1994 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Owners Manual

Here you’ll find 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
.
Part 1
Seats & Restraint Systems
Seats and Seat Controls ........................................................................\
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Safety Belts
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ........................................................................\
.. 18
Driver Position
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Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ........................................................................\
... 21
Right Front Passenger Position
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Rear Seat Passengers
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Children
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Smaller Children and Babies
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Child Restraints
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Larger Children ........................................................................\
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Safety Belt Extender
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Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash
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34
Folding Rear
Seat
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats-
how to adjust thern-and also about
reclining seatbaclts and the folding rear
seat.
Power Seat
To adjust the driver’s power seat:
6-0 (Left Control): Raise the front of
the seat by pressing the switch forward.
Lower the front of the seat by pressing
the switch back.
- (Center Control): Move the seat
?:ward by pushing the control left.
Move the seat back by pushing the
control right.
Raise the seat by pushing the control
forward. Lower the seat
by pushing the
control back.
the seat by pressing the switch forward.
Lower the rear
of the seat by pressing
the switch back.
$0
-v 0~ (Right Control): Raise the rear of
Lumbar Controls
To adjust lower back support on the
driver’s seat:
Press the front of the DRIVER it
switch to increase support. Press the
back
of the switch to decrease support.
To adjust lower back support on the
passenger’s seat:
Press the front of the PASS switch
to increase support. Press the back of
the switch to decrease support.
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Manual Fronf Seat
Move the control lever under the front
of the passenger’s 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.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on
the outside of your seat. Move the
seatback where you want it, then
release the lever.
But don’t have
a seatback reclined if
your vehicle is moving.
Pull
up on the lever and the seatback
will go to its original upright position.
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Folding Rear Seat
You can fold the rear seatback down for
more cargo space. The latch is in the
upper center
of the rear of the seatback.
To lower the seatback, push it rearward
as
you pull up on the latch. Then fold
the seatback forward to the down
position.
To raise it, lift the seatbaclt and push it
back until
it loch in the upright
position.
Test to see that it
is locked in place by
pushing and pulling the seatback.
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.
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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 how 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.
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.
1. For example, if the bike is going 10
mph (16 km/h), so is the child.
2. When the bike hits the block, it
stops. But the child keeps going! 15
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Get it up to speed. Then stop the
“vehicle.’’ The rider doesn’t stop. 3. Take the simplest %chicle." Suppose
it’s just a seat on wheels. 4. Put someone on it. 5.
a.
I“
6. The person keeps going until stopped
by something.
In a real vehicle, it could be the
windshield
...
7. or the instrument panel ... or the safety belts!
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With safety belts, you slow down as the
vehicle does.
You get more time to stop.
You stop over more distance, and your
strongest bones take the forces. That’s
why safety belts make such good sense.
HereAre Questions Many
People
Ask About Safety
Belts
- and the Answers
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle
after an accident if I’m wearing a
safety belt?
A: You could be - whether you’re
wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you’re upside down. And
your chance of being conscious
during and after an accident,
so you
can unbuckle and get out, is much
greater if you are belted.
Q: Why don’t they just put in air bags
so people won’t have to wear safety
belts?
A: Air bags are in some vehicles today
and will be in more
of them in the
future. But they are supplemental
systems only
- so they work with
safety belts, not instead of them. Every
air bag system ever offered for
sale has required the use of safety
belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that
has air bags, you still have to buckle
up to get the most protection. That’s
true not
only in frontal collisions, but
especially
in side and other
collisions.
drive far from home, why should I
wear safety belts?
A You may be an excellent driver, but
if you’re in an accident - even one
that isn’t your fault
- you and your
passengers can be hurt. Being a good
driver doesn’t protect you from
things beyond your control, such as
bad drivers. Most accidents occur
within
25 miles (40 lun) of home.
And the greatest number
of serious
injuries and deaths occur at speeds
of less than
40 mph (65 km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never
Safety Belt Reminder Light
When the key is turned to Run or Start,
a light will come on for about eight
seconds to remind people to fasten
their safety belts. Unless the driver’s
safety belt is already buckled, a tone
will also sound.
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I How To Wear Safety Belts
Properly
Adults
This section is only for people of adult
size.
Be aware that there are special things to
how about safety belts and children.
And there are different rules for smaller
children and babies. If a child will be
riding in your Oldsmobile, see the
section after this one, called
Children.
Follow those rules for everyone’s
protection.
First, you’ll want
to know which
restraint systems your vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
I Driver Position
This section describes the driver’s
restraint system.
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Lap-Shoulder Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt.
Here’s how to wear it properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see Seats
in the Index) so you can sit up straight.
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