clock PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 2003 User Guide

3. Carefully remove the headlamp assembly from the
vehicle. Be careful to avoid scratching or chipping
the paint
on the vehicle while removing.
4. Lift the plastic tab on the electrical connector and
pull the connector out.
5. Turn the lamp socket ring a quarter turn
counterclockwise to remove it from the headlamp
assembly. Pull the old bulb from the socket.
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Front Turn Signal and Sidemarker
6. Place the new bulb into the socket.
7. Turn the bulb socket one-quarter turn clockwise to
reinstall it.
8. Turn the lamp socket ring a quarter turn clockwise
to place it back into the headlamp assembly.
9. Lift the plastic tab on the electrical connector and
reinstall the connector.
10. Carefully reinstall the headlamp assembly. Be
careful to avoid scratching or chipping the paint
on the vehicle while reinstalling the assembly.
11. Reinstall the two bolts on the top of the headlamp
assembly.
Lamps
1. Open the hood.
2. Remove the two bolts from the top of the headlamp
assembly.
3. Remove the headlamp assembly from the vehicle.
Be careful to avoid scratching or chipping the paint
on the vehicle while removing
it.
counterclockwise to remove.
4. Turn the front sidemarker bulb socket a quarter turn
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5. Remove the old bulb from the socket.
6. Place the new bulb into the socket.
7. Turn the bulb socket a quarter turn clockwise to
8. Carefully reinstall the headlamp assembly. Be
reinstall
it.
careful to avoid scratching or chipping the paint
on the vehicle.
9. Reinstall the two bolts on the top of the headlamp
assembly.
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp
(CHMSL)
1. Open the trunk.
2. Reach through the access opening in the trunk
and remove the slotted vent by squeezing the
ends and pulling down.
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Taillamps, Sidemarker and Back-up
Lamps
1. Open the trunk.
2. Unhook the convenience net (if equipped) and
3. Remove the old bulb by turning it a quarter turn
counterclockwise.
4. Place the new bulb into the bulb socket.
5. Turn the bulb a quarter turn clockwise.
Reinstall the vent.
3. Unscrew the upper convenience net hook
attachment.
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4. Pull the trunk trim carpeting away from the rear of
the trunk.
5. Remove the upper trunk trim hook and the two
plastic wing nuts from the taillamp.
6. Carefully remove the taillamp assembly. Be careful
to avoid scratching or chipping the paint
on the
vehicle.
7. Turn the lamp socket a quarter turn
counterclockwise to remove.
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8. Remove the old bulb.
9. Place the new bulb into the socket.
IO. Turn the lamp socket a quarter turn clockwise to
11. Carefully reinstall the taillamp assembly by
reinstall it.
reversing Steps
1 through 5.
Be careful to avoid
scratching or chipping the vehicle’s paint.
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2. Remove the compact spare tire. See Compact
Spare Tire
on page 5-87 for more information
about the compact spare tire.
3. Turn the nut holding the jack counterclockwise and
remove it. Then remove the jack and wrench.
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Removing the Flat Tire and Installing
the Spare Tire
1.
2.
Using the wheel wrench, loosen all the wheel nuts.
Don’t remove them yet.
Turn the jack handle clockwise to raise the vehicle.
Raise the vehicle far enough
off the ground for the
spare tire to fit underneath the wheel well. Getting under a vehicle when
it is jacked up is
dangerous. If the vehicle
slips off the jack you
could be badly injured or killed. Never get under
a vehicle when
it is supported only by a jack.
Raising your
v icle with th _ack imp1 -1erly
positioned can damage the vehicle and even
make the vehicle fall.
To help avoid personal
injury and vehicle damage, be sure to
fit the
jack
lift head into the proper location before
raising the vehicle.
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4. Remove any rust or dirt
from the wheel bolts,
mounting surfaces
and spare wheel.
3. Raise the vehicle by turning the jack handle
clockwise. Raise the vehicle far enough
off the
ground for the spare tire to fit underneath the wheel
well. Remove all wheel nuts and take
off the
flat tire.
I
Rust or dirt or. -.le 1 eel, or o parts to
which
it is fastened, can make the wheel nuts
become loose after a time. The wheel could
come
off and cause an accident. When you
change
a wheel, remove any rust or dirt from
the places where the wheel attaches to the
vehicle. In an emergency, you can use a cloth
or a paper towel to do this; but be sure to use
a scraper or wire brush later, if you need to,
to get all the rust
or dirt off.
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Never use oil or grease on studs or nuts. If
you do, the nuts might come loose. Your wheel
could fall
off, causing a serious accident.
5. Place the spare on the wheel mounting surface.
6. Reinstall the wheel
nuts with the rounded
end
of the nuts
toward the wheel.
Tighten each nut
by hand until the
wheel
is held
against the hub. 7. Lower the vehicle by turning the jack handle
counterclockwise. Lower the jack completely.
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