1993 BUICK CENTURY belt

Table of Contents
Introduction How to Use this Manual ....................................................... .10
This part tells you how to use your manual and includes safety and vehicle damage warnings\
and symbols.
Part 1 Seats and Safety Belts .......................................................... I3
This part tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly.
Part 2 Features & Controls .......................................................... .63
Part 3 Comfort Controls & Audio Systems. ............................................. W!
Part 4 Your Driving and the Road. .......................... : ........................ .I33
Part 5 Problems on the Road. ....................................................... .l83
Part 6 Service & Appearance Care .................................................... .221
Part7MaintenanceSchedule ...........................................................
Part 8 Customer .Assistance Information .............................................. .299
This part explains how to start and operate your Buick.
This part tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how
to operate your sound system.
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and \
how to drive under different conditions.
This part tells you what to
do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or engine overheating.
Here the manual tells you how to keep your Buick running properly and looking good.
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 gives you information
on “Reporting Safety Defects on page 302.”
hrt9Index ......................................................~...............30\
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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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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACID COULD CAUSE
BATTERY
BURNS AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,111,
COULD FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for. you and
your passengers
whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN SEAT
4
BELTS
POWER
WINDOW
These symbols
have
to do with
your lights:
SIGNALS e3
TURN
WARNING
A
HAZARD
FLASHER
HIGH BEAM
OR =, =o
FOG LAMPS # 0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD ' ' ' 0- 0-
WIPER &
WASHER
t0 @e4 i
WINDSHIELD=
WASHER I
wlNDsHIELDw DEFROSTER
WINDOW
@
REAR
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING FAN
HEADLAMP
-
WIPER -
WASHER zQ
Thes, ,ymbols
are used on
warning and indicator lights:
COOLANT F-
ENGINE
TEMP
--
CHARGING I-1
BATTERY SYSTEM
FUEL
ENGINE OIL wb
PRESSURE
TEMP
OIL &
ANTILOCK BRAKE (i)
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
RADIO
k
VOLUME a
CONDITIONING AIR a
HATCHBACK e
TRUNK
RELEASE
SPEAKER
b
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Part 1 Seats and Safety Belts
Here you’ll fmd information about the seats in your Buick. your \
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (“air bag”)
system 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 ................................................................ 14
Folding Rear Seats (Wagon)
............................................................. 18
SafetyBelts ........................................................................\
. 23
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
........................................................ 29
DriverPosition ....................................................................... \
30
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint System (Air Bag) .......................................... 35
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
........................................................ 40
RightFrontPassengerPosition .......................................................... 40
Center Passenger Position and Any Station Wagon Third Seat Pass\
enger Position
................... 41
RearSeatPassengers
.................................................................. 43
Children ........................................................................\
.... 45
SmallerChildrenandBabies ............................................................ 46
ChildRestraints
...................................................................... 47
SafetyBeltExtender
.................................................................. 60
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ...................................................... 61
LargerChildren
...................................................................... 58
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Slttlng in a reclined position when your
vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if
you buckle up, your safety belts can't do their
job when you're recllned like this.
r CAUTION (Continued)
-
CAUTION (Cot .,.nued).
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 or other Injuries.
The lap belt can't do ib job either. In a crash
the belt
could go up over your abdomen. The
belt
forces would be there, not at your pelvlc
bones. This could cause aerious internal
injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is On
motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit
well back in the seat and wear your safety belt
properly.
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Folding Rear Sea& (Wagon)
To add more cargo room, the seatbacks of your rear
second and optional rear-facing third seats can be easily
folded down.
Be sure to check your seatback latches now
and then
by pushing the seatback back and forth. If they
do not latch properly, have them checked
by your dealer.
Remember
to keep safety belts clear of seat hinges and
latches
so they are not damaged when you raise and
lower the seatbacks.
Folding Second Seat
L
To Lower the Split Second Seatback:
1. Each seat has its own release button. Press the release button
and pull the seatback forward and down.
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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
Inflatable Restraint, or
“air bag” system.
A CAUTION:
Don’t let anyone ride where they can’t wear a
safety belt properly. if you am in a crash and
you’re not wearing a sahty belt, your Injuries
can be muoh wrse. Mu can hlt things Inside
the
vehlcle or be ejected from it. mu can be ,~
Iserloualy Injured or killed. In the -me crash,
you might not be if you am buckled up. Always
fasten your safety belt, and check thmt your
passengers’ belts are fastened properly bo.
This figure lights up when
you
turn the key to “Run”
or “Start” when your safety
belt isn’t buckled, and
you’ll hear a chime, too. It’s
the reminder to buckle up.
In many states and Canadian
provinces, the law
says to
wear safety belts. Here’s
why: They work.
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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.
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A few crashes are very mild. In them, you won't get hurt ' why safety Belts Work
even if you're not buckled up. And some crashes can be
so serious, like being hit by a train, 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 be badly hurt or killed.
After
25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are
clear. In most crashes, buckling
up does matter. . . a lot!
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fhst as it
goes.
For example, if the bike
is going 10 mph (16 Mh), so is
the
child.
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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’s why safety
belts make such good
sense.
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?
A: You could be-whether you’re wearing a safety belt
or not. But you can easily unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you’re upside down. 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.
@ Why don’t they just put in air bags so people
A: ‘Air bags,” or Supplemental Inflatable Restraint
won’t have to wear safety belts?
systems, are in some vehicles today and will be in
more 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 sale has 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.
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