F. --2 0 , a’ The 1995 Pontiac Firebird Owner’s Manual ... How to Use This Manual.............................................................. .m This section tells you howto use your manual and includes safety and vehicle damage warnings and symbols. Seats and Restraint Systems .................................................. .’....... 1-1 This section tellsyou how to use your seats and safety belts properly.It also explains the“SIR’ 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 to how operate your audio system. Your Driving and the Road ........................................................... 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 tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, suchflat as tire a or engine overheating, etc. Service and Appearance Care ......................................................... 6-1 Here the manual tells you how tokeep your Pontiac running properly and looking good. Maintenanceschedule ............................................................... 7-1 This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricantsto use. Customer Assistance Information ..................................................... 8-1 This section tellsyou how to contact Pontiac for assistance and howto get service publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects”on page 8-4. Index ............................................................................. 9-1 Here’s an alphabetical listingof almost every subjectin this manual.You can use it to quickly find something you want toread. i .I .I We support voluntary 1 kI technician certification. IPONTIAC I I GENERAL MOTORS, GMand the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT PONTIAC and the PONTIAC Emblem, Firebird andthe VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN Firebird Emblem are registeredtrademarks of General CERTIFICATION THROUGH Motors Corporation. National Institute for AUTQMOTIVE SERVICE This manual includes the latest information at the time it EXCELLENCE was printed. We reserve the right to makechanges in the product after that time without further notice. For . vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited’’ for Pontiac Motor For Canadian OwnersWho Prefer a Division whenever it appears in this manual. French Language Manual: Please keep this manual in your Pontiac, so it will be Aux propri6taires canadiens:Vous pouvez vous procurer there if you everneed it when you’re on the road. If you un exemplaire de ce guide enfransais chez votre / sell the vehicle, pleaseleave this manual in it so the new concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., owner can use it. 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T1C7. Litho in U.S.A. @Copyright General Motors Corporation1994 Part No. 10254416 A First Edition All Rights Reserved ii -* :*: $1 How to Use This Manual Many people read their owner’s manualfitom beginning to end when they first receive theirriew vehiql?~.~,ms I .: ; ’ will help you learn about the features and controisfor your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures and words work togetherto explain things quickly. Index In the gray caution area, we tellyou what the hazard is. A goad place to lookfor what you needis the Index in Then we tell you what doto to help avoid or reduce the the backof the manual. It’san alphabetical list of all hazard. Please read these cautions.If you don?, you or that’s in the manual, and thepage number where you’ll others could be hurt. find it. You will also find a circle with a slashthrough it in this Safety Warnings and Symbols book. -’.? You will find a numberof safety cautions inthis book. This safety symbol me’ans We use a box with gray background and the word “Don’t,’’ “Don’t do this,’’ m. ~ CAUTION to, tell you about things that could hurt you if I “Don’t let this happen.” you were to ignore the warning. I 2 -. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle.Many times, this damage would Also, in this book you will fiid these notices: not be covered by your warranty,and it could be costly. But the noticewill tell you whatto do to help avoidthe 1 damage. When you readother manuals, you might.see NOTICE: CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or These mean thereis something that in different words. could damageyour vehicle. You’ll also seewarning labels onyour vehicle. They use L yellow for cautions, bluefor notices and thewords CAUTION or NOTICE. iv - Vehicle Symbols These symbols Here are some are used on other symbols These aresome of the symbols you may find youron 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 onsome of ENGINE are used on an for you and your lights: your controls: COOLANT F* original battery: your passengers TEMP -- whenever your WINDSHIELD CAUTION vehicle is WIPER BATTERY POSSIBLE driven: A CHARGING INJURY 1-1 i ‘t’i SYSTEM RAM0 h WINDSHIELD Q VOLUME PROTECT TURN WASHER SIGNALS I EYES BY e BRAKE (0) SHIELDING FASTEN SEAT WINDSHIELD 4 DEFROSTER RADIATOR CONDITIONINGAIR 43 CAUSTIC COOLANT BELTS pAE:pf a WINDOW FUEL RELEASE BURNS a POWER DEFOGGER WINDOW ENGINE OIL AVOID PRESSURE 9% SPARKS OR VENTILATING LIGHTER m FLAMES FAN HIGHLAMPSoR BEAM =o= TEMP OIL SPARK OR ,\I/, & FLAME COULD FOG LAMPS $0 ANTI-LOCK EXPLODE BRAKE (a)SPEAKER BAllERY b V NOTES Y .! vi Section 1 Seats And Restraint Systems Here you'll find information about the seatsin your Pontiac Move the lever under and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also the passenger's front learn about some things you should not do with safety belts. seat to unlock it. Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seats- how to adjust them and also about reclining front seatbacks, seatback latches and the folding rear seatback. Manual Front Seat / Slide the seat to where you wantit. Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your body,make to sure the seatis locked into place. Be sure the lever returns to its original position after moving seat.the 1-1 Four-Way Manual Seat To Raise or Lower the Frontof the Seats:To tilt the entire seat,lift the lever under the right frontof the seat, and lean forward or backward. Six-Way Power Seat (Option) There are two levers at the frontof the seat. The left lever adjusts the seat forward and back.The right lever adjusts the angle of the front of the seat. To Adjust the Seats Forward and Rearward:Lift the The driver's seat has three controls on the left side. lever under the left front of the seat. Slide the seat to where you wantit. Then release the lever and try to The front control makes the front of thego seat up and down. move the seat with your bodyto make surethe seat is The back control makes the back of thego seat up and down. locked into place. The center control makes the whole seat upgo and down or forward and backward. 1-2 The switch pads on the outer sideof the sea~~%~€late” and “deflate” partsof your seatback. If your Pontiac has theseseats, the driver’s seat has the four-way manual seat adjuster.See “Four-Way Manual The two buttons that have “dots”inflate and deflate the Seat” earlierin this part.The passenger seat has the two outer parts of the seatback.To inflate, push the raised way manual seat adjuster.See “Manual Front Seat” button. To deflate, push the indentedbutton. earlier in this part. The two buttons without “dots”inflate and deflate the lumbar (lower partof the seatback)support. To inflate, To adjust the thigh support, pull up on the frontof your push the raised button. seat cushion and move the support to the position you To deflate, push the indented button. want. To release the support, continue pulling up.To engage it again, push down firmly. 1-3 Seatback Recliner If you have fully articulating sport seats,your recliner lever looks like this. To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer sideof the seat. Release the leverto lock the seatback where you want it. Pull up on the lever, and the seatwill go to its original upright position. 1-4 Don’t have the seatback reclinedif your vehicle is moving. 1-5 Head Restraints The front seatback folds forward to let people get into Slide the head restraints up or downso that the topof the back seat.To fold a seatback forward, push the the restraint is closest to the top of your ears. seatback toward.therear as you lift this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward. This position reduces the chanceof a neck injuryin a crash. When you return the seatback to its original position, If you have the fully articulating sport seat, you have a make sure the seatback is locked. The latch must be six-way head restraint.It can be adjusted up and down, down for the seat towork properly. forward and rearward, or tilted. To adjust it forward, pull therestraint forward. To adjust it reward, pull the restraint forwardall the way to release it. Then move it tothe position you want. Front Seatback Latches Folding Rear Seatback The rear seatbackin your Pontiac folds down to provide more storage space. To fold the seatback down: 1. Pull forward on both levers. 2. Fold the seatback down. .r ', raise the seatback: the To raise $6 1. Pull it up to the locked, upright position. ,, 2. Be sure both latcheshold the seatback in pace. Have .them fixedif they don't.