User manual PONTIAC FIREBIRD 1998

[. . . ] owner's manual A '98 1 1 1 A A _. A The 1998 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual 1-1 2-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. also Features and Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle. 3-1 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. Problems on the Road This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. [. . . ] Thus, youmay think drivers behind you are seeing your signal when they not. are It's important to check occasionally to be sure the trailer bulbs are still working. Driving On Grades Reduce speed and shift tolower gearbefore you start a down a long or steep downgrade. If you don't shift so down, you might have to use your brakes much that they would get hot and no longer work well. On a long uphill grade, shift down and reduce your speed to around45 mph (70 km/h) to reduce the possibility of engine and transmission overheating. If you are towing a trailer you have an automatic and lbrn Signals When Towinga Trailer transmission with overdrive, you may prefer drive in to THIRD (D) instead of AUTOMATICOVERDRIVE @ When you towa trailer, your vehicle may need a (or, as you need to, lower gear). Or, if you have a a different turn signal flasher and/or extra wiring. Check manual transmission with FIFTH(5) (or SIXTH (6) ) with your Pontiac dealer. The green arrows on your gear and youare towing a trailer. Just drive in instrument panel will flash whenever signal a turn you FOURTH (4) gear (ordrive in FIFTH(5) if you have a or lane change. Properly hooked up, the trailer lamps will also flash, telling other drivers you're about to turn, six-speed manual transmission) or, as you need to, a lower gear. change lanesor stop. When you're turning with a trailer, make wider turns than normal. Do this so your trailer won't strike soft shoulders, curbs, road signs, trees other or objects. Signal well in advance. 4-37 Parking on Hills You really should not park your vehicle, with a trailer attached, on a hill. If something goes wrong, your rig could startto move. People can be injured, and both your vehicle and trailer can be damaged. the But if you ever have to park your rig on a here's hill, how to do it: 0 0 Shift into a gear; and Release the parking brake. 2. Drive slowly until the trailer clear of the chocks. Stop and have someonepick up and store the chocks. 1. Apply your regular brakes, but don'tshift into PARK (P) yet, or into gear formanual transmission. Have someone placechocks under the trailer wheels. When the wheel chocksare in place, releasethe regular brakes until the chocks absorb the load. 4. Reapply the regular brakes, Then apply your parking brake, and then shift PARK (P) for an to automatic transmission, or REVERSE (R) for a manual transmission. Release the regular brakes. Maintenance When Trailer Towing Your vehicle will need service more often when you're pulling a trailer. See the Maintenance Schedule for more on this. [. . . ] 4-25 Wiper Blade Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33 Wiring. Headlamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-63 WreckerTowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30 9-12 Bumper-to+ s-years/36, 000 mil VWATION ON THE NEXT FEW PAGES IS TO HELP YOU FIND N l REFERRED TO TOPICS QUICKLY. [. . . ]