1995 Buick Roadmaster Owner’S Manual
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.. Roadmaster The 1995 Buick Roadmaster 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. Features and Controls ...................... ........................................... 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 how to drive under different conditions. ProblemsontheRoad .................................................................. 5-1 This section tells you whatto doif you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tireor overheated engine,etc. ServiceandAppearanceCare ............................................................ 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 to how get service publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page8-4. Index ................................................................................ 9-1 Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subjectin 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 BUICK, and.the BUICK Emblem are registered VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN trademarks of General Motors Corporation. CERTIFICATION THROUGH National lnslililte for This manual includes the latest information at the time it AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE was printed. We reserve the rightto make changes in the EXCELLENCE product after that time without further notice. For \ 1 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 if you ever needit when you’re on the road.If you sell Aux propriktaires canadiens:Vous pouvez vous procurer the vehicle, please leave this manualin it so the new un exemplaire de ce guideen franCais chez votre owner can use it. concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, OntarioL5T 1C7. 1 Litho inU.S.A. @Copyright General Motors Corporation1994 Part No. 25620611 A First Edition All Rights Reserved ii “valve-in-head” engine, alight, powerful and reliable engine which would eventually influencethe entire automotive industry. William C. Durant was instrumentalin promoting Buicks acrossthe country using,his Durant-Dort Carriage Co. outlets and salespeople asthe nucleus of a giant distribution system.He knew the hick as a ‘,‘self-seller.” If automobiles could be this good, he thought, maybeit was time to switchfrom the horse and buggy business to automobiles. At the 1905 New York Auto Show, Durant took orders for 1,000 Buicks before the company had Walter Marr and Thomas Buick built 40. On Buick’s Buick’s chief engineer, WalterL. Man (left), and success, Dufmt created a Thomas D. Buick, sonof founder~DavidDunbar Buick, holding company, drove thgfist Flin$:Buibk in a successful Flint-Detroit .September 16, 1908. He round trkp in July iP04. called it General Motors. David Buick was building gasoline engines by 1899, and Mak, his~engineer,apparently built thefirst auto to be called& Buickin 1900. However, Buick traditionally dates its ‘beginnings to 1903. That was the yearthe company was reoiganized, refinanced and movedfrom William C. (Billy) Durant Detroit toFlint. Buick has always been a product innovator. Buick engineers developedthe iv Durant also createda racing team that won500 racing Buick drew plentyof attention becausg it coulcl$limb trophies in 1909 and1910, including successes at hills and run through mudlike no other car. Buick's Indianapolis two years before the Indy500 began. endurance and reliability were world .famous. .. The success of Buick engines was visible not only on During WorldWar I, Buick builtLibirty aircrae.engines the race track, but in endurance tests across the country as well as Red Cross ambulancesso $uccessfully that one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre and around the world. Buick was theonly car to .'$ .I ,. complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-New York racegovernment.French in the by .$: 1906. Anda Buick was the first car to travel across As a builder of premier automobiles,'buick was hard hit South America, drivenfrom Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Great Depression. However, newGene<d over the Andes to Santiago,Chile in 1914. Manager Harlow H. Curtice created p6pular new models including the Special and the Roadmasier. Buick sales soon flourished. I911 Model 21 louring Car on Buick's Test Hill First Buick Factory V In World War 11, Buick built aircraft engines, tanks and A high-compression V-8 engine was introduced in1953. other military hardware. This post-war period brought And Buick’s famous vertical pillar “toothy” @e, great styling and engineering changes which resultedin (introduced in 1942), became more massive in the inmeased sales. The torque converter automatic post-war era. transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced inthe 1948 Roadmaster. Buick’s famous “portholes” came along in 1949. 1953 Skylark Motor Trend magazine named the1962 Buick Special “Car of the Year.” The first production V-6 engine was 1949 Roadmaster used in the Special. vi I962 Buick Special Ed Mertz, General Manager; Buick Motor Division Built insidethe walls of the old buildingsin Buick’s Our mission is simple: former Flint complex, which formedthe cornerstone of “Buick will provide Premium American Motorcars General Motors, Buick Cityis a state-of-the-art backed with services that exceedour customers’ assembly facility with more than200 robots and other expectations, throughout thepurchase,’ownership, high-tech equipment.It was completedin the fall of service and repurchase experience.” 1985. Buicks are SUBSTANTIAL. Buicks are, and will continueto be, premium American motorcars with smooth power, high performance, rich Buicks are DISTINCTIVE. detail and comfortable accommodation. Buicks are POWEIXFUL. Buicks are MATURE. Vehicle Damage Warnings In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this ddmage would Also, in this book you will find these notices: not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. i' But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoidthe damage. When you read other manuals, you mightsee NOTICE: CAUTION and NOTICE warningsin different colorsor These mean there is something that in different words. could damageyour vehicle. You'll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use yellow for cautions, bluefor notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. These symbols Here are some Vehicle Symbols are used on other symbols These are someof 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 someof ENGINE are used on an for you and your lights: your controls: COOLANT original battery: your passengers TEMP -- F- whenever your RELEASE vehicle is e CAUTION driven: WIPER BAllERY POSSIBLE A w CHARGING I-1 INJURY SYSTEM RADIO DOOR LOCK VOLUME UNLOCK TURN PROTECT SIGNALS BRAKE EYES BY (a) SHIELDING AIR WINDSHIELD CONDITIONING DEFROSTER RADIATOR BELTS CAUSTIC 4 COOLANT a BAllERY ACID CqULD TRUNK & RELEASE CAUSE WINDOW FUEL BURNS POWER DEFOGGER WINDOW ENGINE OIL t AVOID PRESSURE -4 LIGHTER m SPARKS OR VENTILATING FLAMES FAN 1 HIGHLAMPSoR BEAM =, =o TEMPOIL & SPARK OR ,111, BLAME COULD FOG LAMPS # 0 ANTI-LOCK EXPLODE BRAKE (a)SPEAKER BAllERY b X Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems 1-1 Power Seat (Option) Mmmy %at- (Option) !- , .I I.; ! .! 51 ii 1, y;1, ! i The powerseat controls are located an thearmrest. Here's how to use this feature: Raise the front of the seat by pressing theleft side of the 0 You don't need to start your vehicle yet,just make front switch. Press the rightside of this switch to lower sure it isin PARK (P). the front of the seat. 0 Adjust the driver's seat the way you want it. Move the seat forwardor back by pressing and holding 0 Press the SET button. FWD or BACK. Raise the seatby pressing and holding Up.Press and hold DN to lower the seat. 0 Move the memory switch to 1 and your seating position is programmed. Press and hold the left sideof the rear switch to raise the rear of the seat. Press and hold theright side of this Now it's set. When your Roadmasteris in PARK (P), and you switch to lower the rearof the seat. move the memory switch 1,to the seat willgo to where you 1-2 Reclining Front Seatbacks To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of the seat and move the seatback to where you want it. Release the lever to lock the seatback. Pull up on the leverand the seat will go to an upright position. But don’t havea seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving. - To raise the seatback: 3. Pull the seat reiease handle 1. Pull the seatback up and pushit back to lockit into in the lower right conier of stmage place. the compartment. The 2. Push and pull the topof the seatback to be sure it is seatback is now locked in position. unlocked. Third Seatback The third seatis folded flat in the tailgate areaof your station wagon. To raise the seatback: 1. Open the tailgate. 4. Full the seatback up and pushit back into place. 2. Lift the storage compartmentlid and 5. Push and pull the topof the seatbackto be sure it is fold it back, so that it locked into position.