Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 1993 s User Guide

Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you
will find on your vehicle. For
example, these
symbols are used on
an original battery:
Caution Possible Injury A
Protect Eyes by
Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames
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Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery
These symbols are important for you
and your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is driven:
Fasten Safety Belts
Door LocklUnlock
These symbols have to do with your
lights:
Master Lighting Switch
Turn Signal Direction
Hazard Warning Flashers
A
Headlight High Beam Parking Lights Fog Lights
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How to Use this Manual
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Wehicle Symbols (CONTJ
These symbols are on some of your
controls: These symbols are used on warning
and indicator lights:
Windshield Wipers
Engine Coolant
Temperature
Windshield Washer
Windshield Defroster
Rear Window Defogger Ventilating Fan
Power Window
Here are some other symbols you
may see:
Fuse
Battery Charging
System Trunk Release
Lighter
Fuel
Engine
Oil Pressure
Brake
Anti-Lock Brakes Horn
Speaker
Hood Release
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Part
Here you’ll find information about the
seats in your Oldsmobile and how to
use your safety belts properly
. You
can also learn about some things you
should not
do with safety belts.
Seats & Safety Belts
Seats and Seat Controls ........................................................................\
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Safety Belts
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ........................................................................\
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Driver Position
22
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ........................................................................\
... 25
Right Front Passenger Position
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Center Passenger Position
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Rear Seat Passengers
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Children
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Smaller Children and Babies ........................................................................\
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Child Restraints ........................................................................\
................................ 31
Larger Children ........................................................................\
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Safety Belt Extender ........................................................................\
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Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ....................................................................... \
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~ Seats & Sajety Belts
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section
tells you about the seats-
how to adjust them-and also about
reclining seatbacks and head restraints.
Manual Front Seat
CAUTION
1 A 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 malte you push a
pedal when
you don’t want to.
Adjust the driver’s seat
o r when
the vehicle
is not moving.
To adjust the seat forward or back, lift
the handle. After it’s adjusted, release
the handle and try to move the seat to
be certain it has locked into place.

Manual Four-Way Seat A'djuster
(OPTION)
To tilt the whole seat forward or
baclward, squeeze the lever. Position
the seat where you would like it, then
release the lever.
Six-Way Power Seat (OPTION)
To Adjust the Six-Way Power Seat:
Front Control (A):
Raise the front of
the seat by holding the switch up. Hold
the switch down to lower the front of
the seat.
Center Control (B) : Move the seat
forward or back by holding the control
to the front or back. Raise or lower the
seat by holding the control up or down.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the
seat by holding the switch up. Hold the
switch
down to lower the rear of the
seat.
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I CAUTION m A Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be
a dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can’t d- ‘heir job
wrlen you’re reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it won’t be against your bod
Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash you could
go into it, receiy ~CH
or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t do its job either. In a crash the belt could go u lver your
abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones.
Th’ - :ould
cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatbacl
prig‘ ’
Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.
Head Restraints
Slide the head restraint up or down so
that the top of the restraint is closest to
the top
of your ears.
This position reduces the chance
of a
neck injury in a crash.

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Seats & Safety Belts
Seatback Latches
In 2-door Oldsmobiles, the front seat
folds forward
to let people get into the
back seat.
Your seatback will move back and forth
freely, unless you come to a sudden
stop. Then it
will lock in place.
There’s one time the seatback may not
fold without some help from you. That’s
if your vehicle is parked facing down a
fairly steep hill.
To fold a seatback forward, push the
seatback toward the rear as you lift this
latch. Then the seatback will fold
forward. The latch must be
down for
the seat to work properly.
Split Fold-Down Rearmseat ’ ,”
(OPTION)
To Open: Pull forward on the seat tab.
To Close: Push the seatback up to its
original position.
Check latch resistance regularly by
pulling on the seat tab. If the seatback
does not latch securely, have it repaired
right away.
A loose seatback can cause
an injury in a sudden stop.
I Safety Belts:
Ziky!re For Everyone
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.
CAUTION
Don’t let anyone ride where
they can’t wear a safety belt
properly.
If you are in a crash and
you’re not wearing
a safety belt,
your injuries can be
much worse.
You can hit things inside the
vehicle or be ejected
from it. You
can be seriously injured
or killed. In
the same crash, you might not be if
you are buckled up. Always fasten
your safety belt, and check that
your passengers’ belts are fastened
properly too.

This figure lights up when you turn the
key to
Run or Start when your safety
belt isn’t buckled, and you’ll hear a
chime, too. It’s the reminder to buckle
up. In many states and Canadian
provinces, the law says to wear safety
belts. Here’s why:
They work.
You never lmow if you’ll be in a crash.
If you do have a crash, you don’t how
if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are very mild. In them,
you won’t get hurt even if you’re not
buckled up. And some crashes can be
so serious, like being hit by a train, that
even buckled up a person wouldn’t survive. But most
crashes are in
between. In many
of them, people who
buclde up can survive and sometimes
walk away. Without belts they could be
badly hurt
or killed.
After
25 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear. In most crashes
buckling up does matter
. . . a lot!
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Seats & Safety Beh
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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
go as fast as it goes.
1. For example, if the bike is going 10
mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops. But the child keeps going! 3. Take the simplest “car.” Suppose
it’s just a seat on wheels.