1994 BUICK PARK AVENUE Owners Manual

Memory Seat and Mirrors (Option)
If your Buick has this option, the control looks like this:
You can use this when you want to save
a seat and
mirror adjustment.
Here’s how to make
it work:
1. Adjust the driver’s seat to your desired position.
Adjust both outside mirrors to suit you. See “Outside
Mirrors”
in the Index.
2. Press the SET button, and then one of the two
memory buttons within
5 seconds. You will hear one
beep when you press the set button, and two beeps
when you press the memory button to confirm that
the mirror and seat positions are entered in memory.
Now it’s set. When your Buick is in
PARK with the
ignition ON, push the memory button you just set and
the seat and mirrors will go to where you’ve just set
them. With the ignition
OFF, the system will work in
any shift lever position.
To do the same thing for a second driver, follow the
steps above but use the other memory button.
If you hit the wrong memory setting, or if there is a third
driver,
the seat adjuster will still work, so you can adjust
the seat to where you want it.
The EXIT button allows you
to get out of the car more
easily. Push
it while you’re in PARK with the ignition
ON, or anytime with the ignition OFF, to make the seat
go all the way down and back. Also,
you will hear a
beep when the EXIT button is pushed.
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Reclining Front Seatback(s)
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of
the seat. Release the lever to lock the seatback where
you want it. Pull up on the lever and the seat will
go to
its upright position.
If you have the power
recline option, it works vith the switch
on the side
df the seat. Push it back to
recline the seat, push it
forward to return the
meatback to the up position.
But don’t have a seatback reclined
if your vehicle
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Heated Seat (Option)
If your vehicle has this option, push the switch on the
side of the driver’s seat forward and the driver’s seat
will start
to warm up. The light on top of the switch will
turn orange for low or red for high. Push the switch
rearward
to stop the seat from warming.
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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Safety Belts: They’re For Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts
properly. It also tells
you some things you should not do
with safety belts.
And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System, or
“air bag” system.
- This figure lights up
as a reminder to
buckle
up. (See
“Safety Belt
Reminder Light”
in
the Index.)
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 mild, and some crashes can be so
serious 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 have been badly hurt or
killed.
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After more than 25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the
facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter
... a lot!
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it
goes.
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For example, if the bike is going 10 mph (16 km/h), so
is the child.
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When the bike hits the block, it stops. But the child
keeps going!
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it's just a seat on
wheels.
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Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
doesn’t stop.
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