seats OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 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
wdl 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 8 Controls
This part explains how to start and
operate your Oldsmobile.
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
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio Systems a flat tire or engine overheating.
This
part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and comfort controls and
how to operate your audio system.
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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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Removing and Replacing Rear Seats
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Safety Belts ........................................................................\
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ........................................................................\
.. 22
Driver Position
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Supplemental Restraint System (Air Bag)
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Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
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... 30
Right Front Passenger Position ........................................................................\
........ 30
Rear Seat Passengers ........................................................................\
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Children ........................................................................\
............................................. 34
Smaller Children and Babies ........................................................................\
............ 34
Child Restraints ........................................................................\
................................. 35
Larger Children ........................................................................\
................................. 39
Safety Belt Extender ........................................................................\
.......................... 41
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ... .... .................................................................. 41
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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.
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Manual Front 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.
Four-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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Head Restraints
Slide the head restraint up or down so
that 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
There are three types of rear bucket
seats:
RIGHT ONLY, CENTER OR
LEFT, and LEFT ONLY. RIGHT
ONLY
and LEFT ONLY seats may be
equipped with the built-in child
restraint option.
The rear bucket seats can be removed to
provide extra storage. Each seat that
has the built-in child restraint option
fits in only one location in your vehicle,
but seats that don’t have the built-in
child restraint can be moved to different
floor locations. The back of each seat
has a diagram (similar to the one
above) that shows where the seat must
be located in your vehicle.
RIGHT ONLY seats that don’t have
the built-in child restraint fit only in the
right locations.
LEFT ONLY seats that
don’t have the built-in child restraint fit
only in the left locations. The
CENTER
OR LEFT
seat fits in the center location
and in either left location.
RIGHT ONLY seats that have the
built-in child restraint option fit only in
the rear set of floor pins in the right
location of the second row.
LEFT
ONLY
seats that have the built-in child
I restraint option fit only in the rear set of
floor pins in the left location of the
second row.
To install third row seats, the second
row seats must be tilted forward or
removed. Don’t put the seats in the
wrong locations.
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.
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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.
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, squeeze
the front release bar toward the
crossbar. The seat will release from
the floor pins.
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Removing LEFT ONLY and CENTER
OR LEFT Seats:
1. Lift the upper lever to fold the
seatback forward.
2. Push down on the rear release bar
The entire seat will tilt forward.
3. Then, from behind the seat, squeeze
the front release bar toward the
crossbar. The seat will release from
the floor pins. adjusting Rear Seats
Each rear seat location has two sets of
floor pins. Seats equipped with the
built-in child restraint option must be
secured in the rear set of floor pins.
Seats that don’t have the built-in child
restraint can be secured in either set of
floor pins. Move the position
of these
seats up or back to provide a little more
room behind or in front of a seat.
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1 CAUTION -
Zeplacing Rear Bucket Seats
:allow the diagram on the back of the
eats to replace the seats in their proper
xation.
;ee
Removable Rear Bucket Seats
arlier in this part.
Ion‘t try to place the seats in baclnvard,
lecause 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 seatbacls. until it loclts 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.
Safety Belts: Zkey%e 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.
And it explains the Supplemental
Restraint System, or “air bag” system.
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4. Put someone on it. 2. When the bike hits the block, it stops.
But the child keeps going! 3. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose
it's just a seat on wheels.
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5. Get it up to speed. Then stop the
vehicle. The rider doesn't stop. i: 6. The person keeps
going until stopped
In a real vehicle, it could be the
windshield..
.
by something. nstrurnent panel
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Safety Belt Reminder Light
When the key is turned to Run or Start,
a chime will come on for about eight
seconds to remind people to fasten their
safety belts, unless the driver’s safety
belt is already buckled. The safety belt
light will also come on and stay on until
the driver’s belt is buckled.
I How To Wear Safety Belts
Adults
Properly
This section is only 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 Oldsrnobile, see the
section after this one, called
ChiZdren.
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.
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I Driver Position
This section describes the driver’s
restraint system.
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