1993 Oldsmobile Achieva
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Table of Contents The Power of Intelligent Engineering . .3 How to Use this Manual . .. ..,.6 Part 1 Seats & Safety BeZts . .. Features & Controls . Comfort Controls & Audio Systems . 113 Your Driving and the Road. 133 Problems on the Road . I.. 181 aervice & Appearance Care . 209 a Maintenance Schedule . ... 271 Customer Assistance Information. 293 Includes “Reporting SafetyDefects ’’ on page298 Index. ...,. .. 309 Service Station Information . Last Page .... This manual includes I product afterthat time without further notice. ThePower of IntelligentEngineering Engineering with a purpose. It’s at the heart of every Oldsmobile. Your new Oldsmobile continues a 96-year tradition of engineering excellence. That tradition was born in Lansing, Michigan, on August2 1, 1897, when Ransom E. Olds began building a horseless carriage “inas nearly a perfect manner as possible.” Soon, Oldsmobiles rolled off the nation’s first assembly line. Innovation and refinement have always set Oldsmobiles apart. In 1939, I Oldsmobile introduced the celebrated Hydra-Matic transmission, a four-speed forerunner of today’s advanced systems. In 1948, the high-spirited RocketV8 engine set standards for performance. c A StepAhead In 1966, Toronado made front-wheel- anve news, includingMotor Trend’s “Car of the Year.” Still breaking new ground. the 1974 “Toro” becamethe first car equipped with a production“air bag.” Recent Oldsmobile engineering has created exciting advancements like the responsive Quad4 engine. Versions of the 4-cylinder, 16-valve Quad 4 propelled Oldsmobiles on roads and racetracks to new standards of economy and performance. Today, the all-wheel-drive security of SmartTrak in the Oldsmobile Bravada continues that proud traditionof meaningful technology. TheSecurity of Owner Satisfaction industry. The Edge gives you :I 24-hour roadside assistance, Bumper-to-Bumper Plus Warranty protection, even free transportation while your vehicle is in for warranty service. With the Oldsmobile Edge, we've pledged to make your ownership &1-. experience a great one. J. D. Rock General Manager How to Use this Manual MANY PEOPLE READ THEIR OWNER’S Part 1: Seats & Safety Belts manual from beginning to end when This part tells you how to use your they first receive their new vehicle. seats and safety belts properly. This will help you learn about the features and controls foryour vehicle. Part 2: Features & Controls Part 4: Your Driving and the Road In this manual, you’ll find that This part explains how to startand Here you’ll find helpful information pictures and wordswork together operate your Oldsmobile. and tips about the road andhow to to explain things quickly. Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio Systems drive under different conditions. There are nine parts with color- This part tellsyou how to adjust the tabbed pages to help you find each of ventilation and comfort controls and Part 5: Problems on the Road the parts of this manual. how to operateyour audio system. This part tellsyou what to do if you Each part beginswith a brief list of have a problem while driving, such as contents, so you can usually tell at a a flat tire or engine overheating. glance if that part contains the information you want. You can bend themanual slightly to reveal the color tabs thathelp you find a part. 6 Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Part 9: Index Service Station Information: Here the manual tellsyou how to keep Here’s an alphabetical listingof This is a quick reference of service your Oldsmobile running properly and almost every subject in this manual. information. You can find it on the looking good. You can use it to quickly find last page of this manual. something you want to read. Part 7: Maintenance Schedule This part tellsyou when to perform vehicle maintenance and whatfluids and lubricants to use. Part 8: Customer Assistance Information This part tells you how to contact Oldsmobile for assistance andhow to get service publications.It also gives you information onReporting Safety Defects. How to Use this Manual Safety Warnings and Symbols You will find a number of safety You will also find a red circle with a In the blue notice area,we tell you cautions in this book.We use yellow slash throughit in this book. This about something that candamage and theword CAUTION to tell you safety symbol means: your vehicle. Many times, this damage about things thatcould hurt you if Don’t would not be covered by your you were to ignore thewarning. Don’t do this warranty, and it could be costly. But the noticewill tell you what to do to 8 help avoid the damage. Thesemean there is I A When you read other manuals, you something that could hurt lu or other people. might see CAUTION and NOTICE - WarningsDamage Vehicle warnings in different colors or in In the yellow caution area,we tell Also, in this book you will find different words. In this manual,we’ve you what the hazard is. Then we tell these blue notices: used the familiar words and colors you what to do tohelp avoid or that Oldsmobile has used for years. reduce the hazard.Please read these You’ll also see warning labels on your cautions. If you don’t, you or others vehicle. They use the same colors, could be hurt. and the wordsCAUTION or NOTICE. 