1996 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE alarm

Door Locks
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Unlocked doors can be dangerous.
Passengers
-- especially children -- can easily
open the doors and fall out. When
a door is
locked, the inside handle won’t open it.
Outsiders can easily enter through an unlocked
door when you slow down or stop your’vehicle.
This may not be
so obvious: You increase the
chance of being thrown out of the vehicle in a
crash if the doors aren’t locked. Wear safety belts
properly, lock your doors, and you will be far
better off whenever you drive your ,vehicle.
There are several ways to lock and unlock your vehicle. From the outside, use your door key
or Remote Keyless
Entry transmitter, if your vehicle has this option. With
your door key, turning the key toward the rear
of the
vehicle
will lock the door and turning the key toward the
front
of the vehicle will unlock it.
If your vehicle has a theft-deterrent system and it
is activated, unlock the doors only with the key or
Remote Keyless
Entry system. This will avoid
setting
off the alarm.
From the inside, to lock the door, slide the locking lever
rearward.
TQ unlock the
door, slidq the locking
lever forward.
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Universal Theft-Deterrent (Option)
If your Pontiac has this option, it has a theft-deterrent
alm system. With this system, the SECURITY light
will flash as you open the door (if your ignition is OFF).
This light reminds you to activate the theft-deterrent
system when leaving
your vehicle.
Activating the
sys tern:
1.
2.
3.
Open the door.
Lock the door with
the power door lock switch or
Remote Keyless
Entry transmitter. The SEC-Y
light should come on and stay on.
Close
all doors. The SECUFUTY light should go afT after
about
30 seconds and the system will then be armed.
If the SECURITY light comes on for one minute and
then shuts
off while the ignition is on, the security
system has detected a problem with itself. See your
dealer for service.
If a door ‘or the trunk is opened without the key or
Remote Keyless Entry transmitter, the
alarm will go off.
It will also go off if the trunk lock is damaged. Your
vehicle’s lamps will flash and the horn will sound for
three minutes, then will
go off to save battery power.
Remember, the theft-deterrent system won’t activate if
you lock the doors with
a key or manual door lock. It
activates only if you use a power door lock
switch ox
Remote Keyless Entry transmitter.
Avoid setting
bff the alarm by accident.
Always unlock
a door with a key, or use the Remote
Keyless Entry transmitter. Unlocking a door any other
way will set
off the alarm.
Stopping the alarm: If you set off the alarm by accident,
unlock
any door with your key. You can also turn off the
alarm by pressing the
UNLOCK button on the Remote
Keyless
Entry transmitter. The alarm won’t stop if you
try to dock a door any other way.
Testing the alarm: Open the, window, then follow the
directions for activating the system described earlier.
Once the alarm is set, reach through the window and
manually uvlock the door
from the inside or turn on the
ignition.
The alarm should sound.
If the alarm does not sound when it should, check to see if
the horn works. The horn fuse may be blown. To replace
the fuse, see “Fuses and Circuit Breakers” in the Index.
To reduce the possibility of theft, always activate the
theft-deterrent
system when leaving your vehicle.
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Tachometer (Option)
The tachometer shows your
engine speed in revolutions
per minute (rpm).
Do not
run your engine at speeds
in
the red area.
Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators
This part describes the warning lights and gages that
may be on your vehicle.
The pictures will help you
locate them.
Waming lights and gages can signal that something is
wrong before it becomes serious enough to cause
an
expensive repair or replacement. Paying attention to
your warning
lights and gages could &so save YOU or
others from iniurv.
Warning lights come on when there may be or is a
problem
with one of your vehicle’s functions. As you
will see in the details on the next few pages, some
warning lights come on briefly when you start the
engine just to let you know they’re working.
If you are
familiar with
this section, you should not be alarmed
when this happens.
Gages
can indicate when there may be or is a problem
with one
of your vehicle’s functions. Often gages and
warning lights work together to let
you know when
there’s
a problem with your vehicle.
When one
of the warning lights comes on and stays on
when you are driving, or when one of the gages shows
there may be a problem, check the section that tells you
what to
do about it. Please follow this manual’s advice.
Waiting to
do repairs can be costly -- and even
dangerous.
So please get to know your warning lights
and gages. They’re
a big help.
Your vehicle may also have a driver information center
that works along with the
w,arning lights and gages. See
“Driver Information Center’’
in the Index.
