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Pontiac 2005 Grand Am Owner's Manual (334 pages)

Brand: Pontiac | Category: Automobile | Size: 2.38 MB

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

7
- How to Use this Manual
  2
- Seats and Restraint Systems
  
  7
  - Table of Contents
    7
- Front Seats
  
  8
  - Manual Seats
    8
  - Driver Seat Height Adjuster
    9
  - Six-Way Power Driver Seat
    9
  - Reclining Seatbacks
    10
  - Head Restraints
    11
  - Seatback Latches
    12
  - Easy Entry Seat
    12
  - Power Lift Seat
    13
- Rear Seats
  
  14
  - Rear Seat Operation
    14
- Safety Belts
  
  15
- Child Restraints
  
  36
- Airbag System
  
  57
- Restraint System Check
  
  63
  - Checking Your Restraint Systems
    63
  - Replacing Restraint System Parts after a Crash
    64
Section 2 Features and Controls

65
- Features and Controls
  
  65
- Keys
  
  66
- Doors and Locks
  
  71
  - Door Locks
    71
  - Power Door Locks
    72
  - Delayed Locking
    72
  - Programmable Automatic Door Locks
    72
  - Rear Door Security Locks
    74
  - Lockout Protection
    75
  - Trunk
    75
    
    Remote Trunk Release
    76
    
    Emergency Trunk Release Handle
    76
- Windows
  
  77
  - Power Windows
    78
  - Sun Visors
    78
- Theft-Deterrent Systems
  
  79
  - Passlock
    79
- Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
  
  79
  - New Vehicle Break-In
    79
  - Ignition Positions
    80
  - Retained Accessory Power (RAP)
    81
  - Starting Your Engine
    81
  - Starting Your 3400 V6 Engine
    82
  - Engine Coolant Heater
    83
  - Automatic Transaxle Operation
    84
  - Parking Brake
    87
  - Shifting into Park (P)
    88
  - Shifting out of Park (P)
    89
  - Parking over Things that Burn
    90
  - Engine Exhaust
    90
  - Running Your Engine While You Are Parked
    91
- Mirrors
  
  92
  - Manual Rearview Mirror
    92
  - Outside Remote Control Mirror
    92
  - Outside Power Mirrors
    92
  - Outside Convex Mirror
    93
- Storage Areas
  
  93
  - Glove Box
    93
  - Cupholder(S)
    93
  - Center Console Storage Area
    94
- Sunroof
  
  94
Section 3 Instrument Panel

95
- Instrument Panel
  95
- Instrument Panel Overview
  
  98
  - Hazard Warning Flashers
    100
  - Horn
    101
  - Other Warning Devices
    101
  - Tilt Wheel
    101
  - Turn and Lane-Change Signals
    102
  - Turn Signal/Multifunction Lever
    102
  - Flash-To-Pass
    103
  - Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer
    103
  - Windshield Washer
    103
  - Windshield Wiper Lever
    104
  - Cruise Control
    105
  - Headlamps
    108
  - Headlamps off in PARK (P)
    108
  - Automatic Headlamp System
    109
  - Daytime Running Lamps (DRL)
    109
  - Delayed Headlamps
    109
  - Fog Lamps
    110
  - Instrument Panel Brightness
    110
  - Dome Lamp
    111
  - Entry/Exit Lighting
    111
  - Ashtrays and Cigarette Lighter
    112
  - Battery Run-Down Protection
    112
  - Trunk Lamp
    112
- Climate Controls
  
  113
  - Climate Control System
    113
  - Defogging and Defrosting
    114
  - Outlet Adjustment
    115
- Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators
  
  116
  - Instrument Panel Cluster
    116
  - Speedometer and Odometer
    118
  - Trip Odometer
    118
  - Tachometer
    118
  - Safety Belt Reminder Light
    119
  - Airbag Readiness Light
    119
  - Charging System Light
    120
  - Brake System Warning Light
    121
  - Anti-Lock Brake System Warning Light
    122
  - Enhanced Traction System Warning Light
    122
  - Enhanced Traction System Active Light
    123
  - Engine Coolant Temperature Gage
    123
  - Low Coolant Warning Light
    124
  - Malfunction Indicator Lamp
    124
    
    If the Light Is Flashing
    125
    
    If the Light Is on Steady
    126
  - Oil Pressure Light
    128
  - Change Engine Oil Light
    128
  - Security Light
    129
  - Highbeam on Light
    129
  - Low Washer Fluid Warning Light
    129
  - Service Vehicle Soon Light
    129
  - Fuel Gage
    130
- Audio System(S)
  
  131
  - Setting the Time for Radios with Radio Data
    131
    
    Systems (RDS)
    131
  - Setting the Time for Radios Without Radio
    131
    
    Data Systems (RDS)
    131
  - Radio with CD (Base Level)
    132
  - Radio with CD (up Level)
    132
    
