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The 1999 Pontiac Firebird Owner’s Manual
1-1 Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “SRS” system.
2-1 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.
4-1 Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information
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yellowblue We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, PONTIAC, the PONTIAC Emblem and the name FIREBIRD 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 in the product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Po
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yellowblue How to Use this Manual CAUTION: 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 These mean there is something that could hurt controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find you or other people. that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then Index we tell you what to do to help avo
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yellowblue In the notice area, we tell you about something that can Vehicle Damage Warnings damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would Also, in this book you will find these notices: 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. NOTICE: When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in These mean there is something that could different words. damage your vehi
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yellowblue Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols These symbols Here are some these symbols are important have to do with are on some of are used on other symbols are used on an for you and your lamps: your controls: warning and you may see: original battery: your passengers indicator lights: whenever your MASTER WINDSHIELD vehicle is CAUTION LIGHTING WIPER driven: POSSIBLE SWITCH ENGINE FUSE INJURY
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yellowblue Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-29 Rear Seat Passengers 1-9 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone 1-32 Children 1-13 Here Are Questions Many People Ask About 1-35 Child Restraints Safety Belts -- and the Answers 1-47 Larger Children 1-14 How to Wear Safety Bel
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yellowblue Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them and also about reclining front seatbacks, seatback latches and the folding rear seatback. Manual Front Seat CAUTION: You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you Move the lever under the passenger’s front seat to don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s se
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yellowblue 4-Way Manual Seat 6-Way Power Seat (If Equipped) There are two levers at the front of the seat. The left The driver’s seat has three controls on the left side. lever adjusts the seat forward and rearward. The right A: The front control makes the front of the seat go lever adjusts the angle of the front of the seat. up and down. To adjust the seats forward and rearward, lift the lever B: The center control makes the whole seat go up and under the left front of the seat. Slide the
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yellowblue 6-Way Power Seat with Lumbar/Lateral In addition to the power seat control Control (AQ9) (If Equipped) there are two other This switch is designed switches that help to imitate the movements you change the shape of your seat cushion. It is of your seat. located on the left side of the driver’s or the right side of the passenger’s seat cushion. There is one lumbar support (the front switch) for the lower back. There is also a side bolster switch (the rear switch) that adjus
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yellowblue The switch pads on the outer side of the seats “inflate” Fully Articulating Sport Seat (If Equipped) and “deflate” parts of your seatback. If your vehicle has these seats, the driver’s seat has the The two buttons that have “dots” inflate and deflate the four-way manual seat adjuster. See “4-Way Manual side bolster of the seatback. To inflate, press the raised Seat” earlier in this section. The passenger seat has the button. To deflate, press the indented button. two-way manual s
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yellowblue Reclining Front Seatbacks If you have fully articulating sport seats, your recliner lever looks like this. To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of the seat. Release the lever to lock the seatback where you want it. Pull up on the lever and the seat will go to its original upright position. 1-6
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yellowblue 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. 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 prope
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yellowblue Front Seatback Latches Folding Rear Seatback The front seatbacks fold forward to let people get into the back seat. To fold a seatback forward, lift the latch located on the lower backside of the seatback. When you return the seatback to its original position, make sure the seatback is locked. The latch must be down for the seat to work properly. The rear seatback in your vehicle folds down to provide more storage space. CAUTION: To fold the seatback down: 1. Pull forward on bot
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yellowblue Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone CAUTION: 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. It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System people riding in these areas are more likely to be (SRS), or air bag system. seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your ve
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yellowblue You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a Why Safety Belts Work crash, you don’t know if it will be a bad one. When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so as it goes. 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
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yellowblue Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider doesn’t stop. 1-11
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yellowblue The person keeps going until stopped by something. or the instrument panel ... In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ... 1-12
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yellowblue Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts -- and the Answers 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 b
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yellowblue Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from How to Wear Safety Belts Properly home, why should I wear safety belts? Adults A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an This part is only for people of adult size. accident -- even one that isn’t your fault -- you and your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver Be aware that there are special things to know about doesn’t protect you from things beyond your safety belts and children. And there are different rul
