The 1997 Oldsrnobile Cutlass Owner’s Manual 1-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tellsyou 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 youhow to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. 4-1 Your Driving and the Road Here you’ll fiid 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 doif you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine,etc. 6-1 Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tellsyou how to keep your Oldsmobile 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 Oldsmobilefor assistance and how to get service and owner publications. It also gives you informationon “Reporting Safety Defects” on page8-8. 9-1 Index Here’s an alphabetical listingof 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, the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBILE Rocket Emblem VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN and the name CUTLASS are registered trademarksof CERTIFICATION THROUGH General Motors Corporation. National Institute for AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE This manual includes the latest information theat time EXCELLENCE it was printed.We reserve the rightto make changes in the product after that time without further notice. Please keep this manualin your Oldsmobile,so it will How to Use this Manual be there if you ever needit when you’reon the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manualit inso the Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning new owner can use it. to end when they first receive their new vehicle.If you do this, it will help you learn about the features and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. Litho inU.S.A. @Copyright General Motors Corporation 1996 Part No. 22652546 A First Edition All Rights Reserved ii Index In the caution area, we tell you whatthe hazard is. Then we tell you what todo to help avoid or reducethe A good placeto look for what you need isthe Index in hazard. Please read these cautions.If you don’t, youor the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical listof all others could be hurt. what’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it. You will also find a circle with a slash throughit in Safety Warnings and Symbols this book. This safety You will find a numberof safety cautionsin this book. symbol means‘Don’t,” We use a box andthe word CAUTION to tell you “Don’t do this,”or “Don’t about things that could hurt youif you were to ignore let this happen.” the warning. I These mean thereis something that could hurt you or other people. 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 fimd these notices: not be covered by your warranty, andit could be costly. But the notice will tell you whatdo to to help avoid NOTICE: the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION These mean thereis something that could and NOTICE warningsin different colors orin different words. damage your vehicle. You’ll alsosee warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTIONor NOTICE. iv 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 someof 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 WIPER POSSIBLE driven: A FUSE INJURY COOLANT - TEMP - DOOR LOCK PROTECT TURN EYES BY UNLOCK SIGNALS e P BAllERY LIGHTER SHIELDING CHARGING SYSTEM CAUSTIC WINDSHIELD BAllERY FASTEN HORN )cr ACID COULD SEAT DEFROSTER BRAKE (0) CAUSE BELTS BURNS COOLANT SPEAKER AVOID WINDOW a SPARKS OR b DEFOGGER FLAMES ENGINE OIL PRESSURE e,FUEL SPARK OR ,\I/, B FLAME COULD VENTILATING FAN ( EXPLODE FOG LAMPS # ANTI-LOCK (@) 0 BRAKES BATIERY V b NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll findinformation about the seats in your Oldsmobile andhow to use your safety belts properly.You can also learn about some things you shouldnot do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Controls 1-20 SafetyBelt Use During Pregnancy 1-2 Manual Seats 1-23Questions and Answers About Air Baps 1-2 Power Seats 1-30 Safety Belt ComfortGuides 1-4 Reclining Front Seatbacks 1-34How to Use Child Restraints 1-5 Rear Seats 1-36 ImportantInformation for Buckling 1-8 Why Safety Belts Work Children in Child Restraints 1-11 Questions Many People Ask About 1-37Child Restraint Top Straps Safety Belts 1-47How to Obtain a Safety Belt Extender 1-12 How to WearSafety Belts Properly 1-47Checking Your RestraintSystems 1-15 Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster 1-47Replacing Parts After a Crash Move the lever under the front seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you wantit. Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your body,to make sure the seat is locked into place. 6-Way Power Seat (If Equipped) Move the seat higher by lifting and holdingthe bottom of the button. Lower the seat by pushing and holding the top of the button. To move the seat forward, pushthe rear of the button forward. To move the seat backward, pushthe front of the button rearward. Raise thefront of the seatby lifting and holding the bottom front end of the button.Lower the front of the seat by pushing and holding the bottomof the front end of the seat. Raise the rearof the seat by lifting and holding the bottom rearof the button. Lowerthe rear of the seat by pushing and holdingthe top rearof the button. The power set button is located on the lower, leftside of the driver’s seat. This button allows you to move the seat up, down, forward and backward. It also moves the front of the seat up or down and the ofrear the seat up or down. 1-3 For proper protection when the vehicle inis Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is motion, have the seatback upright. Then in motion can be dangerous. Evenif you buckle sit well back in the seatand wear your safety up, your safety belts can’t theirdo job when belt properly. you’re reclined like this. The shoulder belt can’t dojob its because it Head Restraints won’t be against yourbody. Instead, it will bein front of you. In a crash you could gointo it, Slide the head restraint up or downso that the topof the receiving neckor other injuries. restraint is closest to the top of your ears. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury ina crash. The lap belt can’t do itsjob either. In a crash the belt could goup over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, notat your pelvic bones. This could cause seriousinternal injuries. CAUTION: (Continued) 1-5 Rear Seats Folding Rear Seat To open the folding rearseat, open the trunk and pull one or bothof the tethers located on theleft side of the trunk. The leaf-hand tether will open the larger ofside the seatback. The right-hand tether will openthe smaller side of the seatback. Once a tetheris pulled, the seatback can be pushed open through the trunk, or pulled open from inside the vehicle. To close the folding rear seat from inside the car, push the seatback up until you hear a click. Then pull on the seatback to make sure itis secure. - Safety Belts: They’refor Everyone This partof the manual tells you how to use safety belts A CAUTIO properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts. It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargoarea, And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, (SRS), or air bag system. people riding in theseareas are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in anyarea of your vehiclethat is not CAUTION: equipped with seatsand safety belts.Be sure A everyone in your vehicle is in a andseat using a Don’t let anyoneride where heor she can’t wear safety belt properly. a safety belt properly.If you are in a crash and you’re not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can be much worse.You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it.You can be seriously injured or killed. In the same crash,you might not beif you are buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt,and check that your passengers’ belts are fastened properly too. Your vehicle has a light Why Safety Belts Work that comes on as a reminder to buckle up. (See “Safety When you ride in or on anything, yougo as fast as Belt Reminder Light” in it goes.