I The 1996 OldsmobileEighty-EightOwner'sManual .............................................................. This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. explains the "SRS" system. It also FeaturesandControls .................................................................. This section explains `how start and operate your Oldsmobile. to Comfort Controls and Audio Systems ..................................................... This section tells you how adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your to Seats and Restraint Systems audio system. 1-1 2-1 3-1 4-1 .............................................................. Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. 5-1 ProblemsontheRoad .................................................................. YourDrivingandtheRoad ............................................................ 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. 8-1 Customer Assistance Information ........................................................ This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile assistance and how to get service and owner publications. for Service and Appearance Care It also givesyou information on "Reporting Safety Defects" on page 8-7. This section tells you what to if you have a problem while driving, such asflat tire or do a overheated engine, etc. Index ................................................................................ Here's an alphabetical listing almost every subjectin this manual.You can useit to quickly find of something you want to read. 9-1 i We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS,GM and theG$ Emblem, OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBILE Rocket Emblem and the name EIGHTY-EIGHT are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at the it time was printed.We reserve the right to make changesthe in product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada,, substitute the name "General Motorsof Canada Limited" Oldsmobile for Division wheneverit appears in this manual. Please keepthis manual in your Oldsmobile,so it will be thereif you ever needit when you're on the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual so the in it owner new it.can use 1 WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARYTECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION THROUGH National Institutefor AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a French Language Manual: Aux propriktaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire de guide en frangais chez ce votre concessionaireou au: -DGNMarketing Services Ltd. 1500 Bonhill Rd. Mississauga, OntarioLST 1C7 ,4 Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 22640104.A First Edition D. I . @Copyright General Motors Corporation 1995 All Rights Reserved II How to Use This Manual Many people read their owner's manual beginning from If to end when theyfirst receive their new vehicle. you do this, it will help you learn about features and the this controls for your vehicle. In manual, you'll find that pictures and words work together explain things to quickly. These mean there something thatcould hurt is you or other people. Index A good place to look what you need is Index in for the the back of the manual. It's an alphabetical of all list that's in the manual, and page number where you'll the find it. In the caution area,we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to to help avoidor reduce the do If or hazard. Please read these cautions. you don't, you others could be hurt. Safety Warnings and Symbols You will find a numberof safety cautionsin this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt if you were to ignore you the warning. 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." iil Vehicle Damage Warnings Also in this book you find these notices: will I NOTICE: These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle. In the notice area, we you about something that can tell this damage your vehicle. Many times, damage would not be cov&&d your warranty, and could be costly. by it But the notice will tell what todo to help avoid the you damage. When you read other manuals, you 'might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or different in words. You'll also see warning labels your vehicle. They use on the same words, CAUTION NOTICE. or iv Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbolsyou 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 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: WIPER w These symbols are used on warning and indicator lights: Here are some other symbols you may see: DOOR LOCK UNLOCK TURN SIGNALS ee WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER COOLANT TEMP BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM I-1 FUSE LIGHTER m FASTEN .SEAT BELTS BRAKE COOLANT POWER WINDOW WINDOW DEFOGGER ENGINE OIL PRESSURE ,\I/, FOG LAMPS a c> w, SPEAKER. FUEL * e 3 (a) () @ HORN )a( $0 ANTI-LOCK BRAKES V NOTES vi. Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you'llfind information about the seats your in Oldsmobile and how use your safety belts properly. to You can also learn about some things should not do you with air bags and safety belts. Manual Front Seat Seats and Seat Controls This section .tells you about seats -- how to the adjust them -- and also about reclining seatbacks and head restraints. 'A .