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Saturn 2004 L300 Owner's Manual

Saturn 2004 L300 Owner's Manual (386 pages)

Saturn 2004 L-Series Automobile Owner's Manual

Brand: Saturn | Category: Automobile | Size: 2.75 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1
- How to Use this Manual
  2
- Vehicle Symbols
  4
- Seats and Restraint Systems
  7
- Seats and Restraint Systems
  
  9
  - Front Seats
    9
    
    Driver Seat Height Adjuster
    9
  - Manual Seats
    9
    
    Manual Lumbar
    10
    
    Six-Way Power Driver Seat
    10
    
    Heated Seats
    11
    
    Reclining Seatbacks
    11
    
    Head Restraints
    13
  - Rear Seats
    14
  - Split Folding Rear Seat
    14
  - Safety Belts
    17
    
    Why Safety Belts Work
    18
    
    Questions and Answers about Safety Belts
    21
    
    Driver Position
    22
    
    How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
    22
  - Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster
    25
    
    Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
    30
    
    Rear Seat Passengers
    31
  - Right Front Passenger Position
    31
  - Rear Seat Passenger Positions (Sedan)
    31
  - Lap Belt
    38
  - Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults
    39
  - Child Restraints
    41
    
    Safety Belt Extender
    41
  - Older Children
    41
  - Infants and Young Children
    44
    
    Child Restraint Systems
    48
    
    Where to Put the Restraint
    50
  - Top Strap
    52
  - Top Strap Anchor Location
    53
    
    Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the Latch System
    58
    
    Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position
    64
  - Air Bag Systems
    68
    
    Where Are the Air Bags
    70
    
    When Should an Air Bag Inﬂate
    73
    
    How Does an Air Bag Restrain
    74
    
    What Makes an Air Bag Inﬂate
    74
    
    What will You See after an Air Bag Inﬂates
    75
    
    Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
    77
  - Restraint System Check
    78
    
    Checking Your Restraint Systems
    78
    
    Replacing Restraint System Parts after a Crash
    79
- Features and Controls
  
  81
  - Keys
    83
  - Remote Keyless Entry System
    84
  - Remote Keyless Entry System Operation
    85
  - Theft-Deterrent System
    86
  - Battery Replacement
    87
  - Matching Transmitter(S) to Your Vehicle
    87
  - Doors and Locks
    89
    
    Door Locks
    89
    
    Delayed Locking
    90
    
    Power Door Locks
    90
  - Programmable Automatic Door Locks
    91
  - Rear Door Security Locks
    91
  - Lockout Protection
    92
    
    Leaving Your Vehicle
    92
  - Trunk (Sedan)
    93
  - Liftgate Release (Wagon)
    94
  - Emergency Trunk Release Handle
    95
  - Trap-Resistant Trunk Kit
    95
  - Windows
    96
  - Power Windows
    97
  - Manual Windows
    97
  - Express-Down Window
    97
  - Theft-Deterrent Systems
    98
  - Window Lock out
    98
  - Sun Visors
    98
  - Visor Vanity Mirrors
    98
  - Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
    99
  - New Vehicle Break-In
    99
  - Ignition Positions
    100
  - Starting Your Engine
    101
    
    Automatic Transaxle
    101
    
    Engine Coolant Heater
    102
  - To Use the Engine Coolant Heater
    102
  - Automatic Transaxle Operation
    103
  - Shift Lock Release
    106
    
    Parking Brake
    107
    
    Shifting into Park (P) (Automatic Transaxle)
    108
  - Torque Lock
    109
  - Parking over Things that Burn
    110
  - Shifting out of Park (P)
    110
  - Engine Exhaust
    111
  - Running Your Engine While You Are Parked
    112
  - Mirrors
    113
    
    Manual Rearview Mirror
    113
  - Temperature and Compass Display
    114
  - Automatic Dimming Mirror Operation
    115
  - Compass Variance
    115
  - Compass Calibration
    115
  - Compass Operation
    117
    
    Outside Remote Control Mirror
    118
  - Onstar System
    120
  - Storage Areas
    121
    
    Center Console Storage Area
    121
    
    Glove Box
    121
  - Assist Handles
    121
    
    Load Floor Storage Box
    122
    
    Roof Rack System
    122
  - Cargo Cover
    123
  - Removing the Cargo Cover
    124
  - Sunroof
    125
Section 3 Instrument Panel

127
- Instrument Panel
  
  127
  - Instrument Panel Overview
    128
  - Hazard Warning Flashers
    130
  - Other Warning Devices
    131
  - Tilt Wheel
    131
  - Turn Signal/Multifunction Lever
    132
  - Turn and Lane-Change Signals
    132
  - Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer
    133
    
    Windshield Wiper Lever
    134
    
    Windshield Washer
    135
  - Rear Window Wiper/Washer (Wagon)
    135
  - Cruise Control
    136
  - Exterior Lamps
    139
    
