belt BUICK RIVIERA 1993 Owners Manual

HowtoUsethisManual ................................................................
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.
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 lubrica\
nts 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 ........................................................................\
........
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find
something
you want to read.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems .....................................................
10
13
59
117
139
183
215
269
289
297

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
BURNS AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,111,
COULD pq
FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
FASTEN SEAT 4
BELTS
These symbols
have to do with
your lights:
SIGNALS TURN
HIGH BEAM
OR = =o
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD ’ ’ ’ 4- #-
WASHER
f0 -**
WINDSHIELD Q
WASHER I
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING
FAN
L.
HEADLAMP - ,~*-,
WASHER iQ
WIPER -
L
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT F-
TEMP --
ENGINE
CHARGING
I-1
BATTERY SYSTEM
RADIATOR
a
COOLANT
FUEL
ENGINE OIL
PRESSURE
Wb
TEMP OIL &
ANTILOCK (@)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
RADIO
‘‘ill
SELECTOR
RADIO
k
VOLUME
CONDITIONING
AIR 33
HATCHBACK /y
TRUNK
RELEASE
t LIGHTER 1-
HORN
SPEAKER
cr
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Part 1 Seats and Safety Belts
Here you’ll find information about the seats 111 yuul UUIUS. your Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (“air bag”) systeil\
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and how to use your safety belts properly
. You can also learn about some things you should @ do with safety belts .
Part 1 includes:
SeatsandSeatControls
............................................................. 14
HeadRestraints
................................................................... 17
WhySafetyBeltsWork ............................................................. 20
Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts
.......................................... 24
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
.................................................... 26
Adults
........................................................................\
.... 26
DriverPosition
.................................................................... 26
Lap-ShoulderBelt
................................................................. 27
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint System
............................................... 32
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
..................................................... 37
PassengerPositions
................................................................ 38
Children ........................................................................\
. 43
Smaller Children and Babies
......................................................... 43
ChildRestraints
................................................................... 45
LargerChildren
.................................................................... 53
SafetyBeltExtender
................................................................ 56
Checking Your Restraint System
...................................................... 56
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
................................................... 57
Safety Belts
. They’re
for Everyone ................................................... 19

If you have the power
option, it works with the switch located
on the side
of the seat.
But don’t have a seatback reclined
if your vehicle is
moving.
A CAUTION:
Sitting in a reclined position when your vet
I
rn
le
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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I CAUTION: (Continued)
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 serious internal injuries.
I
For proper protection when the vehicle is
motion, have the seatback upright. Then
back
in the seat and wear your safety belt
I Head Restraints
I properly. m
Slide the head restraint up or dawn so that &e top ,o$.tha:
restraint is: closest -to tbe top of your ears.
This position reduces the chance of a: ne,& injury m a
crash.
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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. 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 chime,
too. It’s the reminder to
buckle up. b’
A CAUTION:
Don’t let anyane ride where they can’t wear i
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 might not be if you are buckled up. Alwa
fasten your safety belt, and check that your
passengers’ belts are fastened properly too.
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.
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After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are Why Safety Belts Work
clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot! When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it
For example, if the bike is going 10 mph (16 km/h), so
is the child.
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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 safetv belts make such good sense.
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 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

Q=
A:
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?
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.
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 chime will also sound.
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Lap-Shoulder Belt
3.
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear it
properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
4.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index)
so you can sit up straight. Pick
up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
Push the latch plate into the buckle until
it clicks.
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 faces upward or outward
so you would be able to unbuckle
it quickly
if you ever had to.
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