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I The 1995 OldsrnobileAchieva Owner’s Manual
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How to Use this Manual .............................................................. .111
This section tells you how to use your manual and includes safety and vehicle damage warnings
and symbols.
This section tells you how to use your
seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the ”SRS” system.
This section explains how to start and operate your Oldsmobile.
This section tells
you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your
audio system.
Here you’ll find information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions.
This section tells you what todo
if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or
overheated engine, etc.
Service and AppearanceCare ......................................................... 6-1
Here the manual tells you how to keep your Oldsmobile running properly and looking good.
Maintenanceschedule ............................................................... 7-1
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
CustomerAssistanceInformation ..................................................... 8-1
This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile for assistance and how to get service publications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects”on page 8-4.
Index ............................................................................. 9-1
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find
something you want to read.
SeatsandRestraintSystems .......................................................... 1-1
FeaturesandControls
............................................................... 2-1
ComfortControlsandAudioSystems .................................................. 3-1
YourDrivingandtheRoad
........................................................... 4-1
ProblemsontheRoad ............................................................... 5-1
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This manual includes the latest information at
the time it
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product after that time without further notice. For
vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name
“General Motors of Canada Limited” for Oldsmobile
Division whenever it appears
in 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, please leave this manual in it so the
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1994
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How to Use this Manual
Many people read theirowner’s manual from beginning
to endwhen they first receive theirnew vehicle. This
will help you learn about the featuresand controls for
your vehicle. In thismanual, you’ll find that pictures
and words work together to explain thingsquickly.
Index
A good place to look forwhat you need is the Index in
the back
of the manual. It’s an alphabeticallist of all
that’s in the manual,and the pagenumber where you’ll
find it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find anumber of safety cautionsin this book.
We use a box with gray background and the word
CAUTION to tellyou about things thatcould hurt you if
you were to ignore the warning.
In the gray caution area, we tell you what the hazard is.
Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the
hazard. Pleaseread these cautions.If youdon’t, you or
others could be hurt.
You will also find a circle
with a slash through it in
this book. This safety
symbol means
“Don”,”“Don’t do this,”or
“Don’t let thishappen.’’
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Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also in this book you will find thesenotices:
In the noticearea, we tell
you about something that can
damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would
not be covered by your warranty, and it couldbe costly.
damage.
But the notice will tell
you what to do to help avoid the
NOTICE:
When youread other manuals, you might see
I CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in differentcolorsor
These mean there is something that
in different words.
could damage your vehicle.
You’ll also seewarning labels on your vehicle. They use
yellow for cautions,blue
for notices and the words
CAUTION
or NOTICE.
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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT
EYESBY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACID COULD
BATTERY
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS OR
FLAMES
SPARK OR ,\I/,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN
SEAT
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
These symbols
have todowith
your lights:
SIGNALS e e
TURN
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are on some of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING
FAN
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT F-
TEMP --
ENGINE
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE (a)
FUEL
ENGINEOIL
PRESSURE Wd
TEMP OIL 9b
ANTI-LOCK (@)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE -%-
RELEASE
RADIO
VOLUME
CONDITIONING A'R 43
RELEASE TRUNK e
LIGHTER n
HORN )tr
SPEAKER
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NOTES

Section 1 SeatsandRestraintSystems
Here you’ll find information about the seatsin your
Oldsmobile and how to use your safety beltsproperly.
You can
also learn about some things you should not do
with air bagsand safety belts.
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tellsyou about the seats -- how to adjust
them
-- and also about reclining seatbacksand head
restraints.
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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 make sure the
seat is locked into place.
Manual Four-Way Adjustable Seat (Option)
There are two levers at the front of the seat. The left
lever adjusts the seat forward and back. The right lever
adjusts the angle
of the front of the seat.
Lift the left lever
(A) up and adjust the seat forward or
back. Then release the lever and try to move the seat to
be certain that
it is locked in place.
Lift the right lever
(B), and lean forward or backward.
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Power Seat Controls (Option)
To adjust thepower seat on some models:
Front Control (A): Raise the front of the seat by
holding the switch
up. Lower the front of the seatby
holding the switchdown.
Center Control (B): Move the seatforward or back by
holding the control tothe front
or back.
lvlove the seat higher by holding the controlup. Lower
the seat by holding the controldown.
Rear Control(C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding
the switch up. Lower the rear of the seat by holding the
switch down.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, lift thelever on the outer side of
the seatand move the seatback where you want it.
Release the lever tolock the seatback.
Pull up
on the lever and the seat will go to an upright
position.
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But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is
moving.
1-4