8 Vehicle Symbols These are someof the symbolsyou These symbols are important for you These symbols have to do with your will find on your vehicle. For and your passengers wheneveryour lights: example, these symbols are usedon vehicle is driven: an original battery: CautionPossible Injury A Fasten Safety Belts Master Lighting Switch Protect Eyes by Turn SignalDirection Shielding Door LockIUnlock Hazard Warning Flashers Caustic BatteryAcid A Could Cause Burns Headlight High Beam Avoid Sparks or Flames 8 Parking Lights pf Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery Fog Lights SO 8' How to Use this Manual Vehicle Symbols (GOIT.) These symbols are on some 01your These symbols are used on warning Here are some other symbols you controls: and indicator lights: may see: Windshield Wipers Engine Coolant Fuse Temperature Windshield Washer w Baifery Charging Lighter System n Windshield Defroster Horn Fuel Rear Window Defogger Speaker Engine Oil Pressure Ventilating Fan Brake Hood Release Power Window Anti-Lock Brakes 10 1 Part 1 Seats & Safety Belts Seats and Seat Controls ............................................. Here you’ll find information about 12 the seats in your Oldsmobile. and how SafetyBelts ...................................................... 16 to use your safety belts properly. You How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................................... 21 can also learn about some things you DriverPosition ................................................... 22 should not do with safety belts. Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .................................... 26 Right Front Passenger Position ....................................... 26 Rear Seat Passengers .............................................. -27 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ..................................... 30 Center Passenger Position ........................................... 32 Children ......................................................... 33 Smaller Children and Babies ......................................... 33 Child ................................................... Restraints 34 LargerChildren ................................................... 42 SafetyBeltExtender ............................................... 44 Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash................................... 44 Seats & Safety Belts I Seats and Seat Controls Manual Front Seat This section tells you about theseats- Move the control lever under the front how to adjust them-and also about of the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to reclining seatbacks and head restraints. You can lose controlof the where you want it. Then release the vehicle if you try to adjust a lever and try to move the seat with your -manual driver’s seat while the body, to make sure the seat is locked vehicle is moving. The sudden into place. movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you don’t want to. I Adjust the driver’s seatonly when the vehicle is not moving. Manus/ &Way Adjustble Seat 1Power Seat Contm/s(omoy Manual LumbarSupport (OFT/ON) I To adjust the power seat on some Turn the knob on the sideof the driver’s There are two levers at the front of the 1models: seat clockwise to increase support to the seat. The left lever adjusts the seat Front Control (A): Raise the front of lower back. Turn the knob counter- forward and back. The right lever 1the seat by holding the switch up. Lower clockwise to decreasesupport. adjusts the angle of the front of the seat. 1the front of the seat by holding the To Adjust the Seat’s Forward and Iswitch down. Rearward Movement: (Center Control (B): Move the seat Lift the left leverup and adjust the seat forward or back by holding the control forward or back. Then release the lever 1to the front or back. and try to move the seat tobe certain Move the seat higher by holding the that it is locked in place. Icontrol up. Lower the seat by holding To Raise or Lower the fiont of the 1the control down. seat: Rear Control (C):Raise the rear of the Lift the right lever, and lean forwardor seat by holding the switch up. Lower the backward. rear of the seat by holding the switch down. Seats & Safety Belts .... Manual Reclining Seatback To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of the seat and move the Sitting in a reclined position when pur vehicle is in motion can be seatback whereyou want it. Release the I dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your shty belts can’t do their job lever to lock the seatback. wnen you’re reclined like this. Pull up on the lever and the seat willgo The shoulder beIt can’t do its job because it won’t be against your body. to an upright position. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a cmh you could go into it, receiving Don’t have a seatback reclined, neck or other injuries. however, if your vehicle is moving. The lap belt can’t do its job either.