User manual OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE 1998

The 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue 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 "SRS" system. Features and Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle. 3- 1 4-1 5-1 Comfort Controls Audio and Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and howto operate your audio system. Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the road and howto drive under different conditions. Problems on the Road This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, suchas a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. 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 Customer Assistance Information This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile assistance and how to get service and owner publications. for It also gives you informationon "Reporting Safety Defects" on page8-8. 9- 1 Index Here's an alphabetical listingof almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. i 1 We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBILE Rocket Emblem and the name INTRIGUE are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information the time it at 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 "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. WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION THROUGH Natlonal Institute for AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE For Canadian OwnersWho Prefer a French Language Manual: Aux propriktaires canadiens:Vous pouvez vous procurer un exemplaire dece guide enfraqais chez votre concessionaire ou au: DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1577 Meyerside Drive Mississauga, Ontario LST 1B9 .. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 10422802 A Third Edition @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1998 All Rights Reserved How to Use this Manual Many people readtheir owner's manual from beginning to end when they first receivetheir new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the featuresand controls foryour vehicle. In this manual, you'll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. These mean there something that could hurt is 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. Index A good place to look for what you need is the Index in back of the manual. It's an alphabetical list of what'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 hurtyou if you were to ignore the warning. You will also find a circle with a slash through itin this book. This safety symbol means "Don't,'' "Don't do this'' or "Don't let this happen.'' Vehicle Damage Warnings Also in this book you will find these notices: 1 NOTICE: These mean there something that could is damage your vehicle. In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your warranty, and it couldbe 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. iv These are some of 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 FASTEN SEAT BELTS BURNS SPEAKER DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS A These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: These symbols have t o do with your lamps: These symbols ;II% 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 a TURN SIGNALS e WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER COOLANT TEMP BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM I-1 FUSE LIGHTER n BRAKE () 0 HORN )b( *':**o WINDOW DEFOGGER b SPARK OR FLAME COULD EXPLODE BATTERY ,\I/, ENGINE OIL PRESSURE e, (@) FUEL FOG LAMPS $0 m V VENTILATING FAN ANTI-LOCK BRAKES .@% NOTES vi 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 nut do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 1-5 1-10 1-11 1-11 1-18 1-19 1-19 Seats and Seat Controls Safety Belts: They're forEveryone Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts-- and the Answers How to Wear Safety Belts Properly Driver Position Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy Right Front Passenger Position Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) 1-27 1-30 Rear Seat Passengers Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults Children Child Restraints Larger Children Safety Belt Extender Checking Your Restraint Systems Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash 1-34 1-37 1-48 1-5 1 1-5 1 1-5 1 1-1 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 Sei- A A CAUTION: You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to while the vehicle is adjust a manual driver's seat moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or makeyou push a pedal when you don't want to. Adjust the driver's seat only when the vehicle is not moving. c I Lift the lever under the front of the seat up, using a twisting motion. This will unlock the seat. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the lever. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure the seat is locked into place. 1-2 6-Way PowerSeat ( f I' Equipped) This switch is designed to imitate the movements of your seat cushion. It is located the left on side of the driver's or the right side the of passenger's seat cushion. Reclining Front Seatbacks To move the seatforward or rearward, push the switch forward or rearward. To raise or lower the seat, the push switch up or down.To raise or lower the front portion of your seat, push the front of the switch up or down. To raise or lower the rear portion of your seat, push the rear of the switchup or down. Lift the lever release the seatback, then move the to seatback to where you want it. Release the leverto lock the seatbackin place. Pullup on the lever without pushing on the seatback and the seatback will move forward. 1-3 But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety beltscan't do their job when you're reclined like this. The shoulder belt can't do its job because it won't be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash you could go into it, receiving neck other injuries. or The lap belt can't do its job either. In a crash the belt couldgo up over your abdomen. The belt forceswould be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could causeserious internal injuries. For proper protection when the vehicle isin motion, havethe seatback upright. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly. 1-4 Head Restraints Slide thehead restraint up or down so that the top of the restraint is closest tothe top of your ears. Thisposition reduces the chanceof a neck injury in a crash. 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 Restraint System (SRS), or airbag system. Split Folding Rear Seat Pull the seat tab latch forward to fold down the rear seatback orpull the remote release strapsin the trunk. To return the seat toits original position, push it back up and make sure it latches. Don't let anyone ride where heor 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 hitthings inside the vehicle or be ejectedfrom 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. 1-5 In most states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here's why: They work. It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, people riding in theseareas are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow peopleto ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped with seats and safety belts. Be sure everyone inyour vehicle is in seat and using a a safety belt properly. 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, Inmany 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 areclear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot! - Your vehicle has a light that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. (See "Safety Belt Reminder Light" in the Index.) - 1-6 Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. t Put someone on it. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's justa seat on wheels. - 1-7 P Get it up to speed. Then stop thevehicle. The rider doesn't stop. The person keeps going until stopped by something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ... 1-8 or the instrument 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'swhy safety belts make such good sense. 1-9 Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts-- and the Answers @ Won't I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I'm wearing a safety belt? You could be -- whether you're wearing a safety belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you're upsidedown. 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.' I'm a good driver,and I never drive far from If home, why shouldI wear safety belts? A: 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. Q.' If my vehicle has air bags, why should I 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 air bag 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. 1-10 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly Adults This part is only for peopleof adult size. are know about Be aware that there special things to safety belts and children. And there are different rules for smaller children babies. If a childwill and be riding in your vehicle, see the part this of manual called "Children."Follow those rules for everyone's protection. First, you'llwant to know which restraint systems your vehicle has. We'll start with the driver position. Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. 3. Pick up the latch plate pull thebelt across you. and Don't let it get twisted. The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you very quickly. If this happens, let thebelt go back slightly to unlock it. Then pull the across you belt more slowly. the 4. Push the latch plate into buckle until it clicks. Pull up on the latch plate make sure it is to secure. If the belt isn't long enough, see"Safety Belt Extender" at the end of this section. Lap-Shoulder Belt The driverhas a lap-shoulder belt. Here's how to wear it properly. 1. Close and lock the door. 2. Adjust the seat (to seehow, see "Seats"in the Index) so you can sit up straight. 1-11 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. 5. To make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle end of the belt as you pull up on the shoulder belt. The lap part of the belt shouldbe worn low and snug on the hips,just touching the thighs.In a crash,this applies force to the strong pelvic bones. you'd be less Likely And to slide under thelap belt. If you slid under it, the belt would applyforce at your abdomen. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt shouldgo over the shoulder and across chest. These parts of the the body are best able to take belt restraining forces. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden stop or crash, or if you pull the belt very quickly out of the retractor. 1-12