light Oldsmobile Aurora 1998 s Owner's Guide

Reducing Speed While Using Cruise Control
There are two ways to reduce your speed while using
cruise control:
Push in the button at the end of the lever until you
reach a desired lower speed then release it.
To slow down in very small amounts, push the
button briefly. Each time you do this, you’ll go
1 mph (1.6 km/h) slower.
Passing Another Vehicle While Using Cruise Control
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.
Using Cruise Control on Hills
How well your cruise control will work on hills 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.
Ending Cruise Control
There are two ways to turn off the cruise control:
Step lightly on the brake pedal, or
Move the cruise switch to OFF. The CRUISE light
will also go out.
Erasing Speed Memory
When you turn off the cruise control or the ignition,
your cruise control set speed memory is erased.
Exterior Lamps
Headlamps
See “Turn SignalMultifunction Lever” in the Index.
Daytime Running Lamps
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) can make it easier
for others to see the front of your vehicle during the
day.
DRL can be helpful in many different driving
conditions, but they can be especially helpful in the
short periods after dawn and before sunset.
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A light sensor on top of the instrument panel makes the
DRL work,
so be sure it isn’t covered.
The DRL system will make your low-beam headlamps
come on at reduced brightness in daylight when:
The ignition is on,
0 The headlamp switch is off and
The transaxle is not in PARK (P).
When DRL are on, only your low-beam headlamps will
be on. The parking lamps, taillamps, sidemarker and
other lamps won’t be on. Your instrument panel won’t
be lit up either.
When it’s dark enough outside, your low-beam
headlamps will change to full brightness. The other
lamps that come
on with your headlamps will also come
on. When it’s bright enough outside, the regular lamps
will go off, and your low-beam headlamps change
to
the reduced brightness of DRL.
To idle your vehicle with the DRL off, shift the
transaxle into PARK (P). The DIU will stay off until
you shift out of PARK
(P).
To turn off all exterior lighting at night when you are
in PARK (P), turn off the headlamps and move the
twilight sentinel control, located to the left of the
steering column, all the way toward
MIN. See “Twilight
Sentinel” in the Index.
As with any vehicle, you should turn on the regular
headlamp system when you need it.
Fog Lamps
To turn on the fog lamps,
first turn on the parking
lamps or headlamps. Then
press the fog lamp switch
located
on the left side of
the instrument panel. A
light will glow on the
switch when the switch is
on.
To turn off the fog
lamps, press it again.
The fog lamps will
also switch off when you turn on
your high-beam headlamps, but will turn on again
when you switch to low beams.

Cornering Lamps
The cornering lamps are designed to come on when you
signal a turn. This will provide more light for cornering
at night.
Twilight Sentinel
Twilight sentinel turns the
headlamps, taillamps and
TWILIGHT SfNTlNEL
II parking famps on and off
by sensing how dark it
is outside.
To operate it, leave the headlamp switch off and move
the twilight sentinel control toward MAX. The control is
located to the left of the steering column.
If you move the control all the way to MAX, your lamps
will remain on for three minutes after you turn
off your
engine. If you move the control toward MIN, the lamps
will go off quickly when you turn off your engine. You
can set this delay time for only a few seconds
or up to
three minutes.

