2006 Pontiac Montana SV6 Owners Manual
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2006 Pontiac Montana SV6 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 ............................................... 1-6 Towing ................................................... 4-37 Safety Belts ............................................. 1-21 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-40 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Airbag System ......................................... 1-62 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-77 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 All-Wheel Drive ........................................ 5-46 Keys ........................................................ 2-3 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-48 Doors and Locks ...................................... 2-10 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-52 Windows ................................................. 2-24 Tires ...................................................... 5-53 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-26 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-88 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-30 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-96 Mirrors .................................................... 2-41 Electrical System ...................................... 5-97 OnStar® System ...................................... 2-42 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-103 Universal Home Remote System ................ 2-44 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-48 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-25 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-14 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-31 Index .................................................................1 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-46 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-76 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 MONTANA How to Use This Manual are registered trademarks; and the name SV6 is a Many people read the owner manual from beginning to trademark of General Motors Corporation. end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this This manual includes the latest information at the time is done, it can help you learn about the features and it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work after that time without further notice. For vehicles together in the owner manual to explain things. first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Pontiac Division Index whenever it appears in this manual. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if A good place to quickly locate information about the it is needed while you are on the road. If the vehicle vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. 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. 06MONTANASV6 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. this book. This safety We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about symbol means “Do Not,” things that could hurt you if you were to ignore “Do Not do this” or “Do Not the warning. 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 Notice: These mean there is something that could with 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 a by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. But component, gage, or indicator, reference the following the notice will tell what to do to help avoid the damage. 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 Restraints .............................................1-40 Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Older Children ..............................................1-40 Six-Way Power Seats .....................................1-3 Infants and Young Children ............................1-43 Heated Seats .................................................1-3 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-46 Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-4 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-50 Head Restraints .............................................1-6 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children Rear Seats .......................................................1-6 (LATCH) ..................................................1-51 Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-6 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Bucket Seats .................................................1-6 Seat Position ............................................1-56 Captain Chairs .............................................1-14 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Third Row Seat ............................................1-18 Seat Position ............................................1-59 Safety Belts ...................................................1-21 Airbag System ...............................................1-62 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ................1-21 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-65 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts .........1-25 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-68 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-26 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-69 Driver Position ..............................................1-26 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-69 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment .....................1-33 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ........1-70 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-34 Passenger Sensing System ............................1-71 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-34 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-76 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-34 Adding Equipment to Your Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ....................1-37 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .............................1-76 Safety Belt Pretensioners ...............................1-39 Restraint System Check ..................................1-77 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-39 Checking the Restraint Systems ......................1-77 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...1-78 1-1 Front Seats Manual Seats {CAUTION: Use the lever located on the front of the seat to You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust the seat forward or adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle rearward. Pull up on the lever to unlock the is moving. The sudden movement could startle seat. Slide the seat and confuse you, or make you push a pedal to where you want it and when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s release the lever. seat only when the vehicle is not moving. To make sure the seat is locked into place, try to move the seat back and forth with your body. 1-2 Six-Way Power Seats Heated Seats Your vehicle may have Your vehicle may have this feature. If it does, the heated this feature. If it does, seat buttons are located on the climate control panel. the six-way power seat This feature will heat