1995 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner's Manual
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1995 Pontiac Trans Sport Owner’s Manual Seats and Restraint Systems .......................................................... 1-1 This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “SRS” system. Features and Controls ............................................................... 2-1 This section explains how to start and operate your Pontiac. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems .................................................. 3-1 This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. Your Driving and the Road ........................................................... 4-1 Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. ProblemsontheRoad ............................................................... 5-1 This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating, etc. ServiceandAppearanceCare ......................................................... 6-1 Here the manual tells you how to keep your Pontiac running properly and looking good. Maintenanceschedule ............................................................... 7-1 This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. Customer Assistance Information ..................................................... 8-1 This section tells you how to contact Pontiac for assistance and how to get service publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects’’ on page 8-4. Index ............................................................................. 9-1 Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. i We support voluntary (I- :a&*technician certification. 4 P 1 I I b -4 w- GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, 784 WE SUPPORT PONTIAC and the PONTIAC Emblem are registered VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN trademarks of General Motors Corporation. CERTlFlCATllON THROUGH National hslilute for AUTOMOTIVE This manual includes the latest information at the time it SERVICE was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the EXCELLENCE product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada; substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Pontiac Division whenever it appears in this manual. For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a Please keep this manual in your Pontiac, so it will be French Language Manual there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you Aux propriktaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new un exemplaire dece guide en fransais chez votre owner can use it. concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, OntarioL5T lC7. Litho in U.S.A. @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1994 Part No. 10254002 €3 Second Printing All Rights Reserved ii How to Use This Manual Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. This will help you learn about the features and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. Index A good place to look for what you need is theIndex in In the gray caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, you or find it. others could be hurt. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this Safety Warnings and Symbols book. You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box with gray background and the word This safety symbol means CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if “Don’t,” “Don’t do this,” or you were to ignore the warning. “Don’t let this happen.” iii Vehicle Damage Warnings In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damagewould Also, in this book yo'u willfind these notices: not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. I 1 But the notice will tellyou what to do to help avoid the damage. When you read othermanuals, you might see NOTICE: CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or These mean thereis something that in different words. could damage your vehicle. You'll also seewarning labels on your vehicle.They use yellow for cautions., blue for notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. iv Vehicle Symbols These symbols Here are some are used on other symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. warning and you may see: indicator lights: For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols FUSE these symbols are important have to do with are on some of ENGINE are used on an for you and your lights: your controls: COOLANT F* original battery: your passengers TEMP -- RADIO whenever your vehicle is VOLUME CAUTION driven: BATTERY POSSIBLE A CHARGING INJURY SYSTEM PROTECT TURN EYES BY SIGNALS 9 BRAKE (a) SHIELDING FASTEN SEAT 4 PARKING p$ RADIATOR CAUSTIC LAMPS DEFROSTER COOLANT BELTS WINDsHIELDwa BATTERY ACID COULD t LIGHTER CAUSE WINDOW FUEL 1-1 BURNS DEFOGGER ENGINE OIL AVOID PRESSURE Wb SPARKS OR FLAMES vENT1uTINGE?FAN SPEAKER TEMPOIL pki b FLAME FOG LAMPS $0 ANTI-LOCK (@) EXPLODE BRAKE BATTERY V NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you'll find information about the seats in your Driver's 4-Way Manual Seat Pontiac and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them, take them out, put them back in, and fold them up and down. The driver's seat can be adjusted four ways. Use the lever on the front of the seat to adjust the seat forward or backward. Pull up the lever on the front of 1-1 the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it. Manual Front Passenger Seat To make surethe seat is locked into place, release the lever and try $0move the seat with your body. To raise the driver’s seat,pull up the leveron the right side of the seat. To lower the seat, push the leverdown. A This seat is used in the right front passengerposition. To use, pull up the lever on the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it. To make sure the seat is locked into place, release the lever and try to move the seat with your body. 1-2 Driver's 6-Way Power Seat (Option) Rear Control (C):Raise the rear of the seat by holding the switch up. Hold the switch down to lower the rear of the seat. Reclining Front Seatbacks 1 1 .-.. -. To adjust the driver's six-way power seat: Front Control (A): Raise the front of the seat by To adjust the seatback, rotate thisknob. It is easier to holding the switch up. Hold the switch down to lower recline the seat if you lean forward, taking your weight the front of the seat. off the seatback. Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or backward by holding the control to the front or back. Raise or lower the seat by holding the control up or down. 1-3 But don’t have a seatbackreclined if your vehicle is moving. Head Restraints Slide the head restraint up or down so that thetop of the restraint is closest to thetop of your ears. Thisposition reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. The head restraints tilt forward and rearward also. 1-4 Bench Seat Removing the Bench Seat If you have a rear bench seat, the seatback can be folded down. The bench seat can also be removed or moved to a different floor location to provide extra storage space. Folding the Seatback 1. Make sure the seatback is in the upright position, and that all safety belts are on the seat. 2. Lift the seatback latch release while folding the seatback forward. To fold down the seatback, lift the seatback latch release 3. From behind the bench seat, pull up the two rear while folding the seatback forward. levers, and lift the bench seat. To raise the seatback, lift theseatback latch release 4. Remove the bench seat from the vehicle. while raising the seatback until it locks upright. Push and pull on the seatback to check that it islocked. 1-5 Replacing the Bench Seat 2. Push the rear hooks into the rearfloor pins, then push down on thetwo lev’ersto lock therear of the Don’t put thebench seat in so it faces backward, bench in place. because it won’t latch that way. If you want more storage room behind the seat, usethe floor pins closer to 3. Try to raise thebench seat to check that it is locked the front of the vehicle. See “Adjusting Rear Seats” later down. in this section. 1. Place the front hooks of the bench seat latch onto the front floorpins. 1-6 4. Lift the seatback latch releaseand raise the seatback until it locks upright. 5. Rush and pull on the seatback to check that it is locked. 1-7 Removable Rear Bucket Seats (Option) The rear bucket seats can be removed to provideextra storage. Each seat that has the bidt-in child restraint I I option fits inonly one location in your vehicle, butseats ’FRONT- that don’t have the built-in child restraint optioncan be - moved to differentfloor locations. The backof each seat has a diagram (similar to the one pictured) thatshows where the seatmust be located in your vehicle.