User manual PONTIAC TRANSSPORT 1996

[. . . ] I Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the to "SRS" system. FeaturesandControls This section explains how to start and operate your Pontiac. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. [. . . ] Tie a red cloth to your vehicle to alert police that you've been stopped by the snow. Put on extra clothing or wrap a blanket around you. If you have no blankets or extra clothing, make body insulators from newspapers, burlap bags, rags, floor mats -- anything you can wrap around yourself or tuck under your clothing to keep warm. If you are stopped by heavy snow, you could be in a serious situation. You should probably stay with your vehicle unless you know for surethat you are near help and you can hikethrough the snow. Here are some things to do to summon help and keepyourself and your passengers safe: You can run the engine to keep warm, but be careful. 4-25 Snow can trap exhaust gases under your vehi , le. This can cause deadly CO (carbon monoxide) lgas to get inside, CQ could overcome you and kill you. You can't see it or smell it, so you might dot know it is in yourvehicle. Clear away snow around thebase of your vehicle, especially an that is blocking your exhaust pipe. And check^ around again from time to time to be sure snob , doesn't collect there. Open a window just a little on the side of the i vehicle that's away from the wind. This will help keep CO out. d Run your engine only as long as you must. Whenyou run the engine, make it a little faster go than justidle, That is, push the accelerator slightly. This uses less fuel for the heat that get and it keeps the you battery charged. You will need a well-charged battery to restart the vehicle, and possibly signaling later on for for with your headlamps. Then, shutthe engine off and close the window almost all theway to preserve the heat. Start the engine again and repeat this only when you feel really uncomfortable from the cold. To k l p keep warm, you can get out of tbe vehicle and do some fairly vigorous exercises every half hour or so until help comes. I Loading Your Vehicle 1'1 MFD BY GENERAL MOTORS CORPXX/XX GVWR ' Axle Weight Rating (GAWR). To find out the actual loads onyour front and rear axles, you need to go to a weigh station and weigh your vehicle. Be sure to spread out your load equally on both sides of the centerline. Never exceed the GVWR for your vehicle, or the Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) for either the front or rear axle. GAWR FRT GAWR RR LBlKG THIS VEHICLE CONFORMSTO ALL APPLICABLE U. S. FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDSIN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE SHOWN ABOVE. MODEL: SPEED MPBY RTG RIM PSI/KPA (COLD TIRE SIZE FRT RR SPA SEE OWNERS MANUAL FOR AD'DITIONALINFORMATION Electronic Level Control (Option) On vehicles equipped with the optional electronic level control, the rear of the vehicle isautomatically kept level as you load or unload your vehicle. However, you should still not exceed the GVWR orthe GAWR. You may hear the compressor operating when you load or unload your vehicle, and periodically as the system self-adjusts. [. . . ] 5-7 Towing Your Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33 Driving on Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35 Driving with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33 Hitches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]