Light Sensor
Your twilight sentinel and daytime running lamps work
with the light sensor on
top of the instrument panel.
Don’t cover it up. If you do it will read “dark” and the
headlamps will come on.
Interior Lamps
Courtesy Lamps
When any door is opened, several lamps go on. They
make it easy for you to enter and leave the car.
To turn
on these lamps, rotate the INTERIOR LIGHTS knob
all the way to HI.
Instrument Panel Brightness Delayed Illumination When you
open the door to enter your vehicle, the
interior lamps will come on. When you close the door
with the ignition off, the interior lamps will stay on for
25 seconds or until the ignition is turned on. Please note
that locking the doors with the power door lock switch
will override the delayed illumination feature and the
lights will turn off right away.
Theater Dimming
This feature allows for a three to five-second fade out of
the courtesy lamps instead of immediate turn off. They
will not fade if the interior lights switch is used.
You can brighten or dim your instrument cluster,
radio and climate control displays and control lights
by rotating the
INTERIOR LIGHTS control between
LO and HI when your lights are on. Rotate the control
all the way to HI and you will turn
on the interior
courtesy lamps.
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Parade Dimming
This feature prohibits the dimming of your instrument
displays during daylight while your headlamps are on.
This feature operates with the light sensor for the
twilight sentinel and is fully automatic. When the
light sensor reads darkness outside, you will be able
to dim your instrument panel displays once again.
Perimeter Lighting
When the UNLOCK button on the remote lock control
transmitter is pressed, the headlamps, parking lamps,
back-up lamps and cornering lamps will come on
if it is
dark enough outside according to the twilight sentinel.
Exit Lighting
With this feature, the interior lamps will come on for
25 seconds after you remove the key from the ignition.
This will give you time to find the door pull handle or
lock switches when you exit the vehicle.
Illuminated Entry
Press the UNLOCK button on the remote lock control
transmitter and the interior courtesy lamps will come on
and stay on for up to a minute. The lamps will turn
off
immediately by pressing the LOCK button on the
remote lock control transmitter, starting the ignition or
activating the power door locks. This
option can be programmed on or
off for each
driver’s transmitter.
To turn the feature off
1. Turn the ignition key to OFF
2. Press and hold the door lock switch throughout this
procedure. All doors will lock.
3. Press the instant alarm button on the remote lock
control transmitter. Perimeter lighting remains on at
this time and the horn will chirp two times.
4. Press the instant alarm button on the remote lock
control transmitter again. Perimeter lighting is
disabled and the horn will chirp one time.
5. Release the door lock switch. The perimeter lighting
option is now
off.
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To turn the feature on:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Turn the ignition key to OFF
Press and hold the door lock switch throughout this
procedure. All doors will
lock.
Press the instant alarm button on the remote lock
control transmitter. Perimeter lighting remains off
at this time and the horn will chirp one time.
Press the instant alarm button on the transmitter
again. Perimeter lighting is now enabled and the
horn will chirp two times.
Release the door lock switch. The perimeter lighting
option
is now on.
This procedure changes the mode for only the
transmitter used to change this setting. The procedure
will need to be repeated for the second transmitter.
Front Reading Lamps
These lamps and the interior courtesy lamps will come
on when you open a door. They will turn
off when you
turn on the ignition. If a door is left open, they will
turn
off after about 10 minutes.
To turn on the reading lamps when the doors are closed,
press the button behind the lamp you want on. Press it
again to turn the lamp
off.
These lamps work even when the ignition is off. To
avoid draining your vehicle’s battery, be sure to turn
off all front and rear reading lamps when leaving
your vehicle.
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Mirror Operation
When set in the MIRROR position, this mirror
automatically changes to reduce glare
from headlamps
behind you.
A time delay feature prevents rapid
changing from the day to night positions while driving
under lights and through traffic.
The mirror
also includes an eight-point compass display
in the upper right corner of the mirror face. When on, the
compass automatically calibrates as the vehicle is driven.
When cleaning the mirror, use a paper towel or similar
material dampened with glass cleaner.
Do not spray
glass cleaner directly on the mirror as that may cause
the liquid cleaner to enter the mirror housing. Use a
cotton swab and glass cleaner to clean the photocells
when necessary. The right side
of the switch located at the bottom
of the
mirror
turns the electrochromic mirror on and off. To
turn on the automatic dimming feature, press MIRROR.
To turn off automatic dimming, press MIRROR again.
The green indicator light will be illuminated when
this
feature is active.
Compass Operation
Press the COMPASS switch once to turn the compass
on or
off.
When the ignition and the compass feature are on, the
compass
will show two character boxes for
approximately
two seconds. After two seconds, the
mirror will display the compass heading.
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Use this position for slightly larger loads.
When installing the net in either position, be sure the
“up label”
(A) is pointing up.
Ashtrays and Cigarette Lighter
Push and release the cover to reveal the front ashtray,
lighter and accessory power outlet.
NOTICE:
Don’t put papers and other things that burn
into your ashtrays.
If you do, cigarettes or
other smoking materials could set them on fire,
causing damage.
To open either rear ashtray, you may press and release
the cover or pull up the cover lid.
To clean an ashtray, make sure the cover is open fully,
then lift out the ashtray by pulling on the snuffer.
To use a lighter, just push it in all the way and let go.
When it’s ready, it will pop back by itself.
NOTICE:
Don’t hold a cigarette lighter in with your hand
while it is heating.
If you do, it won’t be able to
back away from the heating element when it’s
ready. That can make it overheat, damaging the
lighter and the heating element.
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To open the sunroof, press the control switch rearward
and release it to open the glass panel and sunshade.
If
you want to stop the sunroof in a partially open
position, press the switch again.
To fully open the
sunroof, press the switch rearward again. The sunshade
can also be opened by hand.
To close the sunroof, press and hold the control switch
forward to close the glass panel. The sunshade must be
closed manually.
To open the sunroof rear vent, open the sunshade by
hand. Press the control switch forward when the
sunroof is closed.
To close the sunroof rear vent, press the switch rearward.
Universal Transmitter
This transmitter allows you to consolidate the functions
of up to
three individual hand-held transmitters. It
will operate garage doors and gates, or other devices
controlled by radio frequency such
as home/office
lighting systems.
The transmitter
will learn and transmit the frequencies
of most current transmitters and is powered by your
vehicle’s battery and charging system.
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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference,
and
(2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
This device complies with
RSS-210 of Industry Canada.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this
device must accept any interference, including
interference that may cause undesired operation
of
the device.
Changes and modifications to this system by other than
an authorized service facility could void authorization
to use this equipment.
Programming the Transmitter
Do not use the universal transmitter with any garage
door opener that does not have the “stop and reverse”
safety feature. This includes any garage door opener
model manufactured before April
1, 1982.
rse sure that people and objects are clear of the garage
door you are programming. Your
vehicle’s engine should be turned off while
programming your transmitter. Follow these steps to
program up to three channels:
1. If you have previously programmed a universal
transmitter channel, proceed to Step
2. Otherwise,
hold down the two outside buttons on the universal
transmitter until the red light begins to flash rapidly
(approximately
20 seconds). Then release the
buttons. This procedure initializes the memory and
erases any previous settings for all three channels.
2. Hold the end of your hand-held transmitter against
the bottom surface of the universal transmitter
so
that you can still see the red light.
3. Decide which one of the three channels you want to
program. Using both hands, press the hand-held
transmitter button and the desired button on the
universal transmitter. Continue to hold both buttons
through Step
4.
4. Hold down both buttons until you see the red light
on the universal transmitter flash slowly then
rapidly. The rapid flashing, which could take up
to
90 seconds, indicates that the universal transmitter
has been programmed. Release both buttons
three seconds after the light starts to flash rapidly.
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