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1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Ta’b1.eof Cont’ents The Heritage of Oldsmo’bile. ,, 8 CustomerAssistance Information . 251 Includes “Reporting SafetyDeficts” on page 254. i 9 Index. .. 263 L Service StationInformation . Last Page 199 4 CUTLASSSUP.REME OWNER’S MANUAL First Edition Important Notes Note to Canadian For Canadian Owners About this Manual Owners Who Prefer a French Please keep this For vehicles first sold in language Manual Published by manual in your Canada, substitute the Oldsmobile Division Aux proprietaires General Motors Corporation Oldsmobile, so it will be name “GeneralMotors canadiens: Vous 920 Townsend Street there if you everneed it of Canada Limited for pouvez vous procurer Lansing, Michigan 48921 when you’re on the Oldsmobile Division m exemplaire de ce road. If you sell the whenever it appears in guide en francaischez The wordOldsmobik and the Oldsmobile rocket emblem vehicle, please leave this this manual. votre concessionaire ou are registered trademarksof manual in it so the new au DGN Marketing General Motors Corporation. owner can use it. Services Ltd., 1500 The wordDelco is a BonhiU Rd., Mississauga, registered trademarkof This manual includes Ontario L5T 1C 7. General Motors Corporation. the latest informationat the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changesin the product after that time without further notice. 0 Copyright 1993 General Motors Corporation, Oldsmobile Division. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. TheSecurity of .: Owner Satisfaction p; The quality we built into your new 3. Oldsmobile gives us the confidence to J. D. Rock How to Use this Manual MANY PEOPLE READ THEIR OWNJ3R’S Part 1: Seats & Restraint Systems Part 4: Your Driving and the Road manual from beginningto end when This part tells you how to use your Here you’ll find helpful information they firstreceive their new vehicle. seats andsafety belts properly. and. tips about the roadand how to This will help you learn about the drive under different conditions. features and controls for yourvehicle. Part 2: Features & Controls In this manual, you’ll find that Ths part explains how to start and Part 5: Problems on the Road pictures and words work together operate yourOldsmobile. This part tells you what to do if you to explainthings quickly. have a problem while driving, such as Part 3: Comfort Controls & Audio Systems a flat tire or engine overheating. There are nine parts with thumb- This part tells you how to adjust the tabbed pages in this manual. ventilation and comfort controls and Each part beginswith a brief list of how to operate your audio system. contents,.so you can usually tell at a glance if that part contains the information you want. You can bend themanuaI slightly to reveal the tabs thathelp you find a part. Part 6: Service & Appearance Care Part 8: Customer Assistance Information Part 9: Index Here the manual tellsyou how to keep This part includes important Here’s an alphabetical listingof your Oldsmobile running properly and information about reporting safety almost every subjectin this manual. looking good. defects and gives you details about You can use it to quickly find the “Roadside Assistance” program. something you want to read. Part 7: Maintenance Schedule You will also findcustomer This part tells you when to perform satisfaction phone numbers Service Station Information: vehicle maintenance and whatfluids (including customer satisfaction This is a quick referenceof service and lubricantsto use. numbers for the hearing and speech information. You can find it on the impaired) as well as the mediation/ last pageof this manual. arbitration procedure.We’ve also included ordering information for service publications in this part. 7 How to Use this Manual Safety Warnings and Symbols You wdl find a number of safety You will also fiid a circle witha slash In the notice area, we tell you about cautions inths book. We use a box through it in this book. This safety something that can damage your with gray backgroundand theword symbol means: vehicle. Many times, this damage CAUTION to tell you about things that Don’t would not be coveredby your could hurtyou if you were toignore Don’t do this warranty, andit could be costly. But the warning. Don’t /etthis happen the notice will tell you what to do to 8 help avoid the damage. When you read other manuals,you might see CAUTION and NOTICE Wehide Damage Warnings warnings indifferent colors or in Also, in this book you will find different words. In the gray caution area,we tell these notices: You’ll also see warning labelson your ~~ you what the hazardis. Then we tell vehicle. They use yellow for cautions, you what to do to help avoid or reduce