1996 OLDSMOBILE AURORA Owners Manual

Fuel Gage
When the ignition is on,
your fuel gage tells you
about how much fuel you
have left. Press any button
on the Driver Information Center to
turn off the warning.
Here are four things that some owners ask about. None
of these show a problem with your fuel gage:
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When you have approximately 2.6 gallons (9 L) of
fuel remaining, the message LOW FUEL will be
displayed and a chime will sound. You need to get
more fuel right away.
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At the service station, the gas pump shuts off before
the gage reads
“F” (Full).
It takes a little more or less fuel to fill up than the
gage indicated. For example, the gage may have
indicated the tank was half full, but it actually took a
little more or less than half the tank’s capacity
to fill
the tank.
The gage moves a little when you turn a corner or
speed up.
The tank is not necessarily empty when the pointer is
over the
“E” (Empty) mark. There is a reserve of up
to
1.5 gallons (5.6 L) in the tank. You should still get
more fuel as
soon as possible.
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Driver Inf rmation Cent
The Driver Information Center (DIC) displays
information in either English or metric. When the
system is on or off, hold the
OFF button down for five
seconds to change the display between English and
metric. This will also change the digital screen for the
climate control system between English and metric.
In addition to the functions described in this part, the
DIC also displays various warning messages under
appropriate conditions. Turn
on the system
by pressing any button except
RESET, ENTER or
OFF. When you turn on the ignition,
the Driver Information Center will be in the mode last
displayed when the engine was turned off. Keep in mind
that this also applies to the
OFF mode.
To turn off messages on the DIC (except LOW
OIL
PRESSURE, LOW BRAKE FLUID, PARK BRAKE
SET and the hot engine warnings), press any button on
the DIC.
You will need to open the cover to access the control
buttons. To open the cover, push the button located to
the right
of the cover.
To close the cover, push it down to its closed position.
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Fuel Economy Fuel c
The ECON button displays average fuel economy and
instantaneous fuel economy calculated for your specific
driving conditions. Press ECON to display average fuel
economy, such as:
25.2 AVG MI/GAL or
9.3 AVG L/100
KM
Press ECON again to display instantaneous fuel
economy, such as:
28 INST MI/GAL or
8.4 INST L/lOO KM
Press again to return to average fuel economy.
The average
fuel economy is viewed as a long-term
approximation
of your overall driving conditions.
If you press RESET in this mode while you’re driving,
the system will begin figuring fuel economy from that
point in time. Press FUEL to see
how much fuel has been used since
you last pressed the reset button. The display will show
a reading such as:
10.4 GALLONS USED or
39.4 LITERS
USED
To learn how much fuel will be used from a specific
starting point, first press FUEL to display fuel used, then
press
RESET.
Don’t confuse fuel used with the amount of fuel in
your tank.
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Fuel Range
RANGE calculates the remaining distance you can drive
without refueling. It’s based on fuel economy and the
fuel remaining
in the tank. The’display will show a
reading such as:
FUEL RANGE 235 MI or
FUEL RANGE 378
KM
If the range is less than 50 miles (80 km), the display
will read
LOW FUEL RANGE.
The fuel economy data used to determine fuel range is
an average of recent driving conditions. As your driving
conditions change, this data is gradually updated.
Resetting fuel range causes the fuel economy data to
be
updated immediately. To reset fuel range, press
RANGE, then RESET.
Average Speed
The calculation for average speed begins when SPEED
is reset. Press SPEED to display the average speed,
such as:
AVG SPEED
56 MPH or
AVG SPEED
90 KM/H
To reset the average speed, press SPEED and then RESET.
Engine
The ENG button scrolls through the following functions:
Oil pressure such as:
OIL PRESSURE
40 PSI or
OIL PRESSURE
276 kPa
Battery voltage such as:
BATTERY 13.8
VOLTS
Transaxle fluid life, such as:
TRANS FLUID LIFE
40%
This is an estimate of the transaxle fluid’s remaining
useful life. It will show
100% when the system is reset
after a transaxle fluid change. It will alert you to change
your transaxle fluid on
a schedule consistent with your
driving conditions.
Engine oil life, such
as:
OIL LIFE 30%
This is an estimate of the oil’s remaining useful life. It
will show
100% when the system is reset after an oil
change.
It will alert you to change your oil on a schedule
consistent with your driving conditions.
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When the remaining oil life or transaxle fluid life is low,
the system will alert you with a message:
CHANGE OIL SOON or
CHANGE TRNS
FLUID SOON
When the oil or transaxle fluid life is down to zero, you
will receive the message:
CHANGE
OIL NOW or
CHANGE TRNS FLUID NOW
To reset the
OIL LIFE reminder after an oil change
or the
TRNS FLUID LIFE reminder after a transaxle
fluid change:
With the ignition on, press the ENG button
so the OIL
LIFE percentage or the TRNS LIFE percentage is
displayed.
