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Pontiac G3 2010 Owner's Manual

Pontiac G3 2010 Owner's Manual (368 pages)

Brand: Pontiac | Category: Automobile | Size: 4.14 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1
- Canadian Owners
  3
- Vehicle Symbols
  4
- In Brief
  7
  - Instrument Panel
    8
  - Initial Drive Information
    9
    
    Trunk Release
    11
    
    Seat Adjustment
    12
    
    Seat Height Adjuster
    13
  - Manual Lumbar
    13
    
    Second Row Seats
    14
    
    Head Restraint Adjustment
    14
    
    Safety Belt
    15
    
    Sensing System for Passenger Airbag
    15
    
    Mirror Adjustment
    16
    
    Power Outside Mirrors
    16
    
    Exterior Mirrors
    16
    
    Interior Mirror
    17
    
    Interior Lighting
    17
    
    Steering Wheel Adjustment
    17
    
    Exterior Lighting
    18
    
    Windshield Wiper/Washer
    18
    
    Automatic Transmission
    21
    
    Cold Weather Shifting
    21
  - Vehicle Features
    22
    
    Satellite Radio
    23
    
    Portable Audio Devices
    24
    
    Steering Wheel Controls
    24
    
    Power Outlets
    25
  - Performance and Maintenance
    26
    
    Driving for Better Fuel Economy
    28
    
    How Onstar Service Works
    29
    
    Your Responsibility
    30
- Seats and Restraint System
  31
  - Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
    31
  - Head Restraints
    32
  - Front Seats
    34
  - Reclining Seatbacks
    36
  - Rear Seats
    38
    
    Rear Seat Operation (Sedan)
    38
    
    Rear Seat Operation (Hatchback)
    40
    
    Unfolding the Seats
    43
  - Safety Belts
    45
    
    Why Safety Belts Work
    46
    
    Questions and Answers about Safety Belts
    49
    
    How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
    50
    
    Lap-Shoulder Belt
    59
    
    Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster
    61
    
    Safety Belt Pretensioners
    62
    
    Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
    62
  - Child Restraints
    63
    
    Safety Belt Extender
    63
    
    Older Children
    63
    
    Infants and Young Children
    66
    
    Child Restraint Systems
    70
    
    Securing the Child Within the Child Restraint
    71
    
    Where to Put the Restraint
    72
    
    Top Tether Anchor
    74
    
    Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the Latch System
    78
    
    Seat Position
    81
    
    Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position
    84
  - Airbag System
    87
    
    Where Are the Airbags
    90
    
    When Should an Airbag Inflate
    92
    
    How Does an Airbag Restrain
    93
    
    What Makes an Airbag Inflate
    93
    
    What will You See after an Airbag
    94
    
    Passenger Sensing System
    95
    
    Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle
    100
  - Restraint System Check
    102
    
    Checking the Restraint Systems
    102
    
    Replacing Restraint System Parts
    103
    
    After a Crash
    103
Section 3 Features and Controls

105
- Features and Controls
  105
- Keys
  106
  - Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System
    108
  - Operation
    108
  - Battery Replacement
    109
- Doors and Locks
  110
  - Door Locks
    110
  - Central Door Unlocking System
    111
  - Door Ajar Reminder
    111
  - Rear Door Security Locks
    111
  - Trunk
    112
    
    Canceling the Rear Door Security Lock
    112
    
    Remote Trunk Release
    113
    
    Emergency Trunk Release Handle
    114
  - Liftgate (Hatchback)
    115
- Windows
  116
  - Manual Windows
    117
  - Power Windows
    117
  - Sun Visors
    118
- Theft-Deterrent Systems
  118
  - Immobilizer
    118
  - Immobilizer Operation
    118
  - Arming the System
    119
  - Content Theft-Deterrent
    119
  - Disarming the System
    120
- Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
  121
  - New Vehicle Break-In
    121
  - Ignition Positions
    122
  - Starting the Engine
    123
  - Starting Procedure
    123
  - Engine Heater
    124
  - Automatic Transmission Operation
    126
  - Manual Transmission Operation
    130
  - Shift Speeds
    131
  - Parking Brake
    132
  - Shifting into Park (Automatic Transmission)
    133
  - Shifting out of Park
    134
  - Parking the Vehicle (Manual Transmission)
    135
  - Parking over Things that Burn
    136
  - Engine Exhaust
    136
  - Running the Vehicle While Parked
    137
- Mirrors
  138
  - Manual Rearview Mirror
    138
  - Outside Manual Mirrors
    138
  - Outside Power Mirrors
    139
  - Outside Convex Mirror
    139
  - Outside Heated Mirrors
    139
- Storage Areas
  140
  - Glove Box
    140
  - Cupholders
    140
- Sunroof
  141
Section 4 Instrument Panel

