Oldsmobile 1998 Owner's manual

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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.
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
if
you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc.
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.
Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile for assistance and how to get service and owner publications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page
8-8.
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.
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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.
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
“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.
Litho in U.S.A.
Part
No. 22656197
B
First Edition
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SUPPORT
VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN
CERTIFICATION THROUGH
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Institute
for
AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE
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suppxt voluntary
technician
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Who
Prefer
a
French Language Manual:
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procurer un exemplaire de
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@Copyright General Motors Corporation 1997
All Rights Reserved
How
to
Use
this
Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to end when they first receive their new vehicle.
If
you
do this, it will help you learn about the features and
controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll fiid
that pictures and words work together
to
explain
things quickly.
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 hurt you
if
you were to ignore
the warning.
These mean there
is
something that
could
hurt
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.
You will also find a circle
with a slash through it in
this
book. This safety
symbol means “Don’t,”
“Don’t do this” or “Don’t
let
this happen.”
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Vehicle
Symbols
These
are
some
of
the symbols you
may
find
on
your
vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE
A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT
EYESBY
@
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACID COULD
BAllERY
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS OR
FLAM€S
SPARK OR
,\I/,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BAllERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
UNLOCK
Pa
SEAT
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
.;/
AIR BAG
p\
These symbols
have to do with
your lamps:
SIGNALS
e
TURN
RUNNING
*
0
DAYTIME
-
LAMPS
.**
FOG LAMPS
$0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD
wm
Q
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
VENTILATING
*
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FAN
4
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT
TEMP
-
CHARGING
I-1
BAlTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(0)
ENGINE OIL
e,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK
(@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
LIGHTER
m
HORN
)tr
SPEAKER
b
FUEL
p3
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NOTES
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Section
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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.
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Seats and Seat Controls
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
Here Are Questions Many People
Ask
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
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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
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Seats and Seat Controls
This
section tells you about the seats
--
how to
adjust them
--
and
also
about reclining seatbacks
and head restraints.
Manual
Seats
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
the vehicle is not moving.
Lift the lever under the front seat to unlock
it.
Slide
the
seat to where 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.
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6-Way
Power
Seat
(If
Equipped)
The power seat button is located on the lower, left side
of the driver's seat. This button allows you to move the
seat up, down, forward and backward.
It
also moves the
front of the seat up or down and the rear of the seat up
or down.
Move the seat higher by lifting and holding the bottom
of the button. Lower the seat by pushing and holding the
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.
Raise the fiont
of
the seat by lifting and holding the
bottom front end of the button. Lower the front of the
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.
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8,
,
To
adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side
of
the seat and move the seatback to where you want it.
Release the lever
and
ensure the handle returns to the
original position and the seatback is securely locked.
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up
on
the lever and the seat will
go
to an
upright position.
But
don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle
is
moving.
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Head Restraints
Slide the head restraint
up
or down
so
that
the top
of
the
.re&@$
is
closwt
to
the
top
of
your
ears.
This
position
ieducei the chance
of
a
neck
injury
in
a
crash.
Rear
Seats
Folding
Rear
Seat
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To open the folding rear seat, open the
trunk
and pull
one or both
of
the tethers located on the left side of the
trunk.
The left-hand tether will open the larger side of
the seatback. The right-hand tether will open the smaller
side
of
the seatback. Once a tether is pulled, the seatback
can be pushed open through the
tru&
or pulled open
from
inside the- vehicle.
To
close the split folding rear seat, push the seatback up
until
you
hear a click. Then pull on the seatback to make
sure it is secure.
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
air
bag system.
Don’t let anyone ride where he or 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 hit things inside the
vehicle or be ejected from 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.
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Your
vehicle has a light
that comes on as a reminder
to buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Light’’ in
the Index.)
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r,
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In
most stales .and Canadian provinces, the law says to
wear safety belts. Here’s why:
They
work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash.
Lf
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. In many 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
are
clear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter
...
a lot!
1-7
Take
the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat
on
wheels.
Put
someone
on
it.
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