2007 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ....................... 7 Instrument Panel ....................................... 129 Front Seats .............................................. 8 Instrument Panel Overview ................... 132 Rear Seats ............................................. 16 Climate Controls ................................... 157 Safety Belts ............................................ 17 Warning Lights, Gages, and Child Restraints ...................................... 39 Indicators .......................................... 168 Airbag System ........................................ 64 Driver Information Center (DIC) ............ 186 Restraint System Check ......................... 80 Audio System(s) ................................... 233 Features and Controls ................................ 83 Driving Your Vehicle ................................. 283 Keys ....................................................... 84 Your Driving, the Road, and Doors and Locks .................................... 92 Your Vehicle ..................................... 284 Windows ................................................ 98 Towing ................................................. 322 Theft-Deterrent Systems ....................... 100 Service and Appearance Care .................. 333 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ..... 105 Service ................................................. 336 Mirrors .................................................. 121 ® Fuel ...................................................... 338 OnStar System ................................... 122 Checking Things Under the Hood ......... 344 Storage Areas ...................................... 126 Headlamp Aiming ................................. 388 Sunroof ................................................ 128 Bulb Replacement ................................ 391 1 Windshield Replacement ....................... 399 Maintenance Schedule .............................. 469 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ... 399 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 470 Tires ..................................................... 400 Appearance Care .................................. 448 Customer Assistance Information ............. 491 Vehicle Identification ............................. 458 Customer Assistance and Information ... 492 Electrical System .................................. 459 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 510 Capacities and Specifications ................ 466 Index .......................................................... 513 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. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, if it is needed while you are on the road. If the PONTIAC, the PONTIAC Emblem, and the names vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. GRAND PRIX, GTP, and GXP are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Canadian Owners This manual includes the latest information at the A French language copy of this manual can be time it was printed. We reserve the right to obtained from your dealer or from: make changes after that time without notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the Helm, Incorporated name “General Motors of Canada Limited” P.O. Box 07130 for Pontiac Division whenever it appears in this Detroit, MI 48207 manual. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15863016 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 is. Index 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 along Notice: These mean there is something with the text describing the operation or information that could damage your vehicle. relating to a specific component, control, message, A notice tells about something that can damage gage, or indicator. the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figuring out a specific name of a covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could component, gage, or indicator, reference the be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help 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 Infants and Young Children ......................... 42 Manual Passenger Seat ................................ 8 Child Restraint Systems .............................. 45 Power Seat ................................................... 8 Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 49 Power Lumbar .............................................. 9 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children Heated Seats .............................................. 10 (LATCH) .................................................. 51 Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 10 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Head Restraints .......................................... 13 Position ................................................... 58 Passenger Folding Seatback ....................... 14 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Rear Seats .................................................... 16 Front Seat Position .................................. 60 Split Folding Rear Seat ............................... 16 Airbag System .............................................. 64 Safety Belts .................................................. 17 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 67 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 17 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 70 Questions and Answers About What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 71 Safety Belts ............................................. 21 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 72 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 22 What Will You See After an Airbag Driver Position ............................................. 22 Inflates? ................................................... 72 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 30 Passenger Sensing System ......................... 74 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 31 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 78 Right Front Passenger Position ................... 31 Adding Equipment to Your Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 32 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 79 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 35 Restraint System Check ............................... 80 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 38 Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 80 Safety Belt Extender ................................... 38 Replacing Restraint System Parts After Child Restraints ............................................ 39 a Crash ................................................... 81 Older Children ............................................. 39 7 Front Seats Power Seat Manual Passenger Seat Driver’s Seat Power Seat Control, 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 outboard side of the seat. unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure the seat is locked in place. 8 To adjust the seat, do any of the following: Power Lumbar • Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the control forward or rearward. • Raise or lower the front part of the seat cushion by moving the front of the control up or down. • Raise or lower the rear part of the seat cushion by moving the rear of the control up or down. • Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the entire