User manual OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 2004

2004 Oldsmobile Bravada Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1 Front Seats ............................................... 1-2 Rear Seats ............................................... 1-6 Safety Belts .............................................. 1-8 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-27 Air Bag Systems ...................................... 1-46 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-55 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Keys ........................................................ 2-3 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-7 Windows ................................................. 2-14 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-16 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-18 Mirrors .................................................... 2-29 OnStar® System ...................................... 2-32 HomeLink® Transmitter ............................. 2-34 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-38 Sunroof .................................................. 2-42 Vehicle Personalization ............................. 2-42 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-21 Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators ......... 3-28 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-45 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-58 M Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2 Towing ................................................... 4-43 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Fuel ......................................................... 5-4 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 All-Wheel Drive ........................................ 5-47 Rear Axle ............................................... 5-48 Front Axle ............................................... 5-48 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-50 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-52 Tires ...................................................... 5-55 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-88 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-97 Electrical System ...................................... 5-98 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-105 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-11 Index ................................................................ 1 Canadian Owners You can obtain a French copy of this manual from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBILE 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 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 vehicle, 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. 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 features and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you will find that pictures and words work together to explain things. Index A good place to look for what you need is the Index in back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual, and the page number where you will find it. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. S 2438 A First Edition ii © Copyright General Motors Corporation 06/16/03 All Rights Reserved 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. 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." {CAUTION: 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. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings Also, in this book you will find these notices: Notice: These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle. A notice will tell you about something that 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 Your vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle, are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to a specific component, control, message, gage or indicator. If you need help figuring out a specific name of a component, gage or indicator, reference the following topics: · · · · · · · Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 Features and Controls in Section 2 Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 Climate Controls in Section 3 Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators in Section 3 Audio System(s) in Section 3 Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 iv These are some examples of symbols you may find on your vehicle: v NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-35 Top Strap ....................................................1-36 Top Strap Anchor Location .............................1-38 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System) ...........................1-38 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the LATCH System .........................................1-40 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Seat Position ............................................1-41 Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Seat Position ...................................................1-43 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ............................................1-43 Air Bag Systems ............................................1-46 Where Are the Air Bags? ...............................1-48 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ....................1-51 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? .....................1-52 How Does an Air Bag Restrain? .....................1-52 What Will You See After an Air Bag Inflates? ...1-53 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle .........1-55 Restraint System Check ..................................1-55 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-55 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ...................................................1-56 Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Power Seats ..................................................1-2 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-2 Heated Seats .................................................1-3 Power Reclining Seatbacks ..............................1-4 Head Restraints .............................................1-5 Rear Seats .......................................................1-6 Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-6 Safety Belts .....................................................1-8 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-8 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-12 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-13 Driver Position ..............................................1-13 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-20 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-21 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-21 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults .......................................1-24 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-26 Child Restraints .............................................1-27 Older Children ..............................................1-27 Infants and Young Children ............................1-29 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-33 1-1 Front Seats Power Seats Your vehicle may have this feature. The power seat controls are located on the outboard side of the front seat cushions. The horizontal control adjusts the seat cushion and the vertical control adjusts the seatback. · Lift up or push down on the center of the seat control to move the entire seat up or down. · To move the seat forward or rearward, slide the seat control forward or rearward. · To recline the seatback, press the vertical control rearward. To raise the seatback, press the vertical control forward. Power Lumbar Your vehicle may have this feature. The seatback lumbar support can be adjusted by moving a control located on the outboard side of the seat cushions. To increase or decrease support, hold the control forward or rearward. Keep in mind that as your seating position changes, as it may during long trips, so should the position of your lumbar support. Adjust the seat as needed. · Move the front of the horizontal seat control up or down to adjust the front portion of the cushion. · Move the rear of the seat control up or down to adjust the rear portion of the cushion. 1-2 Heated Seats Your vehicle may have heated front seats. The buttons used to control this feature are located on the front door armrests. The engine must be running for the heated seat feature to work. designate the level of heat selected: three for high, two for medium and one for low. The low setting warms the seatback and cushion until the seat temperature is near body temperature. The medium and high settings heat the seatback and seat cushion to a slightly higher temperature. You will be able to feel heat in about two minutes. To heat only the seatback, press the button with the words BACK ONLY. An indicator light on the switch will glow to designate that only the seatback is being heated. Additional presses will cycle through the heat levels for the seatback only. Press the horizontal button again to heat the whole seat. The feature will shut off automatically when the ignition is turned off. To heat the entire seat, press the horizontal button with the heated seat symbol. Press the button repeatedly to cycle through the temperature settings of high, medium, low and off. The indicator lights will glow to 1-3 Power Reclining Seatbacks Your vehicle may have this feature. The vertical power seat control described earlier allows the seatback to recline. See Power Seats on page 1-2 for more information. {CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in 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. 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 bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly. But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. 1-4 Head Restraints Adjust your head restraint so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of your head. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. The head restraints lock into place when raised. To release the head restraint and lower it, press the tab located on the top of the seatback. 1-5 Rear Seats Rear Seat Operation Your vehicle may have a folding rear seat which lets you fold the seatbacks down for more cargo space. The rear seatback levers are located on the outboard side of the rear seatbacks. Pull the seatback toward you as you lift up on the lever. The head restraint will automatically fold out of the way when the seatback is folded down. To raise the seatbacks, lift up the seatbacks and push on them until they lock into the upright position. Push and pull on the seatbacks to make sure that they are latched securely. Then fold the bottom seat cushion back into place. Pull up on the loop located where the seat cushion meets the seatback to fold the seat cushion up and out of the way. This will allow the seatback to fold flat and increase the cargo area. 1-6 To return the head restraint to the upright position, reach behind the seat and pull the restraint up until it locks into place. Push and pull on the head restraint to make sure that it is latched securely. 1-7 Safety Belts {CAUTION: Safety Belts: They Are 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. It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, people riding in these areas are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped with seats and safety belts. Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and using a safety belt properly. {CAUTION: 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 things inside 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. 1-8 Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. See Safety Belt Reminder Light on page 3-31. Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law says to 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 30 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter... a lot! Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat on wheels. 1-9 Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider doesn't stop. 1-10 The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... or the instrument panel... 1-11 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I'm wearing a safety belt? A: You could be ­ whether you're wearing a safety belt or not. But you 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. Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have to wear safety belts? 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. 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 air bag system ever offered for sale has 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. 1-12 Q: If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why should I wear safety belts? How to Wear Safety Belts Properly 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 riding in your vehicle, see Older Children on page 1-27 or Infants and Young Children on page 1-29. 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. A: 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. Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. 1-13 Lap-Shoulder Belt The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here's how to wear it properly. 1. Close and lock the door. 2. Adjust the seat so you can sit up straight. To see how, see "Seats" in the Index. 4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks. Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure. If the belt isn't long enough, see Safety Belt Extender on page 1-26. Make sure the release button on the buckle is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you ever had to. 3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Don't let it get twisted. 5. To make the lap part tight, pull up on the shoulder belt. 1-14