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Maintenance Schedule .............................. 519

Maintenance Schedule

.......................... 520

Customer Assistance Information ............. 537

Customer Assistance and Information

... 538

Reporting Safety Defects

...................... 552

Index .......................................................... 555

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SATURN, SATURN Emblem, and the name
RELAY are registered trademarks of Saturn
Corporation. GENERAL MOTORS and GM 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 after that time without further
notice.

This manual describes features that may be
available in this model, but your vehicle may not
be equipped with all of them. For example,
more than one entertainment system may be
offered or your vehicle may have been ordered
without a front passenger or rear seats.

Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there
if it is needed while you are on the road. If the
vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle.

Canadian Owners

A French language copy of this manual can be
obtained from your retailer or from:

Helm, Incorporated
P.O. Box 07130
Detroit, MI 48207

Litho in U.S.A.
Part No. 15869250 A First Printing

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How to Use This Manual

Many people read the owner manual from
beginning to end when they first receive their new
vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn
about the features and controls for the vehicle.
Pictures and words work together in the
owner manual to explain things.

Index

A good place to quickly locate information about
the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual.
It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual
and the page number where it can be found.

Safety Warnings and Symbols

There are a number of safety cautions in this
book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to
tell about things that could hurt you if you were to
ignore the warning.

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CAUTION:

These mean there is something that could
hurt you or other people.

In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is.
Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or
reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If
you do not, you or others could be hurt.

You will also find a
circle with a slash
through it in this book.
This safety symbol
means “Do Not,” “Do
Not do this” or “Do Not
let this happen.”

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Vehicle Damage Warnings

Also, in this manual you will find these notices:

Notice: These mean there is something
that could damage your vehicle.

A notice tells about something that can damage
the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be
covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could
be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help
avoid the damage.

When you read other manuals, you might see
CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors
or in different words.

There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They
use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.

Vehicle Symbols

The vehicle has components and labels that use
symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along
with the text describing the operation or
information relating to a specific component,
control, message, gage, or indicator.

If you need help figuring out a specific name of a
component, gage, or indicator, reference the
following topics:

•

Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1

•

Features and Controls in Section 2

•

Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3

•

Climate Controls in Section 3

•

Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in
Section 3

•

Audio System(s) in Section 3

•

Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5

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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle:

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Front Seats ..................................................... 9

Manual Seats ................................................ 9
Power Seats ............................................... 10
Heated Seats .............................................. 10
Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 11
Head Restraints .......................................... 13

Rear Seats .................................................... 14

Rear Seat Operation ................................... 14
Bucket Seats ............................................... 14
Captain Chairs ............................................ 22
Third Row Seat ........................................... 27

Safety Belts .................................................. 32

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 32
Questions and Answers About

Safety Belts ............................................. 37

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 38
Driver Position ............................................. 38
Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 47

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 48
Right Front Passenger Position ................... 48
Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 49
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 52
Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 55
Safety Belt Extender ................................... 55

Child Restraints ............................................ 56

Older Children ............................................. 56
Infants and Young Children ......................... 59
Child Restraint Systems .............................. 63
Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 67
Lower Anchors and Tethers for

Children (LATCH) .................................... 69

Securing a Child Restraint in a

Rear Seat Position ................................... 77

Securing a Child Restraint in the

Right Front Seat Position ......................... 79

Section 1

Seats and Restraint Systems

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Airbag System .............................................. 83

Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 86
When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 89
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 91
How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 91
What Will You See After an Airbag

Inflates? ................................................... 92

Passenger Sensing System ......................... 93

Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 99
Adding Equipment to Your

Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ........................ 100

Restraint System Check ............................. 101

Checking the Restraint Systems ................ 101
Replacing Restraint System Parts

After a Crash ......................................... 102

Section 1

Seats and Restraint Systems

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Front Seats

Manual Seats

Use the lever located on
the front of the seat to
adjust the seat
forward or rearward.
Pull up on the lever to
unlock the seat.
Slide the seat to where
you want it and
release the lever.

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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 do
not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only
when the vehicle is not moving.

To make sure the seat is locked into place, try to
move the seat back and forth with your body.

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Power Seats

If the vehicle has power
seats, the controls used
to operate them are
located on the outboard
side of the seats.

To adjust the seat, do any of the following:

•

Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding
the control forward or rearward.

•

Raise or lower the front part of the seat
cushion by moving the front of the control up
or down.

•

Raise or lower the rear part of the seat
cushion by moving the rear of the control up
or down.

