1995 Oldsmobile Achieva

>U1 d IThe 1995 OldsrnobileAchieva Owner’s Manual ~~ ... How to Use this Manual .............................................................. .111 This section tells you how to use your manual and includes safety and vehicle damage warnings and symbols. Seats and Restraint Systems .......................................................... 1-1 This section tells you how to use yourseats and safety belts properly. Italso explains the ”SRS” system. Features and Controls ............................................................... 2-1 This section explains how to start and operate your Oldsmobile. 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 information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. ProblemsontheRoad ............................................................... 5-1 This section tells you what todo if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. Service and AppearanceCare ......................................................... 6-1 Here the manual tells you how to keep your Oldsmobile running properly and looking good. Maintenanceschedule ............................................................... 7-1 This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. Customer Assistance Information ..................................................... 8-1 This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile 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. GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN OLDSMOBILE and the OLDSMOBTLE Rocket CERTIFICATION THROUGH Emblem are registered trademarks of General Motors National Institute for Corporation. AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE This manual includes the latest information at the time it 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 For Canadian OwnersWho Prefer a “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Oldsmobile French Language Manual: Division whenever it appears in this manual. Aux proprietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer Please keep this manual in your Oldsmobile, so it will un exemplaire de ce guide en franpis chez votre be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7. new owner can use it. Litho in U.S.A. @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1994 Part No. 22595791 B First Edition All Rights Reserved ii How to Use this Manual Many people read theirowner’s manual from beginning to endwhen they first receive theirnew vehicle. This will help you learn about the featuresand controls for your vehicle. In thismanual, you’ll find that pictures and words work together to explain thingsquickly. Index A good place to look forwhat you need is the Index in In the gray caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. the backof the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the that’s in the manual,and the pagenumber where you’ll hazard. Please read these cautions.If you don’t, you or find it. others could be hurt. Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a circle You will find anumber of safety cautionsin this book. with a slash through it in We use a box with gray background and the word this book. This safety CAUTION to tellyou about things thatcould hurt you if symbol means you were to ignore the warning. “Don”,”“Don’t do this,”or “Don’t let thishappen.’’ iii Vehicle Damage Warnings In the noticearea, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would Also in this book you will find thesenotices: not be covered by your warranty, and it couldbe costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see NOTICE: I CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or These mean there is something that in different words. could damageyour vehicle. You’ll also seewarning labels on your vehicle. They use yellow for cautions,blue for notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. iv Vehicle Symbols These symbols Here are some 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 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 vehicle is WINDSHIELD RELEASE CAUTION driven: WIPER BATTERY POSSIBLE A CHARGING I-1 INJURY SYSTEM DOOR LOCK RADIO UNLOCK VOLUME PROTECT TURN EYES BY SIGNALS e e BRAKE SHIELDING (a) FASTEN WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER CONDITIONINGA'R 43 SEAT CAUSTIC BELTS BATTERY ACID COULD CAUSE WINDOW FUEL RELEASETRUNK e BURNS POWER DEFOGGER WINDOW ENGINE OIL AVOID PRESSURE Wd SPARKS OR VENTILATING LIGHTER n FLAMES FAN TEMP OIL HORN )tr SPARK OR ,\I/, 9b FLAME COULD FOG LAMPS $0 ANTI-LOCK (@) EXPLODE BRAKE SPEAKER BATTERY b V NOTES Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seatsin your Oldsmobile and how to use your safety beltsproperly. You can also learn about some thingsyou should not do with air bagsand safety belts. Seats and Seat Controls This section tellsyou about the seats-- how to adjust them -- and also about reclining seatbacksand head restraints. 1-1 Manual Four-Way Adjustable Seat (Option) Move the control lever under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it. Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your There are two levers at the front of the seat. The left body, to make sure the seat is locked into place. lever adjusts the seat forward and back. The right lever adjusts the angle of the front of the seat. Lift the left lever (A) up and adjust the seat forward or back. Then release the lever and try to move the seat to be certain that it is locked in place. Lift the right lever (B), and lean forward or backward. 1-2 Power Seat Controls (Option) Rear Control (C): Raise the rear of the seat by holding the switch up. Lower the rear of the seat by holding the switch down. Reclining Front Seatbacks To adjust thepower seat on some models: To adjust the seatback, lift thelever on the outer sideof Front Control (A): Raise the frontof the seat by the seat and move the seatback where you want it. holding the switch up. Lower the front of the seat by Release the lever tolock the seatback. holding the switch down. Pull up on the lever and the seat willgo to an upright Center Control (B): Move the seatforward or back by position. holding the control tothe front or back. lvlove the seat higher by holding the controlup. Lower the seat by holding the controldown. 1-3 But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. 1-4 Head Restraints Front Seatback Latches (2-Door Models) Slide thehead restraint up or down so that the top of the The frontseatback folds restraint is closest to the top of your ears. forward to let people get This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a into the back seat. Your crash. seatback will move back and forth freely, unless you come to a sudden stop. Then it will lock into place. There’s one time the front seatsmay not fold without some help fromyou. That’s if your vehicle is parked facing down a fairly steep hill. To fold a front seatback forward, push the seatback toward the rear seat as you lift this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward. The latch must be down for the seat towork properly. Easy-Entry Seat (2-DoorModels) Split Fold-Down Rear Seat (Option) The right front seat of your vehicle makes it easy to get in and out of the rear seat. When you tilt the right front seatback fully forward, the whole seat will slide forward. 0 After someone gets into the rear seat area, move the right front seatback to its original position. Then move the seat rearward until it locks. To fold down the rear seat, pull forward on the seat tab. To get out again, tilt the seatback fully forward. Push the seatback up to return it to its original position. To make sure the seatback is secure, push it intoa fully upright position. 1-6 b Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone Your vehicle has a light that comes on as This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts a reminder to buckle properly. It also tells you some things you should not do up. (See “Safety Belt with safety belts. Warning Light” in the And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System, or Index.) “air bag” system. In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here’s why: They work. You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don’t know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can sobe serious that even buckledup a person wouldn’t survive. But most crashes are in between.In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away.

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