1995 Buick Lesabre Owner’S Manual
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LeSabre The 1995 Buick LeSabre 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. Featuresand Controls .................................................................. 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 you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. ProblemsontheRoad .................................................................. 5-1 This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire 01- engine overheating, 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 you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. CustomerAssistance 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 manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. i We support voluntary technician certification. I BUICK GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT BUICK, and the BUICK Emblem are registered VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN trademarks of General Motors Corporation. CERTIFICATION THROUGH I Natlcnal In51 Iutelo~ This manual includes the latest information at the time it AUTOMOTIVE I SERVICE was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the ’ EXCELLENCE 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 OwnersWho Prefer a Division whenever it appears in this manual. French Language Manual: Please keep this manual in your Buick, so it will be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell Aux propriktaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new un exemplaire de ce guide en franqais chez votre owner can use it. concessionaire ou au DCN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T lC7. Litho in U.S.A. 0Copyright General Motors Corporation 1994 Part No. 25620606 B First Edition All Rights Reserved ii iii "valve-in-head" engine, a light, powerful and reliable engine which would eventually influence 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 switch from the horse and buggy business to automobiles. At the 1905,New York Auto Show, Durant took orders for 1,000 Buicks before the company had Walter Marrand Thomas Buick 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 thefist 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 engines by 1899, and Man, 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 William C. (Billy)Durant Detroit to Flint. Buick has always been a product innovator. Buick engineers developed the iv Durant also created a racing team that won 500 racing Buick drew plenty of attention because it could climb trophies in 1909 and 19 10, 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 successful that one and around the world. Buick was the only carto Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre by complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-New York race in the French government. 1906. And a Buick was the first carto travel across As a builderof 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 1914. Manager, Harlow H. Curtice created popular new models including the Special and the Roadmaster. Buick sales soon flourished. 1911 Model 21 Touring Car on Buick’s Test Hill First Buick Fuctory V In World War 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 ftlmous 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. I953 Skylark Motor Trend magazine named the 1962 Buick Special, “Car of the Year”. The first production V-6 engine was I949 Roadmaster used in the Special. vi 1962 Buick Special Ed Mertz, Generul Manage6 Buick Motor Division Built inside the walls of the old buildings in Buick’s Our mission is simple: 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. vii 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 lookfor what you need is the Index in Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the 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 couldbe hurt. find it. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this Safety Warnings and Symbols book. You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. kThis safetv4d svmbol means We use a box with gray background and the word “Don’t,’’ “Don’t do this,” or CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if “Don’t let this happen.” you were to ignorethe warning. viii Vehicle Damage Warnings In the notice area, we tell you about something thatcan damage your vehicle. Many times, this damagewould 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 todo to help avoid the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see NOTICE: CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colorsor These mean there is something that in different words. could damageyour vehicle. You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use yellow for cautions,blue for noticesand the words CAUTION or NOTICE. ix These symbols Here are some Vehicle Symbols are used on other symbols These are someof the symbols you may find on your vehicle. warning and you may see: indicator lights: For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols FUSE these symbols are important have to do with are on some of ENGINE are used on an for you and your lights: your controls: COOLANT F- original battery: your passengers TEMP -- whenever your WINDSHIELD vehicle is WIPER CAUTION driven: BATTERY POSSIBLE A CHARGING 1-1 INJURY t* -e- -1 SYSTEM RADIO DOOR LOCK WINDSHIELD 6$ VOLUME UNLOCK TURN WASHER PROTECT SIGNALS I BRAKE EYES BY e 9 (a) SHIELDING WINDSHIELD CONDITIONINGAIR FASTEN 4 SEAT DEFROSTER RADIATOR 43 COOLANT CAUSTIC a BELTS BATTERY TRUNK ACID COULD a RELEASE CAUSE WINDOW FUEL BURNS DEFOGGER ENGINE OIL AVOID PRESSURE w4LIGHTER SPARKS OR VENTILATING 7 FLAMES FAN 1 HIGHLAMPSoR BEAM = 5Y HORN =o TEMPOIL & SPARK OR ,\I/, FLAME COULD FOG LAMPS $0 ANTI-LOCK (@) EXPLODE BRAKE SPEAKER BAllERY b X Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seatsin your Move the lever under the Buick and how to use your safety beltsproperly. You Eront seat to unlockit. Slide can also learn about some things you should not do with the seat to whereyou want air bags and safety belts. it. Seats and Seat Controls This section tellyou about the seats-- how to adjust them -- and also about reclining seatbacksand head restraints. Manual Seat Then release the leverand try to move the seatwith your body, to make sure the seat is locked into place.