Oldsmobile Aurora 1998 s User Guide

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 lamps:
SIGNALS e e3
TURN
RUNNING
* 0
DAYTIME - a
LAMPS .
FOG LAMPS # 0
These symbols
are on some of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING FAN
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT -
TEMP -
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(0)
h
ENGINE OIL e,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK
(@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE -%-
LIGHTER n
HORN )tr
SPEAKER
b
FUEL E3
V

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@ Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Aurora 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.
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1-30 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children
1-7 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
and Small Adults
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1-37 Child Restraints
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Replacing Restraint System Parts After
1-21 Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) 1-51 Safety Belt Extender
1-20 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
1-27 Rear Seat Passengers
a Crash
Safety Belts
-- and the Answers 1-34 Children
1-13 Driver Position 1-48 Larger Children
1-21 Right Front Passenger Position 1-5
1 Checking
Your Restraint Systems

Seats and Seat Controls
This part tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them,
and also about reclining seatbacks and head restraints.
Power Seats
The power seat controls are located on the driver’s and
passenger’s door panels.
Horizontal Control (A): Raise the front of the seat by
raising the forward edge of the button. Lower the front
of the seat by lowering the forward edge of the button.
Move the seat forward by moving the whole button
toward the front of the vehicle.
Raise the rear
of the seat by raising the rear edge of the
button. Lower the rear
of the seat by lowering the rear
edge of the button. Move the seat rearward by moving
the whole button toward the rear
of the vehicle.
Moving the whole button
up or down raises or lowers
the whole seat.
Vertical Control (B): Move the reclining front seatback
rearward by moving
the button toward the rear of the
vehicle. Move the seatback forward by moving the
button toward the front of the vehicle.
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Power Lumbar Control
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The power lumbar controls are located on the driver’s
and passenger’s door panels.
The rear lumbar control adjusts upper lumbar support,
and the front control adjusts lower lumbar support.
Press the front
of the switch to increase support. Press
the back
of the switch to decrease support.
Memory Seat and Mirrors
The memory function
controls both the driver’s
seat cushion and outside
mirror positions. It does
not store the lumbar or
recline positions.
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To set your memory seat cushion and mirrors:
1. Position the driver’s seat and both outside mirrors
where you want them. See “Mirrors” in the Index.
2. Press the SET button. You will hear one beep.
3. Within five seconds, press either the 1 or 2 button.
You will hear two beeps.
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The seat cushion and mirror positions will be stored
for the number pressed. Repeat the procedure to store
another position with the other number if desired.
To
adjust the seat and mirrors to the stored position, press
the number corresponding to the position. The memory
function will only work with the gearshift in PARK
(P).
To stop the automatic movement, move the seat switch
in any direction. For easier exiting, press the
1 and 2
buttons at the same time to move the seat completely
down and back.
Memory Seat and Mirror
Personalization Feature
The transmitters can also be programmed to move the
driver’s seat and outside mirors to a set memory position
when the transmitter’s
UNLOCK button is pressed.
To program the system:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Adjust the driver’s seat to a comfortable position.
Adjust both outside mirrors to suit you. See
“Mirrors” in the Index.
Press the SET button on the driver’s door panel.
You will hear one beep.
Within five seconds, press one
of the two memory
buttons on the door panel. You will hear two beeps
to confirm that the mirror and the seat cushion
positions are entered into memory.
Press the
UNLOCK button on the appropriate
transmitter within five seconds.
You will hear
two beeps.
The second transmitter can be programmed to record
a different seat and mirror position by following the
same steps.

If you prefer to program the exit seat position, which
moves the seat completely down and back, follow
these steps:
1. Press the SET button on the driver’s door panel.
You will hear one beep.
2. Press one of the memory buttons on the driver’s
door panel. You will hear one beep, but the seat
will not move at this time.
3. Press the UNLOCK button on the appropriate
transmitter within five seconds. You will hear
two beeps.
This personalization feature will work only when the
vehicle is in
PARK (P). A beep will sound inside the
vehicle when the UNLOCK button on the transmitter
is pressed to move the seat and mirrors.
To turn this feature off, press
SET and then UNLOCK
within five seconds.
Heated Front Seat (Option)
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This feature will quickly heat the lower cushions and
lower back of the driver and front passenger seats for
added comfort.
Press the button once to turn the heater on high. The
HI
indicator light below the button will glow. Press it again
to turn the heater on low. The
LO indicator light below
the button will glow. Press it a third time to turn the
heater off. The heater will turn
off automatically when
the ignition is turned to
OFF.

Reclining Front Seatbacks
The vertical control described previously in this section
reclines the front seatbacks.
But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle
is moving. 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.
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.
For proper protection 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. This position
reduces the chance
of a neck injury in a crash.
The head restraints tilt forward and rearward also.
There are four different positions. Just grasp the top
of the restraint and move it forward the way you want it
to
go until you hear a click. It will then be locked into
that position until you need to move it again. Pulling it
forward past the last position will allow the headrest to
return to
its full rear position.
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
(SRS), or air bag system.
Don’t let anyone ride where he or she 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 might
not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten your
safety belt, and check that your passengers’ belts
are fastened properly too.

It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area,
inside or outside of
a vehicle. In a collision,
people riding in these areas are more likely to
be seriously injured or killed.
Do not allow people
to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not
equipped with seats and safety belts. Be sure
everyone in your vehicle is in
a seat and using a
safety belt properly.
Your vehicle has a light
that
comes on as a reminder
to buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Light” in
the Index.)
In most 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
30 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling
up does
matter
... a lot!
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