v) 8 t 3Q I The 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme! Owner's Manual How to Use this Manual : . .~II This section tells you how to use your manual and includes safety and vehicle damage warnings and symbols. Seats and Restraint Systems 1-1 This section tells you how to, use your seats and safety belts properly. explains the "SRS';.system. It also 2-1 Features and Controls This section explains how start and operate .your Oldsmobile. to 3- 1 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This'section tells you how to adjust the `ventilation and comfort conpols and how to operate your audio system. YourDrivingandtheRoad 4-1 Here you'll find information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. 5-1 ProblemsontheRoad This section tells you what .to if you have a problem while driving, such asflat tire or do a overheated engine, etc. Service.and Appearance Care 6- 1 Here the manual tells you how to keep your Oldsmobile running properly and looking good. 7-1 Maintenanceschedule... This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. Customer Assistance Information 8-1 This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile for assistance and to get service publications. how 8-4. It also gives you infomation on "Reporting Safety Defects" on page 9-1 Index Here's an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. can use itto quickly find You something you want to read. ..................................... ........................ ... ........................................................... ................................................................ .................................................. ........................................................... ............................................................... .......................................................... ............................................................ ..................................................... .............................................................................. I We support voluntary technician certification. 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Aux propridtaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer , un exemplaire de ce guide en fransais chez votre concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario 1C7. -L5T . Litho i U.S.A. n Part No. 22647449 A Second Edition 'Copyright General Motors Corporation 1994 All Rights Reserved ' . ./ Vehicle Damage Warnings Also in this book you will find these notices: In the notice area, we tell about sometlung that can you damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your warranty, andit could be cos'tly. But thenotice'will teil you what to do to help avoid the damage. When youread other'manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings diffei-ent colors or in in different words. NOTICE: These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle. You'll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use yellow for cautions, bluefor notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. . Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. 3. These symbols are used on warning and indicator lights: Here are some other symbols you may see: FUSE For example, these sym%ols are used on an original battery: CAUTION POSSIBLE INJURY PROTECT EYES BY SHIELDING CAUSTIC 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 TURN SIGNALS e pf WINDSHIELD WASHER 6$ 'r' -4 I BAllERY CHARGING SYSTEM BRAKE RADIATOR COOLANT ,1 I RADIO VOLUME z: A ;p WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER (a) 3 a4 CONDITIONING AIR h ak BURNS POWER WINDOW n- HAZARD WARNING FLASHER SPARKS OR FLAMES SPARK OR FLAME COULD EXPLODE BATTERY HIGH BEAM LAMPSoR ,I#$, A =o = 30 ' REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER VENTILATING . FAN b ENGINE OIL PRESSURE W LIGHTER k . TEMP OIL FOG LAMPS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE () @ SPEAKER b V I . ` . lllll 1) 11 Section 1 Seats and Restraint 'Systems Here you'll find information about the 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. Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you how to adjust the seats and explains reclining seatbacks, folding rear seats and head restraints. Manual Front Seat Lift the bar under the front the seat to unlock it. Slide of the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure the seat is locked in place. 1-1 Power Seat (Option) Reclining Front Seatbacks(2-Door Models) .: FRONT (A): Raise thefront of the seatby holding the switch up. Hold the switch'down to lower the front of the seat. CENTER (B): Move the seat forward or back by holding the control to the front or back. Raise or lower the seatby holding the control up or down. REAR (C): Raise the rearof the 'seat holding the by switch up. Hold the switch down lower the rearof the to seat. Lift the lever to release the seatback, then move the seatback'to where you wantit. Release the lever to lock the seatbackin place: Pull up on the lever withyut pushing on the seatback, and seatback will move the forward. ' .Reclining Front Seatbacks (4-DOor Models) Lift the leverto release the seatback, themmove the seatback to where want it. Release the lever to you lock the seatback in place. Pull up the lever without on and pushing on the seatback, the seatback will move forwgrd. But don'thave/,aseatback reclined: if your vehicle is moving. 1-4 . , I Seatback Latches (2=Door,Models) The front seat folds forward to let people get into the back seat. Your seatback will move back and forth freely, unless YQU come to a sudden stop. Then will it lock in place. I If your vehicleis parked facing down fairly steephill, a the seatback may not fold without some help you. from To fold thelocked seatback forward, push the seatback toward the rear and this latch. Then the seatback will lift fold forward. The latch must be down for the seat to work properly. Head Restraints Slide the head restraint up down so that the topof the or restraint is closest to the topof your ears. This position reduces the chance a neck injuryin a crash: of /' , Split Folding Rear Seat (Option) Safety, Belts: They're for Everyone `Thispart of the manual tells you how to use safety bel& properly. It qlso tells yousome things you',shouldnot do with safety beltsi And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System, or "air bag'"system. I' ', , . . I Your vehicle has a light-that comes on as,areminder to buckle up. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) You never knowif you'll be, a crash.If you do have a in crash, you don't know it will be a badone. if A few crashes are mild, and some crashes canbe so serious that even buckled a person wouldn't survive. up But most crashes are between. In many of them, in people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed. After more than25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes bucklingup does matter ... a lot!. , In many states andCanadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. 1-7 Put someoneon it. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's a seat on just wheels. 1-8 Get it up to speed.Then stop the vehicle.The rider doesn't stop. by The person keeps going until stopped something. In a real vehicle, could be the windshield... it . 1-9 Here Are Questions Many People Ask @ -About Safety Belts and the Answers A: &: Won't I be trappedin the vehicle after an accident ifI'm wearing a safety belt? If I'm,a good driver, and never drive far from I 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 accidentsoccur within 25 miles (40 k ) m of home. And the greatest number serious injuries of and deathsoccur .at speeds of less than 40 mph (65 km/fi). Safety belts are everyone. for , A: You could be, -- whether you're wearing a safety 1 belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safetybelt, even if you're upside down. And yourchance of being conscious during and after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. &.' Why don't theyjust put in air bags people so won't have to wear safety belts? A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in more of them in the future.But they are supplemental'systemsonly; so they work with ,safety belts-- not instead of them. Everyair bag system ever offered for sale has required use of the safety belts.Even if you're in a vehicle that has air bags, you stillhave to buckle up to getthe most protection. That's true only in frontal collisions, not but especially inside and other collisions. 1-11 How to ,Wear Safety Belts Properlv Adults This part is anly 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. a child will be riding, If in your, Oldsmobile, .see the part manual called of this "Children." Follow those rules everyone's for protection. ' , I First, you'll want to &ow which restraintlsysterns your vehicle has. We'll start with driver position. the Driver Position Lap-Shodder Belt , . I This part describes the driver's restraint system. 3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Don't letit get twisted. The driver hasa'lap-shoulderbelt. Here'show to wear it properly. slowly. 1. Close and lock the door. ' The shoulder belt may lock you pull thebelt across if you very quickly.If this happens,let the beltgo back slightly to unlock Then pull the belt across' it. you more \ 2.- `Adjustthe seat (tosee how, see "Seats" in the Index) so you can sit up straight. , -1-12