ECU PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 1993 Owners Manual

Your Pontiac may have the right-front
passenger’s
SIR option. If your vehicle
has an air bag for the right-front
passenger,
it will say SIR on the
instrument panel above the glove box.
Here are the Most Important Things
to Know:
Even with an air bag, if you’re
not wearing a safety belt and
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you.re in a crash, your injuries
may be much worse. Air bags are Air
bags inflate with great
force, faster than
the blink of
an eye. If you’re too close to an
inflating air bag, it could seriously
injure you. Safety belts
help keep
you in position for
an air bag
inflation
in a crash. Always wear
your safety belt, even with an air
bag, and sit as far back
as you can
while still maintaining control of
your vehicle.
“not designed to inflate in rollovers
or in rear, side or low-speed
frontal crashes. You need to wear
your safety belt
to reduce the
chance
of hitting things inside the
vehicle
or being ejected from it.
Always wear your safety belt, even
with an air bag.
A An inflating air bag can
children. Always secure children
properly in your vehicle.
To read
how, see the
Children and Safe9
Belts section of this manual, and
read the caution label
on the front
passenger’s safety belt.
- seriously injure small
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Smaller Children and Babies
(CONT)
Child Restraints
Be sure to follow the instructions for the
restraint. You may find these
instructions
on the restraint itself or in a
booklet, or both. These restraints use
the belt system in your vehicle, but the
child also has to be secured within the
restraint to help reduce the chance of
personal injury. The instructions that
come with the infant or child restraint
will show you how to do that.
Where to Put the Restraint
Accident statistics show that children are
safer
if they are restrained in the rear
rather than the front seat. We at General
Motors therefore recommend that you
put your child restraint in the rear seat. If your vehicle has an air bag for the
front passenger,
never put a rear-facing
child restraint
in the front passenger
seat. Here’s
why :
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A child in a rear-facing child
L restraint can be seriously
1nJured if the right-front
passenger’s air bag inflates. This is
because the back of a rear-facing
child restraint would,be very close
to the inflating air bag.
If your
vehicle has a right-front
passenger’s air bag, always secure
a rear-facing child restraint
in the
rear seat.
You may secure a forward-facing
child restraint in the right-front
seat. However, before securing a
forward-facing child restraint,
ALWAYS move the front passenger
seat as far back as
it will go. Or,
secure the child restraint in the
rear seat.
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I A A child in a child restraint in
L the front-center seat can be
badly injured by the passenger air
bag if it inflates.
NEVER use a
child restraint in the front-center
seat. It’s always better
to secure a
child restraint
in the rear seat. You
may, however, secure a forward-
facing child restraint
in the right-
front passenger seat
only with the
seat moved all the way back. :cure
the child restraint properly.
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An unsecured child restraint
can move around in a collision
or sudden stop and injure people
in
the vehicle. Be sure to properly
secure any child restraint in your
vehicle-even when no child is in it.
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I TOP strap
If your child restraint has a top strap, it
should be anchored. If you need to have
an anchor installed, you can ask your
Pontiac dealer to
put it in for you. If you
want to install an anchor yourself, your
dealer can tell you how to do it.
Vehicles first sold
in Canada have child
restraint anchor bracket hardware
in the
glove box, along with instructions for
installing it. This should be used only
with a child restraint, and only to secure
a child restraint at the center rear seating
position. Additional anchor brackets for
child restraints at one or both of the rear
outside seating positions are available at
Pontiac dealerships
in Canada.
Securing a Child Restraint in a
Rear Outside Position
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt.
See the earlier section about the top
strap
if the child restraint has one.
1. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow
the instructions for the child
restraint.
2. Secure the child in the child restraint
as the instructions say.
3. Pull out the vehicle’s safety belt and
run the lap part through or around
the restraint. The child restraint
instructions
will show you how.
See
if the shoulder belt would go in
front of the child’s face or neck. If
so, put it behind the child restraint.
4. Buckle the belt. Make sure the
release button faces upward or
outward,
so you’ll be able to un-
buckle it quickly
if you ever need to.
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5. Pull the rest of the lap belt all the way
out of
the retractor to set the lock.
6. To tighten the belt, feed it into the
retractor while you push down on the
child restraint. 7. Push and pull the child restraint in
different directions
to be sure it is
secure.
To remove the child restraint, just
unbuckle the vehicle's safety belt and let
it go back all the way. The safety belt
will move freely again and be ready to
work for an adult or larger child
passenger.
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Securing a Child Restraint in a
Center Seat Position
When you secure a child restraint in a
center seating position, you'll be using
the lap belt. See the earlier section
about the top strap
if the child restraint
has one.
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1. Make the belt as long as possible by
tilting the latch plate and pulling it
along the belt.
the instructions for the child
restraint.
as the instructions say.
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow
3. Secure the child in the child restraint
4. Run the vehicle's safety belt through
or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show you
how.
release button faces upward or out-
ward,
so you'll be able to unbuckle it
quickly if you ever need to.
6. To tighten the belt, pull its free end
while
you push down on the child
restraint.
5. Buckle the belt. Make sure the
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7. Push and pull the child restraint in
different directions to
be sure it is
secure.
If the child restraint isn’t
secure, turn the latch plate over and
buckle it again. Then see if it
is
secure. If it isn’t, secure the restraint
in a different place in the vehicle and
contact the child restraint maker
for
their advice.
To remove the child restraint, just
unbuckle the vehicle’s safety belt. It will
be ready to work for an adult or larger
child passenger.
A rear-fixing child restraint in
the front seat could be pushed
into
the seatback by the right-front
passenger’s air bag if it inflates.
A
child in a rear-facing child restraint
can
be seriously injured if this
happens. Always secure a rear-
facing child restraint in the rear
seat.
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Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Font Seat
(CONTJ
1 . If you have the right-front passenger’s
SIR, move the seat as far back as it
will go before securing a front-facing
child restraint.
the instructions for the child
restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint
as the instructions say.
4. Pull out the vehicle’s safety belt and
run the lap part through
or around
the restraint. The child restraint
instructions will show you how.
See if the shoulder belt would go in
front of the child’s face or neck. If
so, put it behind the child restraint.
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow
5. Buckle the belt. Make sure the
release button faces upward or
outward,
so you’ll be able to un-
buckle it quickly if
you ever need to.
6. Pull the rest of the lap belt all the way
out of the retractor to set the lock.
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7. To tighten the belt, feed the lap belt
back into the retractor while you
push down on the child restraint. 8. Push and pull the child restraint in
different directions to be sure it is
secure. To remove the child restraint, just
unbuckle the vehicle’s safety belt and let
it go back all the way. The safety belt
will move freely again and be ready to
work for an adult or larger child
passenger.
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Features 4S Controls
Rear Door Security Locks
Your Pontiac is equipped with rear door
security locks that help prevent
passengers from opening the rear doors
of your vehicle from the inside. To use
one
of these locks:
1. Move the lever on the door all the
2. Close the door. way up
to the
ENGAGED position.
3. Do the same thing to the other rear
door lock.
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The rear doors of your vehicle cannot be
opened from inside when this feature is
in use. If you want to open a rear door
when the security lock
is on:
1. Unlock the door from the inside.
!. Then open the door from the outside.
f you don’t cancel the security lock
eature, adults or older children who
,ide
in the rear won’t be able to open the
ear door from the inside. You should
et adults and older children know
how
hese security locks work, and how to
:ancel the locks.
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