wearing a satety belt correctly IS one ot the most I your passengers cando. This section containsveq about safety belt usage, air bags and child restraints 3 a The 1998 Oldsmobile Bravada 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 “SIR” 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 what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a tlat 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 Oldsn~obilefor 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 sthjeot in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. i f We support voluntary --nI I GM ~ technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBILE Rocket Emblem VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN and the name BRAVADA are registered trademarks of CERTIFICATION THROUGH General Motors Corporation. Natlorlal Institute lor 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 Division whenever it appears in this manual. Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. 1.f you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new owner can use it. Litho in U.S.A. “Copyright General Motors Corporation 1997 Part No. 22656 199 A First Edition All Rights Reserved About Driving Your Vehicle As with other vehicles of this type, failure to operate IN: this vehicle correctly may result in loss of control or an accident. Be sure to read the “on-pavement” and These mean there is something that could hurt “off-road” driving guidelines in this manual. (See you or other people. “Driving Guidelines” and ”Operating Your Vehicle Off Paved Roads” in the Index.) In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then How to Use this Manual we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning hazard. Please read these cautions. If YOLI don‘t, you or to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you others could be hurt. do this, it will help you learn about the features and You will also find a circle controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you‘ll find with a slash through it in that pictures and words work together to explain this book. This safety things quickly. symbol means “Don’t,” Index “Don’t do this” or “Don’t let this happen.” A good place to look for what you need is the Index in back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s in the manual, and the page number where you‘ll find it. Safety Warnings and Symbols You will find a number of safcty cautions in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you if you were to i,wore the warning. ~~ iii Vehicle DamageWarnings theIn 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. t I 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 thereis something that could and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. damage your vehicle. I I I You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTION or 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 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 WINDSHIELD vehicle is WIPER CAUTION driven: POSSIBLE A FUSE INJURY COOLANT - TEMP CS 0b - TURN PROTECT SIGNALS EYES BY 9 BAllERY LIGHTER n SHIELDING CHARGING SYSTEM CAUSTIC WINDSHIELD HORN BATTERY FASTEN DEFROSTER )tr ACID COULD x SEAT BRAKE (0) CAUSE BELTS BURNS COOLANT SPEAKER AVOID WINDOW b SPARKS OR DEFOGGER a FLAMES DAYTIME . RUNNING ' 0 ENGINE OIL w, LAMPS ** PRESSURE FUEL SPARK OR ,\I/, p3 FLAME VENTlLATlNG COULD FOG LAMPS FAN ANTI-LOCK (@) EXPLODE $0 BRAKES BATTERY V Model Reference This manual covers this model: Four-Door Utility Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehiclehow and to use your safety beltsproperly. You can also learn about some things you shouldnot do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-30 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides 1-7 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone for Children and SmallAdults 1- 12 Here Are QuestionsMany People Ask 1-32 Center Rear Passenger Position About 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 1-19 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy 1-5 1 Safety Belt Extender 1-20 Right Front Passenger Position 1-5 1 Checking Your Restraint Systems 1-20 Supplemental Inflatable 1-5 1 Replacing Restraint System Parts Restraint (SIR) System After a Crash 1-26 Rear Seat Passengers 1-1 Seats and Seat Controls Power Driver’s Seat This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust The control pad is on the side of your driver’s seat. them, and fold them up and down. Manual Passenger’s Seat Move the lever under the front of the passenger’s seat toward the driver’s door to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it. Then release the lever and try to move the seat with your body to make sure the seat is locked into place. 1-2 Horizontal Control: Raise the front of the seat by Heated Front Seats (Option) raising the forward edge of the button. Lower the front of the seat by lowering the forward edgeof the button. If you have this feature, Move the seat forward by moving the whole button the control is located on toward the front of the vehicle. the side of the seat. This feature will quickly heat Raise the rear of the seat by raising the rear edge of the the lower cushion and button. Lower the rear of the seat by lowering the rear lower back of the driver edge of the button. Move the seat rearward by moving and front passenger seats the whole button toward the rear of the vehicle. for added comfort. Moving the whole button up or down raises or lowers the whole seat. Vertical Control: Move the reclining front seatback rearward by moving the button toward the rear of the vehicle. Move the seatback forward by moving the Press the lower part of the switch down to turn the button toward the front of the vehicle. heater on low. Press the upper part of the switch to turn the heater on high. Put the switch in the center position to turn the heater off. Power Lumbar Control Reclining Front Seatbacks The control is on the side of the driver’s or passenger’s seat. Press and hold the front of the control until you have the desired lumbar support. To decrease lumbar support, press the rear of the control. To adjust the seatback, lift the lever on the outer side of the seat. Release the lever to lock the seatback where you want it. Pull LIPon the lever and the seat will go to an upright position. 1-4 Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can’t do theirjob when you’re reclined like this. The shoulderbelt can’t do itsjob 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 itsjob either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle For properprotection when the vehicle is in is moving.