Owner's Manual

2006 Pontiac Grand Prix 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 ............................................... 1-9 Towing ................................................... 4-38 Safety Belts ............................................. 1-10 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-30 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Airbag System ......................................... 1-52 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-67 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Headlamp Aiming ..................................... 5-50 Keys ........................................................ 2-2 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-53 Doors and Locks ...................................... 2-10 Windshield Replacement ........................... 5-60 Windows ................................................. 2-15 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-60 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-17 Tires ...................................................... 5-60 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-21 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-99 Mirrors .................................................... 2-35 Vehicle Identification ............................... 5-110 OnStar® System ...................................... 2-38 Electrical System .................................... 5-111 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-40 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-118 Sunroof .................................................. 2-43 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 ...................................... 3-26 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-35 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-13 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-52 Index ................................................................ 1 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-94 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 names GRAND How to Use This Manual PRIX, GTP, and GXP are registered trademarks of Many people read the owner manual from beginning to General Motors Corporation. end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this This manual includes the latest information at the time it is done, it can help you learn about the features was printed. We reserve the right to make changes and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work after that time without notice. For vehicles first sold in together in the owner manual to explain things. Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Pontiac Division whenever it appears in Index this manual. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is A good place to quickly locate information about the needed while you are on the road. If the vehicle is vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. alphabetical list of what is in the manual and the page number where it can be found. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 06GRANDPRIX 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 a by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. But 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 Restraints .............................................1-30 Manual Passenger Seat ..................................1-2 Older Children ..............................................1-30 Six-Way Power Driver Seat ..............................1-2 Infants and Young Children ............................1-33 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-3 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-36 Heated Seats .................................................1-3 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-40 Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-4 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Head Restraints .............................................1-6 Children (LATCH) ......................................1-41 Passenger Folding Seatback ............................1-7 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Rear Seats .......................................................1-9 Seat Position ............................................1-46 Split Folding Rear Seat ...................................1-9 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ....................................1-48 Safety Belts ...................................................1-10 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ................1-10 Airbag System ...............................................1-52 Questions and Answers About Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-55 Safety Belts ..............................................1-14 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-57 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-15 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-59 Driver Position ..............................................1-16 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-59 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment .....................1-22 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? .....1-60 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-23 Passenger Sensing System ............................1-61 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-23 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-65 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-23 Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ....................1-26 Vehicle ....................................................1-66 Safety Belt Pretensioners ...............................1-29 Restraint System Check ..................................1-67 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-29 Checking the Restraint Systems ......................1-67 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ............................................1-67 1-1 Front Seats Six-Way Power Driver Seat Manual Passenger Seat Driver’s Seat with 6–way Power, Power Lumbar, and Manual Recline shown The driver’s seat power control is located on the Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to unlock outboard side of the seat. it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release • To move the seat forward or rearward, move the the bar. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure control forward or rearward. the seat is locked in place. • To raise or lower the seat, move the control up or down. • To raise or lower the front of the seat, move the front of the control up or down. • To raise or lower the rear of the seat, move the rear of the control up or down. 1-2 Power Lumbar Heated Seats If the vehicle has this feature, the buttons are located

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