1997 Oldsmobile Achieva

The 1997 Oldsrnobile Achieva 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 Oldsmobile. 3- 1 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you how to adjustthe 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 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 Oldsmobile running properly and looking good. 7-1 Maintenance Schedule This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenanceand 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 8-8. 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 We support voluntary technician certification. pJCERTIFIED GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBILE Rocket Emblem VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN and the name ACHIEVA are registered trademarks of CERTIFICATION THROUGH General Motors Corporation. National Institute for 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 Oldsmobile For Canadian OwnersWho Prefer a Division whenever it appears in this manual. French Language Manual: Please keep this manual in your Oldsmobile, so it will Aux propriktaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If procurer un exemplaire de ce guideen franqais chez you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the votre concessionaire ou au: new owner can use it. DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1500 Bonhill Rd. Mississauga, Ontario L5T IC7 Litho in U.S.A. @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1996 Part No. 22652547 B First Edition All Rights Reserved ii How to Use this Manual Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they first receivetheir new vehicle. If you I 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 hurtyou if you were to ignore let this happen.” the warning. iii 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 couldbe costly. But the noticewill tell you what to do to help avoid NOTICE: the damage. I When you read other manuals,you might see CAUTION These mean there is something that could and NOTICE warningsin 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. 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 wilh 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 WINDSHIELD CAUTION driven: WIPER POSSIBLE A FUSE -%- INJURY COOLANT - TEMP - DOOR LOCK TURN PROTECT UNLOCK SIGNALS EYES BY e e BAlTERY LIGHTER n SHIELDING CHARGING I-1 SYSTEM CAUSTIC WINDSHIELD HORN )tr 4 DEFROSTER BRAKE (@) BELTS BURNS SPEAKER AVOID n WINDOW b SPARKS OR DEFOGGER FLAMES POWER 'tl DAYTIME WINDOW RUNNING ENGINE OIL w, LAMPS .'****o'** PRESSURE FUEL SPARK OR ,\I/, e3 FLAME VENTILATING COULD FAN EXPLODE FOG LAMPS ANTI-LOCK (@) $0 BRAKES BATTERY b NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information aboutthe seats in your Oldsmobile and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also learn aboutsome things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-27 Rear Seat Passengers 1-7 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone 1-32 Center Passenger Position 1-12 Here Are Questions Many People Ask About 1-34 Children Safety Belts-- and the Answers 1-36 Child Restraints 1-13 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly 1-44 Larger Children 1-13 Driver Position 1-47 Safety Belt Extender 1-20 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy 1-47 Checking Your Restraint Systems 1-21 Right Front Passenger Position 1-47 Replacing Restraint System Parts After 1-21 Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) a Crash 1-1 -_ ~ Seats and Seat Controls This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them, and also about reclining seatbacks and head restraints. Manual Seats I A CAUTION: You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you Move the lever under the front seat to unlock it. Slide don’t want to. Adjustthe driver’s seat only when the seat to where you want it. Then release the lever and the vehicle is notmoving. try to move the seat with your body, to make sure the seat is locked in place. 4-Way Manual Seat Manual Lumbar Support (If Equipped) I There are two levers at the front of the seat. The left Turn the knob on the right of the driver’s seat cushion lever (A) adjusts the seat forward and back. The right clockwise or counterclockwiseto adjust support for the lever (B) adjusts the angle of the front of the seat. lower back. The lever near the outer side of the seat (A) unlocks the seat allowing it to slide forward and back. Then release the lever and try to move the seat to be certain that it is locked in place. The lever on the right (B) allows you to tilt the seat up and down. 1-3 Power Seat (If Equipped) 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 the power seat: Front Control (A): Raise the front of the seat by holding the switch up. Lower the front of the seat by holding the switch down. To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of Center Control (B): Move the seat forward or back by the seat and move the seatback where you want it. holding the control to the front or back. Release the lever to lock the seatback. Move the seat higher by holding the control up. Lower Pull up on the lever and the seat will go to an the seat by holding the control down. upright position. 1-4 I A CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicleis in motion canbe dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can’tdo their jobwhen you’re reclined like this. The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt can’t do its job either.a crash In the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, notat yourpelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. But don’t havea seatback reclinedif your vehicle is moving. For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have theseatback upright. Then sitwell back in the seat and wear your safetybelt properly. Head Restraints Slide the head restraint up or down so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of your ears. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. 1-5 Seatback Latches (2-Door Models) Easv Ent Seat (2-Door Models) A CAC JON: If an easy entry right front seat isn’t locked, it can move.

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