BUICK CENTURY 1993 User Guide

Table of Contents
Introduction How to Use this Manual ....................................................... .10
This part tells you how to use your manual and includes safety and vehicle damage warnings\
and symbols.
Part 1 Seats and Safety Belts .......................................................... I3
This part tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly.
Part 2 Features & Controls .......................................................... .63
Part 3 Comfort Controls & Audio Systems. ............................................. W!
Part 4 Your Driving and the Road. .......................... : ........................ .I33
Part 5 Problems on the Road. ....................................................... .l83
Part 6 Service & Appearance Care .................................................... .221
Part7MaintenanceSchedule ...........................................................
Part 8 Customer .Assistance Information .............................................. .299
This part explains how to start and operate your Buick.
This part tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how
to operate your sound system.
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and \
how to drive under different conditions.
This part tells you what to
do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating.
Here the manual tells you how to keep your Buick running properly and looking good.
This part tells you when
to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
This part tells
you how to contact Buick for assistance and how to get service publications. It also gives you information
on “Reporting Safety Defects on page 302.”
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Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want
to read.
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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. This will
help you learn about the htures and controls for your
vehicle.
In this manual, you’ll find that pictures and
words work together
to explain things quickly.
Index: A good place to look fbr what you need is the
Index
in back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all
that’s
in the manual, and the page number where you’ll
find it;
14: Each part of this manual begins with a brief list
of its contents, so you can often find at a glance if a part
contains the information you want.
part 7: This part of the manual covers the maintenance
required for your vehicle.
Part 8 Customer Assistance: This part includes
important information about “Reporting Safety Defects.”
You
will also find customer satisfaction phone numbers
(including customer satisfaction numbers for the hearing
and speech impaired). ‘We’ve also included ordering
information for service publications in
this part.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.
We use yellow and the word CAUTION to tell you about
things that could hurt you
if you were to ignore the
warning.
I A CAUTION:
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In the yellow 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 don’t, you
or others could be
hurt.
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You will also find a red 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 you will find these blue notices:
In the blue notice area, we tell you about, something that
can damage your vehicle. Many times,
this damage
would 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.
When you read other manuals, you might
see CAUTION
and
NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different
words. In this manual, we’ve
used the familiar words and
colors that Buick has used for years.
You’ll
also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use
the same colors, and the words CAUTION or NOTICE.
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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACID COULD CAUSE
BATTERY
BURNS AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,111,
COULD FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for. you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN SEAT
4
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
These symbols
have
to do with
your lights:
SIGNALS e3
TURN
WARNING
A
HAZARD
FLASHER
HIGH BEAM
OR =, =o
FOG LAMPS # 0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD ' ' ' 0- 0-
WIPER &
WASHER
t0 @e4 i
WINDSHIELD=
WASHER I
wlNDsHIELDw DEFROSTER
WINDOW
@
REAR
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING FAN
HEADLAMP
-
WIPER -
WASHER zQ
Thes, ,ymbols
are used on
warning and indicator lights:
COOLANT F-
ENGINE
TEMP
--
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY SYSTEM
FUEL
ENGINE OIL wb
PRESSURE
TEMP
OIL &
ANTILOCK BRAKE (i)
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
RADIO
k
VOLUME a
CONDITIONING AIR a
HATCHBACK e
TRUNK
RELEASE
SPEAKER
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Part 1 Seats and Safety Belts
Here you’ll fmd information about the seats in your Buick. your \
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (“air bag”)
system and how to use your safety belts properly
. You can also learn about some things you should not do with
safety belts
.
Part 1 includes:
SeatsandSeatControls ................................................................ 14
Folding Rear Seats (Wagon)
............................................................. 18
SafetyBelts ........................................................................\
. 23
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
........................................................ 29
DriverPosition ....................................................................... \
30
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint System (Air Bag) .......................................... 35
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
........................................................ 40
RightFrontPassengerPosition .......................................................... 40
Center Passenger Position and Any Station Wagon Third Seat Pass\
enger Position
................... 41
RearSeatPassengers
.................................................................. 43
Children ........................................................................\
.... 45
SmallerChildrenandBabies ............................................................ 46
ChildRestraints
...................................................................... 47
SafetyBeltExtender
.................................................................. 60
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ...................................................... 61
LargerChildren
...................................................................... 58
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats-how to adjust
them-and
also abut folding seats, reclining front
seatbacks, and head restraints.
Manual Front Seat
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/ CAUTION:
You can I.ose 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 don't want to. Adjust the
driver's seat only when the vehicle
is not
moving.
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Move the lever under the
front seat to unlock it. Slide
the seat to where you want it.
Then release the lever
and try to move the seat
with
your body, to make
sure the seat is locked
into
place.
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Reclining Front Seatback
1 Front seats have this
control. It’s located on the
front
of the seat.
Reclining bnt Seatback
Control:
To recline the
seatback hold the switch
up. Hold the switch down
1 to raise the seatback.
But don’t have a seatback
reclined if your vehicle is
moving.
The power seat controls are located on the front of the seat.
To adjust the power seat:
Front Control (F): Raise the front of the seat by holding
the switch up. Hold the switch down to lower the front of
the seat.
Center Control (C): Move the seat forward or back by
holding the control to the right or left. Raise or lower the \
seat
by holding the control up or down.
Rear Control (R): 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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Slttlng 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 recllned like this.
r CAUTION (Continued)
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CAUTION (Cot .,.nued).
The shoulder belt can't do its job because It
won't 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 can't do ib job either. In a crash
the belt
could go up over your abdomen. The
belt
forces would be there, not at your pelvlc
bones. This could cause aerious internal
injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is On
motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit
well back in the seat and wear your safety belt
properly.
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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.
Front Seatback Latches (Two-Door Models)
The front seatback 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 front 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.
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Folding Rear Sea& (Wagon)
To add more cargo room, the seatbacks of your rear
second and optional rear-facing third seats can be easily
folded down.
Be sure to check your seatback latches now
and then
by pushing the seatback back and forth. If they
do not latch properly, have them checked
by your dealer.
Remember
to keep safety belts clear of seat hinges and
latches
so they are not damaged when you raise and
lower the seatbacks.
Folding Second Seat
L
To Lower the Split Second Seatback:
1. Each seat has its own release button. Press the release button
and pull the seatback forward and down.
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