The 1995 Pontiac Bonneville Owner’s Manual Seats and Restraint Systems .......................................................... 1-1 This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “SRS” system. Features and Controls ............................................................... 2-1 This section explains how to start and operate your Pontiac. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems .................................................. 3-1 This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. YourDrivingandtheRoad ........................................................... 4-1 Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. ProblemsontheRoad ............................................................... 5-1 This section tellsyou what to dorif you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating, etc. Service and Appearance Care......................................................... ,6-1 Here the rrmmal tells you how to keep your Pontiac running properly and loolung good. Maintenanceschedule ............................................................... 7-1 This section tells you when to perform’vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. Customer Assistance Information ..................................................... 8-1 This section tells you how to contact Pontiac for assistance and how to get service publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects’’ on 8-4.page Index ............................................................................... 9-1 Here’s an alphabetical listingof almost every jsubject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. 1 We support voluntary technician certification. I PONTIAC 11 GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, 4 WE SUPPORT PONTIAC and the PONTIAC Emblem are registered VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN trademarks of General Motors Corporation. GERTIFLCATION THROUGH National institute for This manual includes the latest information at the time it AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the EXCELLENCE product after that time without further notice. For fi vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Pontiac Motor Division whenever it appears in this manual. For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a Pleas’ekeep this manual in your Pontiac, SO it will be French Language Manual: there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you Aw propriktaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer sell the vehicle, please leave this manual m it so the new un exemplaire de ce guide en fraqais chez votre owner can use it. concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario LST 1C7. Litho in U.S.A. @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1994 Part No, 10254645 B First Edition All Rights Reserved ii How to Use This Manual Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they first receivetheir new vehicle. Ths will help you learn about the features and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures , and words work together to explain thingsquickly. Index In the gray caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. A good place to look for whatyou need is the Indexin Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all hazard. Please readthese cautions. If you don’t, you or that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll others could be hurt. find it. You will also find a circle with a slash through itin this Safety Warnings and Symbols You will find anumber of safety cautions in this book. This safety symbol means We use a box with gray background and the word “Don’t,’’ “Don’t do this,” or CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if “Don’t let this happen.” you were toignore thewarning. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings In the notice area, we tell you about somethmg that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would Ah,in this book you will find these notices: 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. When you read other manuals, you might see NOTICE: CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or These mean thereis something that in different words. could damage your vehicle. You'll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use yellow for cautions, blue for notice's and the words iv Vehicle Symbols These symbols Here are some are used on other symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. warning and you may see: indicator lights: For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols FUSE these symbols are important have to do with are on some of ENGINE are used onan for you and your lights: your controls: COOLANT original battery: your passengers TEMP -- Fe whenever your is CAUTION vehicle driven: WIPER BATTERY POSSIBLE A w CHARGING I-1 INJURY SYSTEM RADIO DOOR LOCK VOLUME UNLOCK TURN PROTECT SIGNALS EYES BY 9 BRAKE (0) SHIELDING FASTEN 4 SEAT RADIATOR CONDITIONINGAIR DEFROSTER 43 CAUSTIC WINDsHIELDwCOOLANT BELTS BATTERY a ACID COULD TRUNK CAUSE WINDOW FUEL @ RELEASE BURNS POWER DEFOGGER WINDNOW ENGINE OIL t PRESSURE Wb AVOID LIGHTER n SPARKS OR VENTILATING 4 1 FLAMES HIGHLAMPSoR BEAM = FAN CI =o TEMPOIL SPARK OR ,\I/, 45 FLAME FOG LAMPS COULD $0 ANTI-LOCK (@) EXPLODE BRAKE SPEAKER BAllERY V NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you'll find information about the seats in your Pontiac 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. Seats and Seat Controls This section tellsyou about the seats -- how to adjust them -- and also about reclining seatbacks and head restraints. Manual Front Seat Pull up on the control bar under the frontof the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it. Then release the bar and try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place. 1-1 Power Seat(Option) Adjustable Support Seat (Option) To adjust the power seats on On some models,you’Il some models: find the controls on the center console. Slide the selector switch to “L” or “R’ to choose the front seat Front Control:Raise the front of the seat by holding 4 Adjusts the seat forward or back. the switch up. Lower the front of the seat by holding the switch down. Ad1 Adjusts the seat up or down. Center Control:Move the seat forward by pressing the & Adjusts the seatback ts an upright or re:clin .ed control toward the right, or backward by pressing it position. Don’t have a seatback reclined if your toward the left. vehicle is moving. Move the seat higher by holding the control up. Lower the seat by holding the control down. Rear Control:Raise the rear of the seat by holding the switch up. Lower the rear of the seat by holding the switch down. 1-2 R Reclining Front Seatbacks l)i # Adjusts the position of the seatback side bolsters. c Tilts the rear of the seat up or down. Tilts the front of the seat up or down. Lumbar Controls: d! Reshapes the lower back area of the seat. Jv Reshapes the middle back area of the seat. 8, 4 Reshapes the upper back area of the seat. Lift the leverto release the seatback, then tilt the seatback forward or backward as desired. Release the lever to lock the seatback in place. 1-3 But don’t have a seatback reclinedif your vehicle is moving. Head Restraints Slide the head restraint upor down so that thetop of the restraint is closest to the top of your ears. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. On some models, the head restraints tilt forward and rearward also. 1-4 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should notdo with safety belts. And it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint,or “air bag” system. Your vehicle has a light that comes onas a reminder to buckle up. (See “SafetyBelt Reminder Light’’ in the Index.) In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here’s why:They work. You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don’t know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so serious that evenbuckled up aperson wouldn’t survive.But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up cansurvive and sometimes walk away.Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed. After more than25 years of safety beltsin vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot! 1-5 Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. c I Put someone on it. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat on wheels. 1-6 Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider The person keeps going until stopped by something. doesn’t stop. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield .. 1-7 or the instrument panel .-. or the safety belts! With safety belts, youslow down as the vehicle does. You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why safety belts make such good sense. 1-8 Here Are Questions Many People Ask @’ If I’m a good driver, andI never drive far from home, why shouldI wear safety belts? About Safety” Belts-- and the Answers A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an Q= accident -- even one that isn’t your fault -- you and accident ifI’m wearing a safety belt? your passengers can be hurt.Being a good driver A: You could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety doesn’t protect youfrom things beyond your belt or not.