    Daytime Running Lamps
    139
  - Automatic Headlamp System
    140
  - Dome Lamp
    141
  - Entry Lighting
    141
  - Map Lamps
    141
  - Accessory Power Outlets
    142
  - Battery Run-Down Protection
    142
- Climate Controls
  
  143
  - Ashtrays and Cigarette Lighter
    143
  - Climate Control System
    143
  - Defogging and Defrosting
    145
  - Rear Window Defogger
    146
  - Automatic Climate Control System
    146
  - Automatic Operation
    147
  - Manual Operation
    148
  - Passenger Compartment Air Filter
    150
  - Outlet Adjustment
    150
- Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators
  
  151
  - Instrument Panel Cluster
    152
  - Speedometer and Odometer
    153
  - Safety Belt Reminder Light
    154
  - Air Bag Readiness Light
    154
  - Battery Warning Light
    155
    
    Anti-Lock Brake System Warning Light
    157
  - Traction Control System (TCS) Warning Light
    158
  - Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light
    158
  - Engine Coolant Temperature Gage
    159
  - Low Coolant Warning Light
    159
  - Malfunction Indicator Lamp
    160
  - If the Light Is on Steady
    161
  - If the Light Is Flashing
    161
  - Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Programs
    162
- Maintenance Schedule
  
  163
  - Oil Pressure Light
    163
  - Change Engine Oil Light
    164
  - Security Light
    164
  - Reduced Engine Power Light
    164
  - Daytime Running Lamps Indicator Light
    165
  - Low Washer Fluid Warning Light
    165
  - Trunk Ajar Light
    165
  - Service Vehicle Soon Light
    165
  - Fuel Gage
    166
  - Low Fuel Warning Light
    166
- Audio System(S)
  
  167
  - Setting the Time
    167
  - AM-FM Radio
    168
  - Setting Preset Stations
    169
  - Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
    170
  - Radio with CD
    171
  - Playing a CD
    173
  - Finding a Station
    176
  - Playing a Cassette Tape
    178
  - Cassette Tape Messages
    180
  - CD Adapter Kits
    180
  - Playing the Single CD Player
    180
  - Playing the Six–Disc CD Player
    182
  - Rear Seat Entertainment System
    185
  - Before You Drive
    185
  - Stereo Rca Jacks
    186
  - Audio Output
    187
  - Video Screen
    188
  - DVD Radio
    188
  - Remote Control
    190
  - DVD Display Error Messages
    193
  - DVD Radio Error Messages
    194
  - DVD Distortion
    194
  - Cleaning the DVD Player
    194
  - Cleaning the Video Screen
    194
  - Theft-Deterrent Feature
    195
  - Radio Reception
    197
  - Disabling the Theft-Deterrent Feature
    197
  - Care of Your Cassette Tape Player
    198
  - Care of Your Cds and Dvds
    199
  - Care of Your CD and DVD Player
    199
  - Fixed Mast Antenna
    199
Section 4 Driving Your Vehicle

201
- Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle
  
  202
  - Defensive Driving
    202
  - Drunken Driving
    202
  - Control of a Vehicle
    205
  - Braking
    206
    
    Anti-Lock Brake System (Abs)
    207
    
    Braking in Emergencies
    208
  - Traction Control System (TCS)
    209
  - Steering
    210
    
    Power Steering
    210
    
    Steering Tips
    210
    
    Steering in Emergencies
    211
  - Off-Road Recovery
    212
  - Passing
    213
  - Loss of Control
    214
  - Driving at Night
    215
  - Driving in Rain and on Wet Roads
    217
    
    Driving through Deep Standing Water
    219
    
    Driving through Flowing Water
    219
    
    Some Other Rainy Weather Tips
    220
  - City Driving
    220
  - Freeway Driving
    221
  - Before Leaving on a Long Trip
    223
  - Highway Hypnosis
    223
  - Hill and Mountain Roads
    224
  - Winter Driving
    226
    
    Driving on Snow or Ice
    227
    
    If You Are Caught in a Blizzard
    228
  - If You Are Stuck: in Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow
    230
    
    Rocking Your Vehicle to Get It out
    231
- Towing
  
  232
  - Towing Your Vehicle
    232
  - Recreational Vehicle Towing
    232
    
    Dinghy Towing
    233
  - Loading Your Vehicle
    234
    
    Dolly Towing
    234
  - Towing a Trailer
    240
    
    If You Do Decide to Pull a Trailer
    241
    
    Weight of the Trailer
    241
    
    Total Weight on Your Vehicle's Tires
    242
    
    Weight of the Trailer Tongue
    242
    
    Safety Chains
    243
    
    Trailer Brakes
    243
    
    Backing up
    244
    
    Driving with a Trailer
    244
    
    Following Distance
    244
    
    Making Turns
    244
    
    Driving on Grades
    245
    
    Turn Signals When Towing a Trailer
    245
    
    Engine Cooling When Trailer Towing
    246
    
    Maintenance When Trailer Towing
    246
Section 5 Service and Appearance Care

247
- Service
  
  249
  - Doing Your Own Service Work
    250
  - Adding Equipment to the Outside of Your Vehicle
    251
- Fuel
  
