seats Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 1993 Owner's Manuals

How to Use this Manual
MANY PEOPLE READ THEIR OWNER’S Part 1: Seats & Safety Belts
manual from beginning to end when This part tells you how to use your
they first receive their new vehicle. seats and safety belts properly.
This will help you learn about the
features and controls for your vehicle.
Part 2: Features & Controls
In this manual, you’ll find that This part explains how to start and
pictures and words work together operate your Oldsmobile.
to explain thhgs quickly.
There are nine
parts with color-
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.
Part 4: Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information
and tips about the road and how to
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio Systems drive under different conditio%
This part tells you how to adjust the
ventflation and comfort controls
and
how to operate your audio system.
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.
You can bend the manual slightly to
reveal the color tabs that help you
find a part.
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Part
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.
Seats & Safety Belts
Seats and Seat Controls ........................................................................\
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Safety Belts
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ........................................................................\
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Driver Position
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Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ........................................................................\
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Right Front Passenger Position
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Center 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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Seats and Seat Controls
This section
tells you about the seats-
how to adjust them-and also about
reclining seatbacks and head restraints.
Manual Front Seat
CAUTION
1 A You can lose control of the
.- vehicle if you try to adjust a
manual driver’s seat while the
vehicle is moving. The sudden
movement could startle and
confuse
you, or malte you push a
pedal when
you don’t want to.
Adjust the driver’s seat
o r when
the vehicle
is not moving.
To adjust the seat forward or back, lift
the handle. After it’s adjusted, release
the handle and try to move the seat to
be certain it has locked into place.

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Seats & Safety Belts
Seatback Latches
In 2-door Oldsmobiles, the front seat
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 in place.
There’s one time the seatback may not
fold without some help from you. That’s
if your vehicle is parked facing down a
fairly steep hill.
To fold a seatback forward, push the
seatback toward the rear as you lift this
latch. Then the seatback will fold
forward. The latch must be
down for
the seat to work properly.
Split Fold-Down Rearmseat ’ ,”
(OPTION)
To Open: Pull forward on the seat tab.
To Close: Push the seatback up to its
original position.
Check latch resistance regularly by
pulling on the seat tab. If the seatback
does not latch securely, have it repaired
right away.
A loose seatback can cause
an injury in a sudden stop.
I Safety Belts:
Ziky!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.
CAUTION
Don’t let anyone ride where
they 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.

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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
go as fast as it goes.
1. For example, if the bike is going 10
mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops. But the child keeps going! 3. Take the simplest “car.” Suppose
it’s just a seat on wheels.

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Here Are Questions Many People
Ask Abouf Safety Belfs-
and fhe Answers
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle
after an accident if I’m wearing a safety belt?
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
can unbuckle and get out, is much
greater if you are belted.
A You could be-whether you’re
Q: Why don’t they just put in air bags
so people won’t have to wear safety
belts?
Inflatable Restraint 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 most protection. That’s true
not only in frontal collisions, but
especially in side and other
collisions.
A: “Air bags,” or Supplemental
Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never
drive far from home, why should I
wear safety belts?
A You may be an excellent driver, but if
you’re in an accident-ven 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 lun) 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.

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Driver Position
This section describes the driver’s
restraint system.
Automatic LapShoulder Belt
This safety belt is called “automatic”
because
you don’t have to^ buckle up
whenyou get into your vehicle.
And you don’t have to unbuckle when
you get out.
Just get into your vehicle. Then close
and rock the door. Adjust the seat (to
see how, see the Index under Seat
Cuntrok) so you can sit up straight.

Seats & Safety Belts
Automatic Lap-Shoulder Belt
(CONT.)
To Reattach the Automatic Belt:
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see the
Index under Seat Controls) so you
can sit up straight.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the
belt across you. Don’t let it get
twisted.
until it clicks.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle
Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It
Q: What’s wrong with this?
A: The belt is buckled in the wrong
won’t give nearly as much protection
this way.
’I I A You can be seriously hurt if
- your shoulder belt is too loose.
In a crash, you would move forward
too much, which could significantly
increase injury. The shoulder belt
should fit against your body.
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place.
CAUTION
You can be seriously injured
if your belt is buckled in the
wrong place like this. In a crash,
the belt would go up over your
abdomen. The belt forces would be
there, not at the pelvic bones. This
could cause serious internal
injuries. Always buckle your belt
into the buckle nearest you.
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Right Front Passenger Position
The right front passenger’s safety belt
works the same way as the driver’s
safety belt.
See the
Index under Driver Position.
Adjust the seat (to see how, see the
Index under Seat ControZs) so you can
sit up straight. Move your seat far
enough forward that your feet touch the
part of the vehicle that
is called the
“toeboard”
(A). That way you’d be less
likely to slide under the lap belt
in a
crash.
Center Passenger Position
If your vehicle has a 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.

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Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions
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.
until it clicks.
2. Push the latch plate into the buckle If
the belt stops before it reaches the
buckle, tilt the latch plate and keep
pulling until
you can buckle it.
If the belt is not long enough, see the
Index under Safety Belt Extender.
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.