belt OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1993 Owners Manual

Table of Contents
The Power of Intelligent Engineering . .3
How to Use this Manual . . .6
Part 1 Seats & Safety Belts . . . 13
2 Features & Controls .
Comfort Controls & Audio Systems . .
;4 Your Driving and the Road . . -. .3, .:
Problems on the Road .
iervice & Appearance Care .
gaintenance Schedule .
.. . 45 c
hstomer Assistance Information .
Includes “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 302
-ndex . . . . . . . - -
Service Station Information . .
. 113
. 139
. . . 185
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How to Use this Manual
MANY PEOPLE READ THEIR OWNER t’S
manual from beginning to end when
they first receive their new vehicle.
This
will 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 color-tabbed
pages to help you find each of the
parts of 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 color tabs that
help you
find
a part.
Part 1: Seats & Sa fety Belts
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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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
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Headlight High Beam
Parking Lights Fog Lights
Reading Lights
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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 & Safety Belts
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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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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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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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Replacing Rear Bucket Seats
Follow the diagram on the back of the
seats to replace the seats in their proper
location.
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
try to place the seats in backward,
because
they won't latch that way.
1. With the entire seat tilted forward,
place the front hooks of the seat latch
onto the front floor pins.
2. Firmly press the rear hooks onto the
rear floor pins. The seat should lock
into position.
3. Lift the upper lever and pull up on
the seatback until it locks upright.
4. Push and pull on the seat to check
that it is locked.
5. Check to see that you have put the
seats into the proper location,
according to the label on each seat.
If
not, the seats may not latch properly,
and your passengers may not have the
proper safety belt.
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Safety Belts:
They’re For Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to
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se safety belts properly. It also tells you
me things you should not do with
afety belts.
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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 lulled.
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.
rhis figure lights up when you turn the
Ley to
Run or Start when your safety
belt isn’t buckled, and you’ll hear a
chime, too. It’s the reminder to buckle
up.
In many states and Canadian
provinces, the law says to wear safety
belts. Here’s why:
They work.
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 very mild. In them,
you won’t get hurt even
if you’re not
buckled up. And some crashes can be
so
serious, like being hit by a train, 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 be
badly hurt or killed.
After
25 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear. In most crashes
buckling up does matter.
. . a lot!
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Why Safety Beits Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
go as fast as it goes.
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.
1. For example, if the bike is going
10 mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
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