PONTIAC PONTIAC 1997 Owners Manual

Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 3. This
means that:
0 All doors will automatically lock when you shift out
All doors will automatically unlock when the
of PARK (P) and
ignition is turned
OFF.
To change the factory setting, while in the programming
mode
do the following:
1. Press LOCK on the power lock switch.
2. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for.
You change the mode by pressing LOCK again.
3. Repeat step 2 until you hear the number of chimes
that matches the mode you want.
Mode 1: Off (Automatic door locking and unlocking
are disabled). You will always need to lock your door
manually while driving to increase occupant safety.
0 To lock: All doors will lock when you press the power
door
lock switch or when you lock the vehicle using
the Remote Lock Control key chain transmitter.
To unlock: All doors will unlock when you press the
power door lock switch again or when you press
UNLOCK on the key chain transmitter.
Mode 2: Automatic Locking Only
0 Automatic Door Unlocking: Off
0 Automatic Door Locking: Shift out of PARK (P)
with the ignition on and the driver’s door closed,
all doors will lock automatically.
Mode 3: Automatic Unlocking With Ignition Off
Automatic Door Unlocking: Turn off the ignition
with the Transaxle in PARK (P) and all doors will
unlock automatically.
with the ignition on and the driver’s door closed and
all doors will unlock automatically.
0 Automatic Door Locking: Shift out of PARK (P)
Mode 4: Automatic Unlocking and Locking With
Transaxle in PARK (P)
0 Automatic Door Unlocking: Shift into PARK (P) with
the ignition on and all doors will unlock automatically.
Automatic Door Locking: Shift out of PARK (P)
with the ignition on and the driver’s door closed and
all doors will lock automatically.
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Lockout DeterrenULast Door
CIosed Locking
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 2. This
means that:
If you leave your keys in the ignition and get out of
the driver’s door, you won’t be able to lock the doors
with the power door locks and
To change the factory setting, do the following:
1. Press UNLOCK on the power lock switch.
2. Count the number of chimes you hear. The nurnber of
chimes tells you which mode your vehcle is set for.
You change the mode by pressing UNLOCK again.
3. Repeat step 2 until you hear the number of chimes
that matches the mode you want.
Mode 1: Both Off (Doors will always lock immediately
when you press
LOCK on the power lock switch or the
key chain transmitter, if equipped).
Mode 2: Lockout Deterrent Only (If you leave your key
in the ignition with the driver’s door
open, you will not
be able to lock the doors using your
power locks).
Mode 3: Last Door Closed Locking Only (If the power
lock switch or
key chain transmitter (if equipped) is
used to lock the vehicle while any door is open and key
is out of ignition, you will hear three chimes. The doors
will not lock. Five seconds after the last door
is closed,
all doors will lock).
Mode 4: Both On (This combines modes 2 and 3).
Remote Driver’s Unlock Control
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 2. This
means that:
0 When you press UNLOCK on your key chain
When you press UNLOCK on your key chain
transmitter,
the driver’s
door will unlock and
transmitter again, all doors will unlock,
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To change the factory setting while in the programming
mode, do the following:
1. Press UNLOCK on the key chain transmitter.
2. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number of
c?&mes tells you which mode your vehicle is set for.
You change
the mode by pressing UNLOCK again.
3. Repeat step 2 until you hear the number of chimes
Mode 1: Remote All Doors Unlock (When you press
UNLOCK on your key chain transmitter, all doors
will unlock).
Mode 2: Remote Driver’s Door and All Doors Unlock
(When you press UNLOCK on your key chain transmitter
once, the driver’s door will unlock. If you press UNLOCK
again within five seconds,
all doors will unlock.
Remote LocMUnlock Confirmation
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 4. This
means that:
When you use the key chain transmitter to lock your that matches
the mode you want.
vehicle, your headlamps will flash briefly to let you
know the command has been received. If you press
LOCK on the key chain transmitter again,
the horn will
sound briefly and
the headlamps will flash briefly to let
you know your vehicle is locked.
0 When you use the key chain transmitter to unlock
your vehicle or open your trunk,
your headlamps will
flash briefly.