Head Restraints
Slide thehead restraint up or down so that the top of the
restraint
is closest to the top of your ears.
This position reduces the chanceof a neck injury in a
crash.
Front Seatback Latches (2-Door Models)
The frontseatback folds
forward to let people get
into the back seat. Your
seatback will move back
and forth freely, unless you
come toa sudden stop. Then
it will lock into place.
There’s one time the front seatsmay not fold without
some help fromyou. That’s if your vehicle is parked
facing down a fairly steep hill.
To fold
a front seatback forward, push the seatback
toward the rear seat as
you lift this latch. Then the
seatback will fold forward. The latch must be down for
the seat towork properly.

Easy-Entry Seat (2-Door Models)
Split Fold-Down Rear Seat (Option)
The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get
in and out of the rear seat.
When you tilt the right front seatback fully forward,
the whole seat will slide forward.
0 After someone gets into the rear seat area, move the
right front seatback to its original position. Then
move the seat rearward until it locks.
To fold down the rear seat, pull forward on the seat tab.
To get out again, tilt the seatback fully forward. Push the seatback up to return it to its original position.
To make sure the seatback is secure, push it intoa fully
upright position.
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Safety Belts: They’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 Restraint System, or
“air bag” system.
Your vehicle has a
light that comes on
as
a reminder to buckle
up. (See “Safety Belt
Warning Light” in the
Index.)
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 acrash. If youdo havea
crash, you don’t
know if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be
so
serious that even buckledup 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 have been badly hurt or killed.
After more than
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 Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it
goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat on
wheels.
Put someone on it.
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Get it up to speed. Then stop thevehicle. The rider
doesn’t stop. The person keeps
going until stopped by something.
In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ...
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or the instrumentpanel ...
or the safety belts!
With safety belts,
you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get
more time to stop. You stop overmore distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why
safety belts make such good sense.

Here Are Questions Many People Ask Q: If I’m a gooddriver,and I neverdrivefarfrom
About Safety Belts -- and the Answers
home,why should I wear safety belts?
Q:
A:
Q:
A:
Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if
I’m wearing a safety belt?
You could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not.But you can unbuckle
a safety belt,
even if you’re upsidedown. And your chance
of
being conscious duringand after an accident, so
you can unbuckle and get out,is much greater if
you are belted.
Why don’t theyjust put in air bags so people
won’t have to wear safety belts?
Air bags are inmany vehicles today and will 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 salehas 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 notonly in frontal collisions,
but especially in sideand other collisions.
A: You may be an excellentdriver, but if you’re in an
accident
-- even one that isn’t your fault -- you and
your passengers can be hurt. Being
a good driver
doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such
as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within
25 miles (40 km) of
home. And the greatest number of serious injuries and
deaths occur at speeds
of less than 40 mph (65 kt-&).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Adults
This partis only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there
are special things to know about
safety belts and children. And there aredifferent rules
for smallerchildren and babies. If a child will be riding
in your Oldsmobile, see the partof this manual called
“Children.” Follow those rules foreveryone’s
protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
Was your Oldsmobile first sold, when new, inCanada?
(If it was, a sticker
on the driver’s door will say
“conforms to all applicable Canada motor vehicle
...
etc.) If so, then this “Driver Position” part doesn’t apply
to your vehicle,
To learn how to useyour driver position
safety belts, read the
Canadian Owner S Manual Safety
Belt Supplement. It comes with every new Oldsmobile
first sold in Canada.
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