User manual OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1993

Table of Contents The Power of Intelligent~Engineering .3 How to Use this~Manua1. . . Seats & Safety Belts . Features & Controls . . . . Comfort Controls & Audio Systems . Your Driving and the Road . Problems on the Road . Service & AppearanceCare . Maintenance Schedule. . . . . .6 . 11 . 39 . e 101 117 . * . . . 175 . 201 . . 259 . 281 . .... Customer Assistance Information. Includes "Reporting Safety Defects '' on page 286 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 ServiceStationInformation .. . Last Page T h eP o w e r o f I n t e l l i a e n tE n g i n e e r i n g Engineering with a purpose. It's at the heart of every Oldsmobile. Your new . Oldsmobile continues a 96-year tradition of engineering excellence. That tradition was born in Lansing, Michigan, on August 21, 1897, when Ransom E. Olds began buildmg a horseless carriage"in as nearly a perfect manner as possible.'' Soon, Oldsmobiles rolled off the nation'sfirst assembly line. Innovation and refinementhave always set Oldsmobiles apart. In 1939, Oldsmobile introduced the celebrated Hydra-Matic transmission, a four-speed forerunner of today's advanced systems. In 1948, the high-spirited Rocket V8 engine set standards for performance. Step Ahead In 1966, Toronado made front-wheeldrive news, includingMotor Trend's "Car of the Year."Stiu breaking new ground, the 1974 "Toro" becamethe first car equipped with a production "air bag.'' Recent Oldsmobile engineering has created exciting advancementslike the responsive Quad 4 engine. Versions of the 4-cylinder, 16-valve Quad 4 propelled Oldsmobiles on roads and racetracks to new standardsof economy and performance. Today, the all-wheel-drive security of SmartTrak in theOldsmobile Bravada of continues that proud tradition meaningful technology. ,., T hS e c u r i t y e of The quality we built intoyour new Oldsmobile gives us the confidence to back it with the Oldsmobile Edge-the most comprehensive owner satisfaction programin the ,i industry. The Edge gives you 24-hour roadside assistance, "! Bumper-to-Bumper Plus Warranty protection, even free transportation -. while your vehicle is in for warranty service. Withthe Oldsmobile Edge, we've pledged to make your ownership experience a great one. How to Use this Manual MANY PEOPLE READ THEIR OWNER'S manual from beginning to endwhen they first receive their new vehicle. This will help you learn about the features and controls foryour vehicle. In this manual, you'll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. There are nine tabs tohelp you find each of the parts of this manual. Each part begins with a brief list of contents, so you can usually tell at a glance if that part contains the information you want. Part 1: Seats & Safety Belts This part t e b you howto use your seats and safety belts properly. Part 2: Features & Controls This part explains how to start and operate your Oldsmobile. Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio Systems This part tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operateyour audio system. Part 4: Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the and how to road drive under different conditions. Part 5: Problems on the Road This part tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tireor engine overheating. 6 Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Here themanual tells you how to keep your Oldsmobile running properly and looking good. Part 7: Maintenance Schedule T h s part tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricantsto use. Part 8: Customer Assistance Informution This part tells you how to contact how to Oldsmobile for assistance and get service publications.It also gives you information onReporting Safety Defects. Part 9: Index Here's an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. Service Station Information: This is a quick reference of service information. You can find it on the last page of this manual. 7 How to Use this Manual Safety Warnings und Symbols You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. We use yellow andtheword CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. You will also find a redcircle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol means: Don't Don't do this Don't let this happen In the blue notice area,we tell you about something thatcan damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not becovered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the damage. When you read othermanuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. In this manual, we've used the familiar words and colors that Oldsmobile has used for years. You'll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same colors, and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. I I GAUTIUN W In the yellow caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. I you don't, you or others could be hurt. Vehicle Damage Warnings Also, in this book you will find these blue notices: 8 Vehkle Symbols These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle. For example,these symbols are used on an origjnal baktery: Caution Possible Injury Protect Eyes by Shielding Caustic BatteryAcid Could Cause Burns Avoid Sparks or Flames These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: These symbols have to do with your lights: A Fasten Safety Belts Master Lighting Switch Turn Signal Direction Door LocklUnlock Hazard Warning Flashers Headlight High Beam Parking Lights A pf Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery Fog Lights 30 How to Use this Manual Vehicle Symbols (CONT.) These synbols areon some of your controls: Windshield Wiper Windshield Washer Windshield Defroster Rear Window Defogger Rear Window Wiper Brake Rear Window WasherlWiper Ventilating Fan Power Window Anti-Lock Brakes Speaker Hood Release These symbols are used on warning and indicator lights: Engine Coolant Temperature Baitery Charging System Here are some othersymbols you may see: Fuse Tailgate Window Lighter w Fuel Horn 'ngme Oil Pressure m a Part Seats Here you'll find information about the seatsin your Oldsmobile and how to use your safety belts properly . You can also learn about some things you