interior lights PONTIAC FIREBIRD 2002 Owners Manual

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Section 2 Features and Controls
Here you can learn about the many standard and optional features on your vehicle, 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.
2
-2 Windows
2
-4 Keys
2
-6 Door Locks
2
-8 Keyless Entry System (If Equipped)
2
-13 Hatch
2
-16 Theft
2
-17 Content Theft-Deterrent/Alarm System
(If Equipped)
2
-27 PASS-Key
II
2
-29 New Vehicle ªBreak-Inº
2
-29 Ignition Positions
2
-32 Starting Your Engine
2
-34 Engine Coolant Heater (Canada Only)
2
-36 Automatic Transmission Operation
2
-40 Manual Transmission Operation
2
-43 Parking Brake
2
-45 Shifting Into PARK (P)
(Automatic Transmission Only)
2
-47 Shifting Out of PARK (P)
(Automatic Transmission Only)2
-47 Parking Your Vehicle
(Manual Transmission Models Only)
2
-48 Parking Over Things That Burn
2
-48 Engine Exhaust
2
-49 Running Your Engine While You're Parked
(Automatic Transmission)
2
-50 Limited-Slip Rear Axle
2
-50 Tilt Wheel
2
-51 Turn Signal/Multifunction Lever
2
-56 Exterior Lamps
2
-59 Interior Lamps
2
-61 Mirrors
2
-62 Storage Compartments
2
-67 T-Top Roof Panels (If Equipped)
2
-74 Convertible Top (If Equipped)
2
-82 The Instrument Panel -- Your
Information System
2
-86 Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators

2-59 Fog Lamps
Use your fog lamps for better vision in foggy or misty
conditions. Your parking lamps must be on or your
fog lamps won't work.
Your fog lamp switch is
located on your instrument
panel to the left of the
steering wheel.
To turn the fog lamps on, push the right side of the
fog lamp switch and a light on the switch will come on
indicating that the fog lamps are on. Push the left side
of the fog lamp switch to turn the fog lamps off.
The fog lamps will go off whenever your high
-beam
headlamps come on. When the high
-beam headlamps
go off, the fog lamps will come on again.
If your vehicle is equipped with the content
theft
-deterrent/alarm system and your fog lamp switch
is on, the fog lamps may flash to indicate operation of the
content theft
-deterrent/alarm system. See ªContent
Theft
-Deterrent/Alarm Systemº in the Index.
Interior Lamps
Instrument Panel Brightness Control
This feature controls the brightness of the instrument
panel lights.
The thumbwheel for this feature is located on the
instrument panel to the left of the steering column.
Move the thumbwheel up or down to brighten or dim
the lights. If you move the thumbwheel all the way up,
your courtesy lamps will come on.