lock BUICK PARK AVENUE 1996 Owners Manual

Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT EYES BY
SHIELDING
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
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
These symbols
have to do with
your lights:
SIGNALS e e
TURN
WARNING
A
HAZARD
FLASHER
RUNNING
0
DAYTIME -
LAMPS '**
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are on
some of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING FAN
These symbols are used
on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT
TEMP
-
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(0)
ENGINE OIL e,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK
(@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols you may see:
FUSE
I
LIGHTER I
HORN h=r
SPEAKER
b
FUEL n3
X
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your
Buick and how to use your safety belts properly. You
can also learn about some things you should
not do with
air bags and safety belts.
Seats and Seat Controls
This part tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them,
and also about memory seats, reclining seatbacks and
head restraints.
Manual Seat
You may have a manual seat on the passenger side of
your Park Avenue. 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.
Power Seat
Front Tilt Control (F): Raise the front of the seat by
pressing on the left side of the switch. Press on the right
side of the switch to lower the front of the seat.
Center Controls (C): Move the seat forward or back by
pressing the control on the front or back. Raise the seat
by pressing the control on the left. Press the control on
the right to lower the seat.
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Remote Keyless Entry Personal Choice
Feature (Option)
If your Park Avenue
is equipped with the
Remote Keyless
Entry System, each
transmitter can be
programmed to move the driver’s seat and
outside mirrors to a set
memory position when
the transmitter’s
UNLOCK button
is pressed.
For programming instructions, see “Personal Choice Features” in the Index.
ieated Front Seats (Option)
If your vehicle has this option, the controls are located
to
the side of the driver and front passenger seats.
Push the switch closest to the front
of the driver’s seat
forward and the driver’s seat will start to warm up.
Push the switch closest to the front
of the front
passenger’s seat forward and
the front passenger seat
will begin to warm up.
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The light on top of the switch will turn orange for low or
red for high. Push the switch rearward to stop the seat
from warming.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, lift
the lever on the outer side
of the seat. Release the lever
to lock the seatback where
you want
it. Pull up on the
lever and the seat will
go to
its upright position. If
you have the power
recline option, it works with
the switch on the side
of the
seat. Push it back
to recline
the seat, push it forward
to return the seat to its
upright position.
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How cu ear Safety Be,,, +erly
Adult
This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to know about
safety belts and children. And there are different rules for
smaller children and babies.
If a child will be riding in
your Buick, see the part of this manual called “Children.”
Follow those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-S----Ider 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.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let
it get twisted.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Pull up on the latch plate to make sure
it is secure.
If the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt
Extender” at the end of this section.
Make sure
the release button on the buckle is
positioned
so you would be able to unbuckle the
safety belt quickly
if you ever had to.
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The lap part of the belt should be worn. low and snug on
the hips, just touching the thighs. In a crash,' this applies
force to the strong pelvic bones. And you'd be less likely
to slide under the lap belt.
If you slid under it, the belt
would apply force at -your abdomen.
This could cause
serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should go
over the 'shoulder and across the chest. These parts of the
body are best able to take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or crash.
Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster . .:
Before you begin to drive, move the shoulder belt
adjuster to the height that is right
for you.
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To move it down, squeeze the release handle and move
the height adjuster to the desired position. You can move
the adjuster up just by pushing
up on the bottom of the
release handle. After you move the adjudter to where
you want
it, try to move it down without squeezing the
release handle to make sure it
has locked into position.
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Safety Belt -,ring Pregnancy
Safety belts work for everyone, including pregnant
women. Like all occupants, they are more likely to be
seriously injured if they don’t wear safety belts.
A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, and
the lap portion should be worn as low as possible, below
the rounding, throughout
the pregnancy.
The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the
mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it’s more
likely that the fetus won’t be hurt in a crash. For
pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making
safety belts effective
is wearing them properly.
Right Front Passenger Position
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same
way as the driver’s safety belt. See “Driver Position,’’
earlier in this section.
When the lap portion of the belt
is pulled out all the
way,
it will lock. If it does, let it go back all the way and
start again.
If your vehicle has a center passenger position, be sure
to use the correct buckle when buckling your
lap-shoulder belt. If you find that
the latch plate will not
go fully into the buckle, see
if you are using the buckle
for the center passenger position.
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The safety belt locks if there’s a sudden stop or a crash.
You can be seriously hurt if your shoulder belt is
too
loose. In a crash, you would move forward
too much, which could increase injury. The
shoulder belt should fit against your body.
To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle.
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5. Buckle the belt. Make sure the release button is
positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the
safety belt quickly
if you ever had to.
6. Pull the rest of the lap belt all the way out of the
retractor to set the lock.
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The ignition keys are
for the ignition only.
The door keys are for the
doors and all other locks. When a new Park Avenue is
delivered, the dealer
removes the plugs from the keys, and gives them to the
first owner. However, if the ignition key does not have
a
plug, there may be a bar-coded key tag instead.
Each plug has a code
on it that tells your dealer or a
qualified locksmith how
to make extra keys. Keep the
plugs in a safe place.
If you lose your keys, you’ll be
able to have new ones made easily using these plugs
or
the tag. If your ignition keys don’t have plugs, go to
your Buick dealer for the correct key code if you need a
new ignition key.
NOTICE:
Your Buick has a number of features that can
help prevent theft. But you can have a lot
of
trouble getting into your vehicle if you ever lock
your keys inside. You may even have to damage
your vehicle to get in.
So be sure you have
extra keys.
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