1994 PONTIAC GRAND-AM seats

7 Pontiac Grand Am
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Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
1994 Owner’s Manual
Table of Contents
How to Use This Manual ............ 3
7 Seats & Restraint Systems ...........
Features & Controls ............... 45
Comfort Controls & Audio Systems . IO I -
Your Driving and the Road ......... 119 -
Problems on the Road ............. I47
Service & Appearance Care ........ I69
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Maintenance Schedule ............ 223
Customer Assistance Information . . 243
Includes ‘LReporting Safety Defects” on page 247.
Index ........................... 263 9
Service Station Information . . Last Page
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How to Use This Manual
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Using Your 1994 Pontiac
Owner’s Manual
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Many people read their owner’s manual
from beginning
to end when they first
receive their new vehicle. This will help
you learn about the features and controls
for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll
find that pictures and words work
together to explain things quickly.
There are nine parts with black-tabbed
pages
in this manual. Each part begins
with a brief list of contents, so you can
usually tell at a glance
if that part
contains the information you want.
You can bend the manual slightly to reveal
the black tabs that help you find a part.
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Part 1: Seats & Restraint Systems
This part tells you how to use your seats
and safety belts properly. It also explains
the
“SRS” (Air Bag) System.
Part 2: Features & Controls
This part,explains how to start and
operate your Pontiac.
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio
Systems
This part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and comfort controls and how
to operate your sound system.
Part 4: Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and
tips about
the road and how to drive
under different conditions.
Part 5: Problems on the Road
This part tells you what to do if you have
a problem while driving, such as a flat tire
or engine overheating, etc.
Part 6: Service & Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep
your Pontiac running properly and
looking good.
Part 7: Maintenance Schedule
This part tells you when to perform
vehicle maintenance and what fluids and
lubricants to use.
Part 8: Customer Assistance
Information
This part tells you how to contact Pontiac
for assistance and how to get service
publications. It
also gives you information
on “Reporting Safety Defects’’ on
page 247.
Part 9: Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost
?very subject
in this manual. You can use it
to quickly find something you want to read.
Service Station Information
This is a quick reference of service
information.
You can find it on the last
page of this manual.
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Her6 you'll find information about'the
seats in your Po.ntiac, and how ti, us0
your-safety belts properly . You can
also learn about
some thi, ngs you
should not dm o with safety belts .
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Seats & Restraint Sys
Seats and Seat Controls ........................................
El terns
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Part I
5. afety Belts .......... ; ............................................. 12
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ...................................... 17
Driver Positian ...................................................... 17
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) ....................... ............. 21
Air 'Bag Readiness Light
.............................................. 22
Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Pontiac
............................... 25
Safety Belt
Use During Pregnancy ..................................... 25
Right Front. Passenger Position
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Rear Seat Passengers ................................................ 26
Center Passenger Position ............................................ 27
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ...................................... 30
Children
.......................................................... 32
Smaller Children and Babies
.......................................... 32
Child Restraints
.................................................... 33
LargerChildren
.................................................... 40
Safety Belt Extender
................................................ 42
Checking Your Restraint System ........................................ 42
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
................................... 42
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Seats & Restraint Systems
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the
seats-how to adjust them-and also
about reclining seatbacks and head
restraints.
Manual Front Seat
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. Manual 4- Way Adjustable
Seai
(omoN)
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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Manual Reclining
Seafback
(CONT.)
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.
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Front Seatback Latches
(TWO-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 going 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
(TWO-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.
To get out, again tilt the seatback fully
forward.
Split Fold-Down Rear Seat
(OPTION)
To Open:
Pull forward on the seat tab.
To Close:
Push the seatback up to its original
position.
Push the seatback solidly up against the
back plate to ensure the inertial latch will
hook and lock securely during sudden
stops.
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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.
And it explains the Supplemental
Restraint System, or “air bag” system.
This figure lights up as a reminder to
buckle
up. (See “Safety Belt Warning
Light”
in the Index.)
In many states and Canadian provinces,
the law says to wear safety belts. Here’s
why: They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If
you do have a crash, you don’t know
if it
will be a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes
can be
so serious that even buckled up a
person wouldn’t survive. But most
crashes are
in between. In many of them,
people who buckle
up can survive and
sometimes walk away. Without belts they
could have been badly hurt or killed.
After more than 25 years of safety belts in
vehicles, the facts are clear. In most
crashes buckling up does matter
... a lot!
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Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle.
The rider doesn’t stop. The person keeps going until stopped by
something.
In a real vehicle, it could be the
windshield
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