1993 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Owners Manual

Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Part 9: Index
Here
the manual tells you how to keep Here's an alphabetical listing of
your Oldsmobile running properly and almost
every subject in this manual.
looking good. You
can use it to quickly find
Part 7: Maintenance Schedule
This part tells you when to perform
vehicle maintenance and what fluids
and lubricants to use. something
you want to read.
Part 8: Customer Assistance Information Service
Station Information:
This is a quick reference of service
information.
You can find it on the
last page
of this manual.
This part tells you how to contact
Oldsmobile for assistance and how to
get service publications. It also gives
you information on
Reporting Safety
Defects.
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Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety
cautions
in this book. We use yellow
and the word
CAUTION to tell you
about things that could hurt you if
You will also find a red circle with a
slash through it in this book. This
safety symbol means:
Don't
you were to ignore the warning. Don't do this
-1 Don't /et this happen
A These mean there is
something that
could hurt
you or other people.
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In the yellow caution area, we tell Also, in this book you will find
you what the hazard
is. Then we tell
you what to do to help avoid or
reduce the hazard. Please read these
cautions.
If you don't, you or others
could be hurt. these
blue notices: In
the blue 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. In this manual, we've
used the familiar words and colors
that Oldsmobile
has used for years.
You'll
also see warning labels on your
vehicle. They use the same colors,
and the words CAUTION or NOTICE.
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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: These symbols
are important
for you
and your passengers whenever your
vehicle is driven:
Caution Possible Injury
Protect Eyes by
Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames Spark
or Flame
Could Explode Battery
A Fasten Safety Belts
Door LocklUnlock
These symbols have to do with your
lights:
Master Lighting Switch
Turn Signal Direction
Hazard Warning Flashers
A
Headlight High Beam
Parking Lights Fog Lights
Reading Lights
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Vehicle Symbols (CONT.)
These symbols are on some of your
controls:
Windshield Wipers
These symbols are used on warning Here are some other symbols you
and indicator lights: may see:
Engine Coolant
Temperature Fuse
Windshield Washer
Lighter
Battery Charging
System
w Windshield Defroster
p3
Horn
Fuel
Engine Oil Pressure
Rear Window
Defogger
Wh
Speaker
Windshield Defogger
and Heater Hood Release
Anti-Lock Brakes
Rear Window Wiper
Rear Window
WasherlWiper
Ventilating Fan
Power Window
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Part 1
Seats
Here you’ll fmd information about
the
seats in your Oldsmobile and how
to use your safety belts properly . You
can
also learn about some things you
should not do with safety belts .
Belts
Seats and Seat Controls ............................................. 14
Removing and Replacing Rear Seats ................................... 17
SafetyBelts ...................................................... 21
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ................................... -25
DriverPosition
................................................... 25
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
.................................... 29
Right Front Passenger Position
....................................... 30
Rear Seat Passengers ............................................... 30
Ch~dren
......................................................... 34
Smaller Children and Babies
......................................... 34
ChildRes
traints ................................................... 35
LargerChildren ................................................... 40
SafetyBeltExtender
............................................... 42
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ................................... 42
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats-
how to adjust them, take them out, put
them back
in, and fold them up and
down.
Manual Fmnt Seats
Pull up the lever on the front of the seat
to unlock it. Slide the seat to where
you
want it. Then release the lever and try to
move the seat with your body, to make
sure the seat is locked into place.
bur-Way Manual Seat
The driver’s seat can be adjusted four
ways.
Use the lever on the front of the seat to
adjust the seat forward or back (see
Manual Front Seats earlier in this
section).
To raise the driver’s seat, pull up the
lever on the side
of the seat. To lower
the seat, push the lever down.
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