To change the factory setting while in the programming
mode do the following:
1.
2.
3.
Press the LOCK button on the key chain transmitter.
Count the number
of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for. You change the mode by pressing LOCK on
your key chain transmitter again.
Repeat step
2 until you hear the number of chimes
that matches the mode you want.
Mode 1: Off (Remote lock and unlock confirmation
are disabled).
Mode 2: Remote Lock Confirmation with Exterior
Lamps Only
Remote Lock Confirmation:
0 When you use the chain transmitter to lock your
vehicle, your headlamps will flash briefly to let you
know your command is received.
0 Remote Unlock confirmation: when you use the key
chain transmitter to unlock your vehicle
or open your
trunk, your headlamps will flash briefly to let you
know your command is received.
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Mode 3: Remote Lock Confirmation with Exterior
Lights and Horn
Remote Lock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to lock your vehicle, the horn will
sound briefly and your headlamps will flash briefly
to let you know your command is received.
Remote Unlock confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to unlock your vehicle or open your
trunk, your headlamps will flash briefly
to let you
know your command is received.
Mode 4: Remote Lock Confirmation with Exterior
Lights and Horn (on second LOCK press)
Remote Lock Confirmation: When you use the
key chain transmitter
to lock your vehicle, your
headlamps will flash briefly to let
you know your
command is received. The horn will sound briefly
and the headlamps will flash briefly if you press
the
LOCK button again within five seconds.
Remote Unlock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to unlock your vehicle
or open your
trunk, your headlamps will flash briefly to let
you
know your command is received.
Content Theft
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 4. This
means that:
If anyone damages or enters your vehicle while your
Content Theft-Deterrent System is armed, an alarm
will sound and your headlamps will flash for up to
two minutes.
To change the factory setting while in the programming
mode, do the following:
1. Turn the parking lamps on, then off.
2. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for. You change the mode by turning the
park lamps
on, then off again.
3. Repeat step 2 until you hear the number of chimes
that matches the mode
you want.
Mode 1: Damage Detection with Less Sensitivity (If
anyone seriously damages your vehicle, tampers with
the trunk lock or opens a door while your theft deterrent
is armed, an alarm will sound and your headlamps will
flash for up to two minutes).
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Mode 2: Damage Detection Off (If anyone tampers with
your trunk lock or opens a door while your Content
Theft-Deterrent System is armed, an alarm will sound
and your headlamps will flash for up to two minutes).
Mode 3: All Off (Your Content Theft-Deterrent System
is always disarmed).
Mode 4: Damage Detection with More Sensitivity (If
anyone damages your vehicle, tampers with your trunk
lock or enters your vehicle while your theft deterrent
system is armed,
an alarm will sound and your
headlamps will flash for up
to two minutes).
Content Theft-Deterrent Arming
and Disarming
Your vehicle comes with this feature in Mode 1. This
means that:
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0
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your Lontent Theft-Deterrent System will arm when
you lock the doors using either the power lock
switch while any door is open and the key is
removed from
the ignition.
Your Content Theft-Deterrent System will arm when
you lock the doors with the key chain transmitter.
Your Content Theft-Deterrent System will disarm
when you unlock
the doors with your key or with
your key chain transmitter. To
change the factory setting, while in the programming
mode do the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Insert your second key fully into any door key
cylinder and turn it to the unlock position. This step
is inconvenient, but necessary to prevent accidental
programming of this feature to Mode
2. Do not
program this feature to Mode
2 without first reading
the special note contained in the description for that
mode. The door key lock cylinder must remain in the
unlock position during steps
2-4.
Press the horn symbol on your key chain transmitter.
Count the number of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for. You change the mode by pressing the horn
symbol on your key chain transmitter again.
Repeat step
3 until you hear the number of chimes
that matches the mode you want.
Remove your key from
the door key cylinder.
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Mode 1: Power Lock Switch Arming Off.
Your Content Theft-Deterrent System will arm when
you Jock the doors with your key chain transmitter.
The key must be removed from the ignition when
you lock the doors or the Content Theft-Deterrent
System will
not arm.
Your Content Theft-Deterrent System will disarm
when you unlock the doors with the keys or your key
chain transmitter.
