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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 Buick.
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 information 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 Buick 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 Buick 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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BUICK
GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, BUICK,
the BUICK Emblem and the name
RIVERA
are
.:
registered trademarks
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 Buick Motor
.
Division whenever
it
appears in this manual.
.Please keep
this
manual in your Buick,
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.
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First Edition
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Canadian Owners
Who
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@Copyright General Motors Corporation
1996
All Rights Reserved
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
Mar,
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
William
C.
(Billy)
Durant
company was reorganized, refinanced and moved from
Detroit
to
Flint. Buick has always been a product
innovator. Buick engineers developed the
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Durant also created a racing team that won
500
racing
trophies in 1909 and 1910, including successes at
'Indianapolis two years before the Indy
500
began.
The success of Buick engines was visible not only on
the race track, but in endurance tests across the country
and around the world. Buick was the only car to
complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-New York race
in
1906.
And
a
Buick was the first
car
to travel across
South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
over the Andes to Santiago, Chile in 1914.
1911
Model
21
Touring
Car
on
Buick's
Test Hill
Buick drew plenty of attention because
it
could climb
hills and run through mud like no other car. Buick's
endurance and reliability were world famous.
During World War
I,
Buick built Liberty aircraft engines
as well as Red Cross ambulances
so
successfully that
one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre
by the French government.
As a builder of premier automobiles, Buick was hard hit
by the Great Depression. However, new General
Manager Harlow H. Curtice created popular new models
including the Special and the Roadmaster. Buick sales
soon flourished.
First Buick Factory
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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”
@e
(introduced in
1942)
became more massive
in
the
post-war era.
I953
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
PREMIUM.
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Safety
Warnings
and
Symbols
%
You
will
also
find
a
circle
I
with
a.
slash^
through
it
in
this
book.
This
safety
symbAol
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:
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NOTICE:
These mean there is something that could
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 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
the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.
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Vehicle
Symbm
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
,\I/,
COULD
FLAME
EXPLODE
BAllERY
These symbols
are important
for
you
and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN
SEAT
BELTS
These symbols
have to do with
your lamps:
SIGNALS
e
TURN
PARKING
LAMPS
FOG LAMPS
$0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
VENTILATING
FAN
These symDols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT
-
TEMP
-
CHARGING
I-1
BAllERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(a)
COOLANT
a
ENGINE OIL
e,
PRESSURE
ANTI-LOCK
(@I
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
LIGHTER
n
HORN
)cr
SPEAKER
b
FUEL
E$
X
Seats and Seat Controls
This
section tells you about the seats
--
how to adjust
them, and also about memory seats, reclining seatbacks
and head restraints.
0
Raise or lower the front of the seat by holding the
front part of the horizontal control up
or
down.
0
Raise or lower the rear of the seat by holding the rear
part of the horizontal control up or down.
control up or down.
0
Raise or lower the entire seat by holding the whole
0
Move the seat forward or back by holding the control
to the front or back.
Power Seats
Power
Lumbar
Control (Option)
If you have this option, the driver's seatback lumbar
support can be adjusted by moving the single switch
located on the side
of
the seat.
To
increase or decrease
support, hold the switch forward or rearward.
The power seat controls are located on the side
of
the
driver's and passenger's seats.
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Heated Front Seat (Option)
Reclining Front Seatbacks
If
your vehicle has this
option, the switch is on the
driver’s armrest. With the
ignition in
ACCESSORY
or
RUN,
press the button once
and the seat will warm up.
The
HI
light on the button
will come on.
Press the button a second time and the
LO
light will
come on. The seat will warm to a lower temperature.
Press the button a third time to turn
off
the heated seat.
The heater will also turn off automatically when the
ignition is turned
off.
forward to bring the seat to
a more upright position.
Push it rearward to recline
the seatback.
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a
Seatback Latches
If
the seatback isn’t locked, it could move
.
forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could
cause injury to the person sitting there. Always
press rearward on the seatback to be sure it
is
locked.
The front seatback folds forward to let people get into
the back seat.
Your
seatback will move back and forth
freely, unless you come to a sudden stop. Then
it
will
lock
in
place.
There’s one time the seatback may not fold without
some help from you. That’s if your vehicle is parked
going down
a
fairly steep
hill.
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To
fold a seatback forward
if
it does lock
in
place, push
the seatback toward the rear
as you lift this latch. Then
the seatback will fold
forward. The latch must be
down for the seat to
work properly.
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.
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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.
A
‘CAUTION:
It is extremely dangerous to ride in
a
cargo area,
inside or outside of a vehicle. In
a
collision,
people riding in these areas are more likely to be
seriously injured or killed.
Do
not allow people to
ride in any area of your vehicle that is not
equipped with seats and safety belts. Be sure
everyone in your vehicle is in
a
seat and using
a
safety belt properly.
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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h
most states and Canadian provinces, theiaw 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!
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as
it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat
on
wheels.
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