1995 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manuals

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
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 air bags and safety belts.
Seats and Seat Controls
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust
them
-- and also about reclining seatbacks and head
restraints.
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Move the control lever under 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.
Manual Four-Way Adjustable Seat (Option)
There are two levers at the front of the seat. The left
lever adjusts the seat forward and back. The right lever
adjusts the angle
of the front of the seat.
Lift the left lever
(A) up and adjust the seat forward or
back. Then release the lever and try to move the seat to
be certain that
it is locked in place.
Lift the right lever
(B), and lean forward or backward.
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Power Seat Controls (Option)
To adjust the power seat on some models:
Front Control (A): Raise the front of the seat by
holding the switch
up. Lower the front of the seat by
holding the switch down.
Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or back by
holding the control to the front
or back.
lvlove the seat higher by holding the control up. Lower
the seat by holding the control down.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding
the switch up. Lower the rear of the seat by holding the
switch down.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of
the seat and move the seatback where you want it.
Release the lever to lock the seatback.
Pull up
on the lever and the seat will go to an upright
position.
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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.
Front Seatback Latches (2-Door Models)
The front seatback 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 into place.
There’s one time the front seats may not fold without
some help from you. That’s if your vehicle is parked
facing down a fairly steep hill.
To fold
a front seatback forward, push the seatback
toward the rear seat as
you lift this latch. Then the
seatback will fold forward. The latch must be down for
the seat to work properly.

Easy-Entry Seat (2-Door Models) Split Fold-Down Rear Seat (Option)
The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get
in and out of the rear seat.
When you tilt the right front seatback fully forward,
the whole seat will slide forward.
0 After someone gets into the rear seat area, move the
right front seatback to its original position. Then
move the seat rearward until it locks.
To fold down the rear seat, pull forward on the seat tab.
To get out again, tilt the seatback fully forward.
Push the seatback up to return it to its original position.
To make sure the seatback is secure, push it into a fully
upright position.
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Safety Belts: They’re 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.
Your vehicle has a
light that comes on
as
a reminder to buckle
up. (See “Safety Belt
Warning 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!
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Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it
goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat on
wheels.
Put someone on it.
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