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v Section 9 Index
Acceisory mator ........................ 2.54. 5.25
Accessory Power Outlet .... ..................... 2-52
Adjustable Support Seat ........................... 1-3
AirBag .:..................................... l-16
.How Does it Restrain ............................ 1-20
How it Works ................................ 1-18
Location ...................................... 1-18
Readiness Light ......................... 1-17, 2-63
Servicing ................................... 1 -2 1
What Makes it Inflate .......................... 1-19
What Will
You See After it Inflates ............... 1-20
When Should it Inflate ......................... 1-19
Aircleaner .................................... 6-17
Air Conditioning ................................ 3-5
Air Conditioning Refrigerants ..................... 6-66
Air Inflator ............................... 2-54, 5.25
Alarm, Universal Theft-Deterrent .................. 2- 14
Alignment and Balance, Tire ...................... 6-47
Aluminum Wheels, Cleaning ...................... 6-54
Antenna, Fixed ................................. 3-28
Antenna. Power ................................ 3-28
Antifreeze ..................................... 6-23
Anti-Lock I
Brake System Waming Light ................ 2-66, 4-6
Brakes ...................................... 4-6
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Anti-Lockout Feature ............................. 2-6
Appearance Care ............................... 6-49
Appearance Care Materials ....................... 6-56
Arbitration Program .............................. 8-9
Armrest. Storage ............................... 2-49
Audio Controls. Steering Wheel Touch Control
....... 3-25
Audio Equipment. Adding ........................ 3-26
Audio Systems .................................. 3-9
Automatic Overdrive
.................................... 2-23
Starting Your Engine .......................... 2-18
Transaxle ................................... 2-21
Transaxle Check .............................. 7-37
Transaxle Fluid ............................... 6-20
Transaxle Operation ............................ 2-21
Transaxle Park Mechanism Check ................ 7-39
Automatic Door Locks ............................ 2-4
Ashtrays ...................................... 2-53 .
Shifting ...................................... 2-21
Back-up amp Monitor ......... .... 2-80
Back-up Lamp Bulb Replacement ................. 6-37
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Speedometer .................................. : . 2-61 THEFTLOCK" ................................ 3-23
Stains. Cleaning
................................ 6-50 Tilt Steering Wheel ............................. 2-33
Starter Switch Check
............................ 7-38 Time. Setting the ................................ 3-9
Starting Your Engine
............................ 2-18 Tire Chains .................................... 6-48
Steam
........................................ 5-15 TireLoading ................................... 4-30
Steering
....................................... 4-9 Tire-Loading Information Label ................... 4-30
Magnasteer
TM ................................. 4-9 BuyingNew ................................. 6-45
Tips
........................................ 4-10 Changing a Flat .............................. 5-26
Wheel Touch Controls
......................... 3-25 Cleaning .................................... 6-54
Wheel. Tilt
.................................. 2-33 Compact Spare ............................... 5-38
Storage Areas .................................. 2-49 Inflation .................................... 6-42
Storage. Vehicle
................................ 6-31 Inflationcheck ............................... 7-36
Stuck:
In Sand. Mud. Ice or Snow .................. 5-39 Inspection and Rotation ........................ 6-43
Sun Visors
.................................... 2-53 Loading .................................... 4-30
Sunroof
....................................... 2-55 Temperature ................................. 6-46
Supercharged Engine
............................ 6- 12 Traction .................................... 6-46
Superchargeroil
............................... 6-19 Treadwear .................................... 6-46
Supplemental Restraint System
..................... 1-16 Uniform Quality Grading ....................... 6-45
Symbols. Vehicle
.................................. v Wear Indicators .............................. 6-44
Tachometer
.................................. 2-62
SRS
......................................... 1-16
Thermostat .................................... 6-26
ColumnLockCheck
.......................... 7-39 Tires ......................................... 6-41
In Emergencies ............................... 4-10 Alignment and Balance ........................ 6-47
Power
....................................... 4-9 Chains ..................................... 6-48
Sunglasses Storage
............. ; ................ 2-50 Pressure ............... : ..................... 6-42
Wheel Replacement
........................... 6-47
When It's Time for New
....................... 6-44
..................................... Taillap 6-37 Torque Lock 2-29 TopStrap
1-33
TapePlayerCare ............................... 3-27
Temperature control. Climate control system 3-27 3-3 Towing a Trailer 4-32
Torque.
Wheel Nut 5-34. 6-65
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Theater Dimming ............................... 2-44 . ~~~h~ Your Vehicle ............................. 5-7
Theft
.......................................... 2-13
Theft-Deterrent Alarm System
.................... 2- 14
Theft-Deterrent Feature. Audio 3-23
Off Warning Light ........................ 2-67. 4-8
9-10
Traction
.............. Control System Warning Light 2-67. 4-8 ....................
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