2006 Pontiac Vibe Owner Manual M
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2006 Pontiac Vibe Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1 Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1 Front Seats ............................................... 1-2 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2 Rear Seats ............................................... 1-7 Towing ................................................... 4-37 Safety Belts .............................................. 1-9 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-26 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Airbag System ......................................... 1-49 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-66 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 All-Wheel Drive ........................................ 5-45 Keys ........................................................ 2-2 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-46 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-6 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-51 Windows ................................................. 2-10 Tires ...................................................... 5-52 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-12 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-81 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-14 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-89 Mirrors .................................................... 2-30 Electrical System ...................................... 5-90 OnStar® System ...................................... 2-32 Capacities and Specifications ..................... 5-96 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-34 Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts ...... 5-98 Sunroof .................................................. 2-37 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-18 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-24 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-13 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-42 Index ................................................................ 1 Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, PONTIAC, the PONTIAC Emblem and the name VIBE are How to Use This Manual registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Many people read the owner manual from beginning to This manual includes the latest information at the time it end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this was printed. We reserve the right to make changes is done, it can help you learn about the features after that time without further notice. For vehicles first and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of together in the owner manual to explain things. Canada Limited” for Pontiac Division whenever it appears in this manual. Index Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is needed when on the road. If the vehicle is sold, leave A good place to quickly locate information about the this manual in it so the new owner can use it. vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual and the page number where it can be found. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 06VIBE A First Printing © 2005 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ii Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a circle with a slash through it in There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We this book. This safety use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things symbol means “Do Not,” that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. “Do Not do this” or “Do Not let this happen.” {CAUTION: These mean there is something that could hurt you or other people. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you do not, you or others could be hurt. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this manual you will find these notices: The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along with Notice: These mean there is something that could the text describing the operation or information damage your vehicle. relating to a specific component, control, message, A notice tells about something that can damage the gage, or indicator. vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered If you need help figuring out a specific name of by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. But a component, gage, or indicator, reference the the notice will tell what to do to help avoid the damage. following topics: When you read other manuals, you might see • Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. • Features and Controls in Section 2 There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They use • Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. • Climate Controls in Section 3 • Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 • Audio System(s) in Section 3 • Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 iv These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: v ✍ NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-31 Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-36 Driver Seat Height Adjuster ..............................1-3 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-3 Children (LATCH) ......................................1-37 Head Restraints .............................................1-5 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Passenger Folding Seatback ............................1-6 Seat Position ............................................1-42 Rear Seats .......................................................1-7 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-7 Front Seat Position ....................................1-45 Safety Belts .....................................................1-9 Airbag System ...............................................1-49 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-9 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-52 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-13 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-55 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-14 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-57 Driver Position ..............................................1-14 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-57 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment .....................1-21 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ........1-58 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-22 Passenger Sensing System ............................1-59 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-22 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-64 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-22 Adding Equipment to Your Safety Belt Pretensioners ...............................1-25 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .............................1-64 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-25 Restraint System Check ..................................1-66 Child Restraints .............................................1-26 Checking the Restraint Systems ......................1-66 Older Children ..............................................1-26 Replacing Restraint System Parts Infants and Young Children ............................1-28 After a Crash ............................................1-67 1-1 Front Seats Manual Seats {CAUTION: You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure the seat is locked in place. 1-2 Driver Seat Height Adjuster Reclining Seatbacks The driver seat height adjuster is located on the To adjust the seatback, lift the lever located on the outboard side of the seat. To raise the seat, pull up on outboard side of the seat. Release the lever to lock the the lever repeatedly until the seat is at the desired seatback where you want it. Push on the seat to height. To lower the seat, push down on the lever make sure it is locked into position. Pull up on the lever repeatedly until the seat is at the desired height. without pushing on the seatback, and the seat will go It is easier to