The 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Owner’s Manual Seats and Restraint Systems............................................................. 1-1 This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. Italso explains the “SRS” system. FeaturesandControls .................................................................. 2-1 This section explainshow to start and operate your Oldsmobile. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems.................. ’. .................................. 3-1 This section tells youhow to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls andhow to operate your audio system. YourDrivingandtheRoad .............................................................. 4-1 Here you’ll find information and tips about the road how and to drive under different conditions. ProblemsontheRoad .................................................................. 5-1 This section tells you what doto if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. ServiceandAppearanceCare ............................................................ 6- 1 Here the manual tells youhow to keep your Oldsmobile running properly and looking good. Maintenance Schedule .................................................................. 7-1 This section tellsyou when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricantsto use. Customer Assistance Information ........................................................ 8-1 This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile for assistance and howto get service andowner publications. It also gives you information.on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page8-7. Index .................................................................................. 9-1 Here’s an alphabetical listingof almost every subject in this manual.You can use it to quickly find something you wantto read. i . We support voluntary t 1 technician certification. -GM I 1 I I d GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBILE Rocket Emblem VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN and the name CUTLASS SUPREMEare registered CERTIFICATION THROUGH trademarks of 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 changesin the I ’ product after. that time withoutfurther notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motorsof Canada Limited” for Oldsmobile For Canadian Owners Who Prefera Division wheneverit appears in this manual. French Language Manual: Please keep this manualin your Oldsmobile, so it will Aux propribtaires canadiens:Vous pouvez vous I be there if you ever need it when you’re on. the road. If procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en franGais chez you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the votre concessionaire ou au: new owner can useit. DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1500 Bonhill Rd. Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7 Litho in U.S.A. @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1995 Part No. 22639052 B First Edition All Rights Reserved ii How to Use This Manual ’ CAUTION: Many people readtheir owner’s manual from beginning I A to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features and These mean thereis 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 yo what to do to help avoid or reduce the A good place to look for what you need isthe Index in hazard. P1~1ase read these cautions. If you don’t, youor the back of the manual. It’san alphabetical list of all others could be hurt. that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll You will also find a circle find it. with a slash throughit in this book. This safety Safety Warnings and Symbols 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 wereto ignore I the warning. iii I Vehicle Damage Warnings When you read other manuals, you might seeCAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors orin Also in this book you will find these notices: different words. You'll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTIONor NOTICE. I NOTICE: ' I These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle. In the notice area, wetell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your warranty, andit could be costly. But the notice willtell you what to do to help avoid 1 ' thedamage. iv J 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 - TURN PROTECT SIGNALS EYES BY UNLOCK e e3 w. BAllERY LIGHTER m SHIELDING CHARGING I-1 Q SYSTEM CAUSTIC FASTEN HORN )tr SEAT BRAKE BELTS (a) BURNS COOLANT SPEAKER AVOID WINDOW SPARKS OR I@ POWER DEFOGGER a FLAMES DAYTIME WINDOW RUNNING * 0 ENGINE OIL w, LAMPS PRESSURE FUEL SPARK OR ,\I/, la FLAME COULD EXPLODE FOG LAMPS # ANTI-LOCK (@) 0 BRAKES BAllERY NOTES vi R Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Oldsmobile and how to use your safetybelts properly. You can also learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. Seats and SeatControls This section tells you how toadjust the seats and explains reclining seatbacks, folding rear seats and head restraints. Manual Front Seat \ CAUTION: You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is Lift the bar under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you wantit and release the bar. Try to moving. The sudden movement could startle and move the seat with your body to besure the seat is confuse you,or make you push a pedal when you locked in place. don’t want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. 1-1 , I Power Seat (Option) Reclining Front Seatbacks (2-Door Models) B FRONT (A): Raise the front of the seat by holding the switch up. Hold the switch downto lower the front of the seat. CENTER (B): Move the seat forwardor backward by Lift the leverto release the seatback, then move the holding the control to the frontor back. 'Raise or lower seatback to where you wantit. Release the lever to lock the seat,by holding' the control orup down. the seatbackin place. Pull upon the lever without pushing on the seatback, and the seatback will REAR (C): Raise the rear of the seatby holding the move forward. switch up. Hold the switch down to lower the rearof the seat. 1-2 I -. 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 Sitting in a reclined position whenyour vehicle is reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle Seatback Latches (2-Door Models) up, your safety belts can’tdo their job when you’re reclined like this. The frontseat folds forward The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it to let peopleget into the won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be in back seat. Your seatback front of you. In a crashyou could go into it, will move back and forth receiving neck or other injuries. freely, unless you come to a sudden stop. Then it will‘ The lap belt can’t do its job either. In a crash the lock in place. belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would bethere, not at your pelvic bones. This could causeserious internal injuries. For properprotection when the vehicle isin motion, have the seatback upright. phen sit well back in the seat and wear your safety If your vehicleis parked facing down a fairly steep hill, belt properly. the seatback may not fold without somehelp from you. To fold the locked seatback forward, push the seatback toward the rear and lift this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward. The latch must be down for the seat to work properly. 1-5 Split Folding Rear Seat (Option) Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts -properly. It also tells you some things you should not do . with safety belts. And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS), or air bag system. Don’t let anyoneride where he or she can’twear a safety belt properly. youIf are in acrash and you’re not wearinga safety belt,your injuries can be much worse.You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously Pull forward on the seat tab to fold the seat down.To injured or killed. In the same crash, you might return the seat to its original position, pushit back up not beif you are buckled up. Always fastenyour and make sureit latches. safety belt,and check that your passengers’ belts are fastened properly too. 1-6 Your vehicle has a light Why Safety BeltsWork that comes on as a When you ride in or on anything, yougo as fast as reminder to buckle up. (See “SafetyBelt it goes. Reminder Light” in the Index.) In most states and Canadian provinces,the law says to wear safety belts.