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GM None Pontiac Aztek User Manual

2004 Pontiac Aztek Owner Manual M
Seats and Restraint Systems
Front Seats Rear Seats Safety Belts Child Restraints Air Bag Systems Restraint System Check
Features and Controls
Keys Doors and Locks Windows Theft-Deterrent Systems Starting and Operating Your Vehicle Mirrors
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OnStar Storage Areas Sunroof
Instrument Panel
Instrument Panel Overview Climate Controls Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators Message Center Driver Information Center (DIC) Audio System(s)
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System
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Driving Your Vehicle
Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle Towing
Service and Appearance Care
Service Fuel Checking Things Under the Hood All-Wheel Drive Bulb Replacement Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement Tires Appearance Care Vehicle Identification Electrical System Capacities and Specifications
Maintenance Schedule
Maintenance Schedule
Customer Assistance Information
Customer Assistance Information Reporting Safety Defects
Index
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Canadian Owners
You can obtain a French copy of this manual from your dealer or from:
Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207
GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, PONTIAC, the PONTIAC Emblem and the name AZTEK are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Pontiac Division whenever it appears in this manual.
Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new owner can use it.
Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 10337756 A First Edition
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About Driving Your Vehicle
As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate this vehicle correctly may result in loss of control or an accident. See Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle on page 4-2.
©
Copyright General Motors Corporation 05/30/03
All Rights Reserved
How to Use This Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you will find that pictures and words work together to explain things.
{CAUTION:
These mean there is something that could hurt you or other people.
Index
A good place to look for what you need is the Index in back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual, and the page number where you will find it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning.
In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, you or others could be hurt.
You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol means “Don’t,” “Don’t do this” or “Don’t let this happen.”
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Vehicle Damage Warnings
Vehicle Symbols
Also, in this book you will find these notices:
Notice: These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle.
A notice will tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the damage.
When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words.
You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.
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Your vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle, are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to a specific component, control, message, gage or indicator.
If you need help figuring out a specific name of a component, gage or indicator, reference the following topics:
• Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1
• Features and Controls in Section 2
• Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3
• Climate Controls in Section 3
• Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators in Section 3
• Audio System(s) in Section 3
• Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5
These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle:
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✍ NOTES
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

Front Seats ......................................................1-2
Manual Passenger Seat ..................................1-2
Six-Way Power Seats .....................................1-2
Manual Lumbar ..............................................1-3
Heated Seats .................................................1-3
Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-4
Head Restraints .............................................1-5
Rear Seats .......................................................1-6
Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-6
Split Bench Seats ...........................................1-6
Safety Belts ...................................................1-12
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ................1-12
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-17
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-18
Driver Position ..............................................1-18
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-26
Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-27
Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-28
Center Rear Passenger Position .....................1-32
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children
and Small Adults .......................................1-34
Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-38
Child Restraints .............................................1-39
Older Children ..............................................1-39
Infants and Young Children ............................1-41
Child Restraint Systems .................................1-45
Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-48
Top Strap ....................................................1-49
Top Strap Anchor Location .............................1-50
Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers
for Children (LATCH System) ......................1-52
Securing a Child Restraint Designed
for the LATCH System ...............................1-54
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Outside Seat Position ................................1-54
Securing a Child Restraint in a Center
Rear Seat Position ....................................1-56
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position ....................................1-59
Air Bag Systems ............................................1-61
Where Are the Air Bags? ...............................1-64
When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ....................1-67
What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? .....................1-68
How Does an Air Bag Restrain? .....................1-68
What Will You See After an Air Bag Inflates? .......1-69
Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle .........1-71
Restraint System Check ..................................1-71
Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-71
Replacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash ............................................1-72
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Front Seats

Six-Way Power Seats

Manual Passenger Seat

Pull up on the lever, located on the front of the seat, to unlock and move the seat.
Slide the seat to where you want it and release the lever. To make sure the seat is locked into place, try to move the seat back and forth with your body.
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Your vehicle may have this feature. If it does, the six-way power seat control is located on the outboard sides of the driver’s and front passenger’s seats.
• Move the front of the control up or down to adjust the
front portion of the cushion up or down.
• Move the rear of the control up or down to adjust the
rear portion of the cushion up or down.
• Lift up or push down on the whole control to move
the entire seat up or down.
• To move the whole seat forward or rearward, slide
the control forward or rearward.