Press RESET and hold for five seconds. The word
RESET will appear, then OIL LIFE 100% or TRNS
FLUID 100%.
Remember, you must reset the OIL LIFE or TRNS
FLUID yourself after each oil or transaxle fluid change.
It will not reset itself. Also, be careful not to reset the
OIL LIFE or TRNS FLUID accidentally at any time
other than when the oil or transaxle fluid
has just been changed.
It can’t be reset accurately until the next oil or
transaxle fluid change.
The Driver Information Center does not replace the need
to maintain your vehicle as recommended in the
Maintenance Schedule in this manual. Also, the oil
change reminder will not detect dusty conditions or
engine malfunctions that may affect the oil.
If you drive
in dusty areas, change your oil after every
3,000 miles
(5 000 km) or three months, whichever occurs first,
unless the DIC instructs you to do
so sooner. Also, the
oil change reminder does not measure how much oil you
have in your engine.
So, be sure to check your oil level
often. See “Engine Oil” in the Index.
Check Oil Level Warning
When CHECK OIL LEVEL appears, it indicates that the
engine oil level is
1 to 1 1/2 quarts (0.9 L to 1.4 L) low.
The message will appear only if the engine is running
and it’s been at least eight minutes since the engine was
last running. If the message appears, check the oil
dipstick level. If
it reads low, your oil level should be
brought up to the proper level (see “Engine Oil” in the
Index). After bringing the oil to the proper level, the
ignition must be off for eight minutes to allow the
majority of oil to drain into the oil pan.
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Distance to Destination
This feature acts as a reverse trip odometer by counting
backward from an estimated distance which you enter
before starting your trip. It also uses that information to
determine the estimated time of arrival.
To set, press DEST, then RESET and enter a maximum
of four digits for the length
of your trip. (Always use
whole miles or kilometers.) Then press ENTER. The
system will only accept the last four digits you enter as
your distance to destination.
The system will display the total distance to destination,
such as:
365 MI TO DEST or
587 KM TO DEST
When the system counts down to zero distance
remaining, even if you’re in another display, a chime
will sound and the display will show:
TRIP COMPLETE
The TRIP COMPLETE message will
go off when you
press any button, or when you turn your ignition
off,
then on. The display returns to the mode displayed prior
to the interruption.
Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
ETA is based on the average speed, the date and time of
the day, and the estimated distance to your destination.
After you have entered your distance to destination,
press ETA
to display estimated time of arrival, such as:
ETA TUE
1256 PM
Press ETA again to display the time to destination. The
display will show the current time
as the hours and
minutes to destination, such as:
1250 TIME TO DEST
If the time to destination calculation is seven days or
greater, the display will read:
TRIP OVER
7 DAYS
When the trip is complete a chime will sound and the
display will show:
TRIP COMPLETE
The trip complete message will
go off when you press
any button, or when you turn your ignition
off, then on.
The display returns to the mode displayed prior to the
interruption.
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When the ignition is on, the Driver Information Center
can be used as a stopwatch. The display will show hours
and minutes. The elapsed time indicator will record up
to 100 hours, then it will reset to zero and continue
counting. Press ET, and the display will show the
amount
of time that has elapsed since the elapsed time
indicator was last reset (not including time the ignition
is
off), such as:
01:08 ELAPSED TIME
To reset elapsed time to zero, press RESET while the
elapsed time
is displayed.
Press DATE to display the date.
To change the date,
press DATE then RESET. The following display will
appear:
MONTH? XX/DD/YY
MM,
DD and YY represent the month, date and year
you currently have in your system. Check to make sure
your clock
is in the correct AM or PM mode. Notice that
each key has a number. Push the key to enter
the number. The first XX’s will flash until you enter the
first digit for the month. You don’t need to enter the
leading zero if the number is under
10. Press ENTER
after you’ve entered the month. The display will
change to:
DAY? MM/XX/YY
Set the day just as you set the month. After the day entry
is made, press ENTER, and the display will change to:
YEAR? MM/DD/XX
Set the year just as you set the month and day.
If a valid
date
is entered, the display will automatically exit to the
date mode and display the day
of the week, the month
and the date. If an invalid date is entered, the display
will return to MONTH? XX/DD/YY and you’ll need to
repeat the above steps.
After a battery reconnect (loss
of power), the display
will read CONFIRM TIME AND DATE.
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RECALL
When you press the
RCL button, the
system scrolls through
any currently active
warning messages,
then returns to the
mode the system was
in before you
pressed
RCL.
If no warning messages exist, MONITORED
SYSTEMS OK will be displayed.
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