Oldsmobile 1994 Silhouette User manual

1994 SILHOUETTE
OWNER’S MANUAL
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Includes “Reporting SafetyDefects” on page 252
9 Index . . . . . .
Service Station Information .
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Important Notes
About this Manual
Please keep this
manual in your
Oldsmobile,
so it will be
there if you ever need it
when you’re on the
road.
If you sell the
vehicle, pleaseleave
this
manual in it so the new
owner can use
it.
This manual includes the
latest information at the
time
it was printed. We
reserve the right to
make changes in the
product after that time
without further notice.
Published
by
Oldsmobile Division
General Motors Corporation
920 Townsend Street
Lansing, Michigan
48921
The word Olds?mbiZe and
the Oldsmobile rocket
emblem are registered
trademarks
of General
Motors Corporation.
The word
DeLco is a
registered trademark of
General Motors
Corporation.
0 Copyright 1993 General Motors Corporation, Oldsmobile Division. All rights reserved.Printed in USA.

he Heritage of
lldsmobile
Engineering with a purpose. It’sat
ne heart
of every Oldsmobile. Your new
Ildsmobile continues a 97-year tradition
f engineering excellence.
That tradition was born in Lansing,
Iichigan, on August
2 I, 1897, when
:ansom
E. Olds began buildinga
.orseless carriage “inas nearly a perfect
lanner aspossible.” Soon, Oldsmobiles
olled off the nation’s first assembly line.
Innovation and refinement have
lways set Oldsmobilesapart. In 1939,
Ildsmobile introducedthe celebrated
[ydra-Matic transmission, a four-speed
Irerunner
of today’s advanced systems.
I 1948, the high-spirited Rocket V8
ngine set standards for performance.

A Step Ahead
!
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In 1966,Toronado made front-wheel-
drive news, including Motor Trend’s
“Car of the Year.’’ Still breakingnew
ground,the 1974
“Toro” became the first
car equipped with
a production “air bag.”
Recent Oldsmobileengineerhg
has
created exciting advancements like
the responsive Quad
4 engine. Versionsof
the 4-cylinder, 16-valve Quad 4 propelled
Oldsmobiles onroads and racetracksto
new standards
of economy and
performance.
Today, the all-wheel-drive security
of SmartTrak in the Oldsmobile Bravada
continuesthat proud tradition
of
rneaningfid technology.

TheSecurity of
OwnerSatisfaction
J. D. Rock
General Manager
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How to Use this Manual
MANY PEOPLE READ THEIR OWNER’S
manual from beginning to end when
they first receive theirnew 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 partswith thumb-
tabbed pagesin this manual.
Each part beginswith
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 manualslightly
to
reveal the tabs thathelp you find a
part.
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Part 1: Seats & Restraint Systems
This part tellsyou how to use your
seats andsafety belts properly.
Part 2: Features 8 Controls
This part explains how to start and
operate yourOldsmobile.
Part 4: Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll findhelpful information
and tips about the road andhow to
drive under different conditions.
Part 5: Problems on the Road
This part tellsyou what to do if you
have a problem while driving,such as
Part 3: Comfort Controls & AudioSystems 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.

Part 7: Maintenance Schedule
This part tellsyou when to perform
vehicle maintenance and whatfluids
and lubricants to use.
Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Part
8: Customer Assistance Information
Here the manual tellsyou howto keep This part includes important
your Oldsmobile running properlyand information about reporting safety
looking good. defects and givesyou details about
the “Roadside Assistance” program.
You will also findcustomer
satisfaction phone numbers
(including customer satisfaction
numbers for the hearing and speech
impaired)
as well as themediation/
arbitration procedure. We’ve
also
included ordering information for
service publicationsin this part.
Part 9: Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of
almost every subject in this manual.
You can use it to quickly find
somethingyou want to read.
Service Station Information:
This is a quick reference of service
information. You can find
it on the
last pageof
this manual.
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How to Use this Manual
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety
cautions
in this book.We use a box
with gray background and the word
CAUTION to tell you about things that
could hurtyou if you were to ignore
the warning.
In the gray caution area,we tell
you what the hazard is. Thenwe tell
you what to do to help avoid or reduce
the hazard.Please read these cautions.
If you don’t,you or others could be
hurt.
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You will also find a circle with a slash
through it in this book. This safety
symbol means:
Don’t
Don’t
do this
Don’tlet this happen
Vehic/e Damage Warnings
Also, in this bookyou will find
these notices:
NOTICE:
These mean there issomething
that
could damage your vehicle.
In the notice area,we tellyou about
something that can damage your
vehicle. Many times, this damage
would not be covered
by your
warranty, and it could be costly. But
the noticewill tell you what to do to
help avoidthe damage.
Wenyou read other manuals,you
might see CAUTION
and NOTICE
warnings indifferent colorsor
in
different words.
You’llalso see warning labels on your
vehicle. They useyellow for cautions,
blue
for notices and the words
CAUTION or NOTICE.

