1993 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Owners Manual

SixmWay Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the driver's six-way power
seat:
Front Control (A): Raise the front of
the seat by holding the switch up. Hold
the switch down to lower the front
of the
seat.
Center Control (B): Move the seat
forward or back by holding the control
to the front or back.
Raise or lower the
seat by holding the control up or down.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the
seat by holding the switch up. Hold the
switch down
to lower the rear of the
seat.
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Reching Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, rotate this knob.
But don't have a seatback reclined
if
your vehicle is moving.
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Seats & Safety Belts
Reciining Front Seatbacks (CONK)
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Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be
dangerous. Even if you buckle up,
vnllr safety belts can’t do their job
when you’re reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’t
do its job because it won’t be against your body.
Instead, it will be in
fl-_-t nf vnu. In a crash vou could go into it, receiving
neck or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t
do its j’”., either. In a crash the belt could go up over your
abdomen. The belt forces would be there.
not at vour pelvic bones. This could
cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when thc . -_--;le __ -n mot,,.,, ..ave the seatback
upright. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.
Head Restraints
Slide the head restraint up or down so
that the top of the restraint is closest to
the top
of your ears.
This position reduces the chance of a
neck injury in
a crash.
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Removable Rear Bucket Seats
The rear bucket seats can be removed to
provide extra storage, or they can be
moved to diffkrent floor locations. There
are three types of rear bucket seats:
LEFT ONLY, CENTER OR LEFT,
and RIGHT ONLY. The back of each
seat has a diagram
(similar to the one
above) that shows where the seat must
be located in your vehicle.
The
LEFT ONLY seats fit only in the
left positions. The
RIGHT ONLY seats
fit only in the right positions. The
CENTER OR LEFT seat fits in the
center position and in either left
position.
To install third row seats, the
second row seats must be tilted forward
or removed.
Don’t put the seats
in the wrong location.
Entry to Third Row Bucket Seats
The RIGHT ONLY seats have a lower
lever to tilt the seat forward. To get into
third row seats, push back the lower
lever on the
RIGHT ONLY seat nearest
the sliding door and tilt the seat
forward. Then pull the seat back and
check that it locks into place. To
get out of the third row seats, push
down on the rear release bar under the
seat ahead of you to tilt the seat forward.
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Removing Rear Bucket Seats
Removing the RIGHT ONLY Seats:
1 . Lift the upper lever to fold the
2. Push the lower lever back so the
seatback forward.
entire
seat and seatback tilt forward
3. Then, from behind the seat, support
the top portion of
the seat with one
hand as you squeeze the front release
bar toward the crossbar. The seat will
release
from the floor pins.
Removing LEFT ONLY and
CENTER OR LEFT Seats:
1. Lift the upper lever to fold the
seatback forward.
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2. Push down on the rear release bar.
The entire seat will tilt forward. 3. Then, mom behind the seat, support
the top portion of the seat with one
hand as you squeeze the front release
bar toward the crossbar. The seat will
release from the floor pins.
Adjusting Rear Seats
Each rear seat can be secured in one of
two sets of floor pins. Move the location
of the rear seats up or back to provide a
little more room behind or in front of a
seat.
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Replacing Rear Bucket Seats
Follow the diagram on the back of the
seats to replace the seats in their proper
location.
The
LEFT ONLY seats fit only in the
left positions. The
RIGHT ONLY seats
fit
only in the right positions. The
CENTER OR LEFT seat fits in the
center position and in either left
position.
To install third row seats, the second
row seats must be tilted forward
or
removed.
Don't
try to place the seats in backward,
because
they won't latch that way.
1. With the entire seat tilted forward,
place the front hooks of the seat latch
onto the front floor pins.
2. Firmly press the rear hooks onto the
rear floor pins. The seat should lock
into position.
3. Lift the upper lever and pull up on
the seatback until it locks upright.
4. Push and pull on the seat to check
that it is locked.
5. Check to see that you have put the
seats into the proper location,
according to the label on each seat.
If
not, the seats may not latch properly,
and your passengers may not have the
proper safety belt.
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Safety Belts:
They’re For Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to
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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 lulled.
In the same crash, you might not
be if you are buckled up. Always
fasten your safety belt, and check
that your passengers’ belts are
fastened properly too.
rhis figure lights up when you turn the
Ley 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.
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 Beits Work
When you ride in or on anything, you
go as fast as it goes.
2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops. But the child keeps going! 3. Take the simplest “car.” Suppose
it’s just a seat
on wheels.
1. For example, if the bike is going
10 mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
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