Buick 1994 LeSabre Owner's manual

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The
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Owner's
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Walter
Marr
and
Thomas
Buick
Buick’s chief engineer, Walter
L.
Marr (left), and
Thomas D. Buick, son of founder David Dunbar Buick,
drove
the
first Flint Buick in a successful Flint-Detroit
round trip
in
July 1904.
David Buick was building gasoline engines by 1899,
and Marr, his engineer, apparently built the first auto to
be called a Buick
in
1900. However, Buick traditionally
dates its beginnings to 1903. That was
the
year
the
company was reorganized, refinanced and moved from
Detroit to
Flint.
Buick has always been a product
innovator. Buick engineers developed the
“valve-in-head” engine,
a
light, powerful and reliable
engine which would eventually influence the entire
automotive industry.
William
C.
Durant was instrumental
in
promoting
Buicks across
the
country using his Durant-Dort
Carriage
Co.
outlets and salespeople as the nucleus
of
a
giant distribution system. He knew the Buick as
a
“~elf-seller~’.
If
automobiles could be this good, he
thought, maybe
it
was time to switch from the horse and
buggy business to automobiles.
William
C.
(Billy)
Durant
At the 1905, New York
Auto Show, Durant took
orders for 1,000 Buicks
before the company had
built
40.
On Buick’s
success, Durant created a
holding company,
September
16,
1908.
He
called it General Motors.
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In World War
11,
Buick built aircraft engines, tanks and
other military hardware.
This
post-war period brought
great styling and engineering changes
which
resulted
in
increased sales. The torque converter automatic
transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced
in
the 1948
Roadmaster. Buick’s famous “portholes” came along
in
1949.
1949
Roadmaster
A
high-compression
V-8
engine was introduced in 1953.
And Buick’s famous
vertical
pillar
“toothy”
grille,
(introduced
in
1942), became more massive
in
the
post-war era.
19.53
Skylark
Motor Trend magazine named the
1962
Buick Special,
“Car of the Year”. The first production
V-6
engine was
used
in
the Special.
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1962
Buick Special
Built inside the walls
of
the old buildings in Buick’s
former Flint complex, which formed the cornerstone of
General Motors, Buick City, is a state-of-the-art
assembly facility with more than
200
robots and other
high-tech equipment.
It
was completed in the fall of
1985.
Buicks are, and will continue to be, premium American
motorcars with smooth power, high performance, rich
detail and comfortable accommodation.
Ed
Mertz, General Manager, Buick Motor Division
Our mission
is
simple:
“Buick will provide Premium American Motorcars
backed with services that exceed our customers’
expectations, throughout the purchase, ownership,
service and repurchase experience.”
Buicks are SUBSTANTIAL.
Buicks are DISTINCTIVE.
Buicks are POWERFUL.
Buicks are MATURE.
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Table
of
Contents
How
to Use
this
Manual
................................................................
10
This part tells you
how
to
use
your
manual
and
includes safety and vehicle damage warnings and symbols.
Seats and Restraint Systems
.............................................................
13
This part
tells
you how to use your seats and safety
belts
properly.
It
also oxplains the
"SRS"
system.
FeaturesandControls
..................................................................
61
This
part
explains how
to
start and operate your Buick.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
.....................................................
119
This part tells you how
to
adjust ;he ventilation and comfort controls and
how
to
operate your
sound systeln.
YourIIrivingandtheRoad
..............................................................
147
Here you'll
find
helpful information and
tips
about the road and how to drive under difterent conditions.
Problems on the Road
..................................................................
181
This part tells you what
to
do
if
you have
a
problem while driving, such
as
a
flat tire or engine
overheating, etc.
Here the manual tells you
how
to
keep your Buick running properly and looking good.
Service and Appearance Care..
..........................................................
213
Maintenanceschedule
..................................................................
265
Customer Assistance Information
........................................................
287
This part tells you when
to
perform vehicle maintenance and what
fluids
and
lubricants
to
use.
This
part
tells you how
to
contact Buick for assistance and how
to
get service publications.
It
also
c
cives you information on "Reporting
SaI'ety
Defects"
on
page
287.
Here's
an
alphabetical
listing
of'
almost every
subject
in
this manual.
You
can
use
it
to
quickly find
something you want
to
read.
Index
................................................................................
295
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How
to
Use
This
Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to
end when they first receive
their
new vehicle. This
will help you learn about the features and controls for
your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures
and words work together
to
explain things quickly.
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
hurt
you
if
you were to ignore the warning.
In the gray 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 Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find these notices:
NOTICE:
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 could be 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
yellow for cautions, blue for notices and the words
CAUTION
or NOTICE.
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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
EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR
,111,
FLAME
COULD
EXPLODE
BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle is
driven:
DOOR
LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN SEAT
6
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
These symbols
have
to
do with
your lights:
SIGNALS
e
TURN
PARKING
p'
LIGHTS
HIGHBEAM
OR
=
=o
FOG LAMPS
$0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WIPER
w
t0
'r'
i
WINDSHIELD-
WASHER
I
WINDsHIELDw
DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING
FAN
These
symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT
F-
TEMP
--
ENGINE
CHARGING
I-1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
0
RADIATOR
0
COOLANT
FUEL
ENGINE OIL
eb
PRESSURE
TEMP OIL
4%
ANTILOCK
(@)
BRAKE
Here
are
some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
111
111
SELECTOR
RADIO
RADIO
VOLUME
CONDITIONING
AIR
a
LIGHTER
m
SPEAKER
b
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Part
1
Seats and Restraint
Systems
Here you’ll find information about
the
seats
in
your Buick and how to use your safety belts properly
.
You can also
learn about some things
you
should
not
do with safety belts
.
Part
1
includes:
SeatsandSeatControls
.............................................................
HeadRestraints
...................................................................
SafetyBelts
......................................................................
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
....................................................
Lap-ShoulderBelt
.................................................................
Supplemental Restraint System (Air bag)
...............................................
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
.....................................................
Children
.........................................................................
Smaller Children and Babies
....................................................
Child Restraints
..............................................................
LargerChildren
...............................................................
SafetyBeltExtender
................................................................
Checking Your Restraint System
......................................................
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
...................................................
14
17
17
24
25
33
39
45
45
47
57
59
59
60
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Seats
and
Seat
Controls
This section tells
you
about the seats
--
how
to
adjust
them, and also about reclining front seatbacks, and head
restraints.
Manual
Seat
Move 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.
1A
Power Seat
(Option)
The power seat controls are located on the armrest.
Front Control
(F):
Raise the front of the seat
by
pushing the left side
of
the switch Push the right side
of
the switch
to
lower the front
of
the seat.
Center Control (C):
Move the seat forward or back by
holding the control to the front
or
back. Raise the seat
by
holding the control to the left. Hold the control
to
the
right to lower the seat.
Rear Control (R):
Raise
the
rear of the seat
by
holding
the switch to the left. Holding
the
switch to the right
lowers
the
rear of the seat.
Reclining
Front
Seatback(s)
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
to
lock the seatback. Pull
up
on the
lever and the seat
will
go
to an upright position.
15
But don't have
a
seatback reclined
if
your
vehicle
is
moving.
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Head Restraints
1
Slide the head restraint up or down
so
that the top
of
the
restraint is closest to the top
of
your ears. This position
reduces the chance
of
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, or
“air bag” system.
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A
This figure lights up as a reminder
to
buckle up. (See
“Safety Belt Reminder Light” in the Index.)
In many states 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.
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. 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
25
years of safety belts
in
vehicles, the
facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter
...
a lot!
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