2004 Pontiac Vibe 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 ............................................... 1-7 Towing ................................................... 4-30 Safety Belts .............................................. 1-8 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-27 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) ......... 1-47 Fuel ......................................................... 5-4 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-56 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 All-Wheel Drive ........................................ 5-51 Keys ........................................................ 2-2 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-52 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-7 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-60 Windows ................................................. 2-11 Tires ...................................................... 5-61 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-13 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-89 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-16 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-97 Mirrors .................................................... 2-35 Electrical System ...................................... 5-97 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-37 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-101 Sunroof .................................................. 2-42 Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts .... 5-103 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-2 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-19 Customer Assistance Information .................... 7-1 Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators ......... 3-25 Customer Assistance Information .................. 7-2 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-41 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-10 Index .................................................................1 Canadian Owners You can obtain a French copy of this manual from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, PONTIAC, the PONTIAC Emblem are registered trademarks How to Use This Manual and the name VIBE is a trademark of General Motors Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning Corporation. to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If This manual includes the latest information at the time it you do this, it will help you learn about the features and was printed. We reserve the right to make changes controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find after that time without further notice. For vehicles first that pictures and words work together to explain things. sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Pontiac Division whenever it Index appears in this manual. Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be A good place to look for what you need is the Index in there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it. new owner can use it. Litho in U.S.A. ©Copyright General Motors Corporation 05/05/03 Part No. 04VIBE A First Edition 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 about symbol means “Don’t,” things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the “Don’t do this” or “Don’t let 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 or in different • Features and Controls in Section 2 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 vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle: v ✍ NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-36 Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Top Strap ....................................................1-36 Driver Seat Height Adjuster ..............................1-3 Top Strap Anchor Location .............................1-38 Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-3 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers Head Restraints .............................................1-5 for Children (LATCH System) ......................1-39 Passenger Folding Seatback ............................1-5 Securing a Child Restraint Designed Rear Seats .......................................................1-7 for the LATCH System ...............................1-41 Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-7 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Position ....................................1-42 Safety Belts .....................................................1-8 Securing a Child Restraint in the Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-8 Right Front Seat Position ............................1-44 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-13 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-14 Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) ..............1-47 Driver Position ..............................................1-14 Where Are the Air Bags? ...............................1-50 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-21 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ....................1-52 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-22 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? .....................1-53 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-22 How Does an Air Bag Restrain? .....................1-53 Safety Belt Pretensioners ...............................1-26 What Will You See After an Air Bag Inflates? .......1-54 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-26 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle .........1-56 Child Restraints .............................................1-27 Restraint System Check ..................................1-56 Older Children ..............................................1-27 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-56 Infants and Young Children ............................1-29 Replacing Restraint System Parts Child Restraint Systems .................................1-33 After a Crash ............................................1-57 1-1 Front Seats 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, or make you push a pedal when you don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. Lift the bar located under the front seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place. Don’t put anything under the front seats. Items under the seats could keep the seats from locking into place properly. 1-2 Driver Seat Height Adjuster Reclining Seatbacks Turn the knob located on the outboard side of the driver’s seat cushion to adjust the height of the driver’s seat. It is easier to use the adjuster when the seat is unoccupied. Make sure the ignition is off and the vehicle is in PARK (P) before adjusting the seat. To adjust the seatback, lift the lever located on the outboard side of the seat. Release the lever to lock the seatback where you want it. Push on the seat to make sure it’s locked into position.