2008 PONTIAC G5 Owners Manual

Seats
Driver Seat Height Adjuster............................. 1-3
Easy Entry Seat............................................ 1-8
Head Restraints............................................ 1-7
Heated Seats............................................... 1-4
Manual Lumbar............................................. 1-3
Reclining Seatbacks...................................... 1-4
Split Folding Rear Seat.................................. 1-9
Securing a Child Restraint
Rear Seat Position......................................1-45
Right Front Seat Position..............................1-48
Security Light.................................................3-40
Service........................................................... 5-3
Accessories and Modications......................... 5-3
Adding Equipment to the Outside of
Your Vehicle.............................................. 5-5
California Perchlorate Materials
Requirements............................................ 5-4
California Proposition 65 Warning.................... 5-3
Doing Your Own Work................................... 5-4
Engine Soon Light.......................................3-37
Publications Ordering Information...................7-16
Service, Scheduling Appointments.....................7-10
Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle..............1-64
Setting the Clock............................................3-56
Sheet Metal Damage.......................................5-93Shifting Into Park (P).......................................2-33
Shifting Out of Park (P)...................................2-35
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change.......................... 3-8
Spare Tire
Compact....................................................5-85
Installing....................................................5-78
Removing...................................................5-73
Storing.......................................................5-83
Specications, Capacities...............................5-102
Speedometer..................................................3-27
Split Folding Rear Seat..................................... 1-9
Start Vehicle, Remote....................................... 2-6
Starting the Engine.........................................2-24
Steering........................................................4-12
Steering Wheel Controls, Audio.........................3-76
Steering Wheel, Tilt Wheel................................. 3-7
Storage Areas
Center Console Storage Area........................2-43
Convenience Net.........................................2-43
Cupholder(s)...............................................2-43
Driver’s Storage Compartment.......................2-43
Glove Box..................................................2-43
Stuck in Sand, Mud, Ice, or Snow.....................4-24
Sun Visors.....................................................2-16
Sunroof.........................................................2-44
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T
Tachometer....................................................3-27
Taillamps
Turn Signal Lamps......................................5-44
Turn Signal, Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps......5-45
Theft-Deterrent, Radio.....................................3-75
Theft-Deterrent Systems...................................2-16
Content Theft-Deterrent................................2-17
PASS-Key
®III+...........................................2-18
PASS-Key®III+ Operation.............................2-19
Tilt Wheel........................................................ 3-7
Time, Setting..................................................3-56
Tire
Pressure Light.............................................3-36
Tires.............................................................5-48
Aluminum or Chrome-Plated Wheels,
Cleaning.................................................5-92
Buying New Tires........................................5-65
Chains.......................................................5-70
Changing a Flat Tire....................................5-72
Cleaning....................................................5-93
Compact Spare Tire.....................................5-85
Different Size..............................................5-66
If a Tire Goes Flat.......................................5-71
Ination - Tire Pressure................................5-55
Inspection and Rotation................................5-62Tires (cont.)
Installing the Spare Tire................................5-78
Pressure Monitor Operation...........................5-58
Pressure Monitor System..............................5-56
Removing the Flat Tire.................................5-78
Removing the Spare Tire and Tools...............5-73
Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and Tools............5-83
Tire Sidewall Labeling..................................5-49
Tire Terminology and Denitions....................5-52
Uniform Tire Quality Grading.........................5-67
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance.................5-68
Wheel Replacement.....................................5-68
When It Is Time for New Tires......................5-64
Towing
Recreational Vehicle.....................................4-30
Towing a Trailer..........................................4-32
Your Vehicle...............................................4-30
Traction
Control System (TCS).................................... 4-6
Enhanced Traction System (ETS).................... 4-9
Enhanced Traction System (ETS)
Warning Light..........................................3-34
Traction Control System...................................3-35
Transmission
Fluid, Automatic...........................................5-18
Fluid, Manual..............................................5-19
Up-Shift Light..............................................3-32
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Transmission Operation, Automatic....................2-27
Transmission Operation, Manual........................2-30
Trunk............................................................2-12
Turn and Lane-Change Signals.......................... 3-8
Turn Signal/Multifunction Lever........................... 3-7
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading............................5-67
Up-Shift Light.................................................3-32
Using this Manual............................................... iii
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Vehicle
Control........................................................ 4-3
Damage Warnings........................................... iv
Loading......................................................4-25
Parking Your...............................................2-35
Symbols......................................................... iv
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy..................7-17
Vehicle Identication
Number (VIN).............................................5-95
Service Parts Identication Label...................5-95Vehicle Personalization
DIC ...........................................................3-50
Vehicle, Remote Start....................................... 2-6
Ventilation Adjustment......................................3-22
Visors...........................................................2-16
W
Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators................3-25
Warnings
DIC Warnings and Messages........................3-44
Hazard Warning Flashers............................... 3-6
Other Warning Devices.................................. 3-6
Safety and Symbols......................................... iii
Vehicle Damage.............................................. iv
Wheels
Alignment and Tire Balance..........................5-68
Different Size..............................................5-66
Replacement...............................................5-68
Where to Put the Restraint...............................1-38
Windows.......................................................2-14
Manual......................................................2-14
Power........................................................2-15
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Windshield
Washer......................................................3-10
Washer Fluid..............................................5-29
Wiper Blade Replacement.............................5-47
Wiper Blades, Cleaning................................5-91
Wiper Fuses...............................................5-96
Wipers......................................................... 3-9
Winter Driving................................................4-20
Wiper Activated Headlamps..............................3-14X
XM Radio Messages.......................................3-74
XM™ Satellite Radio Antenna System................3-77
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Your Vehicle and the Environment....................... 6-2
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