1999 Oldsmobile Aurora Owner's Manual
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yellowblue The 1999 Oldsmobile Aurora Owner’s Manual 1-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “SRS” system. 2-1 Features and Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle. 3-1 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. 4-1 Your Driving and the Road Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. 5-1 Problems on the Road This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. 6-1 Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good. 7-1 Maintenance Schedule This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. 8-1 Customer Assistance Information This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile for assistance and how to get service and owner publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8-10. 9-1 Index 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 yellowblue We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBILE Rocket Emblem and the AURORA Emblem are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. “AURORA” is used with permission of Hankook Tire. This manual includes the latest information at the time it 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 Owners Who Prefer a “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Oldsmobile French Language Manual: Division whenever it appears in this manual. Aux propriétaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en français chez there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you votre concessionaire ou au: sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new owner can use it. DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1577 Meyerside Dr. Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1B9 Litho in U.S.A. ECopyright General Motors Corporation 1998 Part No. 22600384 A First Edition All Rights Reserved ii yellowblue How to Use this Manual Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning CAUTION: to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features and These mean there is something that could hurt controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find you or other people. 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 A good place to look for what you need is the Index in hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, you or back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s in others could be hurt. the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it. You will also find a circle Safety Warnings and Symbols with a slash through it in this book. This safety You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. symbol means “Don’t,” We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you “Don’t do this” or “Don’t about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore let this happen.” the warning. iii yellowblue Vehicle Damage Warnings In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would 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 to do to help avoid NOTICE: the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION These mean there is something that could and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. damage your vehicle. You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. iv yellowblue 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 lamps: your controls: warning and you may see: original battery: your passengers indicator lights: whenever your vehicle is MASTER WINDSHIELD CAUTION driven: LIGHTING WIPER POSSIBLE SWITCH ENGINE FUSE INJURY COOLANT TEMP DOOR LOCK TURN PROTECT WINDSHIELD UNLOCK SIGNALS EYES BY WASHER BATTERY LIGHTER SHIELDING CHARGING PARKING SYSTEM CAUSTIC LAMPS WINDSHIELD BATTERY FASTEN HORN DEFROSTER ACID COULD SEAT BRAKE CAUSE BELTS HAZARD BURNS WARNING FLASHER REAR COOLANT SPEAKER AVOID WINDOW SPARKS OR POWER DEFOGGER FLAMES DAYTIME WINDOW RUNNING ENGINE OIL LAMPS PRESSURE FUEL SPARK OR FLAME VENTILATING COULD FAN EXPLODE AIR BAG FOG LAMPS ANTI-LOCK BATTERY BRAKES v yellowblue ✍ NOTES vi yellowblue Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-30 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for 1-7 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone Children and Small Adults 1-12 Here Are Questions Many People Ask About 1-32 Center Passenger Position Safety Belts -- and the Answers 1-34 Children 1-13 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly 1-37 Child Restraints 1-13 Driver Position 1-48 Larger Children 1-20 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy 1-51 Safety Belt Extender 1-21 Right Front Passenger Position 1-51 Checking Your Restraint Systems 1-21 Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) 1-52 Replacing Restraint System Parts After 1-27 Rear Seat Passengers a Crash 1- 1-1 yellowblue Seats and Seat Controls Horizontal Control (A): Raise the front of the seat by raising the forward edge of the button. Lower the front This part tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them, of the seat by lowering the forward edge of the button. and also about reclining seatbacks and head restraints. Move the seat forward by moving the whole button Power Seats toward the front of the vehicle. Raise the rear of the seat by raising the rear edge of the button. Lower the rear of the seat by lowering the rear edge of the button. Move the seat rearward by moving the whole button toward the rear of the vehicle. Moving the whole button up or down raises or lowers the whole seat. Vertical Control (B): Move the reclining front seatback rearward by moving the button toward the rear of the vehicle. Move the seatback forward by moving the button toward the front of the vehicle. The power seat controls are located on the driver’s and passenger’s door panels. 1-2 yellowblue Power Lumbar Control Memory Seat and Mirrors The memory function controls both the driver’s seat cushion and outside mirror positions. It does not store the lumbar or recline positions. The power lumbar controls are located on the driver’s To set your memory seat cushion and mirrors: and passenger’s door panels. 1. Position the driver’s seat and both outside mirrors The rear lumbar control adjusts upper lumbar support, where you want them. See “Mirrors” in the Index. and the front control adjusts lower lumbar support. 2. Press the SET button. You will hear one beep. Press the front of the switch to increase support. Press 3. Within five seconds, press either the 1 or 2 button. the back of the switch to decrease support. You will hear two beeps. 1-3 yellowblue The seat cushion and mirror positions will be stored for Memory Seat and Mirror the number pressed. Repeat the procedure to store Personalization Feature another position with the other number if desired. To adjust the seat and mirrors to the stored position, press The transmitters can also be programmed to move the the number corresponding to the position. The memory driver’s seat and outside mirrors to a set memory function will only work with the gearshift in PARK (P). position when the transmitter’s UNLOCK button is pressed. To stop the automatic movement, move the seat switch in any direction. For easier exiting, press the 1 and To program the system: 2 buttons at the same time to move the seat completely 1. Adjust the driver’s seat to a comfortable position. down and back. Adjust both outside mirrors to suit you. See “Mirrors” in the Index. 2. Press the SET button on the driver’s door panel. You will hear one beep. 3. Within five seconds, press one of the two memory buttons on the door panel. You will hear two beeps to confirm that the mirror and the seat cushion positions are entered into memory. 4. Press the UNLOCK button on the appropriate transmitter within five seconds. You will hear two beeps. The second transmitter can be programmed to record a different seat and mirror position by following the same steps.