1995 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE Owners Manual

Power Seat (Option)
To adjust the power seats on
some models:
Front Control: Raise the front of the seat by holding
the switch up. Lower the front
of the seat by holding the
switch down.
Center Control: Move the seat forward by pressing the
control toward the right,
or backward by pressing it
toward the left.
Move the seat higher by holding the control up. Lower
the seat by holding the control down.
Rear Control: Raise the rear of the seat by holding the
switch
up. Lower the rear of the seat by holding the
switch down.
Adjustable Support Seat (Option)
On some models,you’Il
find the controls on the
center console.
Slide the
selector switch to
“L” or
“R’ to choose the front seat
4 Adjusts the seat forward or back.
Ad 1 Adjusts the seat up or down.
& Adjusts the seatback ts an upright or re :clin
.ed
position.
Don’t have a seatback reclined if your
vehicle is moving.
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R Reclining Front Seatbacks
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l)i # Adjusts the position of the seatback side bolsters.
Tilts the rear of the seat up or down.
Tilts the front of the seat up or down.
Lumbar Controls:
d! Reshapes the lower back area of the seat.
Jv Reshapes the middle back area of the seat.
4 Reshapes the upper back area of the seat.
8,
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.
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But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is
moving.
Head Restraints
Slide the 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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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 Inflatable Restraint, or
“air bag” system.
Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to
buckle
up. (See “Safety Belt Reminder 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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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it
goes.
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Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat on
wheels.
Put someone on it.
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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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or the instrument panel .-. or the safety belts !
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why
safety belts make
such good sense.
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Here Are Questions Many People Ask
About Safety Belts
-- and the Answers
Q=
A:
A:
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Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if
I’m wearing a safety belt?
You could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you’re upside down. And your chance of
being conscious during and after an accident,
so
you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if
you are belted.
Why don’t they just put in air bags so people
won’t have to
wear safety belts?
Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in
more of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only;
so they work with
safety belts -- not instead of them. Every air bag
system ever offered for sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has air
bags, you still have
to buckle up to get the most
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions,
but especially in
side and other collisions.
@’ If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from
home, why should
I wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
accident
-- even one that isn’t your fault -- you and
your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver
doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of
home. And the greatest number of serious injuries and
deaths occur
at speeds of less than 40 mph (65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Adults
This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there
are special things to know about safety
belts and children. And there
are different rules for smaller
children and babies. If a child will be riding in your
Pontiac, see the part of this manual called “Children.”
Follow those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want
to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
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