Retractable PONTIAC G6 2007 Owners Manual

Seats and Restraint Systems
....................... 7
Front Seats
.............................................. 9
Rear Seats
............................................. 20
Safety Belts
............................................ 22
Child Restraints
...................................... 46
Airbag System
........................................ 76
Restraint System Check
......................... 94
Features and Controls
................................ 97
Keys
....................................................... 99
Doors and Locks
.................................. 108
Windows
............................................... 115
Theft-Deterrent Systems
....................... 118
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
..... 122
Mirrors
.................................................. 142
OnStar
®System
................................... 148Storage Areas
...................................... 150
Sunroof
................................................ 150
Retractable Hardtop
.............................. 153
Instrument Panel
....................................... 161
Instrument Panel Overview
................... 164
Climate Controls
................................... 182
Warning Lights, Gages, and
Indicators
.......................................... 192
Driver Information Center (DIC)
............ 209
Audio System(s)
................................... 219
Driving Your Vehicle
................................. 253
Your Driving, the Road, and
Your Vehicle
..................................... 254
Towing
................................................. 293
2007 Pontiac G6 Owner ManualM
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Seatback Latches
{CAUTION:
You can lose control of the vehicle if you
try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while
the vehicle is moving. The sudden
movement could startle and confuse you,
or make you push a pedal when you do
not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only
when the vehicle is not moving.
If your vehicle is a coupe or retractable hardtop
model, it has a seatback latch as part of the
manual recline lever. This feature provides easy
access to the rear seats. To operate the seatback
latch, pull up on the manual recline lever. The
seatback will automatically spring forward.
To operate the latch from the rear seat, pull back
on the top of the manual recline lever.
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3. If your vehicle has a retractable hardtop or is
a coupe, and the safety belt is not routed
through the guide on the head restraint, slide
the edge of the belt webbing through the
opening on the guide. Be sure the belt is not
twisted.4. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across
you. Do not let it get twisted.
The lap-shoulder belt may lock if you pull the
belt across you very quickly. If this happens,
let the belt go back slightly to unlock it.
Then pull the belt across you more slowly.
5. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it
clicks.
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To unlatch the belt, push the button on the buckle. If your vehicle has a retractable hardtop, secure
the safety belt latch plate when the safety belt
is not in use. To do this, slide the safety belt
webbing (D) behind the belt webbing retaining
clip (B) and slide the latch (A) into the latch
retaining clip (C).
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Lower Anchor and Top Tether Anchor
Locations
i(Top Tether Anchor):
Seating positions with
top tether anchors.
j(Lower Anchor):
Seating positions with
two lower anchors.
i(Top Tether Anchor):
Seating positions with
top tether anchors.
j(Lower Anchor):
Seating positions with
two lower anchors.
j(Lower Anchor):
Seating positions with
two lower anchors.
To assist you in locating
the lower anchors, each
seating position with
lower anchors has
two labels, near
the crease between the
seatback and the
seat cushion.
Rear Seat — Sedan
Rear Seat — Coupe
Rear Seat — Retractable
Hardtop
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The top tether anchors are located on the rear
seatback ller panel. Be sure to use an anchor
located on the same side of the vehicle as
the seating position where the child restraint will
be placed.
Retractable hardtop models do not have top tether
anchors in any seating position.
Do not secure a child restraint in the right front
passenger’s position in a coupe or sedan model or
in any position if your vehicle has a retractable
hardtop, if a national or local law requires that the
top tether be attached, or if the instructions that
come with the child restraint say that the top tether
must be attached. There is no place to attach
the top tether in these positions.
Sedan
Coupe
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A. Passenger’s Side Rear Seat Lower Anchors
B. Center Rear Seat Lower Anchors
C. Driver’s Side Rear Seat Lower Anchors
Make sure to attach the child restraint at the
proper anchor location.This system is designed to make installation of
child restraints easier. When using lower anchors,
do not use the vehicle’s safety belts. Instead,
use the vehicle’s anchors and child restraint
attachments to secure the restraints. Some
restraints also use another vehicle anchor to
secure a top tether.
