Oldsmobile 1993 88 User manual

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Features & Controls .
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Service & Appearance Care .
Maintenance Schedule .
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CustomerAssistanceInformation . .
Index . . . . . . . . .
Includes "ReportingSafetyDefects '' onpage 302
Service Station Information .
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&hNY PEOPLE REaD THEIl? OWNER’S
mmud from be-g to end when
theyfmt receive their new vehicle,
Tkis will help you lea about the
features
and controls for your vehicle.
In this manual, you’ll find that
pictures
andl words work together
to explain things quickly.
Part 1: Seats 8 Safety Belts
This part tells you how to use your
seats and safety belts pruperly.
Pafl2: Feutures & Controls
This part explainshow to stat and
operate your Uldsmobile.
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
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 ur engine overheating.

Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Part
9: Index
Here the manual tells you how tokeep Here’s an alphabetical listing
of
your Oldsmobile running properly and
almost every subject in this manual.
looking good. You can use itto quickly find
Part 7: MaintenanceSchedule
This part tells you whento perform
vehicle maintenance and what fluids
and lubricantsto use.
something you wantto read.
Part 8: Customer AssistanceInformution
This part tells you how to contact
Oldsmobile for assistance and howto
get service publications. It
also gives
you information on Reporting Safe@
Defects.
Service Station Information:
This is a quick reference of service
information.You can find
it on the
last page
of this manual.
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CAUTlON
safety symbol means:
Don't n
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Don't do this
Don't let this fiappgn
Vehicle #amage Warniflgs
Also, in this book you will find
these blue notices:

Vehide Symbols
These are some of the symbols you
will find on your vehicle. For
example, these
symbols areused on
an original battery:
CautionPossibleInjury A
Protect Eyes by
Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause
Burns
These symbols are important for you
and your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is driven:
Fasten Safety Belts
Door LocklUnlock
These symbols haveto do with you
hghts:
Master Lighting Switch
Turn Signal Direction
Avoid Sparks
or Flames
8
Spark or Flame
Could Explode Battery
HazardWarningFlashers
A
Headlight High Beam
Parking Lights
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How to Use this Manual
Vehicle Symbols (CONK)
These symbols are on some of your
controls: These
symbols are used on warning
and indicator lights:
Windshield Wipers
Windshield Washer
Windshield Defroster
w
Rear Window Defogger
w
Ventilating Fan
Power Window
10
Engine Coolant
Temperature
Batte
y Charging
System
Fuel
Engine Oil Pressure
Brake
I
Anti-Lock Brakes
Here are some other symbols you
may see:
Fuse
Lighter
Horn
Speaker
Hood Release

Here you’ll find idomation about
the seats
in your Oldsmobile. your
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
(“air bag”) system and how to use
your safety belts properly
.You can
also learn about some things you
should notdo with safety belts
.
Part 1
Seats Safety Belts
SeatsandSeatControls .............................................
SafetyBelts ...................................................... 14
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................................... 19
DriverPosition .................................................... 19
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint System (Air Bag) ......................... 23
Safety BeltUse During Pregnancy .................................... 28
Right Front Passenger Position
....................................... 29
CenterPassengerPosition
........................................... 29
RearSeatPassengers ............................................... 30
Children
......................................................... 32
Smaller Children and Babies
......................................... 32
ChildRes traints ................................................... 33
LargerChildren
................................................... 41
Safety Belt Extender ............................................... 42
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ................................... 43

Seats & Safety Belts
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats-
how
to adjust them-and also about
rechmgseatbacks
and head restraints.
Manual Front Seat
CAUTION
A
You can lose control of the
vehicle
if you try to adjust a
manual driver’s seat while
the
vehicle is moving. The sudden
movement could startle and
confuse
you, or make you push a
pedal when you don’t want to.
Adjust the driver’s seat only when
the vehicle
is not moving.
Move
the control lever under 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 m& surethe seat is locked
into place.

Sitting in a reclined position
when your vehicleis
in
motion can be dangerous. Even ii
you buckle up, your safety belts
can’t do theirjob when you’re
reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’tdo itsjob
because it won’t
be against your
body. Instead,it will be
in front of
you.
In a crashyou could go into
it, receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t
do its job either.
In a crash the belt could go up over
your abdomen.Thebelt forces
would be there, not at your pelvic
(Continued)

Seats & Safety Belts
14
lanual Reclining Seatback (corn:)
(eontiplued)
bones. This could cause
serious
internal injuries.
For proper protection when the
vehicle
is in motion, have the
seatback upright.
Then sitwell
back
in the seat and wear your
safety
belt properly.
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Head Restmints
Slide the head restraint upor down so
that the top of the restraintis closest to
the top of your ears.
This position reduces the chance of a
neck injury in a crash.
Safety Belts:
l7zey’re 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 Inflatable Restraint,or
“air bag” system.

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 safetybelt,
your injuries can be
much worse.
You can hit things inside the
vehicle or be ejected from it.You
--n be seriously injuredor killed.
the samecrash, you might not
be
if you arebuckled up. Always
fasten your safetybelt, and check
at your passengers’ beltsare
fastened properly too.
I
This figure lights up when you turn the
key
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, thelawsays to wear safety
belts. Here’s why:
They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash.
If you do have acrash, you don’t know
if it will be a bad one.
A
few crashes are very mild. In them,
you won’t gethurt even
if you’re not
buckled up. And some crashes canbe 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 upcan
survive and sometimes
walk away. Without belts they couldbe
badly hurtor killed.
After
25 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear.
In most crashes
buckling up doesmatter.
. . a lot!

Seats dt Safety Belts
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
go as fast as it goes.
1. For example, if the bike is going
10 mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
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 4. Put someone on it.
7. or the instrument panel. .
5. Get it up to speed. Then stop the
"car." The rider doesn't stop.
8. or the safety belts!
6. The person keeps going until
stopped
by something. In a real
vehicle, it could be the
windshield.
. .
With safety belts, you slow down as the
vehicle does. You get more time
to stop.
You stop over more distance, and
your
strongest bones take the forces. That's
why safety belts make such good sense.

Seats & Safety Belts
Here Are Questions Many People
Ask About Safety Belts-
and the Answers
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle
after an accident
if I’m wearing a
safety belt?
wearing a safety beltor not. But you
can easily 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 getout, is much
greater if you arebelted.
A: You could be-whether you’re
Q: Why don’t they just put in air
bags so people won’t,.bave to wear
safety belts?
Inflatable Restraint systems,are in
some vehicles today andwiU 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.
A: ‘Air bags,’’ or Supplemental
Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never
drive far from home, why shouldI
wear safety belts?
if you’re in an accident-even one
that isn’t your fault-you and your
passengers can behurt. Being a good
driverdoesn’t protect you from
A: You may be an excellent driver, but
things beyond your control, such as
bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within
25 miles
(40 km) of home. And the greatest
number of serious injuriesand deaths
occur at speedsof less than
40 mph
(65 km/h).
Safety beltsare for everyone.
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Sa&ty Belt Reminderlight
When the key is turned to Run or Start,
a light will come on for about eight
seconds
to remind pple to fasten their
safety belts. Unless the &river’s safety
belt is buckled,
a chime will also sound.
How to ‘Wear Safety Belts
Properly-Adults
This section is only for people of adult
Size.
There are special things to
I know about safety belts and
L
cnudren. And there a& different
rules for babies and smaller
children. If a child will be riding
in your Oldsmobile, see the Ink
under Children and SafetyBe2
Follow those rules for everyone’s
protection.
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First, you’ll want to know which
restraint
systems your vehicle has.We’ll
start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This section describes the driver’s
restraint
system.