;et tht The 1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass Owner's Manual 1-1 2-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the system. "SRS" Features and Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle. 3- 1 4-1 5-1 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find helpful infomation and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. Problems on the Road This section tells what to do you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. if 6-1 7-1 Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good. Maintenance Schedule This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. 8- 1 9-1 Customer Assistance Information This section tells how to contact Oldsmobilefor assistance and how to get service and owner publications. you It also gives you information on "Reporting Safety Defects" on page 8-8. Index Here's an alphabetical listing almost every subject this manual. You can useit to quickly find of in something you want to read. i w suppxt voluntary e technician certification. . . GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBILE Rocket Emblem are registered trademarks and the name CUTLASS is a trademark of General Motors Corporation. WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION THROUGH National Institute for 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. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name For Canadian OwnersWho Prefer "General Motorsof Canada Limited"for Oldsmobile Division whenever it appears in this manual. French Language Manual: Please keep this manual in your vehicle, it will be so If there if you ever needit when you're on the road. you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in the new it so owner can use it. AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE a Anx propribtaires canadiens:Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire ce guide en frangais chez de votre concessionaireou au: DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1577 Meyerside Dr. Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1B9 Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 22656197B First Edition i i @Copyright General Motors Corporation 1997 All Rights Reserved How to Use this Manual Many people read their owner's manual beginning from If to end when they receive their new vehicle. you first do this,it will help you learn about features and the controls for your vehicle.In this manual, you'llfiid to that pictures and words work togetherexplain things quickly. These mean there something thatcould hurt is you or other people. In the caution area, we tell you what hazard is. Then the we tell you what to do help avoid or reduce the to If hazard. Please read these cautions. you don't, you or hurt. others could be You will also find a circle with a slash through in it this book. This safety symbol means "Don't," "Don't do this" or "Don't let this happen." Index A good placeto look for what you need the Index in is back of the manual. It's an alphabetical of what's in list the manual, and page number where you'll it. the find Safety Warnings andSymbols You will find a number of safety cautions this book. in We use a box and word CAUTION to tell you the if you wereto ignore about things that could hurt you the warning. iii iv Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols youmay find on your vehicle. For example, these symbols are used on an original battery: CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY PROTECT EYESBY SHIELDING CAUSTIC BAllERY ACID COULD CAUSE BURNS AVOID SPARKS OR FLAMS SPARK OR FLAME COULD EXPLODE BAllERY A @ These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: These symbols have to do with your lamps: These symbols are on some of your controls: WINDSHIELD These symbols are used on warning and indicator lights: Here are some other symbols you may see: wm Q COOLANT TEMP BAlTERY CHARGING SYSTEM UNLOCK Pa TURN SIGNALS e WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER I-1 FUSE LIGHTER m SEAT BELTS POWER WINDOW ,\I/, AIR BAG p \ .;/ FOG LAMPS BRAKE () 0 HORN )tr SPEAKER DAYTIME RUNNING * LAMPS . * * 0 VENTILATING FAN b V $0 4 *9 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES e , p3 FUEL (@) :ka(n NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you'll find information aboutthe seats in your Oldsmobileand how to use your safety belts properly. can You also learn about some things you should do withair bags and safety belts. not 1-2 1-6 1-11 1-12 1-12 1-19 1-20 1-20 1-27 Seats and Seat Controls Safety Belts: They're for Everyone Ask Here Are Questions Many People About Safety Belts-- and the Answem How to Wear Safety Belts Properly Driver Position Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Right Front Passenger Position Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Rear Seat Passengers 1-30 1-32 1-34 1-37 1-49 1-52 1-52 1-52 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults Center Passenger Position Children Child Restraints Larger Children Safety Belt Extender Checking Your Restraint Systems Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash 1-1 Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about seats -- how to the adjust them-- and also about reclining seatbacks and head restraints. Manual Seats You can lose control the vehicle if you try to of adjust a manual driver's seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you Lift the lever under front seat to unlock Slide the the it. don't want to. Adjust the driver's seat only when seat to where you want it. Then release the lever and try the vehicleis not moving. your is to move the seat with body, to make sure the seat locked into place. 1-2 6-Way Power Seat (If Equipped) Move the seat higher by lifting and holding the botto of the button. Lower the seat by pushing and holding top of the button. To move the seat forward, push the rear of the button forward. To move the seat backward, push the front of the button rearward. of Raise the fiont the seat by lifting and holding the bottom front end of the button. Lower the front of t seat by pushing and holding the top front end of the button. Raise the rear of the seat by lifting and holding the bottom rear of the button. Lower the rear of the seat by pushing and holding the top rear of the button. The power seat button is located on the lower, left side of the driver's seat. This button allows you to move the It also seat up, down, forward and backward. moves the front of the seat up or down and the rear of the seat up or down. -. 1-3 , 8, , To adjust the seatback, the lever on the outer side lift of the seat and move the seatback to where you it. want and Release the lever ensure the handle returns to the original position and the seatback securely locked. is 1 1 1up on the lever and the seat will to an go upright position. But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. 1-4 Head Restraints Slide the head restraint or downso that the topof the up .re&@$ is closwt to the top of your ears. This position ieducei the chanceof a neck injury in a crash. Rear Seats Folding Rear Seat 1-5 Safety Belts: They'refor Everyone This part of the manual tells you how use safety belts to should not do properly. It also tellsyou some things you with safety belts. And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS), orair bag system. To open the folding rear seat, open the and pull trunk of of the one or both the tethers located on the left side trunk. The left-hand tether will open the larger of side the seatback. The right-hand tether will open the smaller a side of the seatback. Once tether is pulled, the seatback tu r can be pushed open through the& or pulled open from inside the- vehicle. To close the split folding rear push the seatback up seat, until you hear a click. Then pull on the seatback to make sure it issecure. Don't let anyoneride where heor she can't wear a safety belt properly. you are in a crash and If you're not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can be much worse. can hit things insidethe You vehicle or be ejected from it. can be seriously You injured or killed. In the same crash, you might not beif you are buckled up. Alwaysfasten your safety belt,and check that your passengers' belts are fastened properly too. 1-6 L 4 `I r, Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light'' in the Index.) In most stales.and Canadian provinces,the law saysto They work. wear safety belts. Here's why: You never know if you'll be a crash.Lf you do have a in crash, you don't know if will be a bad one. it A few crashes are mild, and some crashes be so can serious thateven buckled up a person wouldn't survive But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle can survive and sometimes walk up away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed. 30 After more than years of safety beltsin vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot! 1-7 Put someone on it. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's a seat just on wheels. 1-s ...