2004 Pontiac GTO 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 Safety Belts .............................................. 1-6 Towing ................................................... 4-29 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-26 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Air Bag Systems ...................................... 1-46 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-52 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Keys ........................................................ 2-2 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-47 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-6 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-50 Windows ................................................. 2-10 Tires ...................................................... 5-51 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-12 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-78 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-15 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-86 Mirrors .................................................... 2-29 Electrical System ...................................... 5-87 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-30 Capacities and Specifications ..................... 5-92 Vehicle Personalization ............................. 2-32 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-2 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-19 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-23 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-10 Trip Computer ......................................... 3-36 Index ................................................................ 1 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-42 How to Use This Manual Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you will find that pictures and words work together to explain things. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, PONTIAC, Index the PONTIAC Emblem and the name GTO are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. A good place to look for what you need is the Index in This manual includes the latest information at the time it back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what was printed. We reserve the right to make changes is in the manual, and the page number where you will after that time without further notice. find it. Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new owner can use it. Part No. 04GTO A First Edition ©Copyright General Motors Corporation 10/15/03 All Rights Reserved ii Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a circle with a slash through it in You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. this book. This safety We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you symbol means “Don’t,” about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore “Don’t do this” or “Don’t let the warning. 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 don’t, you or others could be hurt. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this book you will find these notices: Your vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle, Notice: These mean there is something that could are shown along with the text describing the operation damage your vehicle. or information relating to a specific component, control, A notice will tell you about something that can damage message, gage or indicator. your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figuring out a specific name of a covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the component, gage or indicator, reference the following notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the topics: 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 You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use • Climate Controls in Section 3 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 iv These are some examples of symbols you may find on your vehicle: v ✍ NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Top Strap ....................................................1-36 Power Seats ..................................................1-2 Top Strap Anchor Location .............................1-37 Manual Lumbar ..............................................1-2 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-3 Children (LATCH System) ...........................1-38 Head Restraints .............................................1-4 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the Seatback Latches ...........................................1-4 LATCH System .........................................1-40 Safety Belts .....................................................1-6 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-6 Position ...................................................1-40 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-10 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-12 Seat Position ............................................1-43 Driver Position ..............................................1-12 Air Bag Systems ............................................1-46 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-19 Where Are the Air Bags? ...............................1-48 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-20 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ....................1-49 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-20 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? .....................1-50 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children How Does an Air Bag Restrain? .....................1-50 and Small Adults .......................................1-23 What Will You See After an Air Safety Belt Pretensioners ...............................1-25 Bag Inflates? ............................................1-50 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-25 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle .........1-52 Child Restraints .............................................1-26 Restraint System Check ..................................1-52 Older Children ..............................................1-26 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-52 Infants and Young Children ............................1-28 Replacing Restraint System Parts After Child Restraint Systems .................................1-32 a Crash ...................................................1-53 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-35 1-1 Front Seats • Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the horizontal switch toward the front or rear of the vehicle. Power Seats • Raise or lower the seat cushion by sliding the horizontal switch up or down. • Tilt the horizontal switch up at the front to tilt the front of the seat up, and tilt the horizontal switch down at the rear to tilt the seat down at the rear. • Tilt the vertical switch to adjust the angle of the seatback. The seat back moves in the same direction that the switch is tilted to. Manual Lumbar The manual lumbar control lets you adjust the amount of support in the lower seatback. The power front seat controls are located on the outboard side of the driver’s and passenger’s seat. The horizontal switch is used to electrically adjust the height, the tilt, and the movement of the seat forward and rearward. The vertical switch is used to electrically adjust the angle of the back of the seat. To adjust the seat, do the following: 1-2 The control is located on the outboard side of the seat But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is cushion. moving. To increase or decrease lumbar support, turn the knob. Reclining Seatbacks {CAUTION: Use the vertical switch on the outboard side of the front Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle seat cushion to recline the seatbacks. is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you Tilt the vertical switch to adjust the angle of the buckle up, your safety belts can’t do their job seatback.