Manual Lumbar

Heated Seats

The knob that controls this feature is located on the outboard sides of the driver’s and front passenger’s seats.
Turn the knob toward the front of the vehicle to increase lumbar support. Turn the knob toward the rear of the vehicle to decrease lumbar support.
Your vehicle may have heated seats. If it does, the heated seat switches are located in the instrument panel switchbank.
This feature will quickly heat the seat cushions and lower back of the driver’s and front passenger’s seat. The left switch is for the driver’s seat and the right switch is for the front passenger’s seat.
Press the top of the switch to turn the heater on. Press the bottom of the switch to turn the heater off. The heated seat switch will turn off when the ignition is turned to OFF and will resume operation when the ignition is turned to ON, unless the switch is turned off.
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Reclining Seatbacks

To adjust the seatback, pull up on the recliner lever located on the outboard sides of both the driver’s and front passenger’s seats. Release the lever to lock the seatback where you want it. Push and pull on the seat to make sure it’s locked into position. Pull up on the lever, and the seat will go to its original upright position.
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But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving.
{CAUTION:
Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can’t do their job when you’re reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t do its job either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.

Head Restraints

Adjust your head restraint so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of your head. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash.
The front seat head restraints are adjustable. Slide the head restraint up or down to adjust it.
The rear seat head restraints in your vehicle may be adjustable. They work the same as the front seat head restraints.
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Rear Seats

Folding or Reclining the Seatbacks

Rear Seat Operation

The rear seats in your vehicle have seat operating features to adjust, fold, remove and reinstall the seats. By using the seat operating procedures, in the correct order, you can easily remove the seats from your vehicle.
When you put the seats back in the vehicle, be sure to follow the label on the back of the seat for proper location.

Split Bench Seats

The seatbacks can be folded forward or reclined individually and the sections can be flipped forward or removed individually.
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{CAUTION:
If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always press rearward on the seatback to be sure it is locked.
To recline the seatbacks lift up on the recliner lever located on the outboard side of the seatback.
Move the seatback to the desired position. It is easier to raise or lower the seatback if you lean
forward and take the weight off the seatback. To fold the seatback forward lift up on the recliner lever
and fold the seatback forward. The seatback will lock into place.
Lift up on the lever again to raise the seatback. The seatback will lock into place when you push it back to the upright position.
After raising a seatback to an upright position, push and pull on the seatback to check that it is locked upright.
Removing the Split Bench Seat
Each section of the split bench seat can be flipped forward or removed individually.
1. Unlatch the shoulder belt from the lap belt.
2. Make sure the seatback is in the upright position.
3. Lift the seatback recliner lever to fold the seatback forward.
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4. Pull the lever, located at the base on the outboard side of the seat, to release the rear latches from the floor pins and flip the seat forward.
The seat can stay in this position or it can be removed from the vehicle by following the next steps.
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5. To release the front latches, squeeze the angled latch release bar toward the straight crossbar.
6. Remove the seat by rocking it slightly toward the rear of the vehicle and then pulling it out.
Repeat these steps for the other section of the split bench seat.
Replacing the Split Bench Seats
{CAUTION:
{CAUTION:
If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always press rearward on the seatback to be sure it is locked.
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A seat that isn’t locked into place properly can move around in a collision or sudden stop. People in the vehicle could be injured. Be sure to lock the seat into place properly when installing it.
A safety belt that is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted won’t provide the protection needed in a crash. The person wearing the belt could be seriously injured. After installing the seat, always check to be sure that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted.
Make sure the seatback is in the folded forward position and the safety belts are on the correct section of the seat.
Don’t put the sections of the bench seat in so they face rearward because they won’t latch that way.
The split bench seat sections have seat position labels, located on the back of each section, showing where the section must go.
The seat must be placed in the proper location for the legs to attach correctly.
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1. Squeeze the angled latch release bar toward the straight crossbar while placing the front hooks of the bench seat onto the front two floor pins.
2. Make sure the bench seat is angled so that the front hooks clear the floor pins. If the front legs are not attached correctly, the rear legs will not attach to the rear set of floor pins.
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3. Firmly push the rear hooks onto the rear floor pins by pushing down on the rear of the seat.
4. Try to raise the seat to check that it is locked down.
5. Lift the seatback recliner lever and raise the seatback until it locks upright.
6. Push and pull on the seatback to check that it is locked upright.
7. Attach the lap belt.
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Safety Belts

