1994 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE belt

How to Use this Manual
MANY PEOPLE READ THEIR OWNER’S
manual from beginning to end when
they
first receive their new vehicle.
This
wdl help you learn about the
features and controls for your vehicle.
In
this manual, you’ll find that
pictures and words work together
to explain things quickly.
There are nine parts with thumb-
tabbed pages in this manual.
Each part begins with
a brief list of
contents,
so you can usually tell at a
glance if that part contains the
information you want.
You can bend the manual slightly
to
reveal the tabs that help you find a
part.
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Part 1: Seats & Restraint Systems
This part tells you how to use your
seats and safety belts properly.
Part 2: Features 8 Controls
This part explains how to start and
operate your Oldsmobile.
Part 4: Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information
and tips about the road and how to
drive under different conditions.
Part 5: Problems on the Road
This part tells you what to do if you
have
a problem while driving, such as
Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio Systems a flat tire or engine overheating.
This
part tells you how to adjust the
ventilation and comfort controls and
how to operate your audio system.
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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
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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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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
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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 & Restraint Systems
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1 CAUTION -
Zeplacing Rear Bucket Seats
:allow the diagram on the back of the
eats to replace the seats in their proper
xation.
;ee
Removable Rear Bucket Seats
arlier in this part.
Ion‘t try to place the seats in baclnvard,
lecause they won’t latch that way.
1. With the entire seat tilted forward,
place the front hooks
of the seat latch
onto the front floor pins.
2. Firmly press the rear hooks onto the
rear floor pins. The seat should lock
into position.
3. Lift the upper lever and pull up on
the seatbacls. until it loclts upright.
4. Push and pull on the seat to check
that it is locked.
5. Check to see that you have put the
seats into the proper location,
according
to the label on each seat. If
not, the seats may not latch properly,
and your passengers may not have the
proper safety belt.
Safety Belts: Zkey%e 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.
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This figure lights up as a reminder to
buclde 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.
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 l 19
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8. or the safety belts!
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.
I Here Are 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, or Supplemental Restraint
Systems, 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 i
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 lun/h) .
Safety belts are for everyone.
Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never
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Seats & Restraint Systems
Safety Belt Reminder Light
When the key is turned to Run or Start,
a chime will come on for about eight
seconds to remind people to fasten their
safety belts, unless the driver’s safety
belt is already buckled. The safety belt
light will also come on and stay on until
the driver’s belt is buckled.
I How To Wear Safety Belts
Adults
Properly
This section is only for people of adult
size.
Be aware that there are special things to
know about safety belts and children.
And there are different
rules for smaller
children and babies. If a child will be
riding in your Oldsrnobile, see the
section after this one, called
ChiZdren.
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.
n
I Driver Position
This section describes the driver’s
restraint system.
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LapShoulder 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.
3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the
belt across
you. Don’t let it get
twisted.
until it clicks.
4. Push the latch plate into the buckle
If the belt stops before it reaches the
buckle, tilt the latch plate and keep
pulling until you can buckle the belt.
Pull up on the latch plate to make sure
it is secure.
If the belt isn’t long enough, see Safety
Belt Extender
at the end of this section.
Make sure the release button on the
buckle is positioned
so you would be
able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly
if you ever had to.
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