1994 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Owners Manual

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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Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety
cautions
in this 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.
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You will also find a circle with a slash
through it in this book. This safety
symbol means:
Don’t
Don’t
do this
Don’t let this happen
Vehic/e Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find
these notices:
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.
Wen 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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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you
will find on your vehicle. For
example, these symbols are used
on
an original battery: These symbols are important
for you
and your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is driven:
Caution Possible Injury
Protect Eyes
by
Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery
A
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Fasten Safety Belts
Air Bag(s) Door LockfUnlock
Liftgate Ajar Sliding
Door Ajar
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 Reading Lights
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These symbols are on some of your
controls:
Windshield Wipers
Windshield Washer
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Windshield Defroster
Rear Window Defogger
Rear Window Wiper
Rear Window Washer Ventilating Fan
Power Window
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These symbols are used on warning
and indicator lights:
Engine Coolant Temperature
Battery Charging
System
Fuel
Engine
Oil Pressure
Brake
AntXock Brakes
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Here are some other symbols you
may see:
Fuse
Lighter
Horn
Speaker
Hood Release
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.......
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 ........................................................................\
.................... 12
Removing and Replacing Rear Seats
........................................................................\
15
Safety Belts ........................................................................\
........................................ 18
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ........................................................................\
.. 22
Driver Position
........................................................................\
.................................. 22
Supplemental Restraint System (Air Bag)
............................................................... 26
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
........................................................................\
... 30
Right Front Passenger Position ........................................................................\
........ 30
Rear Seat Passengers ........................................................................\
........................ 30
Children ........................................................................\
............................................. 34
Smaller Children and Babies ........................................................................\
............ 34
Child Restraints ........................................................................\
................................. 35
Larger Children ........................................................................\
................................. 39
Safety Belt Extender ........................................................................\
.......................... 41
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash ... .... .................................................................. 41
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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 Front 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.
Four-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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Six-Way Power Seat (OPTION)
To adjust the driver’s six-way power
seat:
Front Control (A) : Raise the front of
the seat by holding the switch
up. Hold
the switch down to lower the front of
the seat.
Center Control (B): Move the seat
forward or back by holding the control
to the front or back. Raise or lower the
seat by holding the control up or down.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the
seat by holding the switch up. Hold the
switch down to lower the rear of the
seat.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, rotate this hob.
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 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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