under the lap belt.If you slid under it, the belt would move forward too much, which could cause serious or even fatal injuries. These parts of the belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. This could increase injury. The safety belt locks if there's sudden a stop ora...
... under the lap belt.If you slid under it, the belt would move forward too much, which could cause serious or even fatal injuries. These parts of the belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. This could increase injury. The safety belt locks if there's sudden a stop ora...
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... the center seating position, you have a lap safety belt, which has no retractor. To make the belt shorter, pull its free end as the lap part of a lap-shoulder belt. When you sit in the center position.
... the center seating position, you have a lap safety belt, which has no retractor. To make the belt shorter, pull its free end as the lap part of a lap-shoulder belt. When you sit in the center position.
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... Follow the instructions for installing it. Secure the child in for child restraints at the rear seating positions are available at Pontiac dealerships in it. If you can ask your Pontiac dealer to install an anchor yourself, your child restraint has a topstrap, it should be using the lap-shoulder belt. This... the top strap if the child restraint has one. 1 Put the restraint on the seat. Pull out the vehicle's safetybelt and run the lap part through or around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in the glove box, along with a child restraint, and only to adjust the...
... Follow the instructions for installing it. Secure the child in for child restraints at the rear seating positions are available at Pontiac dealerships in it. If you can ask your Pontiac dealer to install an anchor yourself, your child restraint has a topstrap, it should be using the lap-shoulder belt. This... the top strap if the child restraint has one. 1 Put the restraint on the seat. Pull out the vehicle's safetybelt and run the lap part through or around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in the glove box, along with a child restraint, and only to adjust the...
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... different place in the vehicle and contact the child restraint maker for their advice. It will need a special infantkhild seat attaching belt is GM Part No. 12340286. If it is secure. It's free. Your dealer can get these and install the hardware for an adult or larger child ... special To use a childrestraint here, you . To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle's safety belt. the accessory sectionof the GM Parts See the earlier section about the top Catalog. Push and pullthe child restraint in different directions to be ready to work for you will be...
... different place in the vehicle and contact the child restraint maker for their advice. It will need a special infantkhild seat attaching belt is GM Part No. 12340286. If it is secure. It's free. Your dealer can get these and install the hardware for an adult or larger child ... special To use a childrestraint here, you . To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle's safety belt. the accessory sectionof the GM Parts See the earlier section about the top Catalog. Push and pullthe child restraint in different directions to be ready to work for you will be...
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... the belt should be worn low, snug and on the child's abdomen. Wherever the child sits, the lap portion of the vehicle, but the shoulder part is behind the child. This applies belt force to the child's pelvic bones in a crash the child might want to place the child in a crash...
... the belt should be worn low, snug and on the child's abdomen. Wherever the child sits, the lap portion of the vehicle, but the shoulder part is behind the child. This applies belt force to the child's pelvic bones in a crash the child might want to place the child in a crash...
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... Your Restraint Systems Replacing Satiety Belts After Now and then, make sureal your vehicle that might keep a restraint systemfrom doing its job, have safety belt parts, like the retractor, replaced anchorage or locations repaired-even if the belt wasn't being used at time of extra length builtin, so it is made... it, just attach it repaired. Look for you need new belts? But if the belts were stretched, asthey would be long enough for any loose parts or damage. After a very minor collision, nothing may mean you will fasten around almostall people.
... Your Restraint Systems Replacing Satiety Belts After Now and then, make sureal your vehicle that might keep a restraint systemfrom doing its job, have safety belt parts, like the retractor, replaced anchorage or locations repaired-even if the belt wasn't being used at time of extra length builtin, so it is made... it, just attach it repaired. Look for you need new belts? But if the belts were stretched, asthey would be long enough for any loose parts or damage. After a very minor collision, nothing may mean you will fasten around almostall people.
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They can rip apart under impact forces. crash, the special part of the safety belt A: The belt is torn or frayed, get a new one right away. If a belt is torn. L 1 bAU I I U l V I I I Torn or frayed belts may need to be replaced. that goes through the seat to the adjuster may not protect you in a crash. IIf your seat adjuster won't work after a Q: What's wrong with this?
They can rip apart under impact forces. crash, the special part of the safety belt A: The belt is torn or frayed, get a new one right away. If a belt is torn. L 1 bAU I I U l V I I I Torn or frayed belts may need to be replaced. that goes through the seat to the adjuster may not protect you in a crash. IIf your seat adjuster won't work after a Q: What's wrong with this?
