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Part 7: Maintenance Schedule
This part tells you when to perform
vehicle maintenance and what fluids
and lubricants
to use.
Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Part 8: Customer Assistance Information
Here the manual tells you how to keep This part includes important
your Oldsmobile running properly and information about reporting safety
looking good. defects and
gives you details about
the “Roadside Assistance” program.
You
will also find customer
satisfaction phone numbers (including customer satisfaction
numbers for the hearing and speech
impaired) as well
as the mediation/
arbitration procedure. We’ve also
included ordering information for service publications
in this part.
Part 9: Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of
almost every subject in this manual.
You can use
it to quickly find
something you want to read.
Service Station Information:
This is a quick reference of service
information. You can find it on the
last page of this manual.
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How to Use this Manual
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Safety Warnings and Symbols
You wdl find a number of safety
cautions in ths book. We use
a box
with gray background and the word
CAUTION to tell you about things that
could hurt you
if you were to ignore
the warning.
In the gray caution area, we tell
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. You
will also
fiid a circle with a slash
through
it in this book. This safety
symbol means:
Don’t
Don’t
do this
Don’t /et this happen
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Wehide Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find
these notices:
r
NOTICE:
~~
These mean there is something
that could damage
your vehicle. In
the 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.
You’ll
also see warning labels on your
vehicle. They use yellow for cautions,
blue
for notices and the words
CAUTION or NOTICE.
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Wehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you
will find on your vehicle. For
example, these symbols are used
on
an original battery:
Caution Possible Injury
Protect Eyes
by
Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
A
Avoid Sparks or Flames
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Spark or Flame
Could Explode Battery
These symbols are important for you
and your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is driven:
Fasten Safety Belts
Door LocklUnlock
a
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
$0
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How to Use this Manual
These symbols are on some of your
controls:
Windshield Wipers
Windshield Washer
Windshield Defroster
Rear Window Defogger
Ventilating Fan
Power Window
w
3f
1+1
These symbols are used on warning
and indicator lights:
Engine Coolant
Temperature
Battery Charging
System
Fuel Engine Oil Pressure
Anti-Lock Brakes
Here are some other symbols you
may see:
Fuse
Trunk
or Liftgate Release e
I
n Lighter
Horn
Speaker
Hood Release
#
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Seats and Seat Controls
This section
tells you about the seats-
how to adjust them-and
also about
reclining seatbaclts and head restraints.
Manual Front Seat
To adjust the seat forward or back, lift
the handle. After it’s adjusted, release
the handle and
try to move the seat to
be certain it has locked into place.
Manual Four-Way Seat Adjuster
(OPTION)
To tilt the whole seat forward or
backward, squeeze the lever. Position
the seat where
you would like it, then
release the lever.
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Reclining Front Seatback
Lift the lever to release the seatback,
then tilt the seatback forward or
backward, as desired. Release
the lever
to lock the seatback in place.
But don't have a seatback reclined
if
your vehicle is moving.
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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.
Seatback Latches
In 2-door Oldsmobiles, the front seat
folds forward to let people get into the
back seat.
Your seatback will move back and forth
freely,
unless you come to a sudden
stop. Then it will lock in place.
There’s one time the seatback may not
fold without some help
from you. That’s
if your vehicle is parked facing down a
fairly steep hill.
To fold a seatback forward, push
the
seatback toward the rear as you lift this
latch. Then the seatback will fold
forward. Thelatch must be down for
the seat to work properly.