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone

This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts.
{CAUTION:
Don’t let anyone ride where he or she can’t wear a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and you’re not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can be much worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously injured or killed. In the same crash, you might not be, if you are buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your passengers’ belts are fastened properly too.
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It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, people riding in these areas are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped with seats and safety belts. Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and using a safety belt properly.
Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. See
Safety Belt Reminder Light on page 3-35.
In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here’s why: They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don’t know if it will be a bad one.
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A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so serious that even buckled up, a person wouldn’t survive. But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed.
After more than 30 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter... a lot!
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat on wheels.
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Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
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doesn’t stop.
The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield...
or the instrument panel...
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or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why safety belts make such good sense.
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Questions and Answers About Safety Belts

Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if I’m wearing a safety belt?
A: You could be – whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you’re upside down. And your chance of being conscious during and after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted.
Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have to
wear safety belts?
A: Airbagsareinmanyvehiclestodayandwillbein
most of them in the future. But they are supplemental systems only; so they work with safety belts – not instead of them. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has air bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions.
Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from
home, why should I wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
accident – even one that isn’t your fault – you and your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver doesn’t protect you from things beyond your control, such as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of home. And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of less than 40 mph (65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly

This part is only for people of adult size. Be aware that there are special things to know about
safety belts and children. And there are different rules for smaller children and babies. If a child will be riding in your vehicle, see Older Children on page 1-39 or Infants and Young Children on page 1-41. Follow those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.

Driver Position

This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here is how to wear it properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat so you can sit up straight. To see how, see “Seats” in the Index.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Do not let it get twisted.
The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt go back slightly to unlock it. Then pull the belt across you more slowly.
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4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks. Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure.
If the belt is not long enough, see Safety Belt Extender on page 1-38.
Make sure the release button on the buckle is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you ever had to.
5. To make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle end of the belt as you pull up on the shoulder belt.
The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs. In a crash, this applies force to the strong pelvic bones. And you would be less likely to slide under the lap belt. If you slid under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. These parts of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks if there is a sudden stop or crash, or if you pull the belt very quickly out of the retractor.
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Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster
Before you begin to drive, move the shoulder belt adjuster to the height that is right for you.
To move it down, push down on the button and move the height adjuster to the desired position.
You can move the adjuster up just by pushing up on the shoulder belt guide. After you move the adjuster to where you want it, try to move it down without pushing the button down to make sure it has locked into position.
Adjust the height so that the shoulder portion of the belt is centered on your shoulder. The belt should be away from your face and neck, but not falling off your shoulder.
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Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It will not give
nearly as much protection this way.
{CAUTION:
You can be seriously hurt if your shoulder belt is too loose. In a crash, you would move forward too much, which could increase injury. The shoulder belt should fit against your body.
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Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The belt is buckled in the wrong place.
{CAUTION:
You can be seriously injured if your belt is buckled in the wrong place like this. In a crash, the belt would go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at the pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. Always buckle your belt into the buckle nearest you.
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Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The belt is over an armrest.
{CAUTION:
You can be seriously injured if your belt goes over an armrest like this. The belt would be much too high. In a crash, you can slide under the belt. The belt force would then be applied at the abdomen, not at the pelvic bones, and that could cause serious or fatal injuries. Be sure the belt goes under the armrests.
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Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is worn under the arm. It should
be worn over the shoulder at all times.
{CAUTION:
You can be seriously injured if you wear the shoulder belt under your arm. In a crash, your body would move too far forward, which would increase the chance of head and neck injury. Also, the belt would apply too much force to the ribs, which aren’t as strong as shoulder bones. You could also severely injure internal organs like your liver or spleen.
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