User manual PONTIAC GRANDPRIX 1998

[. . . ] owner's manual '98 A A 9 I 7. . VPONTIiLC W E ARE DRIVING EXCITEMENT The 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner's Manual 1-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. the 2-1 3-1 4-1 5- 1 Features and Controls This section explainshow to start and operate your vehicle. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. how Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the road how to drive under different conditions. and Problems on the Road This section tells what to doyou have a problem whiledriving, such asa flat tire or overheated engine, etc. [. . . ] When to you are faced with severe glare (as from a driver who doesn't lower the high beams, a vehicle with or misaimed headlamps), slow down little. Avoid staring a directly into the approaching headlamps. Keep your windshield and all the glass on your vehicle clean -- inside and out. Glare night is made much at inside of the glass worse by dirt on the glass. Even the can build up a fl caused by dust. Dirty glass makes im lights dazzle and flash more than clean glass would, making the pupils your eyes contract repeatedly. Adjust your inside rearview mirrorto reduce the glare from headlamps behind you. Since you can't see as well, you may need to slow down and keep more space between you and other vehicles. Slow down, especially on higher speed roads. Your headlamps can light up only so much road ahead. In remote areas, watch for animals. 0 0 0 If you're tired, pulloff the road in a safe place and rest. of Remember thatyour headlamps light up far less a roadway when you are in turn or curve. Keep your a eyes moving; that way, it's easierpick out dimly to No one can seeas well at night as the daytime. Butas in lighted objects. Just as your headlamps should be we get older these differences increase. 50-year-old A checked regularlyfor proper aim, so should your eyes driver may require at least twice as much light to see the from be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer night same thingat night as a 20-year-old. blindness -- the inability to see in dim light -- and What you doin the daytime canalso affect your night of aren't even aware it. For example, if you spend the day in bright sunshine you are wise to wear sunglasses. eyes will Your have less trouble adjusting to night. But if you're driving, don't wear sunglasses at night. They may cut Night Vision 4-18 Driving in Rain and on Roads Wet Rain and wet roads can mean driving trouble. Onwet a road, you can't stop, accelerateor turn as well because your tire-to-road tractionisn't as good as on dry roads. And, if your tires don't have much tread left, you'll get even less traction. It's always wise to slower andbe go cautious if rain starts to while you are driving. [. . . ] Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w a r n i n g Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64 WarrantyInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32 Washing Your Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-56 Weatherstrips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]