should notdo with safety belts. Safety Belts Seats and Seat Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 FoldingRearSeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 SafetyBelts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Driver Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Right Front Passenger Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -23 Rear Seat Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Childre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Smaller Children and Babies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Larger Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Safety Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Seats & Safety Belts Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seatshow to adjust them-and also about reclining seatbacks andthe folding rear seat. Power Seat To adjust the driver's power seat: Front Control (A): Raise the front of the seat by holding the switch up. Lower the front of the seat by holding the switch down. Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or back by holding the control right or left. Move the seat higherby holding the control up. Lower the seat by holding the control down. Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding the switch up. Lowerthe rear of the seat by holding the switch down. Lumbar Contml This switch is located on the right front of the driver's seat and the left front of the passenger's seat. To adjust lower backsupport on the driver's seat: Press the switch left to increase support. Press the switch right decrease to support. To adjust lower back support on the passenger's seat: Press the switch right to increase support. Press the switch left todecrease support. Manual Front Seat Move the control lever under the front of the passenger's 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. Reclining Front Seatbacks To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outside of your seat. Move the seatback where you want it, then release the lever. But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. Pull up on the lever andthe seatback will go to its original upright position. \ when your vehicle is in Sitting in a reclined position motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can't do their job when you're reclined like this. The shoulder belt can't do its job because it won't be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash you 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. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic (Continued) I 13 Seats & Safe@ Belts 'A'' . ' ?edining Front Seatbacks (CONT. Folding Rear Seat (ahwd) I 4 bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. For properprotection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety beltproperly. You can fold the rear seatback downfor more cargo space. The latch is in the upper center of the rear of the seatback. To lower the seatback, push it forward as you pull up on the latch. To raise it, lift the seatback and push it back until it locks in the upright position. Test to see thatit is locked in place by pushing and pulling theseatback. Safety Belts: They're For Everyone This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tellsyou some things you should not do with safety belts. 14 i; ; ;_ '* n-n't let anyone ride where ,,cy can'twear a safetybelt properly. If you are in a crash and you're not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can bemuch worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously injuredor killed. In the same crash, you might not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your passengers' beltsare fwtened properly too. 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, the law says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. I You never know if you'll be in a crash. If you do have a crash,^ you don't know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are very mild. In them, you won't get hurt even if you're not buckled up. And some crashes can beso 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 up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they couldbe badly hurt or killed. After 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter. . .a lot! Seats & Safety Belts I 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. I6 I1 4. Put someone on it. 5. Get it up to speed. Then stop the "car." The rider doesn't stop. 6. The 1 son keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield. .. 3 . - 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 takethe forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. 7. or instrument the panel.. . 8. or the belts! safety 1 7 Seats & Safety Belts Here A@ wuesrronsMar reople Ask About Safety 6e/tsQ: Why don't they just put in air bags so people won't have to wear and the Answers Q: If I'm a good driver, andI never drive far from home, why should I safety belts? wear safety belts? Q: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle A: You may be an excellent driver, but after an accident if I'm wearing a A: "Air bags," or Supplemental Inflatable Restraint systems, in are if you're inan accident-even one safety belt? some vehicles today and will be in that isn't your fault-you and your A: You could be-whether you're more of them in the future. But they passengers can behurt. Being a good wearing a safety belt or not. But you driver doesn't protect you from are supplemental systems only-so can easily unbuckle a safety belt, things beyond your control, such as they work with safety belts, not even if you're upside down. And instead of them. Every "air bag" bad drivers, your chanceof being conscious system ever offered for sale has Most accidents occur within 25 miles during and after an accident, so you required the use of safety belts. Even (40 k ) home. And the greatest m of can unbuckle and getout, is much if you're in a vehicle that "air has number of serious injuries and deaths greater if you are belted, bags," you still have to buckle up to occur at speeds of less than 40 mph get the most protection. That's true (65 km/h). not only in frontal collisions, but Safety belts are for everyone. especially in side and other collisions.