child seat PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 2003 Owners Manual

The 2003 Pontiac Bonneville Owner Manual
Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1
Front Seats
............................................... 1-2
Safety Belts
.............................................. 1-7
Child Restraints
....................................... 1-27
Air Bag Systems
...................................... 1-47
Restraint System Check
............................ 1-56
Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1
Keys
........................................................ 2-3
Doors and Locks
...................................... 2-10
Windows
................................................. 2-1 9
Theft-Deterrent Systems
............................ 2-21
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
........... 2-25
Mirrors
.................................................... 2-38
OnStap
.................................................. 2-40
HomeLink@ Transmitter
............................. 2-42
Storage Areas
......................................... 2-46
SlJnroof
................................................. 2-47
Vehicle Personalization
............................. 2-48
Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1
Instrument Panel Overview
.......................... 3-4
Climate Controls
...................................... 3-25
Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators
......... 3-34
Systems Monitor
...................................... 3-55
Driver Information Center (DIC)
.................. 3-57 Secondary
Information Center (SIC)
............ 3-68
Audio System(s)
....................................... 3-71
Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1
Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle
..... 4-2
Towing
................................................... 4-32
Service
..................................................... 5-3
Fuel
......................................................... 5-5
Checking Things Under the Hood
............... 5-12
Headlamp Aiming
..................................... 5-52
Bulb Replacement
.................................... 5-56
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
......... 5-61
Tires
...................................................... 5-62
Appearance Care
..................................... 5-82
Vehicle Identification
................................. 5-90
Electrical System
...................................... 5-91
C8pa.citigs
and Specifications ......... 5-100
Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts .... 5-101
Maintenance Schedule
................................ 6-2
Customer Assistance Information .................... 7-1
Customer Assistance Information
.................. 7-2
Reporting Safety Defects
............................ 7-8
index ................................................................ 1
Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1
Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1

