2003 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX Owners Manual

Onstar@ System Onstar@' Services
Onstar@ provides a number of service plans to closely
meet your needs. Some of the services currently
provided by Onstar@ are:
Automatic Notification of Air Bag Deployment
Emergency Services
Roadside Assistance Stolen Vehicle Tracking
Onstar@ uses global positioning system (GPS) satellite
technology, wireless communications, and state of
the art call centers to provide you with a wide range of
safety, security, information and convenience services.
An Onstar@ subscription plan is included in the price
of your vehicle. You can easily upgrade or extend your
Onstar@ services to meet your personal needs.
A complete Onstar@ user's guide and the terms and
conditions of the Onstar@ Subscription Service
Agreement are included in your Onstar@-equipped
vehicle's glove box literature. For more information, visit
www.onstar.com, contact Onstar@ at
1 -888-4-ONSTAR
(1-888-466-7827),
or press the blue Onstar@ button
to speak to an Onstar@ advisor 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.
AccidentAssist
Remote Door Unlock
Remote Diagnostics
Onstar@ MED-NET (Requires separate activation
and annual fee on some plans)
0 Online and Personal Concierge Services
Route Support
RideAssist
Information and Convenience Services
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Onstar@ Personal Calling
With Onstar@ Personal Calling, you have a safer way to
stay connected while driving. It’s a hands-free wireless
phone that’s integrated into your vehicle. You can place
calls nationwide using voice-activated dialing with no
contracts, no roaming charges and
no access fees.
io find out more about Onstar@ Personal Calling,
refer to the Onstar@ owner’s guide
in your vehicle’s
glove
box, or call Onstar@ at 1-888-4-ONSTAR
(1 -888-466-7827).
Onstar@ Virtual Advisor
With Onstar@ Virtual Advisor you can listen to your
favorite news, entertainment and information topics,
such as traffic and weather reports, stock quotes
and sports scores. You listen to your e-mail through
your vehicle’s speakers, and reply with your hands on
the wheel and your eyes
on the road.
A completed Subscription Service Agreement is required
prior to delivery of Onstar@ services and prepaid
calling minutes are also required for Onstat-@ Personal
Calling and Onstar@ Virtual Advisor use. Terms and
conditions of the Subscription Service Agreement can be
found at www.onstar.com.
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Storage Areas
Glove Box
Use your key to lock and unlock the glove box.
To open, lift the right side
of the latch.
Overhead Console
The overhead console has reading lamps and storage
compartments including one for your garage door
opener and one for sunglasses.
Garage Door Opener Compartment
You can store your garage door opener in the rear
compartment of the overhead console, and operate it
from this position. To install your garage door opener,
follow these instructions:
1. Open the compartment by pressing the latch
forward. Remove the hook and loop patch.
2. Peel the protective backing from the hook and loop
patch and press it firmly to the back of your garage
door opener.
3. Be sure that the button on your garage door opener
is centered above the area with raised lines on the
compartment door. Make sure the button is
facing down and press the opener firmly into place.
4. Add one peg at a time until your garage door opener
operates with the compartment door closed while
pressing the button.
Sunglasses Storage Compartment
The sunglasses storage compartment is the second
compartment from the rear on the overhead console.
To open the sunglasses storage compartment, press the
release latch forward and pull the compartment down
to the full open position.
Center Console Storage Area
To open the armrest storage area, pull up on the front
edge
of the latch. The console has cassette and
CD storage.
The center console also contains two cupholders.
Below the center ashtray is an open storage
compartment. In front
of this, you may have a smaller
compartment.
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Assist Handles
An assist handle with a reading lamp is located over
each rear side window. The handle can be used to help
you get in or out
of the vehicle. Press the reading
lamp to turn it on. Press
it again to turn it off.
Purse or Litter Bag Holder
On the front of the center console, to the right of the
accessory power outlet, there is a hook that can be used
to hold a purse or litter bag.
Rear Storage Area
If you have a trunk access panel, you will also have a
pull down armrest that contains an open storage bin and
two cupholders.
Convenience Net
The vehicle may have a convenience net. You’ll see it
on the back wall of the trunk.
Put small loads, like grocery bags, behind the net. It can
help keep them from falling over during sharp turns or
quick starts and stops. The
net isn’t for larger, heavier loads, which should be
stored
in the trunk as far forward as possible.
You can unhook the net
so that it will lie flat when
you’re not using it.
Trunk Access Panel
If the vehicle has rear seat armrests, you will also have
a trunk access panel.
