1997 CADILLAC SEVILLE Owners Manual

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The instrument panel is designed to let you know at a
glance how your Cadillac is running. You’ll know how
fast you’re going, how much fuel you’re using and
many of‘the other things you’ll need to know to drive
safely and economically.
The main components of the
instrument panel are:
1. Air Outlets
2. Turn Signal,/Multifi~nctioln Lever
3. Driver Information Center Control Buttons
4. Driver’s Side Ais Bag
5. Cluster
6. Steering Column Shift Lever
7. Electronic Climate Controls
8. Radio
9. Passenger’s Side Air Bag
10. Lamp Controls
1 I. HVAC Steering Wheel Controls (.or Cellular
Telephone Controls.,
If Equipped)
12. Hood Release
13. Horn
14. Audio Steering Wheel Controls
15. Ashtray and Cigarette Lighter
16. Glove Box

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The speedometer lets you see your speed in both miles
per hour (mph) and kilometers per hour
(kndh). The
odometer shows how far your vehicle has been driven,
in either miles (used in the United States) or kilometers
(used in Canada).
You may wonder what happens if a vehicle has to have a
new odometer installed. The new one may read the
correct mileage. This is because your vehicle's computer
has stored the mileage in memory.
TRIP 1
SET 1
TRIP RESET
Digital Cluster
Analog Cluster
By pressing one of these buttons, you can tell how far
you've traveled since' you last set the trip odometer back
to zero. For information
on resetting these. buttons. see
"Digital or
Analog Control Buttons" later in this section.

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Digital Cluster
With the digital cluster,
you can
go back and forth
from English (miles) to
metric (kilometers) by
pressing this button.
For analog clusters, press the
INFO button until
ENGLISH/METRIC RESET displays and then press
INFO RESET to select.
Note that other readings such
as temperature, fuel and
trip odometer also
go back and forth between English
and metric.
Vehicie Speed. Limiter
This feature prevents your vehicle from exceeding
speeds that the tires are not rated
for. When this
happens, the engine's fuel supply
is shut off. When the
vehicle speed
slows, the fuel supply will come on again.
This gape indicates the
engine speed
in revolutions
per rninute
(l-pm).
NOTICE:
Do not operate the engine with the tachometer in
the red area or engine damage may occur. I

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine This feature prevents the engine from operating at too
many revolutions per minute (rprn). When the engine’s
rpm are critically high, the fuel supply to the engine
is shut
off. When the engine speed slows, the fuel
supply will come on again. This helps prevent damage
to the engine.
This part describes the warning lights and gages that
may be on your vehicle. The pictures will help you
locate them.
Warning lights and gages can signal that something is
wrong before
it becomes serious enough to cause an
expensive repair
or replacement. Paying attention to
your warning lights and gages could also save
you or
others from injury. Warning
lights come
on when there may be or is a
problem with
one of your vehicle’s functions. As you
will see in
the details on the next few pages. some
warning lights come on briefly when
you start the
engine just
to let you know they‘re working. If’ ~OLI
are familiar with this section. you should IWI he
alarmed when this happens.
Gages can indicate when there
may bc or is ;: prohlcn;
with one of your vehicle‘s functions. Oftcn pgch and
warning lights work together to let you kno~, ~,hw
there‘s a problem with your vehicle.
When one of the warning lights comes
on and stays on
when you are driving, or when one of the gages shows
there may be a problem, check the section that tells
you what to do about it Please follow this manual’s
advice. Waiting
to do repairs can be costly -- and even
dangerous.
So please get to know your warning lights
and gages. They’re a big help.
Your vehicle also has a Driver Information Center that
works along with the warning lights and gages. See
“Driver Information Center” later
in this section.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine When the key is turned to RUN or START, a chime will
come
on for about eight seconds to remind people to
fasten their safety belts, unless the driver’s safety belt
is
already buckled.
The safety belt light will
also come on and stay on
for about
20 seconds, then
it will flash for about
70 seconds. If the driver’s
belt is already buckled,
neither the chime nor the
light will come on. There
is an
air bag readiness light on the instrument
panel, which shows
AIR BAG. The system checks the
air bag’s electrical system
lor malfunctions. The light
tells you if there
is an eicctrical problm. The system
check includes
the air- hag scnsorh. thc air hug modules,
the wiring and the
crash sensing and tli;tylostic module.
For more information on tht. air bag s!.>tcm. see “Air
Bag” in
the Index.
AIR BAG
This light n*iIl come on
whcn you start your engine,
and
it will t‘iash for a few
seconds.
Then the light
should
go out. This means
the system is ready.
If the air bag readiness light stays on after you start the
engine or comes
on when you are driving, your air bag
system may
not work properly. Nave your vehicle
serviced right away.