NOTICE: These mean there is something blue for notices and the words the hazard. Please read these cautions. that could damage your vehicle. If you don’t, you or others could be r CAUTION or NOTICE. hurt. 8 Wehicle Symbols These are someof the symbolsyou These symbols are importantfor you These symbols haveto do with your will find on your vehicle.For and your passengers whenever your lights: example, these symbols are usedon vehicle is driven: an original battery: Caution Possible Injury A Fasten Safety Belts Master Lighting Switch Protect Eyes by Turn SignalDirection Shielding Door LocklUnlock a Caustic BatteryAcid HazardWarning Flashers A Could Cause Burns Headlight High Beam Avoid Sparks or Flames 8 Parking Lights Spark or Flame Could Explode Battery Fog Lights $0 9 How to Use this Manual These symbols areon some of your These symbolsare used onwarning Here are some other symbolsyou controls: and indicator lights: may see: Windshield Wipers Engine Coolant Fuse Temperature Windshield Washer Trunk or Liftgate Release w Battery Charging e System I Windshield Defroster Lighter n Fuel Horn Rear Window Defogger Engine Oil Pressure Speaker Ventilating Fan 3f Hood Release Power Window # 1+1 Anti-Lock Brakes 10 I Part !~ Seats & Restraint Systems I Seats andSeat Controls This section tells you about the seats- how to adjust them-and also about 1 reclining seatbacltsand head restraints. Manual Front Seat To adjust the seat forward or back, lift Manual Four-Way Seat Adjuster the handle. After it’s adjusted, release (OPTION) the handle and try to move the seat to be certain it has locked into place. To tilt the whole seat forward or backward, squeeze the lever. Position the seat where you would like it, then release the lever. 12 Reclining Front Seatback Lift the lever to release the seatback, then tilt the seatback forward or backward, as desired. Release the lever to lock the seatback in place. But don'thave a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. Head Restraints Seatback Latches Slide the head restraint up or down so In 2-door Oldsmobiles,the frontseat that the topof the restraint is closest to folds forwardto let people getinto the the topof your ears. back seat. This position reduces the chance of a Your seatback will moveback and forth neck injuryin a crash. freely, unless you come to a sudden stop. Then it will lock in place. There’s one time the seatback may not fold without some helpfrom you. That’s if your vehicleis parked facing downa fairly steep hill. To fold a seatback forward, push the seatback toward the rear as you lift this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward. Thelatch must be downfor the seat to work properly. 14 And it explains the Suppleniental Matable,'Restraint,2 of "air bag'' system. .Seats & Restraint Systems .I You never know if you’ll be ina crash. Why Safety Belts,Work 2. When the bike hits the block, it stops. But the child keeps going! If you do have a crash, you don’t lmow When you ride in or on anything, you if it will be a bad one. go as fast as it goes. A few crashes are mild, and some 1. For example, if the bike is going 10 crashes can be so serious that even mph (16 km/h), so is the child. bucklkd up a person wouldn’t survive. But most crashes are inbetween. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and-sometimes walk away. I Without belts they could have been badly hurt or lulled. After more than 25 years of safety belts in vehicles,the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter ... a lot! 3. Take the simplest vehicle. -Sappose 4. Put someone on it. 5..Get it up to speed. ,Thenstop the it’s jasta seat- on- wheels. vehicle. The rider doesn’t.stop. I 6. The person keeps going-until stopped7. or the instrument panel... 8. or the safety belts;: by something. With safety belts, you slow down as the Irm a rea! vehicle, it could be the vehicle dogs.You get more time tostop. windshield... You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take theforces. That’s why safety belts make such good sense. Seats & Restraint Systems have to buckle up toget the most protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions. FASTEN )i Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never BELTS *- drive far from home, why shouldI wear safety belts? A: You may be an excellent driver,but if you’re in an accident - even one that isn’t yourfault - you and your Safety Belt Reminder Light passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver doesn’t protect you from When the key is turned to Run or Start, things beyond your control, such as a chime will comeon for about eight bad drivers. Mostaccidents occur seconds to remind people to fasten their within 25 miles (40 lun) of home.
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