User manual PONTIAC GRANDPRIX 1995

[. . . ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seats and Restraint Systems Features and Controls 1-1 2-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comfort Controls and Audio Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . This section explainshow to start and operate your Pontiac. This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and to operate your how audio system. This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It 3-1 4-1 YourDrivingandtheRoad ProblernsontheRoad Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the road how to drive under different conditions. [. . . ] It is importantto slow down on slippery surfaces because stopping distance will longer and be vehicle control more limited. While driving on a surface with reduced traction, try your best to avoid sudden steering, acceleration, or braking (including engine braking by shifting a lower to gear). You may not realize the surface is slippery until your vehicleis skidding. Learnto recognize warning clues -- such as enough water, ice or packed snow on the road to make a "mirrored surface" -- and slow down when you have any doubt. control. As long as the wheels are rolling, you will have steering control. Driving at Night Lf you have the anti-lock braking system, remember: It helps avoid only the braking skid. One than anti-lock, then in a braking (where the wheelsare skid reason is that some drivers likely to be impaired by are -no longer rolling), release enough pressure on the brakes alcohol or drugs, with night vision problems, or by to get the wheels rolling again. This restores steering fatigue. 4-14 Here are some tips on night driving. a Drive defensively. e Don't drink anddrive, a Adjust your inside rearview mirror reduce the to driving, don't wear sunglasses at night. They may cut down on glarefrom headlamps, but they also make a lot of things invisible. It can take a second or two, or even several seconds, for your eyesto readjust to the dark. When you from a driver who are faced with severe glare (as doesn't lower the high beams, or a vehicle with misaimed headlamps), slow down little. Keep your windshield and all the glass on your vehicle is clean -- inside and out. Dirty glass makes lights dazzle and flash more than clean glass would, making the pupils of your eyes contract repeatedly. glare from headlamps behind you. a Since you can't see as well, you may need slow to down andkeep more space between you and other vehicles. a Slow down, especially on higher speed roads. Your headlamps can light up onlyso much road ahead. e In remote areas, watchfor animals. a If you're tired, pull off the road in a safe place and rest. Remember that your headlamps light far less of a up roadway when you are in a turn curve. But as eyes moving; that way, it's easier pick out dimly to we get older these differences increase. Just as your headlamps should be driver may requireat least twice as much light to see the checked regularly for proper aim, should your eyes so same thing at night as a 20-year-old. be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night What you do inthe daytime can also affect your night blindness -- the inability to see in light -- and aren't dim vision. But if you're Night Vision 4-15 Driving in the Rain The heavier the rain, the harder it is to see. Even if your n windshield wiper blades are i good shape, a heavy rain can make it harder to seeroad signs and traffic signals, pavement markings, the edgeof the road, and even people walking. It's wise to keep your wiping equipment in good shape and keep your windshield washer tank filled. Replace your windshield wiper inserts when they show signs of streaking or missing areas on the windshield, or when strips of rubber start to separate from the inserts. Rain and wet roads can mean driving trouble. On a wet road you can't stop, accelerate turn as well because or your tire-to-road tractionisn't as good ason dry roads. And, if your tires don't have much tread you'll get left, even less traction. [. . . ] Some will describe inexpensive service, others will describe expensiveservice. Some will advise of new or unexpectedconditions, and others may help avoidfuture costly repairs. In some cases they refer to specialized tools, equipment and safety procedures necessary to service the vehicle. Since these bulletins are issued throughout the model year and beyond, an index is required and published quarterly to help identify specific bulletins. [. . . ]