1993 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE seats

Table of Contents
The Power of Intelligent Engineering . .3
How to Use this Manual . . .6
Part 1 Seats & Safety Belts . . . 13
2 Features & Controls .
Comfort Controls & Audio Systems . .
;4 Your Driving and the Road . . -. .3, .:
Problems on the Road .
iervice & Appearance Care .
gaintenance Schedule .
.. . 45 c
hstomer Assistance Information .
Includes “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 302
-ndex . . . . . . . - -
Service Station Information . .
. 113
. 139
. . . 185
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. 275
. Last Page
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How to Use this Manual
MANY PEOPLE READ THEIR OWNER t’S
manual from beginning to end when
they first receive their new vehicle.
This
will help you learn about the
features and controls for
your vehicle.
In this manual, you’ll find that
pictures and words work together
to explain things quickly.
There are nine
parts with color-tabbed
pages to help you find each of the
parts of this manual. Each part begins
with a brief list of contents,
so you
can usually tell at
a glance if that part
contains the information you want.
YOU can bend the manual slightly to
reveal the color tabs that
help you
find
a part.
Part 1: Seats & Sa fety Belts
This part tells
you how to use your
seats and safety belts properly.
Part 2: Features & Controls
This part explains how to start and
operate your Oldsmobile.
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
This part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and comfort controls and
how to operate your audio system.
Part 4: Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information
and tips about the road and how
to
drive under different conditions.
Part 5: Problems on the Road
This part tells you what to do if you
have
a problem while driving, such as
a flat tire or engine overheating.
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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 & Safety Belts
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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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Seats & Safety Belts
Reciining Front Seatbacks (CONK)
m
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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Seats di Safety Belts
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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