key OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1997 Owner's Guide

Mode 2: Automatic Locking Only
Automatic Door Unlocking: Off
Automatic Door Locking: Shift out of PARK (P)
with the ignition on and the driver’s door closed,
and all doors will lock automatically.
Mode 3: Automatic Unlocking With Ignition Off
Automatic Door Unlocking: Turn off the ignition
with the transaxle in PARK (P) and all doors
will
unlock automatically.
Automatic Door Locking: Shift out of PARK (P)
with the ignition on and the driver’s door closed,
and all doors will lock automatically.
Mode 4: Automatic Unlocking With Transaxle in
PARK (P)
Automatic Door Unlocking: Shift into PARK (P) with
the ignition on and all doors will unlock automatically.
Automatic Door Locking: Shift out of PARK (P)
with the ignition on and the driver’s door closed,
and
all doors will lock automatically.
Last Door Closed Locking and
Lockout Deterrent
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 4. This
means that:
If you leave your key in the ignition and leave the
driver’s door open, you won’t be able to lock the
doors using the power door lock switch.
When you press LOCK on the power locks switch or
key chain transmitter (if equipped) while any door or
the liftgate is open, the doors will not lock. Instead
you will hear three chimes which let
you know that
Last Door Closed Locking is
in operation. Five
seconds after all the doors and liftgate are closed, all
the doors and liftgate will lock.
To change the factory setting, while in programming
mode,
do the following:
1. Press UNLOCK on the power door lock switch.
2. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number of
chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set for.
You change the mode by pressing UNLOCK again.
3. Repeat Step 2 until you hear the number of chimes
that matches the mode you want.
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Mode 1: Both Off (Doors will always lock immediately
when you press LOCK on the the power door lock
switch or the key chain transmitter, if equipped).
Mode 2: Lockout Deterrent Only (If you leave your key
in the ignition with the driver’s door open, you won’t be
able to lock the doors with
the power door locks).
Mode 3: Last Door Closed Locking Only (If the power
door lock switch or key chain transmitter
(if equipped)
is used to lock
the vehicle while any door or the liftgate
is open, you will hear three chimes. The doors will
not
lock. Five seconds after the last door is closed, all doors
and liftgate will lock).
Mode 4: Both On (This combines modes 2 and 3).
Remote Driver’s Unlock Control
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 2. This
means that:
When you press UNLOCK on your Remote Lock
Control transmitter, the driver’s door will unlock.
When you press UNLOCK on your Remote Lock
Control transmitter again, all doors and the liftgate
will unlock.
To change the factory setting, while in the programming
mode, do the following:
1. Press UNLOCK on the key chain transmitter.
2. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number of
chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set for.
You change the mode by pressing UNLOCK again.
3. Repeat Step 2 until you hear the number of chimes
that matches the mode you want.
Mode 1: Remote All Doors Unlock (When you press
UNLOCK on your
key chain transmitter, all doors and
the liftgate will unlock).
Mode 2: Remote Driver’s Door Unlock Only (When
you press UNLOCK on your key chain transmitter
once, the driver’s door will unlock. When you press
UNLOCK on your key chain transmitter again, within
five seconds, all doors and the liftgate will unlock.)
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Remote Lock and Unlock confirmation
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 4. This
means that:
When you use the Remote Lock Control transmitter
to lock your vehicle, your park lamps will flash
briefly to let
you know the command has been
received. If you press LOCK on the key chain
transmitter again, the horn will sound briefly and the
park lamps will flash briefly to let you know your
vehicle
is locked.
0 When you use the key chain transmitter to unlock
your vehicle or operate your power sliding door (if
equipped), your park lamps will flash briefly.
To change the factory setting, while in programming
mode, do the following:
1. Press the LOCK button on the key chain transmitter.
2. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for. You change
the mode by pressing the LOCK
button again.
3. Repeat Step 2 until you hear the number of chimes
that matches the mode you want.
Mode 1: Off (Remote lock and unlock confirmation
are disabled.)
Mode 2: Remote Lock Confirmation with Exterior
Lamps Flashing Only
Remote Lock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to lock your vehicle, your park
lamps will flash briefly to
let you know the
command has been received.
0 Remote Unlock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to unlock your vehicle or operate
your power sliding door (if equipped), your park
lamps will flash briefly to let you know the
command has been received.
