Bravada I' The 1996 Oldsrnobile Bravada Owner's Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ............................................................. FeaturesandControls .................................................................. This section explains how to start and operate your Oldsmobile. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems ..................................................... This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the "SIR" system. This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. 1-1 2-1 3-1 4-1 5-1 YourDrivingandtheRoad ProblemsontheRoad ............................................................ Maintenanceschedule .................................................................. This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. CustomerAssistanceInformation ........................................................ ServiceandAppearanceCare Here the manual tells you how to keep your Oldsmobile running properly and looking good. This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile for assistance andhow to get service and owner publications. It also gives you information on "Reporting Safety Defects" on page 8-7. Here's an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. .............................................................. .................................................................. 6-1 7-1 8-1 9-1 Index ................................................................................ i cd D We support voluntary technician certification. CERTIFIED GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBTLE Rocket Emblem and the name BRAVADA are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. 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. Please keep this manualin 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 new owner can use it. WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION THROUGH National Institute for AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE About Driving Your Bravada As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate this vehicle correctly may result in loss of control or an accident. Be sure to read the "on-pavement" and "off-road" driving guidelines in this manual. (See "Driving Guidelines'' and "Operating Your Bravada Off Paved Roads'' in the Index.) Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 22640823 A First Edition @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1995 All Rights Reserved How to Use this Manual Many people read their owner's manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the featuresand controls for yourvehicle. In this manual, you'll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. These mean there is something that could hurt you or other people. In the 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. If you don'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't,'' "Don't do this," or "Don't let this happen." Index A good place to look for what you need is the Index in the back of the manual. It's an alphabetical list of all that's in the manual, and the page number where you'll find it. Safety Warnings and Symbols You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. Vehicle Damage Warnings Also in this book you will find these notices: I NOTICE: These mean thereis something that could damage your vehicle. In the notice area, we tell you about somethingthat can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered 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 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 the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. Vehicle Symbols These are someof the symbols you may find on your vehicle. For example, these symbols are used on an original battery: CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY PROTECT EYES BY SHIELDING CAUSTIC BATTERY ACID COULD CAUSE BURNS AVOID SPARKS OR FLAMES SPARK OR FLAME COULD EXPLODE BATTERY L A These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: These symbols have to do with your lights: These symbols are on some of your controls: WINDSHIELD WIPER These symbols are used on warning and indicator lights: Here are some other symbols you may see: DOOR LOCK UNLOCK TURN SIGNALS e WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER ENGINE COOLANT TEMP BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM c -r- FUSE I-1 (@) LIGHTER n FASTEN SEAT BELTS HORN BRAKE b ,\I/, DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS ' * * a .'*'**o COOLANT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE SPEAKER b e3 V e, (@) FUEL FOG LAMPS $0 VENTILATING FAN ANTI-LOCK BRAKES Model Reference This manual covers this model: Four-Door Utility Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you'll find information aboutthe 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. Power Driver's Seat Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them, and fold them up and down. Manual Passenger's Seat Move the lever under the front of the passenger's seat toward the driver's door 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. The control pad is on the driver's seat. Use the front control to make the front of the seat move up or down. To make the rear of the seat move up or down, use the rear control. Use the center control to move the whole seat up, down, forward or backward. 1-1 1 Rec 1 Front Seatback g The control ison the sideof the driver'sor passenger's seat. Press and hold the front of the control until you have the desired lumbar support. To decrease lumbar support, press the rear of the control. To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of the seat. Release the lever to lock the seatback where you want it. Pull up on the lever and the seat will go to an upright position. . ` I , . But don't have a seatback reclinedyour vehicle if is moving. `Sittingin a reclined position whenyour vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, yoursafety belts can't do their job when you're reclined like this. The shoulderbelt can?tdo its because it job won't be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash you could gointo 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 bethere, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well back inthe seat and wear your safety belt properly. Head Restraints Slide the head restraint up or downthat the top the so of restraint is closest to the !top of your ears. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. The head restraints forward and rearward also. tilt 1-3 Rear Seats The rear seat release handles are in the upper center of the rear of the seatbacks. Push back on the seatbacks as you pull up on the handles. To raise the seatbacks, just lift up the seatbacks and push until they lock in the upright position. Push and pull on the seatbacks to check that the latches have locked in the upright position. If they haven't, have them fixed immediately. Your vehicle has a folding rear seat which lets you fold the seatbacks down for more cargo space. 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 Inflatable Restraint (SIR), or air bag system. - Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) A CAUTION: 1 Don't let anyone ride where he or she can't wear a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and you're not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can be much worse. You can hit thingsinside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously injured or killed.'In the same crash, you might not be if you are buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your passengers' belts are fastened properly too. I most states and Canadian provinces,the law says to In wear safety belts, Here's why: They work. 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 mild, and some crashes can be so serious 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 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! Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. Put someone on it. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat on wheels. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider doesn't stop. The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ... or theinstrument panel ... or the safety belts! 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 take the forces. That's why safety belts make such good sense. 1-8 Here Are Questions Many People Ask &.' About Safety Belts -- and the Answers A: Q: Won't I be trapped in the vehicleafter an accident if I'm wearing a safety belt? If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why shouldI wear safety belts? You may be an excellent driver, 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 km/h). Safety belts are for everyone. A: You could be -- whether you're wearing a safety belt or not. Butyou can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you're upside down. And your chance of being conscious during and after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. If my vehiclehas air bags, why shouldI have to wear safety belts? A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most of them in the future. But they are supplemental systems only; so they work with safety belts -- not instead of them. Every airbag 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 not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions. How to Wear Safety Belts Properly Adults This part is only for people of adult size. Be aware that there are special things to know about safety belts and children. And there are different rules for smaller children and babies. If a child will be ridingin your Oldsmobile, see the partof this manual called "Children." Follow those rules for everyone's protection. First, you'll want to know which restraint systems your vehicle has. We'll start with the driver position. 1. ... ...+..: _:. ... ... . .. . .. . ..: . 7 Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. Lap-Shoulder Belt The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here's how to wear it properly. 1. Close and lock the door, 3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Don't let it get twisted. 4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks. 2 . Adjust the seat (to see how, see "Seats" in the Index) so you can sit up straight. Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure. If the belt isn't long enough, see "Safety Belt Extender" at the end of this s ...