1993 CADILLAC ELDORADO Owners Manual

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I A CAUTION:
Engine exhaust can kill, It contains the gas carbon monoxide
(CO), which
you can't see or smell. It can cause
unconsciousness and death.
You might have exhaust coming in if:
* Your exhaust system sounds strange or different.
8 Your vehicle gets rusty underneath.
0 Your :ehiQe was damaged in a .collision.
Your vehick was damaged when driving over high points on
the road or over road debris.
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Your vehicle or exhaust system had been modified
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... .- . If you &r Ispeq 'ihaust is coming intp your vehicle:
* Drive- it.only '_-- ali the windows down to .blow out any CO;
and
Have it fixed immediately.
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PARKED
It’s better not to park with the engine running. But if you ever have to,
here are some things to know.
ling the engine with the air system control off could allow
dangerous exhaust into your vehicle (see the earlier Caution
under “Engine Exhaust”).
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Also, idling in a dosed-in place can let deadly carbon monoxide
(CO) intkpur vehicle even if the fan switch is at the highest
setting. One place this
can happen is a garage. Exhaust -- with
CO -- can come in easily. NEVER park in a garage with the
engine running.
Another closed-in place can be a blizzard. (See C6Blizzard” in the
Index.)
It
can be dangerous to get out of your vehicle if-the shin lever i
not fully in ccP” (Park) with the parking brake firmly set. Your
vehicle
can roll. Don’t leave your vehicle when the engine is
running unless
you have to. If you’ve left the engine running,
the vehicle can move suddenly. You or others could be iqjun ,,
To be sure your vehicle won’t move, even when you’re on fairly
level ground, always set your parking brake after
you move the
shift lever to “P’, (Park). ’
Follow the proper steps to be sure your vehicle won’t move. See
“Shifting Into ‘P’ (Park)” in the Index.
If you are parking on a hill, or if you’re pulling a trailer, also see
“Parking on Hills”
or 4T~~ a lhiler” in the Index.
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The controls are near each window. Here’s
how the master control
I works.
Your vehicle has Retained Accessory Power
(RAP). When you stop your
vehicle and turn the ignition key to “Off”, you can still use your power
windows. The electrical power to operate the windows will not shut
off
until you open a door or 10 minutes has passed. If you want this power
for another
10 minutes, just turn the key to “Run” and back to “Off”.
Express Down Window
The driver’s power window has this feature. Just press the switch once --
for half a second or more -- and then let go. The window will go all the
way down. If you want to stop the window as it is going down, press the
switch again.
HORN
To sound the horn, just press the center of the steering wheel.
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A tilt steering wheel allows you to adjust the steering wheel before you
drive.
You can also raise it to the highest level to give your legs more room
when you exit and enter the vehicle.
To tilt the wheel, hold the steering wheel and pull the levcr. Move the
steering wheel to a comfortable level, then release the lcver to lock the
wheel
in place.
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LEPER
The lever on the left side of the steering column includes your:
Turn Signal and Lane Change Indicator
Headlight High-Low Beam
Flash-To-Pass Feature
Headlamp Washers (Export Only)
Windshield Wipers
Windshield Washer
Cruise Control

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The turn signal has
two upward (for Right)
and
two downward
(for Left) positions.
These positions allow
you to signal a turn or
a lane change.
To signal a turn, move the lever all the way up or down. When the turn is
finished, the lever will return automatically.
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A green arrow on the
instrument panel will
flash
in the direction of
the turn or lane
change.
To signal a lane change, just raise or lower the lever until the green arrow
starts
to flash. Hold it there until you complete your lane change. The
lever will return
by itself when you release it.
If for some reason your turn signal is left
on, the Driver Information
Center will display “TURN
SIGNAL ON” (after driving about a mile) to
remind you to turn it off.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine As you signal a turn or a lane change, if the arrows don’t flash but just
stay on, a signal bulb may be burned out and other drivers won’t see your
turn signal.
If a bulb is burned out, replace it to help avoid an accident. If the green
arrows
don’t go on at ail when you signal a turn, check the fuse (see
“Fuses” in the Index) and for burned-out bulbs.
Headlight High-Low Beam
To change the
headlights from low
beam to high or high to
low, pull the turn signal
lever all the way toward
you. Then release it.
When the high beams
are on, a blue light on
the instrument panel
also will be
on.
Flash-To-Pass Feature
This lets you use your high beam headlights to signal a driver in front of
you that you want to pass. It works even if your headlights are off.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To use it, pull the multifunction lever toward you. When you do:
If your headlights are off Your high beam headlights will turn on. They’ll
stay
on as long as you hold the lever there. Release the lever to turn them
off.
If your headlights are on. but on low beam: The system works normally.
Just pull the lever. Your headlights
will shift to high beam and stay there.
To return to low beam, just pull the lever toward you.
If your headlights are on. and on high beam: Your headlights will switch
to low beam.
To get back to high beam, pull the lever toward you.
Windshield Wipers
WIPER To control the wipers, turn the band on the multifunction lever.
MIST: Turn the band away from you and then release it for a single wipe
cycle. For more cycles, hold the band
on MIST longer.
LO or HI: Turn the band toward you to either LO (low speed) or to HI
(high speed), depending on the wiper speed you want.
DELAY: With this you can set the wiper speed for a long or short delay
between wipes. Move the band to ON for long delays and the closer you
get to LO the shorter the delay.
OFF: To turn the wipers off, turn the band to OFF.
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