1996 BUICK PARK AVENUE key

Remote Keyless Entry Personal Choice
Feature (Option)
If your Park Avenue
is equipped with the
Remote Keyless
Entry System, each
transmitter can be
programmed to move the driver’s seat and
outside mirrors to a set
memory position when
the transmitter’s
UNLOCK button
is pressed.
For programming instructions, see “Personal Choice Features” in the Index.
ieated Front Seats (Option)
If your vehicle has this option, the controls are located
to
the side of the driver and front passenger seats.
Push the switch closest to the front
of the driver’s seat
forward and the driver’s seat will start to warm up.
Push the switch closest to the front
of the front
passenger’s seat forward and
the front passenger seat
will begin to warm up.
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I‘ and diagnostic module, which records information
about the air bag system. The module records
information about the readiness
of the system, ‘when
the sensors are activated and driver’s safety belt
usage at deployment.
0 Let only qualified technicians work on your air bag
system. Improper service can mean that yoyr
air bag
syst,em won’t work properly. See your dealer
for service.
NOTICE:
If you damage the cover for the driver’s-or the
right front passenger’s
air bag, they may not
work properly.
You may have to replace the air
bag module in the steering wheel’or both the
air
bag module and the instrument panel for the right front passenger’s
air bag. Do not open or
break the
air bag covers.
Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Buick
Air bags affect how your Buick should be serviced.
There are parts
of the air bag system in several places
around your vehicle. You don’t want the system to
inflate while someone
is working on your vehicle. Your
Buick dealer and the Park Avenue Service Manual have
information about servicing your vehicle and the air bag
system.
To purchase a service manual, see “Service and
Owner Publications’’ in the Index.
For up to
10 seconds after the ignition key is
turned off and the battery is disconnected, an air
bag can still inflate during improper service. You
can be injured if you are close to an air bag when
it inflates. Avoid wires wrapped with ‘yellow tape
or yellow connectors. They are probably part of
the air bag system. Be sure to follow proper
service procedures, and make sure the person
performing work for you is qualified
to do so.
me air bag system does not need regular maintenance.
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Safety Belt -,ring Pregnancy
Safety belts work for everyone, including pregnant
women. Like all occupants, they are more likely to be
seriously injured if they don’t wear safety belts.
A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, and
the lap portion should be worn as low as possible, below
the rounding, throughout
the pregnancy.
The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the
mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it’s more
likely that the fetus won’t be hurt in a crash. For
pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making
safety belts effective
is wearing them properly.
Right Front Passenger Position
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same
way as the driver’s safety belt. See “Driver Position,’’
earlier in this section.
When the lap portion of the belt
is pulled out all the
way,
it will lock. If it does, let it go back all the way and
start again.
If your vehicle has a center passenger position, be sure
to use the correct buckle when buckling your
lap-shoulder belt. If you find that
the latch plate will not
go fully into the buckle, see
if you are using the buckle
for the center passenger position.
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Section 2 Features and Controls
Here you can learn about the many standard and
optional features on your Buick, and information on
I starting, shifting and braking. Also explained are the
instrument panel
and the warning systems that tell you if
everything is working properly -- and what to do if you
have a problem.
Keys
I A CAUTION:
Leaving young children in a vehicle with the
ignition key
is dangerous for many reasons. A child
or others could be badly injured or even killed.
They could operate power windows or other
controls or even make the vehicle move. Don’t
leave the keys in a vehicle with young children.
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The ignition keys are
for the ignition only.
The door keys are for the
doors and all other locks. When a new Park Avenue is
delivered, the dealer
removes the plugs from the keys, and gives them to the
first owner. However, if the ignition key does not have
a
plug, there may be a bar-coded key tag instead.
Each plug has a code
on it that tells your dealer or a
qualified locksmith how
to make extra keys. Keep the
plugs in a safe place.
If you lose your keys, you’ll be
able to have new ones made easily using these plugs
or
the tag. If your ignition keys don’t have plugs, go to
your Buick dealer for the correct key code if you need a
new ignition key.
NOTICE:
Your Buick has a number of features that can
help prevent theft. But you can have a lot
of
trouble getting into your vehicle if you ever lock
your keys inside. You may even have to damage
your vehicle to get in.
So be sure you have
extra keys.
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Door Locks
Unlocked doors can be dangerous.
Passengers
-- especially children -- can easily
open the doors and
fall out. When a door is
locked, the inside handle won’t open it.
Outsiders can easily enter through an unlocked
door when you slow down or stop your vehicle.
This may not be
so obvious: You increase the
chance of being thrown out of the vehicle in
a
crash if the doors aren’t locked. Wear safety belts
properly, lock your doors, and you will be
far
better off whenever you drive your vehicle. There
are several ways
to lock and unlock your vehicle.
From the outside, use your door key or Remote Keyless
Entry,
if your vehicle has this option.
To lock the door from the
inside, slide the lock control
lever down.
To unlock the door, slide the
lock control lever up.
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Central Door Unlocking System (Option)
If the driver’s door key is held in the unlock position for
more
than one second, all doors will electronically unlock.
Power Door Locks
With power door locks, you
can lock or unlock all doors
of your vehicle by using
either the driver or front
passenger power door
lock switch.
Memory Door Locks (Option)
Close your doors and turn on the ignition. Every time
you move your shift lever
out of PARK (P), all of the
doors will lock. And, every time you stop and move
your shift lever into
PARK (P), your doors will unlock.
If someone needs to get out while you’re not in
PARK (P), have that person use the manual or power
lock. When the door is closed again, it will not lock
automatically.
Just use the manual or power lock to lock
the door again.
If you need to lock your doors before
shifting out of
PARK (P), just use the manual or power
lock button to lock the doors.
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buDrdmizing Your Memory Door Locks Feature
You can program the memory door locks feature to
change to the following modes:
To change modes:
1. Close all doors and turn the ignition on. Keep all
doors closed throughout this procedure.
Mode Operation
0
1
2
3
No automatic door lock or unlock.
All doors automatically lock
when shifted out
of PARK (P).
No automatic door unlock.
All doors automatically lock when
shifted out
of PARK (P). Only
the driver’s door automatically
unlocks when shifted into
PARK
(P).
All doors automatically lock when
shifted out
of PARK (P). All doors
automatically unlock when shifted
into PARK
(P).
2. Press and hold the driver’s power door lock switch
through Step
4.
3. Press the LOCK button on the Remote Keyless Entry
transmitter. The automatic door locks will remain in
the current mode.
4. Press the LOCK button on the transmitter again.
Each time the transmitter’s LOCK button is pressed,
the mode will advance by one, going from
3 to
0 to 1, etc.
5. Release the power door lock switch. The
automatic door locks will remain in the
most
recent mode selected.
Vehicles are delivered programmed in Mode
3.
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