Pontiac 1997 Grand Am Owner's Manual page 229

Service
Your Pontiac dealer knows your vehicle best and wants
you to be happy with it. We hope you'll go to your
dealer for all your service needs. You'll get genuine GM
parts and GM-trained and supported service people.
We hope you'll want to keep your GM vehicle all GM.
Genuine GM parts have one of these marks:
You should keep a record with all parts receipts and list
the mileage and the date of any service work you
perform. See "Maintenance Record" in the Index.
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Doing Your Own Service Work
If you want to do some of your own service work, you'll
want to get the proper Pontiac Service Manual. It tells
you much more about how to service your Pontiac than
this manual can. To order the proper service manual, see
"Service and Owner Publications'' in the Index.
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CAUTION:
You can be injured and your vehicle could be
damaged if you try to do service work on a
vehicle without knowing enough about it.
Be sure you have sufficient knowledge,
experience, the proper replacement parts
and tools before you attempt any vehicle
maintenance task.
Be sure to use the proper nuts, bolts and
other fasteners. "English" and "metric"
fasteners can be easily confused. If you use
the wrong fasteners, parts can later break
or fall off. You could be hurt.
Your vehicle has an air bag system. Before attempting to
do your own service work, see "Servicing Your Air
Bag-Equipped Pontiac" in the Index.