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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
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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
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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
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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.
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.Seats & Restraint Systems
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You never know if you’ll be in a crash.
If you do have
a crash, you don’t lmow
if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some
crashes can
be so serious that even
bucklkd 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 lulled.
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!
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Seats & Resbaint Systems
Automatic Lap-Shoukkr Belt
This safety Belt is called “automatic”
because
you don’t have to buckle up
when you get into.your vehicle. And
yuu don’t have to ubuclde when
you get out.
Just get into your vehicle. ‘Then close
and lock the
door. Adjust the seat (to
see
how, see Seat Controls in the
Index) so you can sit up straight.
[t’s
possible that an auto-mtic belt
muld keep.
you from fully opening a
door. That can happienif the doorw-as
slammed
shut very had, Just close the
ioor all
the way, then slowly open it. If
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that doesn’t fix it, then your Oldsmobile
needs service.
We hope you’ll always keep your
automatic belt buckled. However, you
may need to unbuckle it in an
emergency. And
you would need to
unbuckle it to let someone get into the
center front seat position,
if your
vehicle
has one.
To unbuckle the automatic b.elt, just
push the button on the buckle. To reattach the automatic belt:
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see Seat
Controls in the Index) so you can sit
up straight.
belt across you. Don’t let it get
twisted.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the
4. Push the latch plate into the buclde
until it clicks. Pull up on the latch
plate to make sure it is secure.
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