Owner's Manual,1996 Buick Skylark
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I I I 'I I n @) The 1996 Buick Skylark Owner’s Manual ;c I Seats and Restraint Systems ............................................................. 1-1 This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly.It also explains “SRS” system. FeaturesandControls .................................................................. 2-1 This section explains howto start and operate your Buick. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems..................................................... 3-1 This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. YourDrivingandtheRoad .............................................................. 4- 1 Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. ProblemsontheRoad .................................................................. 5-1 This section tellsyou what to do i.f youhave a problemwhile driving, such as a flattire or overheated engine, etc. Service and AppearanceCare. ........................................................... 6-1 Here the manual tells you how to keep your Buick running properly and looking good. MaintenanceSchedule... ................................................................ 7-1 This section tells you when to perform vehicle maibtenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. Customer Assistance Information ........................................................ 8-1 This section tells you how to contact Buick for assistance and how to get service publications.It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page8-7. Index ................................................................................ 9-1 Here’s an alphabetical listingof almost every subject inthis manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. i We support voluntary technician certification. I‘ I GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT BUICK, the BUICK Emblem andthe name Skylarkare VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN registered trademarksof General Motors Corporation. CERTIFICATION THROUGH National Institute for This manual includesthe latest information at the timeit AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE was printed.We reserve the right to make changes in the EXCELLENCE i product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first soldin Canada, substitute the name “General Motorsof Canada Limited”for Buick Motor Division wheneverit ippears in this manual. For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a Please keepthis manual in your Buick,so it will be there French Language Manual: if you ever needit when you’re onthe road. If you sell Aux propriCtaires canadiens:Vous pouvez vous the vehicle, please leave this manualit soin the new procurer un exemplaire de ce guide enfianpis chez owner can use it. votre concessionaireou au: DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1500 Bonhill Rd. Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7 Litho inU.S.A. @Copyright General Motors Corporation 1995 Part No. 25632197 B First Edition All Rights Reserved ii iii “valve-in-head” engine, a light, ,powerful and reliable engine which would eventuallyinfluence the entire automotive industry. William C.’Durant was instrumentalin promoting Buicks across the country usinghis Durant-Dort Carriage Co. outlets and salespeople as the nucleusof a giant distribution system. He knew the Buick as a “self-seller.” If automobiles could be this good,he thought, maybe it was time to switchfrom the horse and buggy business to automobiles. At the 1905New York Auto Show, Durant took orders for 1,000 Buicks Walter Marr and Thomas Buick before the company had built 40. On Buick’s Buick’s chief engineer, WalterL. Marr (left), and success, - Durant created a Thomas D. Buick, son of founder David Dunbar Buick, holding company, drove the first Flirit Buick in a successful Flint-Detroit ‘< September 16, 1908.. He round trip in July 1904. called it General Motors. David Buick was building gasoline enginesby 1-899, and Man, his engineer, apparently builtthe first auto to be called a Buickin 1900. However, Buick traditionally dates its beginnings to 1903. That was the year the William C. (Billy)Durant company was reorganized, refinanced and moved from Detroit to Flint. Buick has always been a product innovator. Buick engineers developed the iv Durant also created racing a team that won500 racing Buick drew plentyof attention becauseit could climb trophies in 1909 and 1910, including successes at hills and run through mudlike no other car. Buick’s Indianapolis two years beforethe Indy 500 began. endurance and reliability were world famous. The success of Buick engines was visible not onlyon During World WarI, Buick built Liberty aircraft engines the race track, but in endurance tests acrossthe country as well as Red Cross ambulancesso successfully that and aroundthe world. Buick wasthe only. carto one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-NewYork race in by the French government. 