Oldsmobile Achieva 1995 s User Guide

Power Seat Controls (Option)
To adjust the power seat on some models:
Front Control (A): Raise the front of the seat by
holding the switch
up. Lower the front of the seat by
holding the switch down.
Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or back by
holding the control to the front
or back.
lvlove the seat higher by holding the control up. Lower
the seat by holding the control down.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding
the switch up. Lower the rear of the seat by holding the
switch down.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of
the seat and move the seatback where you want it.
Release the lever to lock the seatback.
Pull up
on the lever and the seat will go to an upright
position.
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But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is
moving.
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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.
This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a
crash.
Front Seatback Latches (2-Door Models)
The front seatback folds
forward to let people get
into the back seat. Your
seatback will move back
and forth freely, unless you
come to a sudden stop. Then
it will lock into place.
There’s one time the front seats may not fold without
some help from you. That’s if your vehicle is parked
facing down a fairly steep hill.
To fold
a front seatback forward, push the seatback
toward the rear seat as
you lift this latch. Then the
seatback will fold forward. The latch must be down for
the seat to work properly.

Easy-Entry Seat (2-Door Models) Split Fold-Down Rear Seat (Option)
The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get
in and out of the rear seat.
When you tilt the right front seatback fully forward,
the whole seat will slide forward.
0 After someone gets into the rear seat area, move the
right front seatback to its original position. Then
move the seat rearward until it locks.
To fold down the rear seat, pull forward on the seat tab.
To get out again, tilt the seatback fully forward.
Push the seatback up to return it to its original position.
To make sure the seatback is secure, push it into a fully
upright position.
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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 Restraint System, or
“air bag” system.
Your vehicle has a
light that comes on
as
a reminder to buckle
up. (See “Safety Belt
Warning Light” in the
Index.)
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 mild, and some crashes can be
so
serious 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 have been badly hurt or killed.
After more than
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.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat on
wheels.
Put someone on it.
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Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
doesn’t stop. The person keeps going until stopped by something.
In a real
vehicle, it could be the windshield ...
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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.

Here Are Questions Many People Ask Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from
About Safety Belts -- and the Answers home, why should I wear safety belts?
Q:
A:
Q:
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Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if
I’m wearing a safety belt?
You could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can 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?
Air bags are in many 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.
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 kt-&).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Adults
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 Oldsmobile, 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.
Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Was your Oldsmobile first sold, when new, in Canada?
(If it was, a sticker
on the driver’s door will say
“conforms to all applicable Canada motor vehicle
. . .
etc.) If so, then this “Driver Position” part doesn’t apply
to your vehicle,
To learn how to use your driver position
safety belts, read the
Canadian Owner S Manual Safety
Belt Supplement. It comes with every new Oldsmobile
first sold in Canada.
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