1996 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Owners Manual

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, take them
out, put them back in, and fold them up
and down.
Driver’s 4-Way Manual Seat
A CAUTION:
You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to
adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is
moving. The sudden movement could startle and
confuse you, or make you push
a pedal when you
don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when
the vehicle is not moving.
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Manual Front Passenger Seat
The driver’s seat can be adjusted four ways.
Use the lever on the front of the seat to adjust the seat
forward or backward. Pull up on the lever
on the front of
the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it.
To make sure the seat is locked into place, release the
lever and try to move the seat with your body.
To raise the seat, pull up on the lever on the right side of
the seat.
To lower the seat, push the lever down. This
seat
is used in the right front passenger position.
To use, pull up the lever on the front of the seat to
unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want
it. To make
sure the seat is locked into place, release the lever and
try to move the seat with your body.
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Driver’s 6-Way Power Seat (Option)
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To adjust the driver’s six-way power seat:
Front Control (A): Raise the front of the seat by
holding the switch up. Hold the switch down to lower
the front of the seat.
Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding
the switch
up. Hold the switch down to lower the rear of
the seat.
Reclining Front Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback, rotate this knob. It is easier to
recline the seat if you lean forward, taking your weight
off of the seatback.
Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or backward
by holding the control to the front or back. Raise or lower
the seat by holding the control up or down.
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But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle
is moving.
Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is
in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle
up, your safety belts can’t do their job when
you’re reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it
won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be in
front of you. In
a crash you could go into it,
receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t do
its job either. In a crash the
belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt
forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones.
This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is in
motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well
back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.
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.
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Remova ~ Rear Bucket Seats
SEAT LOCATION
There are three types of rear bucket seats: RIGHT
ONLY, CENTER OR LEFT and LEFT ONLY. RIGHT
ONLY and LEFT ONLY seats may be equipped with the
built-in child restraint option. The
rear bucket seats can be removed to provide extra
storage. Each seat that has the built-in child restraint
option fits in ’only one location in your vehicle. Seats
that don’t have the built-in child restraint can
be moved
to different floor locations. The back of each seat has a
diagram (similar to the one pictured) that shows where
the seat must
be located in your vehicle.
RIGHT ONLY seats that don’t have the built-in child
restraint fit only in the right locations.
LEFT ONLY
seats that don’t have the built-in child restraint fit only
in the left locations, The
CENTER OR LEFT seat fits in
the center location and in either left location.
RIGHT ONLY seats that have the built-in child restraint
option fit only in the rear set
of floor pins in the right
location
of the second row. LEFT ONLY seats that have
the built-in child restraint option fit
only in the rear set
of floor pins in the left location of the second row.
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Dump and Stow Feature
The second and third row bucket seats have been
designed
to allow them to fold fully upward and forward
when the seats are anchored in the rear-most position.
This design improves both luggagekargo capacity and
rear seat entrylexit.
To use this feature on RIGHT ONLY seats: Lift the
upper lever to fold
the seatback forward. Push the lower
lever back and tilt the entire seat and seatback forward.
To use this feature on CENTER OR LEFT or
LEFT ONLY seats: Lift
the upper lever to fold the
seatback forward.
Push down on the rear release bar
(located behind
the seat), and tilt the entire seat and
seatback forward.
To release the RIGHT ONLY seat
from this position:
Pull the entire seat back to the upright position. Lift the
upper lever to lift the seatback up again. Push and pull
on the seat and the seatback
to be sure both are locked
into position.
To release the CENTER OR LEFT or LEFT
ONLY
seat from this position: Push the rear release bar while
you pull the entire seat back to the upright position. Lift
the upper lever to lift the seatback up again. Push and
pull on the seat and the seatback
to be sure both are
locked into position.
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Entry to Third Row Bucket Seats
The RIGHT ONLY seats have a lower lever to tilt the
seat forward.
To get into third row seats, push back the
lower lever on the
RIGHT ONLY seat (nearest the
sliding door) and tilt the seat forward completely. To
return the seat to its normal position, pull the seat back,
holding the lower lever back. Once
the seat is in place,
release the lower lever. Push and pull on the seatback
to
be sure that it is locked.
To get out of the third row seats, first lift the upper lever
on the seat ahead of
you to fold the seatback forward.
Push down
on the rear release bar under the seat ahead
of
you to tilt the entire seat forward.
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Removing Rear Bucket Seats
Removing the [GHT ONLY Seats
1. Lift the upper lever to fold the seatback forward.
2. Push the lower lever back and tilt the entire seat and
seatback forward.
3. From behind the seat, support the top portion of the
seat with one hand as you squeeze the front release
bar toward the crossbar.
The seat will release from
the floor pins.
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