  251
  - Gasoline Octane
    251
  - Gasoline Speciﬁcations
    252
  - California Fuel
    252
  - Additives
    253
  - Fuels in Foreign Countries
    253
  - Filling Your Tank
    254
  - Filling a Portable Fuel Container
    255
- Service and Appearance Care
  
  256
  - Checking Things under the Hood
    256
    
    Hood Release
    256
    
    Engine Compartment Overview
    258
    
    Engine Oil
    262
    
    What Kind of Engine Oil to Use
    263
  - Engine Oil Additives
    264
    
    Engine Air Cleaner/Filter
    266
    
    What to Do with Used Oil
    266
    
    Automatic Transaxle Fluid
    269
    
    Engine Coolant
    269
    
    What to Use
    270
  - Checking Coolant
    271
    
    Coolant Surge Tank Pressure Cap
    272
    
    Engine Overheating
    272
  - If Steam Is Coming from Your Engine
    273
  - If no Steam Is Coming from Your Engine
    274
    
    Cooling System
    275
    
    How to Add Coolant to the Coolant Surge Tank
    277
    
    Power Steering Fluid
    280
    
    Windshield Washer Fluid
    281
    
    Brakes
    282
  - Brake Fluid
    282
  - Brake Wear
    284
    
    Battery
    285
  - Replacing Brake System Parts
    285
    
    Jump Starting
    286
    
    Vehicle Storage
    286
- Bulb Replacement
  
  292
  - Halogen Bulbs
    292
  - Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and Parking Lamps
    293
  - Fog Lamps
    295
  - Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) (Sedan)
    295
  - Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL)
    295
  - Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and
    296
  - Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and
    298
  - Replacement Bulbs
    298
- Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
  
  299
- Tires
  
  300
  - Tire Size
    304
    
    Tire Terminology and Deﬁnitions
    305
    
    Inﬂation - Tire Pressure
    307
  - How to Check
    308
    
    Tire Inspection and Rotation
    308
    
    When to Check
    308
    
    Buying New Tires
    310
    
    When It Is Time for New Tires
    310
    
    Uniform Tire Quality Grading
    311
    
    Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance
    313
    
    Wheel Replacement
    313
  - Tire Chains
    314
  - Used Replacement Wheels
    314
  - If a Tire Goes Flat
    315
  - Changing a Flat Tire
    316
  - Removing the Spare Tire and Tools
    317
  - Removing the Wheel
    320
  - Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and Tools
    325
  - Compact Spare Tire
    327
- Appearance Care
  
  328
  - Cleaning Fabric/Carpet
    328
  - Cleaning the Inside of Your Vehicle
    328
  - Special Fabric Cleaning Problems
    329
  - Using Cleaner on Fabric
    329
  - Cleaning Glass Surfaces
    330
  - Cleaning Interior Plastic Components
    330
  - Cleaning the Top of the Instrument Panel
    330
  - Cleaning Vinyl
    330
  - Care of Safety Belts
    331
  - Cleaning the Outside of Your Vehicle
    331
  - Washing Your Vehicle
    331
  - Weatherstrips
    331
  - Cleaning Exterior Lamps/Lenses
    332
  - Finish Care
    332
  - Cleaning Aluminum or Chrome-Plated Wheels
    333
  - Cleaning Tires
    333
  - Sheet Metal Damage
    333
  - Finish Damage
    334
  - Underbody Maintenance
    334
    
    Chemical Paint Spotting
    334
    
    Vehicle Care/Appearance Materials
    335
- Vehicle Identiﬁcation
  
  336
  - Vehicle Identiﬁcation Number (VIN)
    336
  - Service Parts Identiﬁcation Label
    337
- Electrical System
  
  337
  - Add-On Electrical Equipment
    337
  - Windshield Wiper Fuses
    337
  - Power Windows and Other Power Options
    338
  - Fuses and Circuit Breakers
    338
  - Floor Console Fuse Blocks
    338
  - Engine Compartment Fuse Block
    341
- Capacities and Speciﬁcations
  
  344
Section 6 Maintenance Schedule

345
- Introduction
  346
- Maintenance Requirements
  346
- Maintenance Schedule
  346
- Using Your Maintenance Schedule
  346
- Your Vehicle and the Environment
  346
- Scheduled Maintenance
  348
- Additional Required Services
  350
- Maintenance Footnotes
  351
- At each Fuel Fill
  353
  - Tire Inﬂation Check
    353
- At Least Once a Month
  353
  - Cassette Tape Player Service
    353
- Owner Checks and Services
  353
- At Least Once a Year
  354
- Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
  356
- Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts
  357
- Engine Drive Belt Routing
  358
- Maintenance Record
  359

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Saturn 2004 L300 Getting To Know Manual

Saturn 2004 L300 Getting To Know Manual (16 pages)

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