1906. And a Buick wasthe first car to travel across As a builderof premier automobiles, Buickwas hard hit South America, drivenfrom Buenos Aires,krgentina, by the Great Depression. However, new General over the Andes to Santiago,Chile in 1914. Manager HarlowH. Curtice created popular new models including the Special andthe Roadmaster. Buick sales soon flourished. 1911 Model 21 Touring Car on Bulck’sTest Hill I First Buick Factory V 1962 Buick Special Ed .Mertz,General Manager, Buick Motor Division Built inside the wallsof the old buildings in Buick’s Our mission is simple: former Flint complex, which formedthe cornerstone of “Buick will provide Premium American Motorcars General Motors, Buick Cityis a state-of-the-art backed with services that exceedour customers’ assembly facility with more than200 robots and other expectations, throughoutthe purchase, ownership, high-tech equipment.It was completedin the fall service and repurchase experience.” of 1985. Buicks are SUBSTANTIAL. Buicks are, and will continue to be, premium American motorcars with smooth power, high performance, rich Buicks are DISTINCTIVE. detail and comfortable accommodation. Buicks arePOWERFUL. Buicks are MATURE. i How to Use This Manual 1 Many people read their owner’s manual from beginnjng to end when theyfirst receive theirnew vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features and These mean thereis something thatcould hurt controls for your vehicle.In this manual, you’ll find that you or other people. pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. In the caution area,we tell you what the hazardis. Then Index we tell you what todo to help avoid or reducethe hazard. Please read these cautions.If you don’t, you or A good place to lookfor what you needis the Indexin others coul&be hurt. the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical listof all that’s in the manual, andthe page number where you’ll find it. You will also find a circle with a slash throughit in Safety Warnings and Symbols this book. This safety symbol means “Don’t,’’ You will find a numberof safety cautionsin this book. “Don’t dothis,” or “‘Don’t We usezabox and the word CAUTION to tell you about let this happen.” things that could hurt youif you were to ignorethe I warning. viii Vehicle Damage Warnings not be covered by your warranty, andit could be costly. But the notice willtell you whatto do to help avoidthe Also, in this book youwill fiid these notices: damage. When you read other manuals, you might CAUTIONsee NOTICE: and NOTICE warnings in different colors orin different I words. These mean thereis something thatcould You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use . damage your vehicle. the same wordsCAUTION or NOTICE. In the notice area, we tell you about something can that damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would ix Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on yourvehicle. For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols These symbols Here are some these symbols are important have to do with are on some of are used on other symbols are used on an for you and your lights: your controls: warning and you may see: original battery: your passengers indicator lights: whenever your vehicle is CAUTION driven: POSSIBLE A FUSE INJURY COOLANT - TEMP - DOOR LOCK TURN PROTECT UNLOCK SIGNALS EYES BY e t BATTERY LIGHTER SHIELDING CHARGING SYSTEM CAUSTIC WINDSHIELD FASTEN HORN DEFROSTER )6. SEAT BRAKE (0) BELTS BURNS COOLANT SPEAKER AVOID WINDOW SPARKS OR b DEFOGGER POWER * a FLAMES DAYTIME WINDOW RUNNING * 0 ENGINE OIL LAMPS PRESSURE e,FUEL SPARK OR ,\I/, la FLAME VENTILATING COULD FAN EXPLODE FOG LAMPS c ANTI-LOCK (@) $0 BRAKES ' BATTERY I x 3. Pick up the latch plate, andrun the lap and shoulder I 1996Owner’s Manual Supplement portions of the vehicle’s safety belt throughor I I around the restraint. The child restraint instructions This information replaces the “Securinga Child will show you how. Restraint in a Rear OutsideSeat Position’’ textin Section 1 of your Owner’s Manual. Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Seat Position You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt.See the earlier part about thetop strap if the child restrainthas one. 1. Put the‘restrainton the seat. Follow the instructions for the child restraint. Tilt the latch plate to adjust the if belt needed. 2. Secure the child in the child restraint as the If the shoulder belt goes in frontof the child’s face or instructions say. neck, put it behindthe child restraint. Part No. 96SKYCAVOOl 1 (@ ~, Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’llfind information aboutthe