.. . Roadmaster The 1995 Buick Roadmaster Owner's Manual 1-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. explains"SRS" system. It also 2-1 FeaturesandControls ...................... ........................................... This section explains how to start and operate your Buick. 3-1 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. YourDrivingandtheRoad ..............................................................4-1 Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. ProblemsontheRoad .................................................................. 5-1 This section tells you what doif you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire to or overheated engine,etc. 6-1 ServiceandAppearanceCare ............................................................ Here the manual tells you how to keep your Buick running properly and looking good. Maintenanceschedule ..................................................................7-1 This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. 8-1 Customer Assistance Information ........................................................ This section tells you how to contact Buick for assistance and to get service publications. It also how 8-4. gives you information on "Reporting Safety Defects" on page 9-1 Index ................................................................................ Here's an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual.You can useit to quickly find something you want toread. ............................................................. ..................................................... i We support voluntary technician certification. 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Litho inU.S.A. P r No. 25620611 A First Edition at @Copyright General Motors Corporation 1994 All Rights Reserved ii "valve-in-head" engine, alight, powerful and reliable engine which would eventually influence entire the automotive industry. William C. Durant was instrumental promoting in Buicks acrossthe country using, Durant-Dort his the Carriage Co. outlets and salespeople as nucleus of a giant distribution system.He knew the h i c k as a `,`self-seller."If automobiles could be this good, he thought, maybeit was time to switch from the horse and buggy business to automobiles. At the 1905 New York Auto Show, Durant took orders for 1,000 Buicks before the company had built 40. On Buick's success, Dufmt created a holding company, .September 16, 1908. He called it General Motors. WalterMarr and Thomas Buick Buick's chief engineer, Walter Man (left), and L. Thomas D. Buick, son founder~David of Dunbar Buick, drove thgf i s t Flin$:Buibk in a successful Flint-Detroit round trkp in July iP04. David Buick was building gasoline engines by 1899, and Mak, his~engineer, apparently built the first auto to be called& Buick 1900. However, Buick traditionally in dates its `beginnings to 1903. That was the year the company was reoiganized, refinanced and moved from Detroit toFlint. Buick has always been a product innovator. Buick engineers developed the William C. (Billy) Durant iv Buick drew plenty attention becausg it coulcl$limb of hills and run through mud no other car. Buick's like endurance and reliability were world .famous. .. During WorldWar I, Buick builtLibirty aircrae. engines The success of Buick engines was visible not only on as well as Red Cross ambulances $uccessfully that so the race track, butin endurance tests across the country one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre and around the world. Buick was the only car to government. French .$: complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-NewYork race in the by 1906. Anda Buick was the first car to travel across As a builder of premier automobiles, 'buick was hard hit South America, drivenfrom Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Great Depression. However, new Gene