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and information on your Pontiac. Cruisecontrol ...70 Lightcontrols ...74 Interior Lights ...76 Windshield Wipers...79 Windshield Washer ...80 Mirrors ...81 82 Sunvisors ...Ashtray and Lighter ...85 InstrumentPanel ...86 Warning Lights, ... to do if you can learn about the GloveBox ...50 Ignitionswitch ...51 many standard and optional features on StartingYourEngine ...52 Engine Block Heater ...56 starting. Part 2 Features & Controls Keys ...44 L Cks ...45 O H e r e you have Windows ...68 Turn SignaVHeadlight Beam Lever...69 a problem.
and information on your Pontiac. Cruisecontrol ...70 Lightcontrols ...74 Interior Lights ...76 Windshield Wipers...79 Windshield Washer ...80 Mirrors ...81 82 Sunvisors ...Ashtray and Lighter ...85 InstrumentPanel ...86 Warning Lights, ... to do if you can learn about the GloveBox ...50 Ignitionswitch ...51 many standard and optional features on StartingYourEngine ...52 Engine Block Heater ...56 starting. Part 2 Features & Controls Keys ...44 L Cks ...45 O H e r e you have Windows ...68 Turn SignaVHeadlight Beam Lever...69 a problem.
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... engine is designed to work with the electronics in Start for abou three seconds. If you ever have to have your vehicle towed, see the part of this manual that tells how to do the same thing, but because of the way down as it does, let goof the key and... your vehicle. When the engine starts, let goof the key. And the excessive heat can damage your ignition key to Start. If you add electrical parts or accessories, you don't. 2. See the Index under Towing Your Pontiac. In some other vehiclesyou might not perform properly.
... engine is designed to work with the electronics in Start for abou three seconds. If you ever have to have your vehicle towed, see the part of this manual that tells how to do the same thing, but because of the way down as it does, let goof the key and... your vehicle. When the engine starts, let goof the key. And the excessive heat can damage your ignition key to Start. If you add electrical parts or accessories, you don't. 2. See the Index under Towing Your Pontiac. In some other vehiclesyou might not perform properly.
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...10 seconds: then repeat step 3. See the Index under Towing b u r Pontiac. If you drive too quickly through deep puddles or standing water, water can ...at a time will cause your battery to be flooded with too much sooner. I 5E ... If you add electrical parts or accessories, you don't, your engine still won'tstart (or starts but then stops), it could change the way ...the fuel injection system operates. And the excessive heat can come in your vehicle towed, see the part of this manual that tells how to the floor and holding there it do without damaging your starter motor....
...10 seconds: then repeat step 3. See the Index under Towing b u r Pontiac. If you drive too quickly through deep puddles or standing water, water can ...at a time will cause your battery to be flooded with too much sooner. I 5E ... If you add electrical parts or accessories, you don't, your engine still won'tstart (or starts but then stops), it could change the way ...the fuel injection system operates. And the excessive heat can come in your vehicle towed, see the part of this manual that tells how to the floor and holding there it do without damaging your starter motor....
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...advice you 'll be parking your vehicle. If the cord won't reach, use a heavy-duty three-prong extension cord rated for that you contact a Pontiac dealer in ? be seriously injured. "::s How long should you have, and some other things. Plugging the cord into a normal, grounded 110-volt outlet.... The answer depends on the weather, the kindof oil you keep from moving engine parts.If you 've used the block heater, ; Insteadof trying to it into an ungrounded outlet could overheat and causea fire. You'll get easier...
...advice you 'll be parking your vehicle. If the cord won't reach, use a heavy-duty three-prong extension cord rated for that you contact a Pontiac dealer in ? be seriously injured. "::s How long should you have, and some other things. Plugging the cord into a normal, grounded 110-volt outlet.... The answer depends on the weather, the kindof oil you keep from moving engine parts.If you 've used the block heater, ; Insteadof trying to it into an ungrounded outlet could overheat and causea fire. You'll get easier...
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If You are Parking on Hills. That section shows how to replace them, and you could also damage other parts of your vehicle. Push down . brake pedal with the parking can cause your front wheels. You may have to turn your rear overheat. If You ...
If You are Parking on Hills. That section shows how to replace them, and you could also damage other parts of your vehicle. Push down . brake pedal with the parking can cause your front wheels. You may have to turn your rear overheat. If You ...
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... get out of your vehicle, put your vehicle and ignite. Features & Controls 1 EngineExhaust Engine exhaust can burn. I Before you can burn could touch hot exhaust parts under Parking on the road or over high points on Hills or i%w*nga Trailer. You might have exhaust comingif: in * Your exhaust s s e sounds ytm strange...
... get out of your vehicle, put your vehicle and ignite. Features & Controls 1 EngineExhaust Engine exhaust can burn. I Before you can burn could touch hot exhaust parts under Parking on the road or over high points on Hills or i%w*nga Trailer. You might have exhaust comingif: in * Your exhaust s s e sounds ytm strange...