1993 BUICK PARK AVENUE Owners Manual

Memory Seat and Mirrors (Option)
If your Buick has this option, the control looks like this:
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You can use this when you want to save a seat and
mirror adjustment.
Here’s how to make it work:
1. Adjust the driver’s seat to your desired position.
Adjust both outside mirrors to suit you. See “Outside
Mirrors”
in the Index.
2. Press the SET button, and then one of the two
memory buttons within
5 seconds. You will hear one
beep when you press the set button, and two beeps
when
you press the memory button to confirm that
the mirror and seat positions are entered in memory.
Now it’s set. When your Buick
is in PARK with the
ignition
ON, push the memory button you just set and
the seat and mirrors will go to where you’ve just set
them. With the ignition
OFF, the system will work in
any shift lever position.
To
do the same thing for a second driver, follow the
steps above but use the other memory button.
If you hit the wrong memory setting, or if there is a third
driver, the seat adjuster will still work,
so you can adjust
the seat to where
you want it.
The EXIT button allows you to get out of the car more
easily. Push it while you’re
in PARK with the ignition
ON, or anytime with the ignition OFF, to make the seat
go all the way down and back. Also, you will hear a
beep when the EXIT button is pushed.
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Reclining Front Seatback(s)
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of
the seat. Release the lever to lock the seatback where
you want it. Pull up on the lever and the seat will
go to
its upright position. If
you have the power
option, it works with the
switch on the side
of the
seat. Push it back to recline
the seat, push it forward to
return the seatback to the
up position.
But don't have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is
moving.
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A CAUTION:
Sitting 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 reclined like this.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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CAUTION: (Continued)
The shoulder
belt can’t do its job because it
won’t be against you*dy. 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 Its job either. In a crash the
belt could
go up over your abdomen. The belt
forces waul’d
be there, not at your pelvic bones.
This could cause serious internal injuries.
Far proper protectiun when the vehicle is in
motion,
have the seatback upright. Then sit well
back in the seat and wear your safety belt
properly.
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Head Restraints
Slide the head restraint up or down so that the top of the
restraint is closest to the top
of your ears.
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A CAUTION:
I Don’t let anyone ride where they 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
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your safety belt, and check that your passengers’
belts are fastened properly too.
This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a
crash.
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when you turn the key
to “Run” or “Start”
when your
safety belt
isn’t buckled, and
you’ll hear a tone, 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.
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 very mild. In them, you won’t get hurt
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!
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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it
goes.
When the bike hits the block, it stops. But the child
keeps
going!
For example, if the bike is going 10 mph (16 km/h), so
is the child.
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Take the simplest “car.” Suppose it’s just a seat on
wheels.
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Put someone on it.
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it.
Get it up to speed. Then stop the “car.” The rider doesn’t
stop. The
person keeps going until stopped by something.
In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ...
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