belt BUICK LESABRE 1993 Owners Manual

How to Use this Manual ................................................................
This part tells you how to use your manual and includes safety and vehicle damage warnings & symbols.
SeatsandSafetyBelts ..................................................................
This part tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly.
Featuresandcontrols ..................................................................
This part explains how to start and operate your Buick.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems .....................................................
This part tells you how to adjust the ventilation & comfort controls and how to operate your sound system.
YourDrivingandtheRoad ..............................................................
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions.
ProblemsontheRoad ..................................................................
This part tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating.
ServiceandAppearanceCare ............................................................
Here the manual tells you how to keep your Buick running properly and looking good.
Maintenanceschedule ..................................................................
This part tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
Customer Assistance Information ........................................................
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.”
Index ........................................................................\
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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.
(@ Table of Contents
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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
Q
CAUSTIC
BURNS AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,\I/,
COULD FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle is
driven
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN SEAT
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BELTS
WINDOW POWER
These symbols
have
to do with
your lights:
LIGHTING - 8 -
MASTER 8
SWITCH 0 ,
SIGNALS e 9
TURN
LIGHTS
Pf
HIGH BEAM OR = =o
FOG LAMPS # 0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD ' ' ' 4- e-
WASHER
wlNDsHIELDw DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
HEADLAMP
- r~.c.r
WASHER :Q
WIPER -
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT F*
TEMP -.--
ENGINE
CHARGING
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BATTERY SYSTEM
RADIATOR
a
COOLANT
FUEL
ENGINE OIL
PRESSURE
TEMP OIL
&
ANTILOCK (@)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you
may see:
FUSE
RADIO >
VOLUME
CONDITIONING
AIR 33
HATCHBACK /y
TRUNK
RELEASE
t LIGHTER

@ Part 1 Seats and Safety Belts
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Buick. your Supplemental Inflatable Restraint/Supplemental
Restraint System (“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
HeadRestraints
................................................................... 17
Why Safety Belts Work
............................................................. 19
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................................................... 24
Adults
........................................................................\
... 24
DriverPosition
.................................................................... 25
Lap-ShoulderBelt
................................................................. 25
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint System
............................................... 33
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
..................................................... 37
PassengerPositions
................................................................ 38
Children
........................................................................\
. 41
Smaller Children and Babies ......................................................... 42
ChildRestraints
................................................................... 43
LargerChildren
................................................................... 52
SafetyBeltExtender
................................................................ 55
Checking Your Restraint System ...................................................... 55
Safety
Belts
. They’re for Everyone ................................................... 17
Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts
.......................................... 23
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
................................................... 55
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I A CAUTION:
Sitting 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 reclined like this.
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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 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 serlous 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.
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Head Restraints
1-
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.
Safety Belts: They’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.
And it explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint, or
“air
bag” system.
CAUTION:
Don’t let anyone ride where they can’t wear a
safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and
bou’re not wearing I safety belt, your injuries can
be-much’ worse. You can hit things inside the
vehicle or be ejected from it. You canbe
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 tone, 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 know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a
crash, you don’t know 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 buckle 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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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it
goes.
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For example, if the bike is going 10 mph (16 km/h), so
is the child.
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When the bike hits the block, it stops. But the child
keeps going!
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or the instrument panel ... or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense.
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Here Are Questions Many People Ask
About Safety Belts -- and the
Answers
@ Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if I’m wearing a safety belt?
A: You could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can easily unbuckle a safety
belt, even if you’re upside down. And your chance
of being conscious during and after an accident,
so
you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if
you are belted.
@ Why don’t they just put in air bags so people
A: “Air bags,” or Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
won’t have to wear safety belts?
systems, are in some vehicles today and will be in
more of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems only
-- so they work with safety
belts, not instead of them. Every “air bag”
system ever offered for sale has required the use of
safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has
“air bags,” you still have to buckle up to get the
most protection. That’s true not only in frontal
collisions, but especially in side and other
collisions.
@’ If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from
home, why should
I wear safety belts?
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
accident
-- even one that isn’t your fault -- you and
your passengers can be
hurt. Being a good driver
doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within
25 miles (40 km) of home.
And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths
occur at speeds
of less than 40 mph (65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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Safety Belt Reminder Light
When the key is turned to “Run” or “Start,” a light will
come
on for about eight seconds to remind people to
fasten their safety belts. Unless the driver’s safety belt is
buckled,
a tone will also sound.
How To Wear Safety Belts Properly,
Adults
This section is only for people of adult size.
’ /d CAUTION:
There are special things to know about safety
belts and children. And there are different rules
far babies and smaller children. If a child will be
I dng in your Buick, see the section after this
nne, called “Children.” Follow those rules for
ev.?ryone’s protection.
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First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
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