‘98 Pontiac Trans Sport 1998 Owners Manual

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How to Use this Manual
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 controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you'll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly.
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 helpavoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don't, you or others could be hurt.

Index
A good place to look for what you need is the Index in back of the manual. It's an alphabetical list of what's in the manual, and the page number where you'll find it.

Safety ,Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning.

You will also find a circle with a slash through it in
this book. This safety

symbol means "Don't," "Don't do this'' or "Don't let this happen."

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Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book will you

find these notices:

NOTI'CE:
These mean there is something thatcould damage your vehicle.
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In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would ,not be covered by warranty, and it could be your costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colorsor in different words. You'll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.

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Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbolsyou may find on your vehicle.
For example, these symbols are used on an original battery:
CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY PROTECT EYES BY SHIELDING CAUSTIC BAlTERY ACID COULD CAUSE BURNS AVOID SPARKS OR FLAMES SPARK OR FLAME COULD

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These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven:

These symbols have to do with your lamps:

These symbols are on some of your controls:

These symbols are used on warning and indicator lights:

Here are some other symbols you may see:

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DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK

TURN SIGNALS

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LIGHTER

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SEAT BELTS

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