1993 BUICK RIVIERA Owners Manual

Ashtrays
The front center ashtray may be lifted out for cleaning.
To remove the rear ashtray for cleaning, press down on
the snuffer as you pull the ashtray down and out.
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Cigarette Lighter Console and Cupholder
It’s near the ashtray. To use the cigarette lighter, push it
all the way in and let it go. When it’s ready, it will pop
back by itself.
Electronic Level Control
This feature keeps the rear of your car level as the load
changes. It is automatic
- you don’t need to adjust
anything. You may hear the electronic compressor
operate even when the load hasn’t changed. This is
normal.
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The center console has space for cassette storage, a
coinholder and a cupholder. The cupholder is on the
front of the storage console. Press on the exposed edge
of the cupholder, and it will slide out for use. Press the
front edge again, to slide it back to it’s storage position.
Rear License Plate Holder
To use it, open the trunk lid and slide your license plate
into the slot. Always close the trunk to prevent theft of
the plate.
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The Instrument Panel: Your Speedometer and Odometer
Information System Your speedometer lets you see your speed in both miles I I“ , _’ .... __ . I, . -’ ~ ” per hour (mph) and kilometers per hour (lun/h). Your
odometer shows how far
your vehicle has been driven,
in either miles (used in the
U.S.) or kilometers (used in
Canada).
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Your instrument panel is designed to let’you know at a
glance how your car
is running. You’ll know how fast
you’re going, how much fuel you’re using, and many
other
things you’ll need to know to drive safely and
economically. Your Buick has
a “tamper-resistant odometer.” Your
odometer will read
ERROR if someone has tampered
with it.
You may wonder what happens if your Buick has to
have a new instrument panel cluster installed. The new
odometer doesn’t need to be reset because your car has a
body computer module (BCM) which stores the mileage
in its memory.
If the BCM is changed the chip with the
mileage
is transferred to the new BCM. If the BCM is
damaged and the mileage is lost, then a label on the
driver’s door must show the old reading and when the
new one was installed.
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Press and hold the Test
button with your car in Park
or Neutral. This test makes
sure all your bulbs and bar
graph segments are
working.
If any are not
working, have the bulbs
replaced.
Display Selection Test
By pushing the E/M
(Englishmetric) button, the
digital display can be
changed to read English
(miles) or metric
(kilometers).
Push the speed select button to change the digital and
graphical speed display to a graphical speed display
only. Push it again, and only the digital speed is
displayed. Push
it a third time and you will be back to i i the original display.
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Trip Odometer
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Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators
A trip odometer can tell you
how many miles you have Warning lights and gages can signal t\
hat something is
driven since you last set it wrong before it becomes serious enough to cause an
back to zero.
TO reset, push expensive repair or replacement. Paying attention to
the button. your warning lights and gages could also save you or
others from injury.
Warning lights go on when there may be or
is a problem
with one
of your vehicle's functions. As you will see in
the details on the next few pages, some warning lights come on briefly when you turn the ignition key just to
let you know they're working.
If you are familiar with
this section, you should not be alarmed when this
happens.
This section describes the warning lights and gages that
are on your vehicle. The pictures will help
you locate
them. Gages can indicate when there may be or is a problem
with one
of your vehicle's functions. Often gages and
warning lights work together to let you know when
there's a problem with your vehicle.
When one of the warning lights comes on and stays on
when you are driving, or when one of the gages shows
there may be a problem, check the section that tells
you
what to do about it. Please follow the manual's advice.
Waiting to do repairs can be costly
-- and even
dangerous.
So please get to know your warning lights
and gages. They're a big help.
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Fuel Gage
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Your fuel gage is a bar graph. When you fill the tank,
the bar segments will light up. The fuel gage shows
about how much fuel is in your
tank. It works only when
the ignition is on. When the fuel gage shows only two
bar segments the
“LOW’ light will come on. If the fuel
~ supply is in the one bar segment, the yellow warning bar
’ will flash to remind you to get more fuel soon.
At the gas station, the gas pump shuts off before the
gage reads
“F’.
It takes more (or less) gas to fill up than the gage
said. For example, the gage said
1/2 full, but it took
more
- or less - than half of the tank’s, capacity to fill
it.
Engine Oil Pressure Gage and Light
When “LOW, comes on
there could be a problem
with your engine oil
pressure.
~ Here are concerns some owners have had about the fuel You
can also read your oil pressure directly from the
~ gage. All these situations are normal and indicate gage on you\
r instrument panel.
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nothing wrong with the fuel gage.
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When the “LOW OIL LEVEL” light comes on you
should check your engine oil level and
fill if necessary.
See Engine Oil in the Index.
There are three ways the
LOW light can come on
briefly. Those
three are normal and don’t show a
problem. These three ways are:
1.
2.
3.
could be low on oil, or you might have some other
oil problem.
CAUTION:
Don’t keep driving if the oil pressure is low. If
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Volts Gage and Light
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Tachometer
When you turn the key to “Run,” the “LOW’ light will The tachometer tells you how fast the engine is go\
ing. It
come on briefly, to show that your alternator and battery disp\
lays engine speed
in revolutions per minute (RPM).
charging systems are working. If a light stays on, you As engine speed increases, the bars light up on the
need service, and you should take your Buick to the tachometer\
display. Each bar represents
100 RPM. Do
dealer at once. To save your battery until you get there, not operate your car’\
s engine in the red line range. If
turn
off all accessories, and set your air system to you do, you can cause severe engine damage.
“OFF.”
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