    Setting Preset Stations
    133
    
    Radio Messages
    134
    
    Playing a CD
    134
  - Radio with CD (MP3)
    136
    
    Playing the Radio
    137
    
    Finding a Station
    138
    
    Rds and XM
    140
    
    Rds Messages
    141
    
    Radio with CD (Mp)
    147
    
    Mp3 Format
    156
    
    XM™ Satellite Radio Antenna System
    164
Section 4 Driving Your Vehicle

165
- Driving Your Vehicle
  
  165
  - Defensive Driving
    166
  - Drunken Driving
    166
- Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle
  
  166
  - Braking
    169
  - Control of a Vehicle
    169
  - Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS)
    170
  - Braking in Emergencies
    172
  - Enhanced Traction System (ETS)
    172
  - Steering
    174
    
    Power Steering
    174
    
    Steering in Emergencies
    175
  - Off-Road Recovery
    176
  - Passing
    177
  - Loss of Control
    178
  - Driving at Night
    180
  - Driving in Rain and on Wet Roads
    181
    
    Driving through Flowing Water
    183
    
    Some Other Rainy Weather Tips
    183
    
    Driving through Deep Standing Water
    183
  - City Driving
    184
  - Freeway Driving
    185
  - Before Leaving on a Long Trip
    186
  - Highway Hypnosis
    187
  - Hill and Mountain Roads
    187
  - Winter Driving
    189
    
    Driving on Snow or Ice
    190
    
    If You Are Caught in a Blizzard
    191
  - If You Are Stuck: in Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow
    193
  - Loading Your Vehicle
    194
  - Rocking Your Vehicle to Get It out
    194
  - Recreational Vehicle Towing
    199
    
    Dinghy Towing
    200
- Towing
  
  199
  - Towing Your Vehicle
    199
  - Towing a Trailer
    202
    
    If You Do Decide to Pull a Trailer
    203
    
    Weight of the Trailer
    203
    
    Weight of the Trailer Tongue
    204
    
    Safety Chains
    205
    
    Trailer Brakes
    205
    
    Driving with a Trailer
    206
    
    Making Turns
    206
    
    Following Distance
    206
    
    Turn Signals When Towing a Trailer
    207
    
    Parking on Hills
    207
    
    Driving on Grades
    207
    
    Maintenance When Trailer Towing
    208
    
    Engine Cooling When Trailer Towing
    208
Section 5 Service and Appearance Care

209
- Service and Appearance Care
  
  209
- Service
  
  211
  - Doing Your Own Service Work
    212
  - Adding Equipment to the Outside of Your Vehicle
    213
- Fuel
  
  213
  - Gasoline Octane
    213
  - Gasoline Speciﬁcations
    213
  - California Fuel
    213
  - Additives
    214
  - Fuels in Foreign Countries
    215
  - Filling Your Tank
    215
  - Filling a Portable Fuel Container
    217
- Checking Things under the Hood
  
  218
  - Hood Release
    218
  - Engine Compartment Overview
    220
  - Engine Oil
    223
    
    When to Add Engine Oil
    224
    
    What Kind of Engine Oil to Use
    224
  - Engine Oil Life System
    226
    
    How to Reset the Engine Oil Life System
    227
    
    What to Do with Used Oil
    227
  - Engine Air Cleaner/Filter
    228
  - Automatic Transaxle Fluid
    229
  - Engine Coolant
    230
    
    What to Use
    230
    
    Checking Coolant
    231
  - Engine Overheating
    232
  - If no Steam Is Coming from Your Engine
    233
  - Cooling System
    234
  - How to Add Coolant to the Coolant Surge Tank
    235
  - Power Steering Fluid
    239
  - Windshield Washer Fluid
    240
  - Brakes
    241
    
    What to Add
    242
    
    Brake Wear
    242
    
    Brake Pedal Travel
    243
    
    Brake Adjustment
    243
  - Battery
    244
    
    Replacing Brake System Parts
    244
    
    Vehicle Storage
    244
  - Jump Starting
    245
- Bulb Replacement
  
  250
  - Halogen Bulbs
    250
  - Headlamps
    250
  - Front Turn Signal and Parking Lamps
    251
  - Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL)
    252
  - Taillamps, Turn Signal, and Stoplamps
    252
  - Replacement Bulbs
    253
- Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
  
  253
- Tires
  
  254
  - Tire Sidewall Labelling
    255
  - Tire Terminology and Deﬁnitions
    257
  - Inﬂation - Tire Pressure
    260
  - Tire Inspection and Rotation
    261
  - When It Is Time for New Tires
    262
  - Buying New Tires
    263
  - Uniform Tire Quality Grading
    264
  - Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance
    265
  - Wheel Replacement
    265
  - Used Replacement Wheels
    266
  - Tire Chains
    267
  - If a Tire Goes Flat
    268
  - Changing a Flat Tire
    269
  - Removing the Spare Tire and Tools
    270
  - Removing the Flat Tire and Installing the Spare Tire
    272
  - Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and Tools
    277
  - Compact Spare Tire
    278
- Appearance Care
  
