1996 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 33

0 Your vehicle is equipped with a crash sensing and diagnostic module, which records information about the air bag system. The module records information about the readiness the system, when the sensors of are activated and driver's safety belt usage at deployment. Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Pontiac 0 Air bags affect how your Pontiac should serviced. be There are parts the air bag system in several places of around your vehicle. don't want the system to You inflate while someone is working on your vehicle. Your Pontiac dealer and the Grand Service Manual have Am Let only qualified technicians work on your air bag information about servicing your vehicle the air bag and system. Improper service can mean that your air bagsystem. To purchase a service manual, see "Service and system 'won't work properly. See your dealer for Owner Publications'' in the Index. service. NOTICE: If you damage thecover for the driver's or the right front passenger's air bag, they may not work properly. You may have to replace air the bag modulein the steering wheel or both the air bag moduleand the instrument panel the for right frontpassenger's air bag. Do not open or break the air bag covers. '3 For up to 10 minutes after the ignition key is turned off and the battery disconnected,an air is bag can still inflate during improperservice. You can be injured if you are close to an airbag when it inflates. Avoid wires wrapped with yellow tape or yellow connectors. Theyare probably partof the airbag system. Be sure to follow proper service procedures,and make sure the person performing work for you is qualified to so. do The air bag system does not need regular maintenance. 2 =.~. , 1-25