seats OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1994 Owners Manual

How to Use this Manual
MANY PEOPLE READ THEIR OWNER’S
manual from beginning to end when
they first receive their new vehicle.
This
vvlll help you learn about the
features and controls for your vehicle.
In
this manual, you’ll find that
pictures and words work together
to explain things quickly.
There are nine parts with thumb-
tabbed pages
in this manual.
Each part begins with
a brief list of
contents,
so you can usually tell at a
glance if that part contains the
information you want.
You can bend the manual slightly to
reveal the tabs that help you find
a
part.
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Part 1: Seats & Restraint Systems
This part tells you how to use your
seats and safety belts properly.
Part 2: Features & Controls
This part explains how to start and
operate your Oldsmobile.
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
This part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and comfort controls and
how to operate your audio system.
Part 4: Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information
and tips about the road and how to
drive under different conditions.
Part 5: Problems on the Road
This part tells you what to do if you
have
a problem while driving, such as
a flat tire or engine overheating.
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Here you’ll find information about
the seats in your Oldsmobile and
how to use your safety belts properly
.
You can also learn about some things
you should not do with safety belts
.
Part 1
Seats & Restraint Systems
Seats and Seat Controls ........................................................................\
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Safety Belts
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ........................................................................\
.. 18
Driver Position
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Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ........................................................................\
... 21
Right Front Passenger Position
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Rear Seat Passengers
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Children
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Smaller Children and Babies
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Child Restraints
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Larger Children ........................................................................\
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Safety Belt Extender
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Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
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34
Folding Rear
Seat
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats-
how to adjust thern-and also about
reclining seatbaclts and the folding rear
seat.
Power Seat
To adjust the driver’s power seat:
6-0 (Left Control): Raise the front of
the seat by pressing the switch forward.
Lower the front of the seat by pressing
the switch back.
- (Center Control): Move the seat
?:ward by pushing the control left.
Move the seat back by pushing the
control right.
Raise the seat by pushing the control
forward. Lower the seat
by pushing the
control back.
the seat by pressing the switch forward.
Lower the rear
of the seat by pressing
the switch back.
$0
-v 0~ (Right Control): Raise the rear of
Lumbar Controls
To adjust lower back support on the
driver’s seat:
Press the front of the DRIVER it
switch to increase support. Press the
back
of the switch to decrease support.
To adjust lower back support on the
passenger’s seat:
Press the front of the PASS switch
to increase support. Press the back of
the switch to decrease support.
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Folding Rear Seat
You can fold the rear seatback down for
more cargo space. The latch is in the
upper center
of the rear of the seatback.
To lower the seatback, push it rearward
as
you pull up on the latch. Then fold
the seatback forward to the down
position.
To raise it, lift the seatbaclt and push it
back until
it loch in the upright
position.
Test to see that it
is locked in place by
pushing and pulling the seatback.
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.
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Seats & Restraint Systems
Get it up to speed. Then stop the
“vehicle.’’ The rider doesn’t stop. 3. Take the simplest %chicle." Suppose
it’s just a seat on wheels. 4. Put someone on it. 5.
a.
I“
6. The person keeps going until stopped
by something.
In a real vehicle, it could be the
windshield
...
7. or the instrument panel ... or the safety belts!
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I How To Wear Safety Belts
Properly
Adults
This section is only for people of adult
size.
Be aware that there are special things to
how 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
section after this one, 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.
I Driver Position
This section describes the driver’s
restraint system.
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Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt.
Here’s how to wear it properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see Seats
in the Index) so you can sit up straight.
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Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The belt is buckled in the wrong
place.
3: What’s wrong with this?
4: The shoulder belt is worn under the
arm.
It should be worn over the
shoulder at all times.
Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The belt is twisted across the body.
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Rear Seat Passengers
It’s very important for rear seat
passengers to buckle up! Accident
statistics show that unbelted people in
the rear seat are hurt more often in
crashes than those who are wearing
safety belts.
Rear passengers who aren’t safety
belted can be thrown out
of the vehicle
in a crash. And they can strike others in
the vehicle who are wearing safety belts.
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Rear Seat Outside Passenger
Positions
Lap-Shoulder Belt
The positions next to the windows have
lap-shoulder belts. Here’s
how to wear one properly.
1. Pick up the latch plate and pull the
belt across you. Don’t let
it get
twisted.
2. Push the latch plate into the buckle
until it clicks. Pull up on the latch
plate to make sure it is secure.
When the shoulder belt is pulled out all
the way, it will lock. If it does, let it go
back all the way and start again.
If the belt is not long enough, see
Safety
Belt Extender at the end of this section.
Make sure the release button
on the
buckle is positioned
so you would be
able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly
if you ever had to.
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To unlatch the belt, just push the
button on the buckle.
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Center Passenger Position
Lap Belt
If your vehicle has a rear bench seat,
someone can sit in the center position. When
you sit in a center
seating
position,
you have a lap safety belt,
which has
no retractor. To make the
belt longer, tilt the latch plate and pull it
along the belt.
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I Child Restraints
Be sure to follow the instructions for
+he restraint. You may find these
atructions on the restraint itself or in
I a booklet, or both. These restraints use
he belt system in your vehicle, but the
hild
also has to be secured within the
estraint to help reduce the chance of
personal injury. The instructions that
come with the infant or child restraint
will show you how to do that.
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