2002 Pontiac Aztek Owner's Manual
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The 2002 Pontiac Aztek Owner’s Manual 1-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the air bag system. 2-1 Features and Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle. 3-1 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. 4-1 Your Driving and the Road Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. 5-1 Problems on the Road This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. 6-1 Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good. 7-1 Maintenance Schedule This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. 8-1 Customer Assistance Information This section tells you how to contact Pontiac for assistance and how to get service and owner publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8-10. i We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, PONTIAC, the PONTIAC Emblem and the name AZTEK are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes 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 vehicle, so it will French Language Manual: be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. Aux propriétaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en français chez so the new owner can use it. votre concessionaire ou au: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 Litho in U.S.A. ECopyright General Motors Corporation 11/09/01 Part Number 10312915 A First Edition All Rights Reserved ii Safety Warnings and Symbols You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. About Driving Your Vehicle As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate CAUTION: this vehicle correctly may result in loss of control or an accident. See “Your Driving, the Road and These mean there is something that could hurt Your Vehicle” in the Index. you or other people. How to Use this Manual Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce this, it will help you learn about the features and controls the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures you or others could be hurt. and words work together to explain things quickly. iii You will also find a circle When you read other manuals, you might see with a slash through it in CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different this book. This safety colors or in different words. symbol means “Don’t,” You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. “Don’t do this” or “Don’t They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. let this happen.” Vehicle Symbols Your vehicle may be equipped with components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle, are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to a specific Vehicle Damage Warnings component, control, message, gage or indicator. Also, in this book you will find these notices: If you need help figuring out a specific name of a component, gage or indicator reference the following NOTICE: topics in the Index: D “Engine Compartment Overview” D These mean there is something that could damage “Instrument Panel” your vehicle. D “Comfort Controls” D “Audio Systems” In the notice area, we tell you about something that Also see “Warning Lights and Gages” in the Index. can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the damage. iv These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle: v Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle 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. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-37 Rear Seat Passengers 1-6 Rear Seats 1-40 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for 1-12 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone Children and Small Adults 1-16 Here Are Questions Many People Ask About 1-44 Center Passenger Position Safety Belts -- and the Answers 1-47 Children 1-17 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly 1-51 Restraint Systems for Children 1-18 Driver Position 1-67 Older Children 1-26 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy 1-70 Safety Belt Extender 1-27 Right Front Passenger Position 1-70 Checking Your Restraint Systems 1-28 Air Bag Systems 1-71 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash 1- 1-1 Seats and Seat Controls Six-Way Power Seat This section tells you about the seats -- how to The six-way power seat adjust them, take them out, put them back in, fold control is located on the and unfold them. outboard side of the driver’s seat or on the outboard sides Manual Front Passenger Seat both the driver’s and front To move the seat, pull the passenger’s seats. lever located on the front of the seat up to unlock it. D Move the front of the control up or down to adjust the front portion of the cushion up or down. D Move the rear of the control up or down to adjust the rear portion of the cushion up or down. D Lift up or push down on the whole control to move the entire seat up or down. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the lever. D To move the whole seat forward or rearward, slide To make sure the seat is locked into place, try to move the control toward the front or rear of the vehicle. the seat with your body. 1-2 Manual Lumbar (If Equipped) Heated Front Seats (Option) If your vehicle has this If your vehicle has heated feature, the knob is located front seats, the switches are on the outboard sides of the located in the instrument driver’s and front panel switchbank. passenger’s seats. This feature will quickly heat the seat cushions and lower part of the driver’s and front passenger’s seatback for added comfort. The left switch is for the driver’s seat Turn the knob toward the front of the vehicle to increase and the right switch is for the front passenger’s seat. lumbar support. Turn the knob toward the rear of the Press the top of the switch to turn the heater on. Press vehicle to decrease lumbar support. the bottom of the switch to turn the heater off. The heated seat switch will turn off when the ignition is turned to OFF and will resume operation when the ignition is turned to ON, unless the switch is manually turned off. 1-3 Reclining Front Seatbacks To adjust the seatback, pull up on the recliner lever located on the outboard sides of both the driver’s and But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle front passenger’s seat. is moving. 1-4 Head Restraints CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can’t do their job when you’re reclined like this. The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt can’t do its job either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety Adjust your head restraint so that the top of the restraint belt properly. is closest to the top of your head. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. The front seat head restraints in your vehicle are adjustable. Slide the head restraint up or down to adjust it. On some models, the head restraints tilt forward and rearward also. 1-5 Rear Seats Folding or Reclining the Seatbacks The rear seats in your vehicle have seat operating features to adjust, fold, remove and reinstall the seats. CAUTION: By using the seat operating features, in the correct order, you can easily remove the seats from your vehicle.