1997 Oldsmobile Aurora Owner's Manuals

@ Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Aurora 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.
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Seat Controls
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
Here Are Questions Many People Ask About
Safety Belts
-- and the Answers
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
Driver Position Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
Right Front Passenger Position Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS)
Rear Seat Passengers
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for Children
and Small Adults
Center Passenger Position
Children
Child Restraints
Larger Children Safety Belt Extender
Checking Your Restraint Systems
Replacing Restraint System Parts After
a Crash
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Seats and Seat Controls
This part tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them,
and also about reclining seatbacks and head restraints.
Power Seats
The power seat controls are located on the driver’s and
passenger’s door panels.
Horizontal Control (A): Raise the front of the seat by
raising
the forward edge of the button. Lower the front
of the seat by lowering the forward edge of the button.
Move the seat forward by moving the whole button
toward the front
of the vehicle.
Raise the rear
of the seat by raising the rear edge of the
button. Lower the rear
of the seat by lowering the rear
edge
of the button. Move the seat back by moving the
whole button toward the rear
of the vehicle.
Moving the whole button
up or down raises or lowers
the whole seat.
Vertical Control (B): Move the reclining front seatback
rearward by moving the button toward the rear of the
vehicle. Move the seatback forward by movine
the
button toward the front of the vehicle.
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Power Lumbar Control
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The power lumbar controls are located on the driver’s
and passenger’s door panels.
The rear lumbar control adjusts upper lumbar support,
and the front control adjusts lower lumbar support.
Press the front
of the switch to increase support. Press
the back
of the switch to decrease support.
Memory Seat
The memory function
controls both the driver’s
seat and outside mirror
positions. To set your
memory seat and mirrors:
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I. Position the driver’s seat and both outside mirrors
where you want them. See “Mirrors” in the Index.
2. Press the SET button. You will hear one beep.
Within five seconds, press either the
1 or 2 button.
You will hear two beeps.

The seat and mirror positions will be stored for the
number pressed. Repeat the procedure to store another
position with the other number if desired.
To adjust the
seat and mirrors to the stored position, press the number
corresponding to the position. The memory function will
only work with the gearshift in PARK (P).
To stop the automatic movement, move the seat switch
in any direction. For easier exiting, press the
1 and 2
buttons at the same time to move the seat completely
down and back.
Remote Lock Control Personalization
Feature
Each Remote Lock Control 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 “Personalization Features’’ in the Index.
Heated Front Seat (Option)
This feature will quickly heat the lower cushions and
lower back
of the driver and front passenger seats for
added comfort.
Press the button once
to turn the heater on high. The HI
indicator light below the button will glow. Press it again
to turn the heater
on low. The LO indicator light below
the button will glow. Press
it a third time to turn the
heater
off. The heater will turn off automatically when
the ignition is turned off.
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Reclining Front Seatbacks
The vertical control described previously in this section
reclines the front seatbacks.
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.
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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.
The head restraints tilt forward and rearward also.
There are four different positions. Just grasp the top of
the restraint and move it forward
the way you want it to
go until you hear a click. It will then be locked into that
position until you need to move it again. Pulling it
forward past the last position will allow the headrest to
return
to its full rear position.
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how t6 u3e safety belts
properly. It also tells you some things
you should not do
with safety belts.
And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS), or air bag system.
A CAUTION:
Don’t let anyone ride where he or she can’t wear
a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and
you’re not wearing
a safety belt, your injuries
can be much worse.
You can hit things inside the
vehicle or be ejected from it.
You can be seriously
injured or killed. In the same crash, you might
not be
if you are buckled up. Always fasten your
safety belt, and check that your passengers’ belts
are fastened properly too.
It
is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area,
inside or outside of a vehicle. In
a collision,
people riding in these areas are more likely to be
seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to
ride in
any area of your vehicle that is not
equipped with seats and safety belts. Be sure
everyone
in your vehicle is in a seat and using a
safety belt properly.
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Your vehicle has a light that
comes on as a reminder to
buckle up. (See “Safety Belt
Reminder Light” in the
Index.)
In most 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!
Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as
it goes.
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Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat
on wheels.
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Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
doesn’t stop.
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