143
- Instrument Panel Overview
  145
  - Hazard Warning Flashers
    145
  - Horn
    145
  - Tilt Wheel
    145
  - Turn Signal/Multifunction Lever
    146
  - Turn and Lane-Change Signals
    146
  - Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer
    147
  - Flash-To-Pass
    147
  - Windshield Wipers
    148
  - Windshield Washer
    149
  - Rear Window Wiper/Washer
    149
  - Cruise Control
    150
  - Setting Cruise Control
    151
  - Exterior Lamps
    153
  - Daytime Running Lamps (DRL)
    153
  - Fog Lamps
    154
  - Instrument Panel Brightness
    154
  - Dome Lamp
    155
  - Inadvertent Power Battery Saver
    155
  - Accessory Power Outlet(S)
    155
  - Ashtray(S) and Cigarette Lighter
    156
  - Clock
    157
- Climate Controls
  157
  - Climate Control System
    157
  - Outlet Adjustment
    160
  - Passenger Compartment Air Filter
    160
- Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators
  162
  - Instrument Panel Cluster
    163
  - Speedometer and Odometer
    164
  - Trip Odometer
    164
  - Tachometer
    164
  - Safety Belt Reminders
    165
  - Airbag Readiness Light
    165
  - Passenger Airbag Status Indicator
    166
  - Charging System Light
    167
  - Up-Shift Light
    168
  - Brake System Warning Light
    168
  - Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light
    169
  - Hold Mode Light
    169
  - Engine Coolant Temperature Gage
    170
  - Tire Pressure Light
    170
  - Malfunction Indicator Lamp
    171
- Oil Pressure Light
  173
- Change Engine Oil Light
  174
- Cruise Control Light
  175
- Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) Indicator
  175
- Fog Lamp Light
  175
- Highbeam on Light
  175
- Door Ajar Light
  176
- Fuel Gage
  176
- Low Fuel Warning Light
  177
- Audio System(S)
  178
- AM-FM Radio
  179
  - Storing a Radio Station
    180
  - XM Satellite Radio Service
    182
  - Using the Auxiliary Input Jack
    182
- Radio with CD
  183
  - Finding a Station
    184
  - Playing a CD
    187
  - Care of the CD Player
    189
  - Care of Cds
    189
- Using an MP3
  190
  - Playing an Mp3/Wma
    192
- Audio Steering Wheel Controls
  193
- XM Radio Messages
  193
- Radio Reception
  194
- Backglass Antenna (Sedan)
  195
- Fixed Mast Antenna (Hatchback)
  195
- Multi-Band Antenna
  196
Section 5 Driving Your Vehicle

197
- Defensive Driving
  198
- Drunk Driving
  198
- Your Driving, the Road, and the Vehicle
  198
- Braking
  199
- Control of a Vehicle
  199
- Antilock Brake System (ABS)
  200
  - Power Steering
    201
- Braking in Emergencies
  201
- Steering
  201
  - Steering in Emergencies
    202
- Loss of Control
  203
- Off-Road Recovery
  203
- Passing
  203
- Driving at Night
  204
- Driving in Rain and on Wet Roads
  205
- Before Leaving on a Long Trip
  206
- Highway Hypnosis
  206
- Hill and Mountain Roads
  206
- Winter Driving
  207
- If Your Vehicle Is Stuck in Sand, Mud, Ice
  209
- Loading the Vehicle
  210
  - Certification Label
    219
- Rocking Your Vehicle to Get It out
  210
- Recreational Vehicle Towing
  221
  - Dinghy Towing
    222
- Towing
  221
- Towing Your Vehicle
  221
- Towing a Trailer
  223
Section 6 Service and Appearance Care

225
- Service and Appearance Care
  225
- Service
  227
  - Accessories and Modifications
    227
  - California Proposition 65 Warning
    228
  - California Perchlorate Materials
    228
  - Requirements
    228
  - Doing Your Own Service Work
    228
  - Adding Equipment to the Outside of the
    229
- Fuel
  229
  - Gasoline Octane
    230
  - Gasoline Specifications
    230
  - California Fuel
    230
  - Additives
    231
  - Fuels in Foreign Countries
    232
  - Filling the Tank
    232
  - Filling a Portable Fuel Container
    234
- Checking Things under the Hood
  235
  - Hood Release
    236
  - Engine Compartment Overview
    238
  - Engine Oil
    239
    
