User manual OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE 1994

.. .. 8 Customer Assistance Information 9 Index 1 9 SILHOUETTE 94 OWNER'S .. . . . . 249 Includes "Reporting Safety Defects" on page 252 ...... I . 263 Last Page 22586100 Service Station Information . MANUAL First Edition Important Notes About this Manual Please keep this manual in your Oldsmobile, so it will be there if you ever needit when you'reon the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new owner can useit. 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. Published by Oldsmobile Division General Motors Corporation 920 Townsend Street Lansing, Michigan 48921 The wordOlds?mbiZeand the Oldsmobile rocket emblem are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. The wordDeLco is a registered trademarkof General Motors Corporation. 0 Copyright 1993 General Motors Corporation, Oldsmobile Division. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. he Heritage of lldsmobile Engineering with a purpose. It's at ne heart of every Oldsmobile.Your new Ildsmobile continues a 97-year tradition f engineering excellence. That tradition was born in Lansing, 2 Iichigan, on August I, 1897, when :ansom E. Olds began building a .orseless carriage "in nearly a perfect as lanner as possible." Soon, Oldsmobiles olled off the nation's first assembly line. Innovation and refinement have lways set Oldsmobiles apart. In 1939, Ildsmobile introducedthe celebrated [ydra-Matic transmission, a four-speed Irerunner of today's advanced systems. I 1948, the high-spirited RocketV8 ngine set standards for performance. A Step Ahead In 1966, Toronado made front-wheeldrive news, including Motor Trend's "Carof the Year.'' Still breakingnew ground, the 1974 "Toro"became the first a car equipped with production "air bag." Recent Oldsmobileengineerhg has created exciting advancements like 4 the responsive Quad engine. Versionsof the 4-cylinder, 16-valve Quad propelled 4 Oldsmobiles onroads and racetracks to new standards of economy and performance. Today, the all-wheel-drive security of SmartTrak in the Oldsmobile Bravada continues that proud traditionof rneaningfid technology. T h eS e c u r i t y o f OwnerSatisfaction 've J. D. Rock General Manager How to Use this Manual MANY PEOPLE READ THEIR OWNER'S Part 1: Seats & Restraint Systems manual from beginning end when to This part tells you how to use your they first receive their new vehicle. seats andsafety belts properly. This wdl help you learn about the features and controls for your vehicle. Part 2: Features 8 Controls This part explains howto start and In this manual, you'll find that operate your Oldsmobile. pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio Systems There are nine parts with thumbThis part tells you how to adjust the tabbed pages in this manual. ventilation and comfort controls and Each part begins with a brief list of how to operate your audio system. contents, so you can usually tell at a glance if that part contains the information you want. You can bend the manual slightly to reveal the tabs thathelp you find a part. Part 4: Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the road and to how drive under different conditions. Part 5: Problems on the Road This part tells you what to doif you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating. 6 Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Here the manual tells howto keep you your Oldsmobile running properly and looking good. Part 7: Maintenance Schedule This part tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and whatfluids and lubricants to use. Part 8: Customer Assistance Information This part includes important information about reporting safety defects and givesyou details about the "Roadside Assistance" program. You will also find customer satisfaction phone numbers (including customer satisfaction numbers for the hearing and speech impaired) as well as themediation/ arbitration procedure. We'vealso included ordering information for service publications in this part. Part 9: Index Here's an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. Service Station Information: This is a quick referenceof service information. You can find it on the last page of this manual. 7 How to Use this Manual Safety Warnings and Symbols You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box with gray background 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 it in this book. This safety symbol means: Don't Don't do this Don't let this happen In the notice area, tell you about we something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be coveredby your warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the damage. W e n you read other manuals,you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings indifferent colors or in different words. Vehic/e Damage Warnings Also, in this book you will find In the gray caution area, tell we these notices: you what the hazard is. Then tell we you what to do to help avoid or reduceNOTICE: These mean there is something the hazard. Please read these cautions. that could damage your vehicle. If you don't, you or others could be hurt. You'll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They useyellow for cautions, blue for notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. 8 Vehicle Symbols These are someof the symbols you will find on your vehicle. For example, these symbols are used on an original battery: These symbols are important you for and your passengers whenever your vehicle is driven: These symbols have to with your do lights: Caution Possible Injury Protect Eyes by Shielding Caustic Battery Acid Could Cause Burns Avoid Sparks or Flames Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery A Master Lighting Switch Fasten SafetyBelts Turn Signal Direction Air Bag(s) Hazard Warning Flashers Door LockfUnlock Headlight High Beam A pf 8 Liftgate Ajar Sliding Door Ajar Parking Lights Fog Lights Reading Lights 9 How to Use this Manual These symbols are some of your on controls: Windshield Wipers Windshield Washer Windshield Defroster Fuel Rear Window Defogger Engine Oil Pressure Rear Window Wiper Brake Rear Window Washer Ventilating Fan Power Window AntXock Brakes Hood Release These symbols are used warning on and indicator lights: Engine Coolant Temperature Here are some other symbols you may see: Fuse Lighter Horn w Battery Charging System p3 Speaker 3f 10 ....... Part 1 Seats & Restraint Systems Seats and SeatControls ............................................................................................ Removing and Replacing Rear Seats ........................................................................ Safety Belts ................................................................................................................ How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .......................................................................... Driver Position .......................................................................................................... Supplemental Restraint System (Air Bag) ............................................................... Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ........................................................................... Right Front Passenger Position ................................................................................ Rear Seat Passengers ................................................................................................ Children ..................................................................................................................... Smaller Children and Babies .................................................................................... Child Restraints ......................................................................................................... Larger Children ......................................................................................................... Safety Belt Extender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................................. Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ....... 12 15 18 Here you'll find information about the seats inyour Oldsmobile and how to use your safety belts properly . You can also learn about some things you should not do with safety . belts 22 22 26 30 30 30 34 34 35 39 41 41 Seats & Restraint Systems Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seatshow to adjust them, take them put out, them back in, and fold them up and down. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................... :. Manual Front Seats Pull up the lever on the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat towhere you want it. Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place. Four-Way Manual Seat The driver's seat can be adjusted four ways. Use the lever on the front of the seat to adjust the seatforward or back (see Manual Front Seats earlier in this section). To raise the driver's seat, pull up the lever on the side of the seat. To lower the seat,push the lever down. 12 Six-Way Power Seat(OPTION) To adjust the driver's six-way power seat: Front Control (A):Raise the front of the seat by holding the switch up. Hold the switch down to lower the front of the seat. Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or back byholding the control to thefront orback. Raise or lower the seat by holding the control up or down. Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding the switch up. Hold the switch down tolower the rear of the seat. Reclining Front Seatbacks To adjust the seatback, rotate this o b . h But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. 13 Seats & Restraint Svstems J I Head Restraints Slide the head restraint up or down so that that the top the restraint is of closest to the topof your ears. This position reduces the chanceof a neck injury in a crash. 14 Removable Rear Bucket Seats There are three types of rear bucket seats: RIGHT ONLY, CENTER OR LEFT, and LEFT ONLY. RIGHT ONLY and LEFT ONLY seats may be equipped withthe built-in child restraint option. The rear bucket seats can removed to be provide extra storage. Each seat that has thebuilt-in child restraint option fits in only one location in your vehicle, but seats that don't have the built-in child restraint canbe moved to different floor locations. The back of each seat has a diagram (similar to the one above) that shows wherethe seat must be locatedin your vehicle. I RIGHT ONLY seats that don't have the built-in child restraint fit only in the right locations. LEFT ONLY seats that don't have the built-in child restraint fit only in theleft locations. The CENTER OR LEFT seat fits in center location the and ineither left location. RIGHT ONLY seats thathave the built-in child restraint option fit onlyin the rear set floor pins in the of right location of the second row. LEFT ONLY seats thathave the built-in child restraint option fit only in the rear set of floor pins in the left location of the second row. To install third row seats, the second row seats mustbe tilted forward or removed. Don't put the seats in the wrong locations. 0 Entry to Third Row Bucket Seats The RIGHT ONLY seats have a lower lever to tilt the seat forward. To get into third row seats, pushback the lower lever on theRIGHT ONLY seat nearest the sliding door and tilt the seat forward. Thenpull the seatback and check that itlocks into place. 15 Seats & Restraint Systems To get out of the third row seats, push down on the rear release bar under the seat aheadof you to tilt the seat forward. Removing Rear Bucket Seats Removing the RIGHTONLY Seats: 1. Lift the upper lever to fold the seatback forward. 2 Push the lower lever back so the . entire seat and seatback tilt forward. 3.Then, from behind the seat, squeeze the front release bar toward the crossbar. The seat will release from the floor pins. 16 I. G Removing LEFT ONLY and CENTER OR LEFT Seats: 1. Lift the upper lever to fold the seatback forward. 3 Then, from behind the seat, squeeze . the front release bar toward the crossbar. The seat release from will the floor pins. adjusting Rear Seats Each rear seat location has two setsof floor pins. Seats equipped with the built-in child restraint option must be secured in the rear set of floor pins. Seats that don't have the built-in child restraint can be secured in either set of floor pins. Move the position of these seats up or back to provide a little more room behind or in front of a seat. 2. Push down on the rear release bar The entire seat tilt forward. will 17 Seats & Restraint Systems 1CAUTION - Safety Belts: Zkey%e 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, or "air bag" system. Zeplacing Rear Bucket Seats 1. With the entire seattilted forward, place the fronthooks of the seat latch :allow the diagram on the back of the onto the front floor pins. eats to replace the seats in their proper 2. Firmly press the rear hooks onto the xation. rear floor pins. The seat should lock ;ee Removable Rear Bucket Seats into position. arlier in this part. . Ion`t try to place the seatsin baclnvard, 3 Lift the upper lever and pull up on the seatbacls. until it loclts upright. lecause they won't latch that way. 4. Push and pull on the seat to check that it is locked. 5. Check to see that you have put the seats into the proper location, according to the label on each seat. If not, the seats may not latch properly, and your passengers may not have the proper safety belt. 18