Pontiac Sunbird Owner's Manual page 219

Service & Appearance Care
Replacing
The braking
Brake System Pads
system on a modern vehicle
is complex. Its many parts have to be of
top quality and work well together if the
vehicle is to have really good braking.
Vehicles we design and test have top-
quality GM brake parts in them, as your
Pontiac does when it is new. When you
replace parts of your braking system-
for example, when your brake linings
wear down and you have to have new
ones put in-be sure you get new
genuine GM replacement parts. If you
don't, your brakes may no longer work
properly. For example, if someone puts
in brake linings that are wrong for your
vehicle, the balance between your front
and rear brakes can change, for the
worse. The braking performance you've
come to expect can change in many
other ways if someone puts in the wrong
replacement brake parts.
Battery
Every new Pontiac has a Delco
Freedom@ battery. You never have to
add water to one of these. When it's
time for a new battery, we recommend a
Delco Freedom@ battery. Get one that
has the catalog number shown on the
original battery's label.
Jump Starting
For jump starting instructions, see the
Index under Jump Starting.
Vehicle Storage
If you're not going to drive your vehicle
for 25 days or more, take off the black
negative
(-)
cable from the battery.
This will help keep your battery from
running down.
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Batteries have acid
that
can
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CAUTION
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k
bum you and
gas
that
can
+lode. You can
be
badly hurt if
you aren't
careful. See
the
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under Jump Starting fbr tips on
working
around
a battery without
getting
hurt.
Contact your dealer to learn how to
prepare your vehicle for longer storage
periods.
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