Mode 3: Remote Lock Confirmation with Exterior
Lamps Flashing and Horn Sounding
Remote Lock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to lock your vehicle, the horn will
sound briefly and your park lamps will flash briefly
to let you know
the command has been received.
0 Remote Unlock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to unlock your vehicle or operate
your power sliding door
(if equipped), your park
lamps will flash briefly to let you know the
command has been received.
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Mode 4: Remote Lock Confirmation with Exterior
Lamps Flashing and Horn Sounding (On Second
LOCK Press)
0 Remote Lock Confirmation: When you use the
key chain transmitter
to lock your vehicle, your
park lamps will
flash briefly to let you know the
command has been received. The horn will sound
briefly and your park lamps will flash briefly if you
press the LOCK button again within five seconds.
Remote Unlock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to unlock your vehicle or operate
your power sliding door (if equipped), your park
lamps will flash briefly
to let you know the
command has been received.
Content Theft
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 4. This
means that:
0 If anyone damages or enters your vehicle while
your Content Theft Deterrent system is armed, an
alarm will sound and your park lamps will flash
for two minutes if anyone tries to damage or enter
your vehicle. To
change the factory setting, while
in the programming
mode, do the following:
1. Turn the park lamps on, then off.
2. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for. You change the mode by turning the park lamps
on, then off again.
3. Repeat Step 2 until you hear the number of chimes
Mode 1: Damage Detection with Reduced Sensitivity
(If anyone seriously damages your vehicle or opens a
door or the liftgate while your Content Theft Deterrent
system
is armed, an alarm will sound and your park
lamps will flash for up to two minutes.)
Mode 2: Damage Detection Off (If anyone opens a door
or the liftgate while your Content Theft Deterrent
system
is armed, an alarm will sound and your park
lamps will flash for up to two minutes.)
that
matches the mode you want.
Mode 3: Off (Your content theft system is
always disarmed.)
Mode 4: Damage Detection with Normal Sensitivity (If
anyone damages or enters your vehicle while your Content
Theft Deterrent system
is armed, an alarm will sound and
your park lamps will flash for up to two minutes.)
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Content Theft Deterrent Arming
and Disarming
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 3. This
means that:
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Your Content Theft Deterrent system will arm when
you lock the doors using either power door lock
switch while any door or the liftgate is open and the
key is removed from the ignition.
Your Content Theft Deterrent system will arm when
you lock
the doors with your key or key chain
transmitter and the key is removed from the ignition
Your Content Theft Deterrent system will disarm
when you unlock the doors with your key or key
chain transmitter.
To change the factory setting, while in the programming
mode, do the following:
1. Insert your second key fully into any door key
cylinder and turn it
to the unlock position. This step
is inconvenient, but necessary to prevent accidental
programming of this feature to Mode
2. Do not
program this feature to Mode
2 without first reading
the special note contained in the description for that
mode. The door key cylinder must remain in the
unlock position during Steps
2-4.
2. Press the horn symbol on the key chain transmitter.
3. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for.
You change the mode by pressing the horn
symbol on the key chain transmitter again.
4. Repeat Step 3 until you hear the number of chimes
5. Remove your key from the door key cylinder.
Mode 1: Power Door Lock Switch Arming Off
0 Your Content Theft Deterrent system will arm when
you lock
the doors with your key or key chain
transmitter. The key must be removed from the
ignition when you lock the doors or the Content
Theft Deterrent system will not arm.
that matches the mode you want.
0 Your Content Theft Deterrent system will disarm
when you unlock the doors with your key or key
chain transmitter.
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Mode 2: Key Chain Transmitter ArmDisarm Only
0 Your Content Theft Deterrent system will arm when
you lock the doors with your key chain transmitter.
The key must be removed from the ignition when
you lock the doors or the Content Theft Deterrent
system will not arm.
when you unlock the doors with your key
chain transmitter.
Your Content Theft Deterrent system will disarm
Special Note: While this mode provides increased
security, it can be
a problem if your key chain
transmitter
is damaged, lost or if it fails to operate for
any reason while the Content Theft Deterrent system is
armed. The Content Theft Deterrent system must be
disarmed .for the engine
to run while in Mode 2; your
key can no longer disarm the system.
Mode 3: Standard Arming and Disarming
0 Your Content Theft Deterrent system will arm when
you lock the doors using either power door lock
switch while any door or the liftgate is open and the
key is removed from
the ignition.
