1995 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual
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Park Avenue @ The 1995 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual 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 how to 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 sound system. YourDrivingandtheRoad .............................................................. 4- 1 Here ycyu'll find helpful information and tips about the road and hc .)w to drive under different conditions. Problems on the Road .................................... .............................. 5- 1 This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a f'1at tire or overheated engine, etc. Service and Appearance Care............................................................ 6- 1 Here the manual tells you how to keep your- Buick running properly and looking good. Maintenanceschedule .................................................................. 7- 1 This section tells ~OLIwhen to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to LW. 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 page 8-4. Index ................................................................................ 9- 1 Here's an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this mtnual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to reqd&. i We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN BUICK, and the BUICK Emblem are registered CERTIFICATION THROUGH tradernarks of General Motors Corporation. Nallonal lnstllule for AUTOMOTIVE This manual includes the latest informition at the time it SERVICE EXCELLENCE was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Buick Motor For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a Division whenever it appears in this manual. French Language Manual: Please keep this manual in your Buick, so it will be there Aux propriktaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell un exemplaire de ce guide en franpis chez votre the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new concessionaire OLI a11 DGN Marketing Services Ltd., owner can use it. 1500 Ronhill Rd.. Mississauga, Ontario LST 1C7. Litho in U.S.A. 0Copyright General Motors Corporation 1994 Part No. 2562060SB First Edition All Rights Reserved ii P iii “valve-in-head” engine, a light, powerful and reliable engine which would eventually influence the entire automotive industry. William C. Durant was instrumental in promoting Buicks across the country using his Durant-Dort Carriage Co. outlets and salespeople as the nucleus of 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 switch from the horse and buggy business to automobiles. At the I905 New York Auto Show, Durant took orders for 1,000 Buicks before the company had Walter Mcxrr and Tlmnzus Buick built 40. On Buick’s Buick’s chief engineer, Walter L. Marr (left), and success, Durant created a Thomas D. Buick, son of founder David Dunbar Buick, holding company, drove the first Flint 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 1899, and Marr, his engineer, apparently built the first auto to be called a Buick in 1900. However, Buick traditionally dates its beginnings to 1903. That was the year the 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 aracing team that won 500 racing Buick drew plenty of attention because it could climb trophies in 1909 and 1910, including successes at hills and run through mud like 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 only on During World War I, Buick built Liberty aircraft engines the race track, but in endurance tests across the country as well as Red Cross ambulances so successfully that and around the world. Buick was the only car to one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre complete a I ,000-mile Chicago-to-New York race in by the French government. 1906. And a Buick was the first car totravel across As a builder of premier automobiles, Buick was hard hit South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Great Depression.However, new General over the Andes to Santiago, Chilein 19 14. Manager Harlow H. Curtice created popular new models including the Special and the Roadmaster. Buick sales I soon flourished. 1.911 Model 21 Touring Car 011 Buick’s Test Hill First Buick Factory V In World Wdr 11, Buick built aircraft engines, tanks and A high-compression V-8 engine was introduced in 1953. other military hardware. This post-war period brought And Buick’s Famous vertical pillar “toothy” grille, great styling and engineering changes which resulted in (introduced in 1942), became more massive in the increased sales. The torque converter automatic post-war era. transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced in the 1948 Roadmaster. Buick’s famous “portholes” came along in 1949. 1953 Skylark Motor Trend magazine named the 1962 Buick Special “Car of the Year.” The first production V-6 engine was Roadmaster I949 used in the Special. vi I962 Buick Special Built inside the walls of the old buildings in Buick’s former Flint complex, which formed the cornerstone of “Buick will provide Premium American Motorcars General Motors, Buick City is a state-of-the-art backed with services that exceed our customers? assembly facility with more than 200 robots and other expectations, throughout the purchase, ownership, high-tech equipment. It was completed in the fall of service and repurchase experience.“ 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 are POWERFUL. Buicks are MATURE. How to Use this Manual Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. This will help you learn about the featuresand controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. Index In the gray caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. A good place to look for what you need is the Index in Then we tell you what to do to helpavoid or reducethe the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, you or that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll others could be hurt. find it. Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a circle with a slash through it in You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. this book. We use a box with gray background and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if This safety symbol means you were to ignore the warning. “Don’t,” “Don’t do this,’’ or “Don’t let this happen.” viii Vehicle Damage Warnings In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would Also, in this book you will find these notices: not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see NOTICE: CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or These mean there is something that in different words. could damage your vehicle. You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use yellow for cautions,blue for notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. ix - These symbols Here are some Vehicle Symbols are used on other symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. warning and you may see: indicator lights: For example, These symbols Thesc symbols FUSE these symbols are important are 011 some of ENGINE are used on an for you and your controls: COOLANT F- original battery: your passengers TEMP -- whenever your vehicle is WINDSHIELD CAUTION driven: WIPER BATTERY POSSIBLE CHARGING 1’1 A 45 e5 INJURY SYSTEM RADIO k DOOR LOCK VOLUME TURN a PROTECT SIGNALS BRAKE EYES BY e 9 (a) SHIELDING WINDSHIELD CONDITIONINGAIR FASTEN .& SEAT DEFROSTER RADIATOR 33 CAUSTIC COOLANT a BELTS BATTERY ACID COULD CAUSE WINDOW FUEL BURNS DEFOGGER ENGINE OIL AVOID PRESSURE WbLIGHTER SPARKS OR VENTILATING FLAMES FAN HIGHLAMPSoR BEAM -0= TEMP &b OIL HORN )tT SPARK OR ,111, FLAME COULD FOG LAMPS $0 ANTI-LOCK EXPLODE BRAKE (a)SPEAKER BATTERY b X Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seatsin your Manual Seat Buick 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 part tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them, and also about memory seats, reclining seatbacks and head restraints. Move the lever under the front seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it. Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place.