2007 Pontiac Solstice Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ....................... 7 Storage Areas ........................................ 98 Front Seats .............................................. 8 Convertible Top ...................................... 99 Safety Belts ............................................ 12 Instrument Panel ....................................... 105 Child Restraints ...................................... 27 Instrument Panel Overview ................... 108 Airbag System ........................................ 42 Climate Controls ................................... 122 Restraint System Check ......................... 56 Warning Lights, Gages, and Features and Controls ................................ 59 Indicators .......................................... 127 Keys ....................................................... 60 Driver Information Center (DIC) ............ 145 Doors and Locks .................................... 65 Audio System(s) ................................... 157 Windows ................................................ 70 Driving Your Vehicle ................................. 189 Theft-Deterrent Systems ......................... 72 Your Driving, the Road, and Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ....... 76 Your Vehicle ..................................... 190 Mirrors .................................................... 93 Towing ................................................. 231 OnStar® System ..................................... 94 1 Service and Appearance Care .................. 233 Electrical System .................................. 326 Service ................................................. 235 Capacities and Specifications ................ 332 Fuel ...................................................... 237 Maintenance Schedule .............................. 333 Checking Things Under the Hood ......... 242 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 334 Rear Axle ............................................. 279 Bulb Replacement ................................ 280 Customer Assistance Information ............. 361 Windshield Wiper Blade Customer Assistance and Replacement ..................................... 283 Information ........................................ 362 Tires ..................................................... 284 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 379 Appearance Care .................................. 314 Vehicle Identification ............................. 325 Index .......................................................... 383 2 This manual describes features that may be available in this model, but your vehicle may not have 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. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there PONTIAC, the PONTIAC Emblem, and the if it is needed while you are on the road. If the name SOLSTICE are registered trademarks of vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. General Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at Canadian Owners the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes after that time without further A French language copy of this manual can be notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute obtained from your dealer or from: the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” Helm, Incorporated for Pontiac Division whenever it appears in P.O. Box 07130 this manual. Detroit, MI 48207 Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15859544 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 Index is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. A good place to quickly locate information about If 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,” There are a number of safety cautions in this “Do Not do this” or book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to “Do Not 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 Notice: These mean there is something along 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 covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could a component, gage, or indicator, reference be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help the 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. • Climate Controls in Section 3 They 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 ..................................................... 8 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children Manual Seats ................................................ 8 (LATCH) .................................................. 37 Reclining Seatbacks ...................................... 9 Securing a Child Restraint in the Seatback Latches ........................................ 11 Passenger Seat Position .......................... 38 Power Lift Seat ........................................... 12 Airbag System .............................................. 42 Safety Belts .................................................. 12 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 45 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 12 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 47 Questions and Answers About What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 48 Safety Belts ............................................. 17 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 48 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 18 What Will You See After an Driver Position ............................................. 18 Airbag Inflates? ........................................ 48 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 25 Passenger Sensing System ......................... 50 Passenger Position ...................................... 26 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 54 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 26 Adding Equipment to Your Safety Belt Extender ................................... 26 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 55 Child Restraints ............................................ 27 Restraint System Check ............................... 56 Older Children ............................................. 27 Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 56 Infants and Young Children ......................... 30 Replacing Restraint System Parts After Child Restraint Systems .............................. 33 a Crash ................................................... 57 7 Front Seats Lift the lever located under the front of the seat to unlock it. 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, Slide the seat to where you want it and release the lever. Try to move the seat with your body to or make you push a pedal when you do be sure the seat is locked in place. not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. Make sure nothing is in front of or under the seat to prevent it from releasing or re-locking after adjustment. 8 Reclining Seatbacks {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. To adjust the seatback, turn the knob on the outboard side of the seatback until the seatback is in the desired position. 9 {CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts cannot do their job when you are reclined like this. The shoulder belt cannot do its job. In a crash, you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt cannot do its job either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at