PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 1994 Owners Manual

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IS94 EONNEVILLE OWNER'S MANUAL
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p Pontiac Bonneville
1994 Owner’s Manual
Table of Contents
Introduction HOW to Use This Manual ............
Part I Seats & Restraint Systems ........... 7L
Part 2 Features & Controls ............... 41 c
Part 3 Comfort Controls & Audio Systems . I I I I
Part 4 Your Driving and the Road ......... 137 E
Part 6 Service & Appearance Care ........ 193 I
Part 5 Problems on the Road ............. 165
Part 7 Maintenance Schedule ............ 247 E
Part 8 Customer Assistance Information . . 265
Part9 Index ........................... 279 I
Includes “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 269.
Service Station Information . . Last Page
Printed in USA 10260958 A Second Edition ...
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Important Notes About this Manual
Please keep this manual in your Pontiac, so it will be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If YOU sell the
vehicle, please leave this manual
in it so the new owner can use it.
This manual includes the latest information at
the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the product
after that time without further notice.
Note to Canadian Owners
For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Pontiac Division whenever it
appears in this manual.
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a French Language Manual:
Aux proprietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en franGais chez votre concessionaire
ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd.,
1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7.
Published by Pontiac Division
General Motors Corporation
GM and the GM Embiem, Pontiac, the Pontiac Emblem
and the name Bonneville are registered trademarks of
General Motors Corporation.
The word
Delco is a registered trademark of General
Motors Corporation.
@ Copyright 1993 General Motors Corporation, Pontiac Division. All rights reserved.
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How to Use This Manual
Using Your 1994 Pontiac
Owner’s Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual
from beginning
to end when they first
receive their
new vehicle. This will help
you learn about the features and controls
for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll
find that pictures and words work
together
to explain things quickly.
There are nine parts with black-tabbed pages
in this manual. Each part begins
with a brief list of contents,
so you can
usually tell at a glance
if that part
contains the information you want.
You can bend the manual slightly to reveal
the black tabs that help you find a part.
This part tells you how to use your seats
and safety belts properly. It also explains
the “SIR’ (Air Bag) System.
Part 2: Features & Controls
This part explains how to start and
operate your Pontiac.
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio
Systems
This part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and comfort controls and how
to operate your sound system.
Part 4: Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and
tips about the road and how
to drive
under different conditions.
Part 5: Problems on the Road
This part tells you what to do if you have
a problem while driving, such as a flat tire
or engine overheating, etc.
Part 6: Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep
your Pontiac running properly and
looking good.
Part 7: Maintenance Schedule
This part tells you when to perform
vehicle’maintenance and what fluids and’
lubricants to use.
Part 8: Customer Assistance
Information
This part tells you how to contact Pontiac
for assistance and how
to get service
publications. It also gives
you information
on “Reporting Safety Defects”
on
page 269.
Part 9: Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost
every subject
in this manual. You can use it
to quickly find something you want to read.
Service Station Information
This is a quick reference of service
information.
You can find it on the last
page of this manual.
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Safety Warnings and
Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions
in this book. We use a box with gray
background and
the word CAUTION to
tell you about things that could
hurt you i:
you were to ignore the warning.
[n the gray caution area, we tell you what
the hazard is. Then we tell you what to
do
to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please
read these cautions. If you don’t, you or
others could be hurt.
You
will also find a circle with a slash
through it
in this book. This safety
symbol means:
“Don’t,”
“Don’t do this,”
or “Don’t let this happen.”
Vehicle Damage Warnings
41~0, in this book you will find these
notices:
NOTICE.
These mean there is something that
could damage your vehicle.
[n the notice area, we tell you about
something that can damage your vehicle.
Many times, this damage would not be
:overed by your warranty, and it could be
:ostly. But the notice will tell you what to
jo to help avoid the damage.
When you read other manuals, you might
see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in
lifferent colors or
in different words.
You’ll also see warning labels on your
vehicle. They use yellow for cautions,
blue for notices, and the words
CAUTION or NOTICE.
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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACID COULD BATTERY
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,111,
COULD FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN SEAT
4
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
'* -- I
These symbols
have to do with
your lights:
SIGNALS e
TURN
HIGH BEAM
OR = =o
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are
on some of
your controls:
WIPER Q7
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING
4
FAN (I
These symbols
are used
on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT Fa
TEMP --
ENGINE
CHARGING
I-1
BATTERY SYSTEM
BRAKE
(0)
RADIATOR COOLANT
FUEL
ENGINE OIL
PRESSURE
Wb
TEMP OIL ?b
ANTILOCK (@)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
11lp RADIO , - -
SELECTOR b I JE
RADIO
VOLUME
CONDITIONING
AIR 43
LIGHTER
m
SPEAKER
b
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Notes
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Here YOU’II find information about the
seats in your Pontiac and
how to use
your safety belts properly
. You can
also learn about some things you
should
not do with safety belts .
Part 1
Seats & Restraint Systems
Seats and Seat Controls ............................................... 8
Safety Belts ....................................................... 11
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ..................................... 16
DriverPosition ..................................................... 16
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................................... 24
Right Front Passenger Position ........................................ 25
Center Passenger Position ............................................ 25
Rear Seat Passengers ................................................ 26
Children ........................................................ 29
Smaller Children and Babies
........................................ 29
Child Restraints
.................................................... 30
Safety Belt Extender
................................................ 39
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
................................... 39
Supplemental
Inflatable Restraint System (Air Bag)
........................ 20
Larger Children .................................................... 37
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Seats & Restraint Systems
4 Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the
seats-how to adjust them-and also
about reclining seatbacks and head
restraints.
Manual Front Seat
Move the control lever under the front of
the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to
where you want it. Then release the lever
and try to move the seat with your body,
to make sure the seat is locked into place. Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the power seats on some models:
Front Control (A): Raise the front of the
seat by holding the switch
up. Lower the
front of the seat by holding the switch down.
Center Control (B): Move the seat
forward by pressing the control toward
the front, or backward by pressing
it
toward the rear of the vehicle.
Move the seat higher by holding the
control up. Lower the seat
by holding the
control down.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat
by holding the switch up. Lower the rear of
the seat by holding the switch down.
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Adjustable Support Seat
(OPTION)
On some models, you’ll find the controls
on the center console. Slide the selector
switch to
“L” or “R’ to choose the front
seat
you want to adjust.
J- Adjusts the seat forward
or back. -
‘I AJ Adjusts the seat up or down.
4. Adjusts the seatback to an
upright or reclined position.
Don’t have a seatback reclined
if your vehicle is moving. Adjusts the position
of the
seatback sid’e bolsters.
up or .down.
0 Tilts the rear of the seat
up or down.
Tilts the
front of the seat
Lumbar Controls
Reshapes the lower back
area
of the seat.
Reshapes the middle back
area of the seat.
Reshapes the upper back
area of the seat.
Manual Reclining
Seatback (OPTION)
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Lift the lever to release the seatbacgi, then
tilt the seatback forward or backwatd as
desired. Release the lever to lock th9
seatback
in place.
But don’t have
a seatback reclined if your
vehicle is moving.
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