2007 Saturn RELAY Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ....................... 7 Warning Lights, Gages, and Front Seats .............................................. 9 Indicators .......................................... 219 Rear Seats ............................................. 14 Driver Information Center (DIC) ............ 234 Safety Belts ............................................ 32 Audio System(s) ................................... 270 Child Restraints ...................................... 56 Driving Your Vehicle ................................. 357 Airbag System ........................................ 83 Your Driving, the Road, and Restraint System Check ....................... 101 Your Vehicle ..................................... 358 Towing Features and Controls .............................. 103 ................................................. 396 Keys ..................................................... 105 Service and Appearance Care .................. 409 Doors and Locks .................................. 114 Service ................................................. 412 Windows ............................................... 130 Fuel ...................................................... 414 Theft-Deterrent Systems ....................... 133 Checking Things Under Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ..... 138 the Hood ........................................... 420 Mirrors .................................................. 153 Bulb Replacement ................................ 455 OnStar® System ................................... 154 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ... 460 Universal Home Remote System .......... 156 Tires ..................................................... 462 Storage Areas ...................................... 167 Appearance Care .................................. 501 Vehicle Identification ............................. 510 Instrument Panel ....................................... 177 Electrical System .................................. 511 Instrument Panel Overview ................... 180 Capacities and Specifications ................ 518 Climate Controls ................................... 205 1 Maintenance Schedule .............................. 519 Customer Assistance Information ............. 537 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 520 Customer Assistance and Information ... 538 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 552 Index .......................................................... 555 2 This manual describes features that may be available in this model, but your vehicle may not be equipped with all of them. For example, more than one entertainment system may be offered or your vehicle may have been ordered without a front passenger or rear seats. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is needed while you are on the road. If the SATURN, SATURN Emblem, and the name vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. RELAY are registered trademarks of Saturn Corporation. GENERAL MOTORS and GM are Canadian Owners registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your retailer or from: This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. We reserve the right to Helm, Incorporated make changes after that time without further P.O. Box 07130 notice. Detroit, MI 48207 Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15869250 A First Printing © 2006 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 3 How to Use This Manual { Many people read the owner manual from CAUTION: beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn These mean there is something that could about the features and controls for the vehicle. hurt you or other people. Pictures and words work together in the owner manual to explain things. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Index Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If A good place to quickly locate information about you do not, you or others could be hurt. the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual You will also find a and the page number where it can be found. circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol Safety Warnings and Symbols means “Do Not,” “Do There are a number of safety cautions in this Not do this” or “Do Not book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to let this happen.” tell about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. 4 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 Notice: These mean there is something with the text describing the operation or that could damage your vehicle. information relating to a specific component, A notice tells about something that can damage control, message, gage, or indicator. the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figuring out a specific name of a covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could component, gage, or indicator, reference the be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help following topics: avoid the damage. • Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors • Features and Controls in Section 2 or in different words. • Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They • Climate Controls in Section 3 use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. • Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 • Audio System(s) in Section 3 • Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 5 These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: 6 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ..................................................... 9 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 48 Manual Seats ................................................ 9 Right Front Passenger Position ................... 48 Power Seats ............................................... 10 Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 49 Heated Seats .............................................. 10 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 52 Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 11 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 55 Head Restraints .......................................... 13 Safety Belt Extender ................................... 55 Rear Seats .................................................... 14 Child Restraints ............................................ 56 Rear Seat Operation ................................... 14 Older Children ............................................. 56 Bucket Seats ............................................... 14 Infants and Young Children ......................... 59 Captain Chairs ............................................ 22 Child Restraint Systems .............................. 63 Third Row Seat ........................................... 27 Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 67 Safety Belts .................................................. 32 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 32 Children (LATCH) .................................... 69 Questions and Answers About Securing a Child Restraint in a Safety Belts ............................................. 37 Rear Seat Position ................................... 77 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 38 Securing a Child Restraint in the Driver Position ............................................. 38 Right Front Seat Position ......................... 79 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 47 7 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System .............................................. 83 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 99 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 86 Adding Equipment to Your When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 89 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ........................ 100 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 91 Restraint System Check ............................. 101 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 91 Checking the Restraint Systems ................ 101 What Will You See After an Airbag Replacing Restraint System Parts Inflates? ................................................... 92 After a Crash ......................................... 102 Passenger Sensing System ......................... 93 8 Front Seats {CAUTION: Manual Seats You can lose control of the vehicle if you Use the lever located on try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the front of the seat to the vehicle is moving. The sudden adjust the seat movement could startle and confuse you, forward or rearward. or make you push a pedal when you do Pull up on the lever to not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only unlock the seat. when the vehicle is not moving. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the lever. To make sure the seat is locked into place, try to move the seat back and forth with your body. 9 Power Seats Heated Seats If the vehicle has power Your vehicle may have this feature. If it does, the seats, the controls used heated seat buttons are located on the climate to operate them are control panel. located on the outboard This feature will heat the lower cushions of the side of the seats. driver’s and front passenger’s seats.