Pontiac 1993 Grand Am Owner's Manual page 67

Features & Controls
Parking Your Vehicle
(MANUL TRANSAXLE)
Before you get out of your vehicle, put
your manual transaxle in
R
(Reverse)
and firmly apply the parking brake.
If you are parking on a hill, or if your
vehicle is equipped to tow a trailer, see
the
Index
under Parking on Hills or
i%w*ng
a
Trailer.
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Engine Exhaust
I
Parking Over Things That Burn
Things that can burn could
touch hot exhaust parts under
your vehicle and ignite. Don't park
over papers, leaves, dry grass or
other things that can burn.
Engine exhaust can kill. It
contains the gas carbon
monoxide (CO), which you can't
see
or smelt It can cause
unconsciousness and death.
You might have exhaust coming in if:
*
Your exhaust s y s t e m sounds
strange
or different.
*
Your vehicle gets
rusty
undemath.
*
Your vehicle was damaged in a
collision.
*
Your vehicle was damaged when
driving over high points on
the
road
or
over road
debris.
*
Repairs weren't done correctly.
*
Your vehicle or exhaust systkm
has been modified improperly.
If you
eys
suspect exhaust is
~ r r m i @
into
your vehicle:
Drive it only
wifh
all the
windows down to blow out any
co;
and
*
Have it -fixed immediately.