- CAUTION: I I I You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to 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 don't want `to. Adjust the driver's seat only when thevehicleisnotmoving. ~ Pull up on the control bar under the front the seat to of unlock it.Slide the seat to where you want it. Then release the bar,and try to movethe seat with your body, to make sure seat is locked into place. the 1-1 Power Seat (Option) Reclining Front 'Seatbacks To adjust the power seat: Seat Control(A): Raise the front of the seatby holding the front of the switch up. Lower the front of the seat by holding thefront of the switch down. 1- I Raise the rear the seatby holdingthe rear of the of switch up. Lowerthe rear of the seatby holding the rear of the switch down. Move the seat higher by holding the switch up. Lower To adjust the seatback, lift the leveron the outer side of the seatby holding the switch down. the seat and move the seatback where you want it. to Release the lever to lock the seatback. up on the hll Move the seat forward holding the switch forward., by lever and the seat will to an upright position. go Move the seat back by holding the switch back. Seatback Control(B):Tilt the seatback forward by holding the switch forward. Tilt seatback backward the bv holding the switch back. But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. Sitting in reclined position when your vehicle is a in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can't do their job when you're reclined likethis. The shoulder belt can't do its job because it won't be against yourbody. Instead, itwill be in f r w t 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, notat 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 seat and wear your the safety belt properly. 1-3 Head Restraints Slide the head restraint up or downthat the top of the so restraint is closest to the top your ears. of This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. On some models, head restraintstilt forward and the rearward also. Don't let anyone ride where or can't wear he she a safety beltproperly. If you are in a crash,and you're not wearinga safety belt, your injuries can be much worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected fromit. You can be seriously injured or killed. In the same crash, might you not be if you are buckled up. Alwaysfasten your safety belt, and check that yourpassengers" belts are fastened properlytoo. L Safety Belts: They'refor Everyone This part of the manual tells you to use safety belts how -do properly. It also tells you some things you should not with safety belts. h d it explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS), or air bag system. comes on as a reminder to buckle ug. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" h the Index.) A . in When you ride or on anything, yougo as fast as ._ It goes. In most states and Canadian provinces, the law says to They work. wear safety belts. Here's why: You never know if you'll bein a crash.If you do have a crash, you don't know if will be a bad one. it A few crashesare mild, and some crashes can so be serious thateven buckled up a person wouldn't survive. But most crashes are between. In many them, in of people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's a seat just After more than years of safety beltsin vehicles, 25 on wheels. the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot! Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop vehicle. The rider the doesn't stop. The peyson keeps g o i q til stopped by som&hing. I a real vehicle, it could be thewindshield ..: n or the instrument panel.L. Here ,.Are_Que'stions Many Peaple Ask About Safety B,<s, and thk,Answers -Won't I be trappedin the vehicle after an accident ifI'm wearing a safety belt3 " A:, ,You could be -- whether-you're wearing a safety But belt or not. you can unbuckle a safety belt, And your chanceof even if you're upside down. behg conscious during and after. accident, so an you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if youarebelted. . . ' '# 1f:my vehicle'has, bags, why shouldI have to air wear 'safety belts-? . A: or'the safety belts!. , # ' I . , With-safety belts, you slow downas the vehicledoes.safetybelts YOU get mare time to .stop. YOU stop over more distance,, and yow strQngestbonestakethe farces. "hat's.whysafety belts m k such good sense. ae ' Air bags arein many vehicles todayand will be in most of them in the But are future. they supplemental systems only; so they work with -- notinstead of them.'Every air bag ., system ever offered for sale has required the use of. safetybelts.Even if you're a vehicle' that has air 'in bags, youstill have to buckle up to,get the most protection. That'strue,notonly in frontal collisions, but especiallyin side and other collisions. 1-8 I ' &: A: 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 Adults This partis only for people of adult size. Be aware that there are special things to know about safety belts and children. there are different rules And If for smaller children and babies. a child will be riding in your Oldsmobile, the part of this manual called see for "Children." Follow those rules everyone's protection. First, you'll want know which restraint systems your to vehicle has. We'll start with the driver position. You may be an excellent driver, but if you're in an accident -- even one that isn't your faultyou and -your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver doesn't protect from things beyond your you control, suchas bad drivers. Mosbaccidents occur within miles (40 k ) 25 m of home. And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur speeds of less than at 40 mph (65 km/h). Safety belts are everyone. for Driver Position This part describes driver's restraint system. the Lap-Shoulder Belt The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here's how toit we properly. 1. Close and lock the door. 2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see "Seats" thejlndex) in so you can sit up straight. I 3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across`you. Don't let it get twisted. 4. Push the latch plate &to buckle until it clicks. the Pull up on the latch plate make sureit is secure. If to the belt isn't long enough, see "Safety Belt Extender'' at the end this section. of Make sure the release button on the buckle is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety bel ...