These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle:
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IN THIS SEATING
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
Front Seats ................................................... 1-2
Manual Seats
................................................ 1-2
Power Seats
.................................................. 1-2
Manual Lumbar
.............................................. 1-3
Power Lumbar
............................................... 1-4
Heated Seats
................................................. 1-4
Reclining Seatbacks
........................................ 1-5
Head Restraints
............................................. 1-6
Safety Belts ..................................................... 1-7
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
................. 1-7
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts
...... 1-1 1
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
................. 1-12
Driver Position
.............................................. 1-1 2
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
.................. 1-18
Right Front Passenger Position
....................... 1-1 9
Center Front Passenger Position
..................... 1-1 9
Rear Seat Passengers
.................................. 1-21
Safety Belt Extender
..................................... 1-26
Child Restraints ............................................. 1-27
Older Children
.............................................. 1-27
Infants and Young Children
............................ 1-29
Rear Safety Belt Comfort
Guides for Children
and Small Adults
....................................... i -24
Child Restraint Systems ................................. 1-33
Top Strap
.................................................... 1-37
Top Strap Anchor Location
............................. 1-38
Children (LATCH System)
........................... 1-39
LATCH System
......................................... 1-41
Position
................................................... 1-41
Seat Position
............................................ 1-44
Air Bag Systems ............................................ 1-47
Where Are the Air Bags?
............................... 1-50
What Makes an Air Bag Inflate?
..................... 1-52
How Does an Air Bag Restrain?
..................... 1-52
What Will You See After an Air Bag Inflates?
... 1-53
Restraint System Check .................................. 1-56
Checking Your Restraint Systems
................... 1-56
Crash
...................................................... 1-56
Where
to Put the Restraint
............................. 1-36
Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front
When Should an Air Bag Inflate?
.................... 1-51
Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped venicie
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Replacing Restraint System Parts After a
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Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from
At You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
accident
- even one that isn’t your fault - you and
your passengers can be hurt. Being a good
driver doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within
25 miles (40 km) of
home. And the greatest number of serious injuries
and deaths occur at speeds of less than
40 mph (65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
home, why should I wear safety belts?
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to know about
safety belts and children. And there are different
rules for smaller children and babies.
If a child will be
riding in your vehicle, see
Older Children on page 7-27
or lnfants and Young Children on page 1-29. Follow
those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear it
properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat so you can sit up straight. To see
how, see “Seats’’ in the Index.
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Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for
Children and Small Adults
Your vehicle may have this feature already. If it doesn’t,
you can get
it from any GM dealer.
Rear shoulder belt comfort guides provide added safety
belt comfort for older children who have outgrown
booster seats and for small adults. When installed on a
shoulder belt, the comfort guide better positions the
belt away from the neck and head.
There is one guide available for each outside passenger
position in the rear seat.
To provide added safety belt
comfort for children who have outgrown child restraints
and booster seats and for smaller adults, the comfort
guides may be installed on the shoulder belts. Here’s
how to install a comfort guide and use the safety belt:
1. Remove the guide from its storage pocket on the
side of the seatback.
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Child Restraints
Older Children
Q: What is the proper way to wear safety belts?
A: If possible, an older child should wear a
lap-shoulder belt and get the additional restraint
a
shoulder belt can provide. The shoulder belt
should not cross the face or neck. The lap belt
should fit snugly below the hips, just touching the
top of the thighs. It should never be worn over
the abdomen, which could cause severe or even
fatal internal injuries in a crash.
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restrained in the rear seat.
In a crash, children who are not buckled up can strike
other people who are buckled up, or can be thrown
out of the vehicle. Older children need to use safety
belts properly.
Older children who have outgrown booster seats should
wear the vehicle’s safety belts.
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Never do this.
Here two children are wearing the same belt.
The belt can’t properly spread the impact
forces.
In a crash, the two children can be
crushed together and seriously injured.
A belt
must be used by only one person at a time.
Q: What if a child is wearing a lap-shoulder belt,
but the child is
so small that the shoulder belt
is very close to the child’s face or neck?
A: If the child is sitting in a seat next to a window,
move the child toward the center
of the vehicle.
If the child is sitting in the center rear seat
passenger position, move the child toward the
safety belt buckle. In either case, be sure that the
shoulder belt still is
on the child’s shoulder, so
that in a crash the child’s upper body would have
the restraint that belts provide. If the child is
so
small that the shoulder belt is still very close to the
child’s face or neck, you might want
to place the
child in a seat that has a lap belt,
if your vehicle
has one.
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Never do this.
Here a child is sitting in a seat that has a
lap-shoulder belt,
but the shoulder part is
behind the child. If the child wears the belt in
this way, in a crash the child might slide under
the belt. The belt’s force would then be applied
right on the child’s abdomen. That could causc
serious or fatal injuries.
Wherever the child sits, the lap portion of the belt
should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching
the child’s thighs. This applies belt force to the child’s
pelvic bones in a crash.
Infants and Youna - Children
Everyone in a vehicle needs protection! This includes
infants and all other children. Neither the distance
traveled nor the age and size
of the traveler changes
the need, for everyone, to use safety restraints. In fact,
the latv in every. state in :he Ur;i:ed States ad in
every Canadian province says children up to some age
must be restrained while in a vehicle.
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in a motor vehicle. If it is, the restraint will have a
label saying that it meets federal motor vehicle
safety standards.
The restraint manufacturer’s instructions that come
with the restraint state the weight and height
limitations for a particular child restraint.
In addition,
there are many kinds of restraints available for
children with special needs.
Newborn infants need complete support,
including support for the head and neck. This
is necessary because a newborn infant’s neck
is weak and its head weighs
so much
compared with the rest of
its body. In a crash,
an infant
in a rear-facing seat settles into the
restraint,
so the crash forces can be
distributed across the strongest part of an
infant’s body, the back and shoulders. Infants
always should be secured
in appropriate infant
restraints. The
body structure of
_. loung ck---J is quite
unlike that of an adult or older child, for whom
the safety belts are designed. A young child’s
hip bones are still
so small that the vehicle’s
regular safety belt may not remain
low on the
hip bones, as
it should. Instead, it may settle
up around the child’s abdomen. In a crash, the
belt would apply force on a body area that’s
unprotected by any bony structure. This alone
could cause serious or fatal injuries. Young
children always should be secured in
appropriate child restraints.
1-32

seating surfzce against the back of the infant. The
An infant car bed (A), a special bed made for use in a harness system holds the infant in place and, in a crash,
motor vehicle,
is an iniant restramt system designeu acts to keep the infant positioned in the restraint.
to restrain or position a child
on a continuous flat
surface. Make sure that the infant’s head rests toward
the center of the vehicle.
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