Heated Seats

Your vehicle may have this feature. If it does, the
heated seat buttons are located on the climate
control panel.

This feature will heat the lower cushions of the
driver’s and front passenger’s seats.

Press this button once
to turn the heated seat
on to the high setting.

Driver’s Side Button

shown, Passenger’s

Side similar

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Both indicator lights next to the heated seat
symbol will be lit to indicate that it is on the high
setting. Press the button a second time to go to the
low setting. One indicator will be lit. Press the
button a third time to turn the heated seat off.

This feature will turn off automatically when
the ignition is turned off.

Reclining Seatbacks

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CAUTION:

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CAUTION:

If the seatback is not locked, it could
move forward in a sudden stop or crash.
That could cause injury to the person
sitting there. Always push and pull on the
seatback to be sure it is locked.

Your seats have manual reclining seatbacks. The
lever used to operate them is located on the
outboard side of the seats.

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1. Lift the recline lever.

2. Move the seatback to the desired position,

then release the lever to lock the seatback
in place.

3. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it

is locked.

To return the seatback to an upright position, do
the following:

1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to

the seatback and the seatback will return to
the upright position.

2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it

is locked.

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CAUTION:

Sitting in a reclined position when your
vehicle is in motion can be dangerous.
Even if you buckle up, your safety belts
cannot do their job when you are reclined
like this.
The shoulder belt cannot do its job
because it will not be against your body.
Instead, it will be in front of you. In a
crash, you could go into it, receiving neck
or other injuries.
The lap belt cannot 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 proper protection when the vehicle is
in motion, have the seatback upright.
Then sit well back in the seat and wear
your safety belt properly.

Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is
moving.

Head Restraints

Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the
restraint is at the same height as the top of
the occupant’s head. This position reduces the
chance of a neck injury in a crash.

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The height of the head restraints can be adjusted
on the first and second row seats. Pull the
head restraint up or push it down to adjust it.

The head restraints on the third row seat cannot
be adjusted.

Rear Seats

Rear Seat Operation

The rear seats in your vehicle have levers and
straps used to adjust, remove, and reinstall
the seats. By using the levers and straps in the
correct order, you can easily remove the seats
from the vehicle. If your vehicle has second row
captain chairs with airbags, the seats cannot
be removed.

When reinstalling the seats, make sure the seats
are in the proper positions.

If your vehicle has a second row center console, it
can be removed. See Second Row Center
Console on page 171. Do not put a seat in the
center position because the safety belt cannot be
worn properly in this position. See Safety Belts:
They Are for Everyone on page 32.

Bucket Seats

Your vehicle may have bucket seats in the second
row. These seats can be adjusted several
different ways.

Fold and Tumble Feature

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CAUTION:

Using the third row seating position while
the second row is folded, or folded and
tumbled, could cause injury in a sudden
stop or crash. Be sure to return the seat
to the passenger seating position. Push
and pull on the seat to make sure it is
locked into place.

The second row bucket seats can be folded and
tumbled forward. Use this feature for exiting and
entering third row seats, if the vehicle has them.

1. Make sure the adjustable head restraints are

in the fully lowered position.

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Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety
belts still fastened may cause damage to the
seat or the safety belts. Always unbuckle
the safety belts and return them to their normal
stowed position before folding a rear seat.

2. Fold the seatback

flat on the seat.

You can do this by either pulling on the nylon
strap, located on the rear right hand side
of the seat, or by lifting the recline lever,
located on the front right hand side of the
seatback.

3. Slide the seat all the way back in this position.

4. Release the rear set

of seat hooks from
the floor pins by
pulling the nylon
strap, located at the
base of the seat. Use
the strap to guide the
seat forward.

To return the seat to the original position, do the
following:

1. Align the seat so that the rear hooks on the

seat are over the rear floor pins. Push down
firmly on the rear of the seat so that the
rear hooks attach to the rear floor pins.

2. Try to raise the seat to check that it is locked

to the floor.

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3. Pull the nylon strap, located on the rear right

hand side of the seat, or lift the recline lever,
located on the front right hand side of the
seatback, to raise the seatback to the upright
position.

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CAUTION:

If the seatback is not locked, it could
move forward in a sudden stop or crash.
That could cause injury to the person
sitting there. Always push and pull on the
seatback to be sure it is locked.

4. Push and pull on the seatback to check that it

is locked.

Adjusting the Bucket Seats Forward
and Rearward

There are two adjustment levers on the second
row bucket seats that enable them to move
forward or rearward.

One is located below the front of the seat.

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