2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Owners Manual

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual Securing a Child Restraint in the
Passenger Seat Position
Your vehicle has a passenger’s airbag. A rear seat is a
safer place to secure a forward-facing child restraint.
In addition, your vehicle ha

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual There is no top strap anchor in your vehicle. Do not
secure a child seat in your vehicle if a national or local
law requires that the top strap be anchored, or if the
instructions that come with the c

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual 5. Pull the rest of the shoulder belt all the way out of
the retractor to set the lock.6. To tighten the belt, push down on the child restraint,
pull the shoulder portion of the belt to tighten the la

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual If a child restraint has been installed and the on
indicator is lit, turn the vehicle off. Remove the child
restraint from the vehicle and reinstall the child restraint.
If after reinstalling the chil

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual CAUTION: (Continued)
They are not designed to in�ate in rollover,
rear crashes, or in many side crashes. And, for
some unrestrained occupants, airbags may
provide less protection in frontal crashes th

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual There is an airbag
readiness light on the
instrument panel cluster,
which shows the airbag
symbol.
The system checks the airbag electrical system for
malfunctions. The light tells you if there is an e

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual The right front passenger’s airbag is in the instrument
panel on the passenger’s side.
{CAUTION:
If something is between an occupant and an
airbag, the bag might not in�ate properly or it
might fo

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual When Should an Airbag In�ate?
Airbags are designed to in�ate in moderate to severe
frontal or near-frontal crashes. But they are designed to
in�ate only if the impact exceeds a predetermined
deploymen