  279
  - Fabric/Carpet
    279
    
    Special Fabric Cleaning Problems
    280
    
    Using Cleaner on Fabric
    280
  - Glass Surfaces
    281
  - Instrument Panel
    281
  - Interior Plastic Components
    281
  - Leather
    281
  - Vinyl
    281
  - Care of Safety Belts
    282
  - Washing Your Vehicle
    282
  - Weatherstrips
    282
  - Cleaning Exterior Lamps/Lenses
    283
  - Finish Care
    283
  - Windshield and Wiper Blades
    283
  - Aluminum Wheels
    284
  - Tires
    284
  - Sheet Metal Damage
    285
    
    Finish Damage
    285
    
    Underbody Maintenance
    285
    
    Chemical Paint Spotting
    285
    
    Vehicle Care/Appearance Materials
    286
- Vehicle Identiﬁcation
  
  287
  - Vehicle Identiﬁcation Number (VIN)
    287
  - Service Parts Identiﬁcation Label
    287
- Electrical System
  
  288
  - Add-On Electrical Equipment
    288
  - Windshield Wiper Fuses
    288
  - Power Windows and Other Power Options
    288
  - Fuses and Circuit Breakers
    288
  - Instrument Panel Fuse Block
    289
  - Engine Compartment Fuse Block
    291
- Capacities and Speciﬁcations
  
  293
Section 6 Maintenance Schedule

295
- Introduction
  296
- Maintenance Requirements
  296
- Maintenance Schedule
  296
- Your Vehicle and the Environment
  296
- Using Your Maintenance Schedule
  297
- Scheduled Maintenance
  298
- Additional Required Services
  300
- Maintenance Footnotes
  301
- At each Fuel Fill
  302
- Owner Checks and Services
  302
- At Least Once a Month
  303
- At Least Once a Year
  303
  - Ignition Transaxle Lock Check
    304
  - Underbody Flushing Service
    305
- Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
  306
- Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts
  307
- Maintenance Record
  308
Section 7 Customer Assistance and Information

311
- Customer Assistance and Information
  
  311
  - Customer Satisfaction Procedure
    312
  - Online Owner Center
    313
  - Customer Assistance for Text Telephone (TTY) Users
    314
  - Customer Assistance Offices
    314
  - GM Mobility Reimbursement Program
    315
  - Roadside Assistance Program
    315
    
    Canadian Roadside Assistance
    316
  - Courtesy Transportation
    317
    
    Additional Program Information
    318
  - Vehicle Data Collection and Event Data Recorders
    319
- Reporting Safety Defects
  
  320

Pontiac 2005 Grand Am Getting To Know Manual (12 pages)

Brand: Pontiac | Category: Automobile | Size: 0.93 MB

Table of Contents
1
Instrument Panel
2
Instrument Panel Cluster
3
Delayed Locking
4
Remote Keyless Entry
4
Horn Chirp - How to Program
5
Remote Keyless Entry Battery Replacement
5
Programmable Automatic Power Door Locks
6
Lockout Protection
7
Window Defogging
7
Air Conditioning
7
Automatic Light Control/Daytime Running Lamps (DRL)
8
Fueling Your Vehicle
8
MP3 Stereo System
9
Oil Life Monitor
10
Installing a Child Seat
10
Rear Door Security Lock
10
Roadside Assistance
12
My Gmlink
12

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Pontiac 2005 Grand Am Owner's Manual (334 pages)

Table of Contents

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

Seats and Restraint Systems

Front Seats

Rear Seats

Safety Belts

Child Restraints

Airbag System

Restraint System Check

Section 2 Features and Controls

Features and Controls

Keys

Doors and Locks

Windows

Theft-Deterrent Systems

Starting and Operating Your Vehicle

Mirrors

Storage Areas

Sunroof

Section 3 Instrument Panel

Instrument Panel Overview

Climate Controls

Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators

Audio System(S)

Section 4 Driving Your Vehicle

Driving Your Vehicle

Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle

Towing

Section 5 Service and Appearance Care

Service and Appearance Care

Service

Fuel

Checking Things under the Hood

Bulb Replacement

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement

Tires

Appearance Care

Vehicle Identiﬁcation

Electrical System

Capacities and Speciﬁcations

Section 6 Maintenance Schedule

Section 7 Customer Assistance and Information

Customer Assistance and Information

Reporting Safety Defects

Pontiac 2005 Grand Am Getting To Know Manual (12 pages)

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