Mode 2: Key Chain Transmitter ArdDisarm Only
0 Your Content Theft-Deterrent System will arm when
you lock the doors with your key chain transmitter.
The key must be removed from the ignition when
you lock the doors or the Content Theft-Deterrent
System will
not arm.
Your Content Theft-Deterrent System will disarm
when
you unlock the doors with your key
chain transmitter. Special
Note: While
this mode provides increased
security, it can be a problem if your key chain
transmitter is damaged,
lost or if it fails to operate for
any reason while the Content Theft-Deterrent System is
armed. The Content Theft-Deterrent System must
be
disarmed for the engine to run and, while in mode 2,
your key can no longer disarm the system.
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Mode 3: Full Arming and Disarming
Your Content Theft-Deterrent system will arm when
you lock the doors using either power lock switch
while any door is open and the key is removed from
the ignition.
Your Content Theft-Deterrent System will
arm when
you lock the doors with your key chain transmitter.
The key must
be removed from the ignition when
you lock the doors or the Content Theft-Deterrent
System will not arm.
Your Content Theft-Deterrent System will disarm
when you unlock the doors with your key or your
key chain transmitter.
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Mirrors
Adjust all the mirrors so you can see clearly when you
are sitting in a comfortable driving position.
Inside Daymight Rearview Mirror Electrochromic
Daymight Rearview Mirror
(If Equipped)
To reduce glare from lamps behind you, push the lever
away from you (to the night position). To return the mirror
back to the day position, pull the lever toward you. Your
Pontiac may have an electrochromic dayhight
rearview mirror. Push the button on the bottom of the
mirror to turn this feature on. The mirror will darken
gradually to reduce glare from headlamps behind you.
This may take
a few moments.
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One photocell on the front of the mirror senses when it
is becoming dark outside. Another photocell, facing
rearward, senses headlamps behind
you. To turn the
electrochromic feature off, press the button on the
bottom of the mirror again.
To keep the photocells operating well, occasionally
clean
them with a cotton swab and glass cleaner.
Power Outside Mirrors
Convex Outside Mirror
Your passenger’s side mirror is convex. A convex
mirror’s surface
is curved so you can see more from the
driver’s seat.
The electric mirror control
is near the driver’s window,
on the armrest. Turn the
control to the left to adjust
the left mirror or
to the right
to adjust the right mirror.
Then
move the control in
the direction you want to
move the mirror.
A convex mirror can make things (like other
vehicles)
Book farther away than they really are.
If you cut to’o sharply into the right lane, you
could hit
a vehicle on your right. Check your
insilde mirror or glance over your shoulder before
changing lanes.
Storage Compartments
Glove Box
Use the master key to lock and unlock the glove box. To
open, lift the right side
of the latch.
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Center Console Storage
To open the armrest storage area, pull up on the front
edge
of the latch. The console has cassette and CD
storage and a coinholder. The center console also contains two cupholders.
To
access the cupholders, pull the cupholder door, located just
behind the console shift lever. The two cupholders will
pop up into
an upright position.
Just below the center ashtray
is an open storage
compartment.
In front of this, you may have a smaller
compartment for storing smaller items.
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Overhead Console (If Equipped)
The optional overhead console has reading lamps, storage compartments (including one for
your garage door opener
and one for sunglasses) and
an accessory power outlet.
These features are explained on the following pages.
READING LAMPS: To turn on or off either reading
lamp, press the switch
next to it.
GARAGE DOOR OPENER: You can store your garage
door opener in
the rear compartment of your overhead
console, and operate it from this position.
To install your
garage door opener, follow these instructions:
1. Open the compartment by pressing the latch forward.
Remove the piece
of self-sticking Velcro@'.
2. Peel the protective backing fiom the Velcro and press it
firmly to the back of your garage door opener.
3. Be sure that the button on your garage door opener is
centered above the area
with raised lines on the
compartment
door. Make sure the button is facing
down and press the opener firmly into place.
4. Once the opener is installed, remove the peg (€3)
from the compartment. Install the peg onto the
feature
(A) on the door that is aligned with your
garage door opener button.
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