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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you will
find on your vehicle. For example, these
symbols are used
on an original battery:
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Caution Possible Injury
Protect Eyes by Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks
or Flames
Spark or Flame Could
Explode Battery
These symbols are important for you
and your passengers whenever your
vehicle is driven:
Fasten Safety Belts
Door LocklUnlock
These symbols have to do with your
lights:
a Turn Signal Direction
Hazard Warning Flashers
Headlight High Beam
Parking Lights Fog Lights
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Vehicle Symbols (CQNT.)
These symbols are on some of your
controls:
Windshield
WiperlWasher
Windshield Defroster
Rear Window Defogger
Ventilating Fan
Power Window
These symbols are used on warning and
indicator lights:
Engine Coolant - Fd
Temperature .HccF
Battery Charging
System
Fuel
Engine Oil Pressure
Brake
Anti-Lock Brakes
Here are some other symbols you may
see:
Fuse
Trunk Release
Lighter
Horn
Speaker
Hood Release
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Seats & Safety 6eIts
Se& ad Seat Cuntrok
This section tells you about the seats-
how
to adjust them, and also about
reclining seatbaclrs and head restraints.
Manual Front Seat
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You can lose control of the
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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 handle under the
front
of the seat to unlock it. Slide the
seat
to where you want it. Then release
the
handle and try to move the seat
with your
body, fo make sure the seat is
locked into place.
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There are Seven Adjustment Switches:
Power Seat (OPTION)
To Adjust the Six-Way Power Seat:
Front Control
(A): Raise the front of
the seat by holding the switch up. Hold
the switch down to lower the front of
the seat.
Center Control (B): Move the seat
forward or back by holding the control
to the front or back. Raise or lower the
seat by holding the control up or down.
Rear Control (C) : Raise the rear of the
seat by holding the switch up. Hold the
switch down to lower the rear of the
seat.
Adjustable Supports (OPTION)
The adjustable support control allows
you to change the contour
of the driver
and passenger seats. It works
independently of the power seat
control. Adjust your seat for proper
position first, then adjust the contour.
To adjust the driver’s seat, move the
selector switch to
DRIVER. To adjust
the passenger seat, move the selector
switch to
PASS. To lock controls, leave
the selector switch in the middle.
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Lumbar Supports: Press
the switch forward to
raise the area shown by
the solid arrow. Press the
switch rearward to lower.
Head Support: Press the
switch forward to move
the head restraint
forward. Press rearward
to move it back.
Thigh Supports: Press
the
LT switch forward to
raise the left thigh area.
Press the switch rearward
to lower.
Press the
RT switch
forward to raise the right
thigh area. Press the
switch rearward to lower.
Side Bolster Supports:
Press the switch forward
to narrow the outsides of
the seat. Press the switch
rearward
to widen.
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Eight-Way Power Seat With
Adjustable Supports (OPTION)
With this feature, you can adjust the
driver’s seat eight ways:
The seat-shaped controls
(A) adjust the
driver’s seat only. Move the controls in
the direction you want the driver’s seat
to move-up or down, forward or
rearward. In addition, move the
cushion-shaped control to move the
front or rear of the driver’s seat cushion
up or down. Move the seatback-shaped
control to move the driver’s seatback
up
or down.
You can also adjust both the passenger’s I
and the driver’s seat to support your
thighs and back.
Slide the upper right switch to
4 DRIVER or PASS b (Passenger) to
select the seat you want to adjust,
TO
lock controls, leave the selector switch
in the middle.
There are Six Adjustment Switches:
Lumbar Supports:
Press
the switch to raise or
lower the area shown
by
the arrow.
Seatback Recline: Press
the switch to raise or
lower the seatback.
Thigh Supports: Press
the
LT switch to raise or
lower the left thigh area.
Press the
RT switch to
raise
or lower the right
thigh area.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
Lift the lever to release the seatback,
then
tilt the seatback forward or
backward,
as desired. Release the
lever to lock the seatback
in place.
But don’t have a seatback reclined if
your vehicle
is moving.
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Seatback Latches
In 2-door Pontiacs, the front seat 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 in place.
There’s one time the seatback may not
fold without some help from
you. That’s
if your vehicle is parked facing down a
fairly steep hill.
TQ fold a seatback forward, push the
seatback toward the rear as you
lift this
latch. Then the seatback will fold
forward. The latch must be down for
the seat to work properly.
4 Safety Belts:
They’ve For Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to
use sakty belts properly. It also tells
you mme things you should not do with
s’afety belts .
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Don’t let anyone ride where I L
- they can’t wear a safety belt
properly.
If you are in a crash and
you’re not wearing a safety belt,
your injuries can be
much worse.
You can hit things inside the
vehicle or be ejected from it.
You
can be seriously injured or killed. In
the same crash, you might not be
if
you are buckled up. Always fasten
your safety belt, and check that
your passengers’ belts are fastened
properly too.
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Seats & Safety 6elts
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
1. For example, if the bike is going
as fast as it goes.
10 mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops. But the child keeps going! 3. Take the simplest “car.” Suppose
it’s just a seat on wheels.
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Seats & Safety 6elts
Driver Position
This section describes the driver’s
restraint system.
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Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt
This safety belt is called “automatic”
because you don’t have to buckle up
when you get into your vehicle. 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.
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Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt
(CONr.)
TQ 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.
until it cliclts.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle
Belts
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Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It
won’t give nearly as much protectior
this way.
You can be seriously hurt if
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loose. In a crash, you would move
forward too much, which could
signiticantly increase injury. The
shoulder
belt should fit against your
bodv.
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Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The belt is buckled in the wrong
place.
You can be seriously injured
b if your belt is buckled in the I
the belt would go up over your
there, not at the pelvic bones. This
could cause serious internal
injuries. Always buckle your belt
into the buckle nearest you.
abdomen. The belt forces would be I
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3. To make the lap part tight, pull down
on the buckle end of the belt as you
pull up on the shoulder part. The
lap part
of the belt should be worn
low
and snug on the hips, just touching
the thighs.
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.
CAUTION
A You can be seriously hurt if
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Lse. In a crash you would move
forward too much, which could
increase
injury. The shoulder belt
should fit against vour body. I
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