Oldsmobile 1995 Silhouette User manual

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Your vehicle may be equipped with a luggage carrier. Outboard bumper strips onthe
luggagecarrier crossrails help ensure
a quieter ride. If you wish to attach the luggage
tiedowns
or other equipment (seeowner’s manual for more information), you willneed
to remove the outboard bumperstrips to access the tapped plates on the crossbar
After the tiedowns
or other equipment is removed, be sure to reinstall the bumper
strips.
CENTER BUMPER STRIP
INSTRUCTIONSHEET - PART NO. 10275203
After the tiedowns or other equipment is removed, be sure to reinstall the bumper
strips.
CENTER BUMPER STRIP

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1995 Oldsrnobile Silhouette Owner’s Manual
SeatsandRestraintSystems .......................................................... 1-1
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.
FeaturesandControls ............................................................... 2-1
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems ..............
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and
audio system.
Your Driving and the Road .......................
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the
conditions.
Problems on the Road ...........................
.................................... 3-1
comfort controls and how to operate your-
.................................... 4-1
road and how to drive under different
.................................... 5-1
This section tells you what todoif you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or
overheated engine, etc.
ServiceandAppearance Care.. ....................................................... 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 assistanccand 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.
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How to Use This Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to end when they first receive their new vehicle. This
will 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.
Index
A good place to look for what you need is the Index in
the backof the manual. It’s an alphabetical listof
all
that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll
find it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a numberof safety cautions in this book.
We use a box with gray background and the word
CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you 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.
You will also find a circle with a slash throughit in
this book.
1 This safetv symbol means
d.,
“Don’t,” “Don’t do this,”
or “Don’t let this happen.”
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Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also in this book you will find these notices:
NOTICE:
These mean there is something that
could
damage your vehicle.
In the notice area, we tell you about something that can
damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would
not be covered by your warranty, andit could be costly.
But the notice will tell you what to
do to help avoid the
damage.
When you read other manuals,
you might see
CAUTION and
NOTICE warnings in different colors or
in different words.
You’ll also see warning 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
EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACID COULD
BAlTERY
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,111,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BAllERY
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 to do with
your lights:
SIGNALS e e3
TURN
WARNING
A
HAZARD
FLASHER
HIGH
LAMPSoR BEAM = zo
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
BAllERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(a)
RADIATOR
COOLANT
a
FUEL
ENGINEOIL
PRESSURE
w4
TEMP OIL pk;
ANTI-LOCK (a)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
RADIO
VOLUME
CONDITIONING
43
TRUNX~
RELEASE
HORN
)tr
SPEAKER
b
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Section 1
Seats and Restraint Systems
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 air bags and safety belts.
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.
Driver’s 4-Way Manual Seat
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The driver’s seat can be adjusted four ways.
Use the lever on the frontof the seat to adjust the seat
forward or backward. Pull up the leveron the front
of
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the seat to unlock it. Slidethe seat to where you want it.
To make sure theseat is locked into place, release the
lever and try to
move the seat with your body.
To raise the driver’s seat,pull up the lever on the right
side of the seat.
To lower the seat, push the lever down.
Manual Front Passenger Seat
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This seat is used in theright front passenger position.
To use, pull up the lever on the front of the seat to
unlock it. Slidethe seat
to where you want it. To make
surethe seat
is locked into place, release the lever and
try to
move the seat with your body.
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Driver's 6-Way Power Seat (Option)
To adjust the driver's six-way power seat:
Front Control (A): Raise the frontof the seat by
holding the switch up. Hold the switch down to lower
the front
of the seat.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding
the switch up. Hold the switch down to lower the rear of
the seat.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback,rotate this knob. It is easier to
recline the seat if you lean forward, taking your weight
off the seatback.
Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or backward
by holding the control
to the front or back. Raise or lower
the seatby holding the control
up or down.
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But don’t have a seatbackreclined if your vehicle is
moving.
Head Restraints
Slide the head restraint up or down so 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
SEAT-LOCATION
There are three types of rear bucket seats: RIGHT
ONLY, CENTER OR LEFTand 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 inonly one location in your vehicle, but seats
that don’t have the built-in child restraint option can be
moved to different floor locations. The back of each seat
has a diagram (similar to the one pictured) that shows
where the seat must be located in your vehicle.
RIGHT ONLY seats that don’t have the built-in child
restraint option fit only
in the right locations. LEFT
ONLY seats that don’t have the built-in child restraint
option fit only in the left locations. The CENTEROR
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 restraint option fit only in the rear set
of floor pins in the left location of the second row.
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Dump and Stow Feature
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The second and third row bucket seats have been
designed to allow them to foldfully upward and forward
when the seats are anchored in the rear-most position.
This design improves both luggage/cargo capacity and
rear seat entrylexit.
To use this feature on RIGHT ONLY seats: Lift the
upper lever to fold the seatback forward. Push the lower
lever back and tilt the entire seat aqd seatback forward.
To use this feature on CENTER OR LEFT or LEFT
ONLY seats: Lift the upper lever to fold the seatback
forward. Push down on the rear release bar (located
behind the seat), and tilt the entire seat and seatback
forward.
To release the RIGHT ONLY seat from this position:
Push the lower lever back,
while you pull theentire seat
back to the upright position. Lift the upper lever to lift
the seatback
up again. Push and pull on t'7e seat and the
seatback to be sure both are locked into
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To release the CENTEROR
LEFT or LEFT ONLY seat
from this position: Push the rear release
bar, while you
pull the entire seat back to the upright position. Lift the
upper lever to lift the seatback up again.
Push and pull
on the seat and the seatback to be sure both are locked
into position.
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Entry to Third Row Bucket Seats
The RIGHT ONLY seats have a lower leverto tilt the
seat forward. To get intothird row seats, push back the
lower lever
on the RIGHT ONLY seat (nearestthe
slidingdoor) and tilt the seat forwardcompletely.
To
return the seat toits normal position, pull the seat back,
holding the lower leverback. Once the seatis in place,
release the lowerlever. Push and pull on the seat tobe
sure that
it is locked.
To get outof the third row seats,push down on the rear
release bar under the seat ahead of
you to tilt the entire
seat forward.
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Removing Rear Bucket Seats
Removing the RIGHT ONLY Seats
1. Lift the upper lever to fold the seatback forward.
2. Push the lower lever back and tilt the entire seatand
seatback forward.
3. From behind the seat, supportthe top portion of the
seat with one hand as you squeezethe front release
bar toward the crossbar. The seat will release from
the floorpins.
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Removing LEFT ONLY and CENTER OR LEFT Seats
1. Lift theupper lever to foldthe seatback forward.
2. Push down on the rear release bar(located behind
the seat),
and tilt the entire seat forward.
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3. From behind the seat, supportthe top portion of the
seat with one hand
as you squeezethe front release
bar toward the crossbar. The seatwill 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. Seatsthat don't have
the built-in child restraint option can be secured in either
set of
floor pins. Move the position of these seats up or
back to provide a littlemore room behind or in frontof a
seat.
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