BUICK RIVIERA 1993 Owners Manual

A CAUTION:
Driving without washer fluid can be
dangerous.
A bad mud splash can block
your vision. You could
hit another vehicle
or
go off the road. Check your washer
fluid level often.
In freezing weather, don’t use your washer
until the windshield is warmed. Otherwise
the washer fluid can form ice on the
windshield, blocking your vision.
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Cruise Control can be dangerous where
you can't drive safely at
a steady speed.
So, don't use your Cruise Control on
winding roads or in heavy traffic.
Cruise Control can be dangerous on
slippery roads. On such roads, fast
changes in tire traction can cause
needless wheel spinning, and you could
lose control. Don't use Cruise Control on
slippery roads.

To Set Cruise Control
1. Move the Cruise
Control switch to
“ON.”
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2. Get up to the speed you want.
3. Push in set the button at
the end of the lever and
release it. (The
“C.RUISE” light on the
instrument panel
will
If you leave your Cruise Control switch on when
you’re not using Cruise, you might hit a button
and go into Cruise when you don’t want to. You
could be startled and even lose control. Keep
the Cruise Control switch
“OFF” until you want
to use it.
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come on.)
4. Take your foot off the accelerator pedal.
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To Resume a Set Speed
Suppose you set your Cruise Control at a desired speed:
and then you apply the brake. This,
of course, shuts off I
the Cruise Control. But you don’t need to reset it. Once
you’re going about
25 mph (40 lunk) or more, you can
move the Cruise Control switch
from “ON’ to
“Resume/Accelerate” for abo
A CAUTION:
If you hold the switch at “Resume/Accelerate”
longer than half a second, the vehicle will keep
going faster until you release the switch or
apply the brake. You could be startled and even
lose control.
So unless you want to go faster,
don’t hold the switch at “Resume/Accelerate.’
You’ll go right back up to your chosen speed and stay
there.

To Increase Speed While Using
Cruise Control Here’s the second way to go to a higher speed:
There are two ways to go to a higher speed. Here’s the
first:
1. Use the accelerator pedal to get to the higher speed.
2. Push the button at the end of the lever, then release
the button and the accelerator pedal. You’ll now
cruise at the higher speed.
1. Move the Cruise switch from “ON” to
“Resume/Accelerate.” Hold it there until you get up
to the speed you want, and then release the switch.
2. To increase your speed in very small amounts, move
the switch to “Resume/Accelerate” for less than half a second and then release it. Each time you do this,
your vehicle will
go about 1 mph (1.6 kmh) faster.
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To Reduce Speed While Using Cruise
Control Passing Another Vehicle While Using
Cruise Control
1. Push in the button at the
end of the lever until
you reach the lower Use the accelerator pedal to increase your speed. When
you take your foot off the pedal, your vehicle will slow
down to the Cruise Control speed you set earlier.
speed you want, then
Using Cruise Control on Hills
release it. How well your Cruise Control will work
on hills
2. To slow down in very small amounts, push the
button for less than half a second. Each time you do
this, you’ll go
1 mph (1.6 km/h) slower. depends upon your speed, load, and
the steepness of the
hills. When going up steep hills, you may have
to step
on the accelerator pedal to maintain your speed. When
going downhill, you
may have to brake or shift to a
lower gear to keep your speed down. Of course,
applying the brake takes
you out of Cruise Control.
Many drivers find this to be too much trouble and don’t use Cruise Control
on steep hills.

To Get Out of Cruise Control
There are two ways to turn off the Cruise Control:
To Erase Speed Memory
When you turn off the Cruise Control or the ignition,
your Cruise Control set speed memory is erased.
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Move the Cruise
switch
to "'OFF.'' (The
"CRUISE' ligfit will
go aut.)
Cruise and Resume Lights
The CRUISE light tells you
when you have your cruise
control on.
The RESUME light comes
on when you push the
Resume/Accelerate button until you reach
yov set
speed again.

Lights
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1 0 Headlights
The LIGHTS switch controls these light systems:
Taillights
Parking Lights
0 License Lights
Sidemarker Lights
Instrument Panel Lights
0 Interior Courtesy Lights
Push the LIGHTS switch to turn the
headlights on or
off. Push the "P" (PARK) switch to turn the parking
lights
on or off.
Headlight ''On" Warning
If the light switch is left on you'll hear a warning tone
when you turn the ignition off and open the driver's
door.
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Panel and Interior Lights
The instrument panel light
brightness can be adjusted when the parking or
headlights are
on. Slide the
lever toward HI to make
them brighter; toward
LO to
dim them. Push the lever to
INT to
turn on the interior
lights.
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Twilight Sentinel
Twilight Sentinel turns your headlights
on and off by
sensing how dark it
is
outside.
To operate
it, leave the light switch off and move the
Twilight Sentinel control to any position but
OFF.
If you move the control. all the way to MAX, your lights
will remain on for three minutes after you turn
off your
engine.
If you move the control almost all the way in the
other direction, the lights will
go off quickly when you
turn off your engine. You can change this delay time
from only a few seconds to three minutes. Your
Twilight Sentinel and Daytime Running Lights
(Canada Only) work with the light sensor
on top of your
instrument panel. Don’t cover it up, if you
do it will read
“dark” and your lights will come on.
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-Headlights Reminder Light (Canada Only)
If your vehicle was first sold, when new, in Canada, this
light will go on at night to remind you to turn on the
headlights.
Daytime Running Lights (Canada Only)
The Canadian Federal Government has decided that
“Daytime Running Lights” (DRL) are a useful feature,
in that DRL can make your vehicle more visible to
pedestrians and other drivers during daylight hours.
DRL are required on new vehicles sold in Canada. Your
DRL work with a light sensor on
top of the
instrument panel. Don’t cover it up.
The low beam headlights will come
on at reduced
brightness in daylight when:
The ignition is on.
The headlight switch is off, and
The transaxle is not in “P” (Park).
At dusk, if the Twilight Sentinel feature is turned
on, the
exterior lights will come on automatically and the low
beams will change to
full brightness. At dawn, the
exterior lights will
go out and the low beams will
change to the reduced brightness of DRL (if the
headlight switch is
off). If the Twilight Sentinel is off, at
dusk a “HEADLIGHTS SUGGESTED” message will
appear on the instrument panel to remind you to turn. on
the headlights.
Of course, you may still turn on the headlights any time
you need to.
.
To idle your vehicle with the DRL off, shift the
transaxle into
T“ (Park). The DRL will stay off until
you shift out of “P”.(Park).
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