belt BUICK PARK AVENUE 1993 Owners Manual

@ Table of Contents
HowtoUsethisManual ................................................................ 10 1
This part tells you how to use your manual and includes safety and vehicle damage warnings & symbols. 13
This part tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly.
This part explains how to start and operate your Buick.
This part tells you how to adjust the ventilation
& 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 315.
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual.
You can use it to quickly find
something you want to read.
SeatsandSafetyBelts .................................................................. 13
FeaturesandControls
.................................................................. 59
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
..................................................... 129
YourDrivingandtheRoad
.............................................................. 159
ProblemsontheRoad
.................................................................. 209
Service and Appearance Care..
.......................................................... 241
Maintenanceschedule
.................................................................. 293
Customer Assistance Information
........................................................ 313
Index
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........ 321
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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 BATTERY
CAUSE
BURNS
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
4
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
These symbols have to do with
your lights:
LIGHTS PC
HIGH BEAM OR = =o
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD ' ' '
WASHER
l0 'r' -1
WINDSHIELD 6$
WASHER 8
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING FAN
3f
HEADLAMP -
WIPER -
WASHER iQ
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT F-
TEMP --
ENGINE
RADIATOR
a
COOLANT
FUEL
ENGINE OIL wb
PRESSURE
TEMP
OIL &4
ANTILOCK (a)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
RADIO
>
VOLUME
HATCHBACK
e
TRUNK
RELEASE
LIGHTER
1-1
HORN )tr
SPEAKER
b
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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.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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CAUTION: (Continued)
The shoulder
belt can’t do its job because it
won’t be against you*dy. 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 waul’d
be there, not at your pelvic bones.
This could cause serious internal injuries.
Far proper protectiun 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
Slide the head restraint up or down so that the top of the
restraint is closest to the top
of your ears.
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A CAUTION:
I 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
I might not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten
your safety belt, and check that your passengers’
belts are fastened properly too.
This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a
crash.
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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.
When the bike hits the block, it stops. But the child
keeps
going!
For example, if the bike is going 10 mph (16 km/h), so
is the child.
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or the instrument panel ... or the safety belts!
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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
won’t have to wear safety belts?
A: “Air bags,” or Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
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 kmh).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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Safety Belt Reminder Light How To
Adults
Wear Safety Belts Properly
This section is only for people of adult size.
A CAUTION:
There are special things to know about safety
belts and children. And there are different rules
for babies and smaller children.
If a child will be
riding in your Buick, see the section after this
one, called “Children.” Follow those rules for
everyor
-s protection.
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When the key .is turned to “Run” or “Start,” a light will
come on for about eight seconds toxemind people to
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fasten their safety belts. Unless the driver’s Safety belt is First, you911 want to know which restraint systems your
buckled, a tone will also sound.
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
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Driver Position
This section describes the driver's restraint system.
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver
has a lap-shoulder belt. Here's how to wear it
properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see "Seats" in the Index)
so you can sit up straight.
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