belt Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 1995 Owner's Manuals

I The 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme! Owner’s Manual
... How to Use this Manual ..................................... :.. ........................ .~II
This section tells you how to use your manual and includes sa\
fety and vehicle damage warnings and symbols.
This section tells you how to, use your seats and safety belt\
s properly. It also explains the “SRS’;.system.
Seats and Restraint Systems ........................................................... 1-1
Features and Controls ................................................................
This section explains how to start and operate .your Oldsmobile.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems ..................................................
This’section tells you how to adjust the ‘ventilation and \
comfort conpols and how to operate your
audio system.
YourDrivingandtheRoad ...........................................................
Here you’ll find information and tips about the road and ho\
w to drive under different conditions.
ProblemsontheRoad ...............................................................
This section tells you what .to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or
overheated engine, etc.
Here the manual tells you how to keep your Oldsmobile running \
properly and looking good.
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what \
fluids and lubricants to use.
This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile for assistance\
and how
to get service publications.
It also gives you infomation on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page
8-4.
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in th\
is manual. You can use it to quickly find
something you want to read.
Service.and Appearance Care ..........................................................
Maintenanceschedule... ............................................................
Customer Assistance Information .....................................................
Index ........................................................................\
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lllll Section 1 Seats and Restraint 'Systems
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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 air bags and safety belts.
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you how to adjust the seats and explains
reclining seatbacks, folding rear seats and head restraints.
Manual Front Seat
Lift the bar under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide
the seat
to where you want it and release the bar. Try to
move the seat with your body to be sure the seat is
locked in place.
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Split Folding Rear Seat (Option)
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Safety, Belts: They’re for Everyone
‘This part of the manual tells you how to use safety bel&
properly.
It qlso tells you some things you’,should not do
with safety beltsi
And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System, or
“air bag’” system.
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Your vehicle has a light-that
comes on as ,a reminder to
buckle up. (See “Safety Belt
Reminder Light” in the
Index.)
In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to
wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They work.
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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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Here Are Questions Many People Ask
About Safety Belts
-- and the Answers
&: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if
I’m wearing a safety belt?
A: You could be, -- whether you’re wearing a safety 1
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?
A: 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.
@ If I’m, a good driver, and I never drive far from
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
home, why should I wear safety belts?
accident -- even one that isn’t your fault -- you and
your passengers can be
hurt. Being a good driver , I
doesn’t protect you from things beyond. your
control, such as bad drivers. I
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 km/fi).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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How to ,Wear Safety Belts Properlv
Adults
This part is anly 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.
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First, you’ll want to &ow which restraintlsysterns your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position .
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Lap-Shodder Belt
properly. ’
1. Close and lock the door.
2.- ‘Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index)
, The driver hasa’lap-shoulder belt. Here’show to wear it
so you can sit up straight.
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3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
The shoulder belt may lock
if you pull the belt across
you very quickly.
If this happens, let the belt go back
slightly to unlock it. Then pull the belt across’ you
more slowly.

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The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or crash, or To move it down, squeeze the release lever and move
if you pull the belt very quickly out of the retractor. the \
height adjuster to the desired position. You can move
the adjuster
Up just by pushing up on the shoulder belt
Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster (4-DOOr Models) guide. After you move the adjuster to where you want it,
Before you begin
to drive, move the shoulder belt try to move it down without squeezing the release lever
adjuster to the height that is right for you. to make sure it has locked into position.
Adjust the height
so that the shoulder portion of the belt
is centered on your shoulder. The beltihould be away
from your face and neck, but not falling off your
shoulder.
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@ What'syrong with this?
A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It won't give nearly
as much protection this way.

A: The belt is .twisted across the body.
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How does an air bag restrain? .*-=
In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions,
even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or
the instrument panel. The air bag supplements the.
protection provided by safety belts. Air bags distribute.
the force of the impact more evenly over the occupant’s
upper body, stopping the occupant more gradually. But,
air bags would not help you in many types of collisions,
including rollovers and rear and side impacts, primarily
because an occupant’s motion is not toward the
air bag.
Air bags should never be regarded as anything more
than a supplement to safety belts, and then only in
moderate to severe: frontal or near-fmptal collisions.
What will you see after an air bag inflates?.
After .the air bag inflates, it quickly- deflates. This occurs
so quickly that some people may not even realize the air
bag inflated. Some components
of the air bag module in
the steering whekl hub for the driver’s
air bag, or the
instrument panel for the right front passenger’s bag, will
be hot for a short time,. but the part of the bag that comes
into contact with you will not be hot to the touch.’ There
will be some smoke and dust coming fromvents in the
deflated>air bags.
Air bag inflation will not. prevent the
driver from seeing or from being able to steer the
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vehicle, nor will it stop people from leaving the vehicle.
,. In many crashes severe enough to inflate an air bag,
windshields are broken by vehicle deformation.
right--front passenger
air bag.
I Additional windshield breakage may also occur from the , . ..
The air bags are designed to inflate only once. AfteT
they inflate, you’ll need some new parts for your air
bag system.
If you don’t get them, the air bag syskm
won’t be there to help protect you in another crash.
A new system will include air bag modbles and
possibly other parts. The service manual for your
vehicle c,overs the need to replace other parts.