1994 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE tow

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About this Manual
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General Motors Corporation
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Seats & Restraint Systems
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To get out of the third row seats, push
down on the rear release bar under the
seat ahead
of you to tilt the seat
forward.
Removing Rear Bucket Seats
Removing the RIGHT ONLY Seats:
1. Lift the upper lever to fold the
2. Push the lower lever back so the
seatback forward.
entire seat and seatback tilt forward.
3. Then, from behind the seat, squeeze
the front release bar toward the
crossbar. The seat will release from
the floor pins.
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Removing LEFT ONLY and CENTER
OR LEFT Seats:
1. Lift the upper lever to fold the
seatback forward.
2. Push down on the rear release bar
The entire seat will tilt forward.
3. Then, from behind the seat, squeeze
the front release bar toward the
crossbar. The seat will release from
the floor pins. adjusting Rear Seats
Each rear seat location has two sets of
floor pins. Seats equipped with the
built-in child restraint option must be
secured in the rear set of floor pins.
Seats that don’t have the built-in child
restraint can be secured in either set of
floor pins. Move the position
of these
seats up or back to provide a little more
room behind or in front of a seat.
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How The Air Bag System Works
Where is the air bag?
The driver’s air bag is in the middle of
the steering wheel.
When is an air bag expected to
inflate?
The air bag is designed to inflate in
moderate to severe frontal or near-
frontal crashes. The air bag will only
inflate
if the velocity of the impact is
above the designed threshold level.
When impacting straight into a wall that
does not move or deform, the threshold
level for most
GM vehicles is between 9
and 15 mph (14 and 23 ltm/h).
However, this velocity threshold
depends on the vehicle design and may
be several miles-per-hour faster or slower.
In addition, this threshold
velocity will be considerably higher
if
the vehicle strikes an object such as a
parked car which will move and deform
on impact. The air bag is also not
designed to inflate in rollovers, side
impacts, or rear impacts where the
inflation would provide no occupant
protection benefit.
In any particular crash, the
determination of whether the air bag
should have inflated cannot be based
solely on the level of damage on the
vehicle(s)
. Inflation is determined by
the angle
of the impact and the vehicle’s
deceleration, of which vehicle damage is
only one indication. Repair cost is not a
good indicator of whether an air bag
should have deployed.
What makes an air bag inflate?
In a frontal impact of sufficient severity,
the air bag sensing system detects that
the vehicle is suddenly stopping as a
result of a crash. The sensing system
triggers a chemical reaction of the
sodium azide sealed in the inflator. The
reaction produces nitrogen gas, which inflates the cloth bag. The inflator, cloth
bag, and related hardware are all part of the
air bag inflator module packed
inside the steering wheel.
How does an air bag restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal or near-
frontal collisions, even belted occupants
can contact the steering wheel. The air
bag supplements the protection
provided by safety belts. Air bags
distribute the force of the impact more
evenly over the occupant’s upper body,
stopping the occupant more gradually.
But air bags would not provide
protection in many types of collisions,
including rollovers and rear and side
impacts, primarily because an
occupant’s motion is not toward the air
bag. Air bags should never be regarded
as anything more than a supplement to
safety belt protection in moderate to
severe frontal and near-frontal
collisions.
What will you see after an air bag
inflation?
After the air bag has inflated, it will
then quickly deflate. This occurs
so
quicldy that some people may not even
realize that the air bag inflated. Some
components of the air bag module in
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Children who aren’t buckled up can
strike other people who are.
Q: What if a child is wearing a lap-
shoulder belt, but the child
is so
small that the shoulder belt is very
close to the child’s face
or neck?
A: Move the child toward the center of
the vehicle, but be sure that the
shoulder belt
still is on the child’s shoulder,
so that
in a crash the
child’s upper body would have the
restraint that belts provide. If the
child is
so small that the shoulder
belt
is still very close to the child’s
face or neck,
you might want to
place the child
in a seat that has a
lap belt, if your vehicle has one.
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Parking at Night
Park in a lighted spot, close all windows
and lock your vehicle. Remember to
keep your valuables out
of sight. Put
them in a storage area, or take them
with you.
If you park in a lot where someone will
be watching your vehicle,
it's best to
lock it up and take your keys. But what
if you have to leave your ignition key?
What if
you have to leave something
valuable in your vehicle?
Put your valuables in a storage area,
Parking Lots
like your glove box or locking storage
bin.
Lock the storage bin.
Lock all the doors except the driver's.
Then take the door key with you.
Sliding Door
To open the sliding door from outside
the vehicle, pull the front of the latch
release out and then toward the rear.
If
you slide the door all the way back, it
will latch in the open position.
To move the door forward, you must
first pull the inside or outside latch
release out and then forward or the
door will remain latched in the open
position.
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Features & Controls
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If anything obstructs the sliding door
while
it is closing, the door will
automatically reverse to the open
position, provided it meets sufficient
resistance. Resistance must be as strong
as the force of the closing door, or
stronger. The force
of the closing door
increases significantly as the door
approaches the latch position.
Objects caught in the path
of the sliding
door may be damaged. Make sure the
door path is clear before closing the
door.
To manually open the power sliding
door when the sliding door enable
switch
is in the ON position, pull the inside
or outside latch release and let
go; the door will open fully and remain
latched in the open position.
To manually open the power sliding
door when the enable switch is in the
OFF position, pull the inside or outside
latch release and slide the door all the
way back to the latch position.
To manually close the power sliding
door when the sliding door enable
switch is in the
ON position, pull the
inside or outside latch release
or the
edge of the door.
Move the door about
four inches toward the closed position
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Features & Con&oli
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U
I Ignition Switch
With the ignition key in the ignition
switch, you can turn the switch to five
positions:
Accessory: An “on” position in which
you can operate your electrical power
accessories. Press in the ignition switch
as you turn the top
of it toward you.
Lock: The only position in which you
can remove the ltey. This loclts your
steering wheel, ignition and transaxle.
Off Unlocks the steering wheel,
ignition, and transaxle, but does not
send electrical power to any accessories
Use this position
if your vehicle must be
pushed or towed, but never try to push-
start your vehicle.
A warning chime will
sound
if you open the driver’s door the
ignition.
Run: An “on” position to which the
switch returns after you start your
engine and release the switch. The
switch stays in the
Run position when
the engine is running. But even when
the engine is not running, you can use
Run to operate your electrical power
accessories, and to display some
instrument panel warning lights.
Start: Starts the engine. When the
engine starts, release the ltey. The
ignition switch will return to
Run for
normal driving.
Note that even if the engine is not
running, the positions
Accessory and
Run are “on” positions that allow you
to operate your electrical accessories,
such as the radio.
NOTICE:
If your key seems stuck in Lock
and you can’t turn it, be sure it is
all the way in. If it is, then turn the
steering wheel left and right while
you turn the key hard. But turn the
key only with your hand. Using a
tool
to force it could break the key
or the ignition switch. If none of
this works, then your vehicle needs
service.
I Starting Your Engine
Engines start differently. The 8th digit
of your Vehicle Identification Number
(VIN) shows the code letter or number
for your engine.
You will find the VIN
at the top left of your instrument panel.
(See
Vehicle Identification Number in
the
Index.) Follow the proper steps to
start the engine.
Move your shift lever
to P (Park) or N
(Neutral). Your engine won’t start in
any other position
- that’s a safety
feature.
To restart when you’re already
moving, use
N (Neutral) only.
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