    When to Add Engine Oil
    240
    
    What Kind of Engine Oil to Use
    240
    
    Cold Temperature Operation
    241
  - Engine Oil Life System
    242
  - Engine Air Cleaner/Filter
    243
  - How to Inspect the Engine Air Cleaner/ Filter
    244
  - Automatic Transmission Fluid
    245
  - How to Add Automatic Transmission Fluid
    246
  - Manual Transmission Fluid
    247
  - Hydraulic Clutch
    247
  - Cooling System
    248
  - Engine Coolant
    249
    
    What to Use
    250
    
    Checking Coolant
    250
    
    How to Add Coolant to the Coolant Surge Tank
    252
  - Engine Overheating
    254
  - Power Steering Fluid
    256
  - Windshield Washer Fluid
    257
  - Adding Washer Fluid
    257
  - Brakes
    258
  - Brake Adjustment
    260
  - Battery
    261
  - Vehicle Storage
    261
  - Jump Starting
    262
    
    Headlamp Aiming
    266
- Bulb Replacement
  267
  - Halogen Bulbs
    267
  - Headlamps
    267
    
    Hatchback
    271
    
    Sedan
    272
  - License Plate Lamp
    272
  - Replacement Bulbs
    273
- Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
  273
- Tires
  274
  - Tire Sidewall Labeling
    275
  - Tire Size
    277
  - Tire Terminology and Definitions
    278
- Inflation - Tire Pressure
  281
  - How to Check
    282
- Tire Pressure Monitor System
  282
- Tire Pressure Monitor Operation
  283
- Tire Inspection and Rotation
  285
- Buying New Tires
  287
- When It Is Time for New Tires
  287
- Different Size Tires and Wheels
  289
- Uniform Tire Quality Grading
  289
- Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance
  291
- Wheel Replacement
  291
- Tire Chains
  292
- If a Tire Goes Flat
  293
- Changing a Flat Tire
  294
- Removing the Spare Tire and Tools
  295
- Compact Spare Tire
  302
- Storing a Flat or Spare Tire and Tools
  302
- Appearance Care
  303
- Interior Cleaning
  303
- Fabric/Carpet
  304
- Interior Plastic Components
  305
  - Glass Surfaces
    305
  - Care of Safety Belts
    306
  - Weatherstrips
    306
  - Washing Your Vehicle
    306
  - Cleaning Exterior Lamps/Lenses
    306
  - Finish Care
    307
  - Windshield and Wiper Blades
    307
  - Aluminum Wheels
    308
  - Tires
    308
  - Sheet Metal Damage
    308
  - Finish Damage
    308
  - Underbody Maintenance
    309
  - Chemical Paint Spotting
    309
- Leather
  305
- Vehicle Identification
  309
  - Engine Identification
    309
  - Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
    309
  - Service Parts Identification Label
    310
- Electrical System
  310
  - Add-On Electrical Equipment
    310
  - Headlamp Wiring
    310
  - Windshield Wiper Fuses
    310
  - Power Windows and Other Power Options
    310
  - Fuses and Circuit Breakers
    311
  - Instrument Panel Fuse Block
    311
  - Engine Compartment Fuse Block
    313
- Capacities and Specifications
  317
Section 7 Maintenance Schedule

319
- Introduction
  320
- Maintenance Schedule
  320
- Scheduled Maintenance
  321
  - Additional Required Services
    323
- Owner Checks and Services
  327
  - Ignition Transmission Lock Check
    328
- Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
  330
- Maintenance Replacement Parts
  332
- Engine Drive Belt Routing
  333
- Maintenance Record
  334
Section 8 Customer Assistance Information

337
- Customer Assistance and Information
  338
- Customer Satisfaction Procedure
  338
- Online Owner Center
  340
- Customer Assistance for Text Telephone (TTY)
  341
  - P.O. Box
    341
- Customer Assistance Offices
  341
  - Calling for Assistance
    342
- GM Mobility Reimbursement Program
  342
- Roadside Assistance Program
  342
  - Services Provided
    343
  - Services Not Included in Roadside Assistance
    344
- Courtesy Transportation Program
  345
- Scheduling Service Appointments
  345
- Collision Damage Repair
  346
  - Repair Facility
    347
  - Insuring Your Vehicle
    347
  - If a Crash Occurs
    348
  - Detroit, MI
    350
- Reporting Safety Defects
  350
- Reporting Safety Defects to General Motors
  350
  - Service Manuals
    351
  - Owner Information
    351
- Reporting Safety Defects to the United States
  350
- Service Publications Ordering Information
  351
- Event Data Recorders
  352
- Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy
  352
- Onstar
  353
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
  353
- Radio Frequency Statement
  353

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