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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you will These
symbols are important for you
find on your vehicle. For example, these and your passengers whenever your
symbols are used on an original battery: vehicle
is driven:
Caution Possible Injury
Protect Eyes by Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames
Spark or Flame
Could
Explode Battery
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Door LocWUnlock
rhese symbols have to do with your
lights:
Turn Signal Direction
Hazard Warning Flashers Headlight High Beam
Parking Lights
Fog Lamps
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How to Use this Manual
Vehicle Symbols (CONT.:)
These symbols are on some of your
controls:
Windshield Wipers
Windshield Washer
Windshield Defroster
Rear Window Defogger
Ventilating Fan
Power Window
These symbols are used on warning and
Here are some other symbols you may
indicator lights: see:
Engine Coolant
Temperature
Battery Charging
System
Fuel
Engine Oil Pressure
Brake
Anti-Lock Brakes Fuse
(0)
Speaker
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Hood Release
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Seats & Safety Eelts
Seats und Seat Controls Manual Fmnt Seat
This section tells you about the seats-
how to adjust them-and also about
reclining seatbacks and head restraints.
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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 don’t want to.
Adjust the driver’s seat only when
the vehicle is not moving. 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.
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Manual 4- Way Adjustable Seat
(OPTION)
There are two levers at the front of the
seat. The left lever adjusts the seat
forward and back. The right lever
adjusts the angle
of the front of the seat.
To Adjust the Seat’s Forward and
Rearward Movement:
Lift the left lever up and adjust the seat
forward
or back. Then release the lever
and try to move the seat to be certain
that
it is locked in place.
To Raise or Lower the Front of the
Seat:
Lift the right lever, and lean forward or
backward.
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I Power Seat Controls (opTIoN)
To adjust the power seat 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
or back by holding the control
to the front or back.
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.
Manual Lumbar Support
Turn the knob on the side of the driver’s
seat clockwise to increase
support to the
lower back.
Turn the knob counter-
clockwise to decrease the
support.
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Manual Reclining Seatback
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on
the outer side
of the seat and move the
seatback where
you want it. Release the
lever to lock the seatback.
Pull
up on the lever and the seat will go
to an upright position.
Don’t have a seatback reclined,
however, if
your vehicle is moving.
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Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be
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when you’re
reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it won’t be against your body.
Instead, it will be in front
of you. In a crash you could go into it, receiving
neck
or other injuries.
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The lap belt can’t do its job either. In a crash the belt could go up Over your
abdomen.
The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could
cause
serious internal injuries.
For
proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatback
upright. Then sit well back
in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.
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Head Restraints
Head restraints are fixed on some
vehicles and adjustable on others. Slide
an adjustable head restraint up or down
so that the top of the restraint is closest
to the top of your ears.
This position reduces the chance of a
neck injury in a crash.
On some models, the head restraints tilt
forward and rearward
also.
Front Seatback Latches
(2-DOOR MODELS)
The front seatback folds forward to let
people get into the back seat. Your
seatback will move back and forth
freely, unless you come to a sudden
stop, Then it will lock into place.
There's one time the
front seats may not
fold without some help from you. That's
if your vehicle is parked facing down a
fairly steep hill.
To fold a front seatback forward, push
the seatback toward the rear seat as you
lift this latch. Then the seatback will
fold forward. The latcH must be down
for the seat to work properly.
Easy-Entry Seat
(2-DOOR MODELS)
The right front seat of your vehicle
makes it easy to get in and out of the
rear seat.
When you tilt the right front seatback
fully forward, the whole seat will slide
forward.
After someone gets into the rear seat
area, move the right front seatback to
its original position. Then move the
seat rearward until it
locks.
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Easy-Entry Seat (CONT.)
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If an easy-entry right fronl
seat isn’t locked,
it can move.
In a sudden stop or crash, the
person sitting there could be
injured. After you’ve used it, be
sure to push rearward
on an easy-
entry seat
to be sure it is locked.
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To get out, again tilt the seatback fully
forward.
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Split Fold-Down Rear Seat
(OPTION)
To Open:
Pull forward on the seat tab.
To Close:
Push the seatback up to its original
position.
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Push the seatback solidly up against the
back plate to ensure inertial latch will
hook and lock securely during sudden
stops.
Safety Belts:
They’re For Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to
use safety belts properly. It also tells you
some things you should not do with
safety belts.
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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
go as fast as it goes.
1. For example, if the bike is going
10 mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
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2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops.
But the child keeps going!
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3. Take the simplest “car.” Suppose
it’s just a seat
on wheels.
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And you don’t have to unbuckle when
you get out.
Just get into your vehicle. Then close and lock the door. Adjust the seat (to see
how, see the
Index under Seat Controls)
so you can sit up straight. The lap
belt should be worn as low on
the hips as possible. In a crash, this
applies force to the strong pelvic bones.
And you’d be less likely to slide under
the lap belt.
If you slid under it, the belt
would apply force at your abdomen.
This could cause serious or even fatal
injuries. The shoulder belt should go
over the shoulder and across the chest.
These parts of the body are best able to
take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt
locks if there’s a sudden
stop
or a crash. It’s
possible that an automatic belt could
keep you from fully opening a door.
That can happen
if the door was
slammed shut very hard. Just close the
door all the way, then slowly open it. If
that doesn’t
fix it, then your Pontiac
needs service.
We hope you will always keep your
automatic belt buckled. However,
you
may need to unbuckle it in an
emergency.
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Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt
(CONE)
To unbuckle the automatic belt, just
push the button on the buckle.
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To reattach the automatic belt:
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see the
Index under Seat Controls) so you
can sit up straight.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the
belt across you. Don’t let it get
twisted.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle
until it clicks.
Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It
won’t give nearly as much protection
this way.
loose. In a crash, you would move
forward too much, which could
significantly increase injury. The
shoulder belt should
fit against
your body.
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