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a BUICK The 1996 Buick Century 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 audio system. YourDrivingandtheRoad .............................................................. 4-1 Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and howto 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 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 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 Buick for assistance and how to get service publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8-7. 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. p+CERTIFIED GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT BUICK, the BUICK Emblem and the name VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN CENTURY are registered trademarks of General CERTIFICATION THROUGH Motors Corporation. National Institutefor 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 “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 Aux propriktaires canadiens:Vous pouvez vous if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en franGais chez the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new votre concessionaire ou au: owner can use it. DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1500 Bonhill Rd. Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7 Litho in USA. 0Copyright General Motors Corporation 1995 Part No. 2563 1999 B First Edition All Rights Reserved “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 1905 New York Auto Show, Durant took orders for 1,000 Buicks Walter Marr and Thomas Buick before the company had 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, 19081. He round trip in July 1904. 1 called it General Motors. David Buick was building gasoline enginesby 1899, and Marr, his engineer, apparently built the first autoto be called a Buick in 1900. However, Buick traditionally dates itsbeginnings to 1903. That was the year the William C. (Billy) Durant company was reorganized, refinanced and moved from Detroit to Flint. Buick has always been a product innovator. Buick engineers developed the Durant also created a racing 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 before the 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 1,000-mile Chicago-to-New York race in by the French government. 1906. Anda Buick was the first car to travel 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, Chile in 1914. Manager Harlow H. Curtice created popular new models including the Special and the Roadmaster. Buick sales soon flourished. 1911 Model 21 Touring Cur on Buick’s TestHill First Buick Factory 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 famous vertical pillar “toothy” grille, great styling and engineering changes which resulted in (introduced in 1942), became more massive in the increased sales. Thetorque converter automatic post-war era. transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced in the 1948 Roadmaster. Buick’s famous “portholes” came along in 1949. I I953 Skylurk Motor Trend magazine named the 1962 Buick Special 1949 Roadmuter “Car of the Year.” The first production V-6 engine was used in the Special. vi I I962 Buick Special Ed Mertz, General Managel; Buick Motor Division Built inside the walls of the old buildings in Buick’s Our mission is simple: former Flint complex, which forrned 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 service and repurchase experience.” of 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 I A CAUTION: to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features These mean there is something that could hurt and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll you or other people. find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then Index we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, you or A good place look for what you need is the Index in to others could be hurt. the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it. You will also find a circle ~ with a slash through it in Safety Warnings and Symbols this book. This safety symbol means “Don’t,’’ You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. “Don’t do this,” or “Don’t We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you let this happen.” about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. Vehicle Damage Warnings not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help Also, in thisbook you will find these notices: avoid the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see NOTICE: CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different I colors or in different words. These mean there is something that could You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use damage your vehicle. the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damagewould ix Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols These symbols Here are some these symbols are important have to do with are on some of are used on other symbols are used on an for you and your lights: your controls: warning and you may see: original battery: your passengers indicator lights: whenever your vehicle is WINDSHIELD CAUTION driven: WIPER POSSIBLE A FUSE INJURY COOLANT TEMP - DOOR LOCK TURN PROTECT UNLOCK SIGNALS EYES BY e e3 P BATTERY LIGHTER SHIELDING CHARGING I-1 SYSTEM CAUSTIC WINDSHIELD BATTERY HORN DEFROSTER ACID COULD BRAKE CAUSE (a) BURNS COOLANT SPEAKER POWER a DAYTIME - a WINDOW RUNNING * ' ENGINE OIL w, ' 0 LAMPS PRESSURE FUEL SPARK OR ,111, p3 FLAME VENTILATING COULD FAN EXPLODE FOG LAMPS # ANTI-LOCK (@) 0 BRAKES BATTERY Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Move the lever under tne Buick and how to use your safety belts properly. You front seat to the left to can also learn about some things you should not do with 1 unlock it. Slide the seat to air bags and safety belts. I where you want it, then release the lever to lock. Try Seats and Seat Controls to move the seat with your This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust body to make sure the seat them, and also about reclining front seatbacks, head is locked into place.

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