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
ProtectEyes
by
Shielding
Caustic BatteryAcid
CouldCause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames
Spark or Flame
CouldExplode Battery
A
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Fasten SafetyBelts
Air Bag(s)
Door LockfUnlock
Liftgate Ajar
Sliding
Door Ajar
These symbols have to do with your
lights:
Master Lighting Switch
Turn Signal Direction
HazardWarningFlashers
A
Headlight High Beam
Parking Lights
Fog Lights
Reading Lights
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How to Use this Manual
These symbols are on some of your
controls:
Windshield Wipers
Windshield Washer
w
Windshield Defroster
Rear Window Defogger
Rear Window Wiper
Rear Window Washer
VentilatingFan
Power Window
10
3f
These symbols are used on warning
and indicator lights:
Engine Coolant
Temperature
Battery Charging
System
Fuel
Engine OilPressure
Brake
AntXock Brakes
p3
Here are some other symbols you
may see:
Fuse
Lighter
Horn
Speaker
Hood Release

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Here you’ll find information about
the seats inyour Oldsmobileand
how to use your safetybelts properly.
You can alsolearn about some things
you should not do with safetybelts
.
Part
1
Seats & Restraint Systems
Seats and SeatControls ............................................................................................ 12
Removing and Replacing Rear Seats
........................................................................ 15
SafetyBelts ................................................................................................................ 18
How to Wear SafetyBelts Properly .......................................................................... 22
Driver Position
.......................................................................................................... 22
Supplemental RestraintSystem (Air Bag)
............................................................... 26
SafetyBelt Use During Pregnancy
........................................................................... 30
Right Front Passenger Position ................................................................................ 30
Rear Seat Passengers ................................................................................................ 30
Children ..................................................................................................................... 34
Smaller Children and Babies .................................................................................... 34
Child Restraints ......................................................................................................... 35
Larger Children ......................................................................................................... 39
SafetyBelt Extender .................................................................................................. 41
Replacing SafetyBelts After a Crash ...
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Seats & Restraint Systems
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tellsyou about theseats-
how to adjust them, take themout,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. Slidethe seat towhere you
want it.Then release the lever and try
to move the seatwith your body, to
make sure theseat is lockedinto place.
Four-Way Manual Seat
The driver’sseat can be adjusted four
ways.
Use the lever
on the front of the seat to
adjust the seatforward or
back (see
Manual Front Seats earlierin this
section).
To raise the driver’s seat, pull up the
lever
on the side of the seat. To lower
the seat,push thelever down.

Six-Way Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the driver’ssix-way power
seat:
Front Control (A) : Raise the frontof
the seatby holding the switch
up. Hold
the switch downto lower the frontof
the seat.
Center Control (B): Move the seat
forward or back byholdingthe control
to thefront orback. Raise or lowerthe
seat by holdingthe control up ordown.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rearof the
seat by holding the switch up. Hold the
switch down tolower the rear of the
seat.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, rotate thishob.
But don’thave a seatback reclined
if
your vehicle is moving.
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Seats & Restraint Svstems
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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.

Removable Rear Bucket Seats
There are threetypes of rear bucket
seats:
RIGHT ONLY, CENTER OR
LEFT, and LEFT ONLY. RIGHT
ONLY
and LEFT ONLY seats may be
equipped withthe built-in child
restraint option.
The rear bucket seats can beremoved to
provide extra storage. Each seat that
has thebuilt-in child restraint option
fits in only one location in yourvehicle,
but seats that don’thave the built-in
child restraint canbe movedto different
floorlocations. Theback of each seat
has adiagram (similarto the one
above) that shows wherethe seat must
be locatedin your vehicle.
RIGHT ONLY seats that don’thave
the built-in child restraint fit onlyin the
right locations.
LEFT ONLY seats that
don’t have the built-in child restraint fit
only in theleft locations. The
CENTER
OR LEFT
seat fits inthe center location
and ineither left location.
RIGHT ONLY seats thathave the
built-in child restraint optionfit onlyin
the rear setof floor pins in theright
location of the secondrow.
LEFT
ONLY
seats thathave the built-in child
I restraint optionfit only in the rear set of
floor pins in the left location of the
secondrow.
To install third row seats, thesecond
row seats mustbe 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 seatforward.
To get into
third row seats, pushback the lower
lever on the
RIGHT ONLY seat
nearest the sliding door and tilt the seat
forward. Thenpull the seatback and
check that itlocks into place.
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Seats & Restraint Systems
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To get out of the thirdrow seats, push
down on the rearrelease bar under the
seat ahead
of you to tilt the seat
forward.
Removing Rear Bucket Seats
Removing the RIGHT ONLY Seats:
1. Lift the upperlever to fold the
2. Push the lower leverback 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 seatwill release from
the floor pins.

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Removing LEFT ONLY and CENTER
OR LEFT Seats:
1. Lift the upper leverto fold the
seatback forward.
2. Push down on the rearrelease bar
The entire seatwill tilt forward.
3. Then, frombehind the seat, squeeze
the front release bar toward the
crossbar. The seatwill release from
the floor pins.
adjusting Rear Seats
Each rear seatlocation has two setsof
floor pins. Seats equipped with the
built-in childrestraint optionmust be
secured in the rear set of floor pins.
Seats that don’thave the built-in child
restraint can be secured in either set of
floor pins. Move the position
of these
seats up orback to provide a little more
room behind or in front of a seat.
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Seats & Restraint Systems
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1 CAUTION
-
Zeplacing Rear Bucket Seats
:allow the diagram on the back ofthe
eats to replace the seats in their proper
xation.
;ee
Removable Rear Bucket Seats
arlier in this part.
Ion‘ttry to place the seatsin baclnvard,
lecause they won’t latch thatway.
1. With the entire seattilted forward,
place the fronthooks
of the seatlatch
onto the frontfloor pins.
2. Firmly press the rear hooks onto the
rear floor pins. The seat should lock
into position.
3. Lift the upperlever and pull up on
the seatbacls.until it loclts upright.
4. Push and pull on the seat tocheck
that it is locked.
5. Check to see that you have put the
seats into theproper location,
according
to the label on each seat. If
not, the seatsmay not latchproperly,
and your passengers may not have the
proper safety belt.
Safety Belts: Zkey%e For
Everyone
This partof the manual tells you howto
use safetybelts properly. It also tells
you some things you should not dowith
safetybelts.
And it explains the Supplemental
Restraint System,or “airbag” system.