OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1993 User Guide

Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you
will find on your vehicle. For
example, these symbols are used
on
an original battery: These symbols
are important
for you
and your passengers whenever your
vehicle is driven:
Caution Possible Injury
Protect Eyes by
Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames Spark
or Flame
Could Explode Battery
A Fasten Safety Belts
Door LocklUnlock
These symbols have to do with your
lights:
Master Lighting Switch
Turn Signal Direction
Hazard Warning Flashers
A
Headlight High Beam
Parking Lights Fog Lights
Reading Lights
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Vehicle Symbols (CONT.)
These symbols are on some of your
controls:
Windshield Wipers
These symbols are used on warning Here are some other symbols you
and indicator lights: may see:
Engine Coolant
Temperature Fuse
Windshield Washer
Lighter
Battery Charging
System
w Windshield Defroster
p3
Horn
Fuel
Engine Oil Pressure
Rear Window
Defogger
Wh
Speaker
Windshield Defogger
and Heater Hood Release
Anti-Lock Brakes
Rear Window Wiper
Rear Window
WasherlWiper
Ventilating Fan
Power Window
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Part 1
Seats
Here you’ll fmd 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 .
Belts
Seats and Seat Controls ............................................. 14
Removing and Replacing Rear Seats ................................... 17
SafetyBelts ...................................................... 21
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ................................... -25
DriverPosition
................................................... 25
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
.................................... 29
Right Front Passenger Position
....................................... 30
Rear Seat Passengers ............................................... 30
Ch~dren
......................................................... 34
Smaller Children and Babies
......................................... 34
ChildRes
traints ................................................... 35
LargerChildren ................................................... 40
SafetyBeltExtender
............................................... 42
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ................................... 42
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats-
how to adjust them, take them out, put
them back
in, and fold them up and
down.
Manual Fmnt Seats
Pull up the lever on the front of the seat
to unlock it. Slide the seat to where
you
want it. Then release the lever and try to
move the seat with your body, to make
sure the seat is locked into place.
bur-Way Manual Seat
The driver’s seat can be adjusted four
ways.
Use the lever on the front of the seat to
adjust the seat forward or back (see
Manual Front Seats earlier in this
section).
To raise the driver’s seat, pull up the
lever on the side
of the seat. To lower
the seat, push the lever down.
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SixmWay Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the driver's six-way power
seat:
Front Control (A): Raise the front of
the seat by holding the switch up. Hold
the switch down to lower the front
of the
seat.
Center Control (B): Move the seat
forward or back by holding the control
to the front or back.
Raise or lower the
seat by holding the control up or down.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the
seat by holding the switch up. Hold the
switch down
to lower the rear of the
seat.
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Reching Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, rotate this knob.
But don't have a seatback reclined
if
your vehicle is moving.
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Seats & Safety Belts
Reciining Front Seatbacks (CONK)
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Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be
dangerous. Even if you buckle up,
vnllr 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
fl-_-t nf vnu. In a crash vou could go into it, receiving
neck or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t
do its j’”., either. In a crash the belt could go up over your
abdomen. The belt forces would be there.
not at vour pelvic bones. This could
cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when thc . -_--;le __ -n mot,,.,, ..ave the seatback
upright. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.
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.
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Removable Rear Bucket Seats
The rear bucket seats can be removed to
provide extra storage, or they can be
moved to diffkrent floor locations. There
are three types of rear bucket seats:
LEFT ONLY, CENTER OR LEFT,
and RIGHT ONLY. The back of each
seat has a diagram
(similar to the one
above) that shows where the seat must
be located in your vehicle.
The
LEFT ONLY seats fit only in the
left positions. The
RIGHT ONLY seats
fit only in the right positions. The
CENTER OR LEFT seat fits in the
center position and in either left
position.
To install third row seats, the
second row seats must be tilted forward
or removed.
Don’t put the seats
in the wrong location.
Entry to Third Row Bucket Seats
The RIGHT ONLY seats have a lower
lever to tilt the seat forward. To get into
third row seats, push back the lower
lever on the
RIGHT ONLY seat nearest
the sliding door and tilt the seat
forward. Then pull the seat back and
check that it locks into place. To
get out of the third row seats, push
down on the rear release bar under the
seat ahead of you to tilt the seat forward.
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Seats di Safety Belts
Removing Rear Bucket Seats
Removing the RIGHT ONLY Seats:
1 . Lift the upper lever to fold the
2. Push the lower lever back so the
seatback forward.
entire
seat and seatback tilt forward
3. Then, from behind the seat, support
the top portion of
the seat with one
hand as you squeeze the front release
bar toward the crossbar. The seat will
release
from the floor pins.
Removing LEFT ONLY and
CENTER OR LEFT Seats:
1. Lift the upper lever to fold the
seatback forward.
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