This feature allows access to the trunk from the rear
seat area. To use the trunk access panel, pull the rear
armrest down, unlock the access panel with the
ignition key and pull it down.
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Sunroof Your vehicle may be equipped with a sunroof. The
sunroof includes a sliding glass panel and a one-piece
sunshade. The switch to control the sunroof is
located in the headliner on the roof panel. The switch
works only while the ignition is on or
RAP is active.
See Ignition Positions on page
2- 19.
Vent: Push the rear of the switch once and the sunroof
will open to the vent position only. You will need to
open the sunshade by hand.
Open/Express-Open: Push the rear of the switch a
second time and the sunroof will open the remainder of
the way. This is the express-open feature.
Close: Push and hold the front of the switch until the
sunroof motor stops. The sunshade must be closed
by hand.
Base Version Shown
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Vehicle Personalization
Your vehicle’s locks and lighting systems can be programmed with several different features. The features you can
program depend on the options that came with your vehicle. The following chart shows the features that can be
programmed. To determine
which features your vehicle is equipped with, follow the steps listed for eatering
the programming mode.
I Feature
Last Door
Delayed
Deterrent
Door Locks
Lighting
Sounded Lockout
Automatic
Exit Chimes Locking/
Illumination/ Number
of
Closed
X X
3
X
X X 4
X X
X
Content
Theft
Content Arming/
Theft Disarming
fi
X I X
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Entering Programming Mode
To program features, your vehicle must be in this
programming mode. Follow these steps:
1. Turn the ignition key to LOCK or OFF.
2. Remove the MALL
PGM fuse from the instrument
panel fuse block. See Fuses and Circuit Breakers
on page
5-97.
3. Turn the ignition key to ACCESSORY.
4. Count the number of chimes you hear. You will
hear up to four chimes, depending on vehicle
content. See “Vehicle Personalization’’ listed
previously.
YOU can now program your choices. After programming
a feature, you can exit the programming mode at
any time.
Delayed Illumination and Exit
Lighting
With delayed illumination, the interior lamps will stay on
for about 25 seconds after all doors are closed.
With exit lighting, the interior lamps will come on and
stay on for about
25 seconds whenever you remove the
key from the ignition.
Programmable Modes
Mode 1: Both Features Off - The interior lamps will
turn on or off at the same instant that a door is opened
or closed.
Mode 2: Delayed Illurnination Only -The interior lamps
will stay on for about
25 seconds after all the doors
are closed, or until you lock the doors.
Mode 3: Exit Lighting Only -The interior lamps will
come on whenever you remove the key from the ignition
and stay
on for about 25 seconds, or until you lock
the doors.
Mode 4: Both Features On -This combines Modes 2
and 3.
Before your vehicle was shipped from the factory, it was
programmed to Mode
4. The mode to which your
vehicle was programmed may have been changed since
it left the factory. To determine the mode
to which
your vehicle is programmed or to program your vehicle
to a different mode, do the following:
1. Follow the instructions for Entering Programming
2. Turn the interior lamps thumbwheel all the way to
Mode
on page 2-44.
the right
and then back slightly to the left.
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3.
4.
5.
Count the number of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for.
If you do not wish to change the current
mode, you can either exit the programming mode
by following the instructions later in this section
or program the next feature available on your
vehicle.
Turn the interior lamps thumbwheel all the way to
the right and then back slightly to the left again to
change the current mode.
Repeat Step
4 until you hear the number of chimes
that matches the number of the mode you want.
The mode you selected is now set. You can either
exit the programming mode by following the instructions
later in this section or program the next feature
available on your vehicle. See Exiting Programming
Mode on page
2-53.
Automatic Door Locks
With automatic door locks, all doors will automatically
lock when you shift out
of PARK (P) and automatically
unlock when the ignition
is turned to OFF.
Programmable Modes
Mode 1: Both Features Off - Automatic door locking
and unlocking are disabled. You will always need to lock
your doors manually before driving to increase
occupant safety.
All doors will lock when you press the power
door lock switch rearward or when you press
the LOCK on the remote keyless entry transmitter
(if equipped).
All doors will unlock when you press the power
door lock switch forward or when you press
UNLOCK on the remote keyless entry transmitter
(if equipped).
Mode 2: Automatic Door Locking Only
Automatic Door Unlocking: The automatic door
Automatic Door Locking: Shift out of PARK (P)
unlock feature is turned off.
with the ignition on and the driver’s door closed,
all doors will lock automatically.
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