Sedan, Coupe and Retractable Hardtop
Models
1. Attach and tighten the lower attachments to
the lower anchors. If the child restraint does
not have lower attachments or the desired
seating position does not have lower anchors,
secure the child restraint with the top tether
and the safety belts. Refer to your child
restraint manufacturer instructions and the
instructions in this manual.
1.1. Find the lower anchors for the desired
seating position.
1.2. Put the child restraint on the seat.
1.3. Attach and tighten the lower
attachments on the child restraint to the
lower anchors.
Sedan
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6. If your child restraint has a top tether, attach
and tighten the top tether to the top tether
anchor. Refer to the instructions that
came with the child restraint and toLower
Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on
page 60.
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. If your vehicle has a retractable
hardtop, when the hardtop is down and the safety
belt is not in use, secure the safety belt latch
plate. SeeRear Seat Passengers on page 38.Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
Your vehicle has a right front passenger’s airbag.
A rear seat is a safer place to secure a
forward-facing child restraint. SeeWhere to Put
the Restraint on page 58.
In addition, your vehicle has the passenger
sensing system. The passenger sensing system is
designed to turn off the right front passenger’s
frontal airbag when an infant in a rear-facing infant
seat or a small child in a forward-facing child
restraint or booster seat is detected. See
Passenger Sensing System on page 87and
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 197for
more information on this including important
safety information.
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There is no top tether anchor in the right front
passenger’s position. Do not secure a child seat in
this position if a national or local law requires
that the top tether be anchored, or if the
instructions that come with the child restraint say
that the top tether must be anchored. See
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH)
on page 60if the child restraint has a top
tether.
You will be using the lap-shoulder belt to secure
the child restraint in this position. Be sure to follow
the instructions that came with the child restraint.
Secure the child in the child restraint when and as
the instructions say.
1. Your vehicle has a right front passenger’s
frontal airbag. SeePassenger Sensing
System on page 87. General Motors
recommends that rear-facing child restraints
be secured in a rear seat, even if the airbag is
off. If your child restraint is forward-facing,
move the seat as far back as it will go before
securing the child restraint in this seat.
SeeManual Seats on page 9orPower Seat
on page 10.When the passenger sensing system has
turned off the right front passenger’s frontal
airbag, the off indicator in the passenger airbag
status indicator should light and stay lit
when you turn the ignition to ON or START.
SeePassenger Airbag Status Indicator
on page 197.
2. Put the child restraint on the seat.
3. If your vehicle has retractable hardtop or is a
coupe, remove the safety belt from the guide
on the head restraint by sliding the webbing
through the opening on the guide. Do not
secure the child restraint with the safety belt
routed through the guide.
4. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and
shoulder portions of the vehicle’s safety belt
through or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show you how.
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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. If your vehicle has a retractable
hardtop or is a coupe, insert the safety belt into
the guide on the head restraint by sliding the
webbing through the opening on the guide.
Airbag System
Your vehicle has a frontal airbag for the driver and
another frontal airbag for the right front passenger.
Your vehicle may also have a seat-mounted
side impact airbag for the driver and for the right
front passenger. Your vehicle may also have
roof-mounted side impact airbags. Roof-mounted
side impact airbags are available for the driver
and the passenger seated directly behind
the driver and for the right front passenger and the
passenger seated directly behind that passenger.If your vehicle has seat-mounted side impact
airbags, the word AIRBAG will appear on
the airbag covering on the side of the front
seatback closest to the door. If your vehicle has
roof-mounted side impact airbags, the word
AIRBAG will appear on the airbag covering on the
ceiling near the side windows.
Frontal airbags are designed to help reduce the
risk of injury from the force of an inating
frontal airbag. But these airbags must inate very
quickly to do their job and comply with federal
regulations.
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