0 Your Content Theft Deterrent system will arm when
you lock the doors with your key or key chain
transmitter and the key is removed from the ignition.
Your Content Theft Deterrent system will disarm
when you unlock the doors with your key or key
chain transmitter.
Leaving Programming Mode
To get out of programming mode, just turn the key
from the ACCESSORY ignition position to
OFF and
put the BCM PRGRM fuse back into the instrument
panel fuse block.
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Interior Lamps Override Switch
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I This switch is located in
(- the overhead console
switchbank. Press the
symbol on the bottom of the
rocker switch to override
control of
the interior lights
and turn
off power to the
courtesy lamps, reading
lamps, glove
box lamp and
underhood lamp.
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Press the top of the interior lamps override rocker switch
to turn power back on to the interior lamps. This will
allow the lamps to stay on when any door is open.
Illuminated Entry
With illuminated entry, the interior of your vehicle is
illuminated
so you can see inside before you enter your
vehicle. The lamps will come on for
40 seconds if you
unlock your door using your key
or the Remote Lock
Control key chain transmitter (if equipped) and the
ignition is
in the LOCK or OFF position. After
40 seconds have passed, the interior lamps will slowly
fade out. The lamps will turn off before the
40 seconds
if you:
0 lock all the doors using the key,
0 press LOCK on the power door lock switch or
press LOCK on the key chain transmitter
(if equipped).
When any door is opened, illuminated entry is cancelled.
The interior lamps will stay on while any door or the
liftgate is open, and slowly fade out when all doors and
the liftgate are closed.
The interior lamps may stay on for up to
25 seconds
after all doors have been closed
if they have not been
locked. See “Delayed Illumination” later in this section.
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Delayed Illumination
The delayed illumination feature will continue to
illuminate the interior for 25 seconds after all doors
have been closed
so that you can find your ignition
and buckle your seatbelt at night. Delayed illumination
will not occur while the ignition
is in the RUN or
ACCESSORY position. After
25 seconds have passed,
the interior lamps will slowly fade
out. The lights will
fade
out before the 25 seconds have passed if you:
0 turn the ignition to the RUN or ACCESSORY
position,
lock all doors using the key chain transmitter
(if equipped) or
or the key.
lock all the doors using the power door lock switch
Exit Lighting
To turn the Delayed Illumination feature off or on, see
“Locks and Lighting Choices” in
the Index. With
exit lighting, the interior lamps will come on for
about
25 seconds whenever you remove the key from
the ignition switch.
If you turn the ignition switch to
RUN or ACCESSORY, the lamps will fade out. The
lamps will also fade out
if you lock the doors with the
power door lock switch or the key chain transmitter
(if equipped).
When any door is opened, exit lighting is cancelled.
The interior lamps will stay on while any door or liftgate
is open, and slowly fade out when all doors and the
liftgate are closed.
The interior lamps may stay on for up
to 25 seconds
after all doors have been closed if they have not
been locked, see “Delayed Illumination” earlier in
this section.
To turn the Exit Lighting feature
off or on, see “Locks
and Lighting Choices”
in the Index.
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Glove Box
Your vehicle has a glove box below the dash.
To open the glove box, lift the latch release. Use the key
to lock or unlock the glove box.
The glove box door has a detent to prevent the door
from lowering too far. Open the glove box until the door
is partway
open, then pull the door down if you need it
fully open.
To close the glove box, the door must be
pushed up past the detent.
In the door of the glove
box, you will find a tissue pack
holder and clip for a pen or pencil.
Compact Overhead Console
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The front overhead console includes two reading lamps,
a storage compartment and a switchbank.
To turn either reading lamp on or off, press the lamp lens.
The switchbank has switches for the Optional Power
Sliding Door, Power Sliding Door Enable, Interior
Lights Override, Power Quarter Windows and the
Power Sunroof.
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Gages can indicate when there may be or is a problem
with one
of your vehicle’s functions. Often gages and
warning lights work together to let you know when
there’s
a problem with your vehicle.
When one of
the warning lights comes on and stays on
when you are driving, or when one of
the gages shows
there may be
a problem, check the section that tells you
what
to do about it. Please follow this manual’s advice.
Waiting to do repairs can be costly
-- and even
dangerous.
So please get to know your warning lights
and gages. They’re
a big help.
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.
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