remote start PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 1997 Owners Manual

Section 2 Features and Controls
Here you can learn about the many standard and optional features on your Pontiac, and information on starting,
shifting and braking. Also explained are the instrument panel and the warning systems that tell you if everything
is
working properly -- and what to do if you have a problem.
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Remote Keyless Entry Trunk
Theft
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Ignition Positions
Starting
Your Engine
Engine Coolant Heater
Automatic Transaxle Operation Computer Command Ride
Parking Brake
Shifting Into PARK (P)
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Windows
Horn
Tilt Wheel
Turn SignalMultifunction Lever
Exterior Lamps
Interior Lamps
Mirrors
Storage Compartments
Sun Visors
Air Inflator
System
Accessory Power Outlet
Sunroof
Instrument Panel
Warning Lights, Gages
and Indicators
Head-Up Display
Driver Information Center
Electronic Compass
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If your vehicle is not equipped with Remote Keyless
Entry, use the following procedure to change modes:
1. Close all doors and turn the ignition on. Keep all
2. Press and hold the driver’s power door lock switch
3. Cycle the PARK (P) shift lever, starting in
doors closed throughout
this procedure.
though Step
3.
PARK (P), through the gear selections to advance by
one mode
for each cycle.
After the
first cycle, you will hear a door locking
action, which identifies the current mode.
4. Release the power door lock switch.
Delayed Locking (Option)
This feature lets the driver delay the actual locking of
the vehicle. When the power door lock switch is pressed
with
the key removed from the ignition and the driver’s
door open, a chime will sound three times to signal that
the delayed locking system is active. When all doors
have been closed, the doors will lock automatically after
five seconds. If any door is opened before this, the
five-second timer will reset itself once all the doors have
been closed again.
Pressing the door lock switch twice within two seconds
will override this feature.
The delayed locking feature can
be turned on or off for
each remote transmitter. Vehicles
are delivered with each
remote transmitter defaulted with delayed locking
off.
To turn the feature on:
1. Press and hold the power door lock switch
throughout this procedure. All the doors will lock.
2. Press the UNLOCK button on the remote transmitter.
The lock delay is still
off and all the doors will
remain locked.
3. Press the UNLOCK button on the remote transmitter
again. Lock delay
is now active and all the doors
will unlock.
4. Release the power door lock switch.
To turn this feature off, repeat the previous procedure.
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Theater Dimming
This feature allows for a three to five-second fade out
of the courtesy lamps instead
of immediate turn off.
Exit Lighting
With this feature, the interior lamps will come on for
25 seconds after you remove the key from the ignition.
This will give you time to find the door pull handle
or
lock switches as you exit the vehicle.
Illuminated Entry (Option) Front Reading Lamps
These lamps and
the
interior courtesy lamps
will come
on when you
open the doors.
When you press the unlock button on the optional
Remote Keyless Entry transmitter, the lamps inside your
TO turn on a reading lamp when the doors are closed,
vehicle will go
on. These lamps will go off after about press either switch. Press it again to turn the lamp off.
25 seconds, or when you start your engine. Pressing the
lock button on your Remote Keyless Entry transmitter
will turn the lights immediately off.
If a door is left ajar, your interior lamps will turn off
after
10 minutes to save your battery.
To avoid draining your vehicle’s battery, be sure to turn
off the reading lamps when leaving your vehicle.
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