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Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS) Your Oldsmobile has an advanced electronic braking system that will help prevent a braking skid. This light on the instrument panel will come on briefly when you start your vehicle. ANT'LOCK (@) When you start your vehicle and begin to drive away, your anti-lock brake system will check itself. You may Here's how anti-lock works. Let's say the roadis wet. hear a momentary motor clicking noise while this test You're driving safely. Suddenly an animal or jumps out in is going on, and you may even notice that your brake front of you. pedal moves a little. This is normal. If there's a problem You slam on the brakes. Here's what happens with ABS. with the anti-lock brake system, the anti-lock brake on. system warning light will stay A computer senses that wheels are slowing down. If one of the wheels is about to stop rolling, the computer will See "Anti-Lock BrakeSystem Warning Light" in the separately work the brakesat each front wheel and at the Index. rear wheels. 4-6

Section	Page
Table of Contents	3
Seats and Restraint Systems	9
Seats and Seat Controls	9
Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone	12
Why Safety Belts Work	13
Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts - and the Answers	16
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly	17
Driver Position	17
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)	24
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy	30
Right Front Passenger Position	31
Center Passenger Position	31
Rear Seat Passengers	32
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children and Small Adults	35
Children	37
Smaller Children and Babies	37
Child Restraints	39
Larger Children	48
Safety Belt Extender	51
Checking Your Restraint Systems	51
Replacing Seat and Restraint Parts After a Crash	51
Features and Controls	53
Keys	53
Door Locks	55
Remote Lock Control	58
Trunk Lock	60
Theft	61
PASS-Key II	63
New Vehicle "Break In"	64
Ignition Switch	65
Starting Your Engine	66
Engine Coolant Heater	68
Automatic Transaxle	69
Parking Brake	72
Shifting Into PARK (P)	73
Shifting Out of PARK (P)	76
Parking Over Things That Burn	77
Engine Exhaust	77
Running Your Engine While You're Parked	78
Power Windows	79
Horn	79
Tilt Steering Wheel	79
Turn Signal/Multifunction Lever	80
Windshield Wipers	82
Windshield Washer	83
Cruise Control	84
Headlamps	87
Mirrors	92
Sun Visors	96
Ashtrays and Lighter	98
Accessory Power Outlets	99
Instrument Panel	100
Instrument Panel Clusters	104
Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators	108
Driver Information Center	120
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems	129
Four Season Climate Control	129
Air Conditioning	130
Rear Window Defogger	131
Automatic Electronic Climate Control	131
Air Conditioning	135
Rear Window Defogger	135
Audio Systems	138
Setting the Clock	138
AM/FM Stereo Radio	139
AM/FM Stereo Radio with Automatic Tone Control and CassetteTape Player	141
AM/FM Stereo Radio with Automatic Tone Control, Cassette Tape and Compact Disc Player	145
THEFTLOCK	150
Steering Wheel Touch Controls for Audio System	153
Understanding Radio Reception	153
Tips About Your Audio System	154
Cassette Tape Player Care	155
Compact Disc Care	156
Fixed Mast Antenna	156
Power Antenna Mast Care	157
Your Driving and the Road	159
Defensive Driving	159
Drunken Driving	160
Control of a Vehicle	162
Braking	163
Steering	167
Off-Road Recovery	170
Passing	170
Loss of Control	172
Driving at Night	173
Driving in the Rain	175
City Driving	177
Freeway Driving	178
Before Leaving on a Long Trip	179
Highway Hypnosis	180
Hill and Mountain Roads	180
Winter Driving	182
Loading Your Vehicle	186
Towing a Trailer	188
Problems on the Road	197
Hazard Warning Flashers	197
Other Warning Devices	198
Jump Starting	198
Towing Your Vehicle	203
Engine Overheating	206
Cooling System	208
If a Tire Goes Flat	215
Changing a Flat Tire	215
Compact Spare Tire	223
If You’re Stuck: In Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow	224
Service and Appearance Care	225
Service	225
Fuel	227
Fuels in Foreign Countries	230
Filling Your Tank	230
Checking Things Under the Hood	232
Engine Oil	238
Air Cleaner	242
Supercharger Oil	244
Automatic Transaxle Fluid	245
Engine Coolant	247
Radiator Pressure Cap	250
Power Steering Fluid	250
Windshield Washer Fluid	251
Brakes	252
Battery	255
Halogen Bulbs	256
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement	259
Tires	260
Appearance Care	268
Cleaning the Inside of Your Oldsmobile	268
Care of Safety Belts	271
Glass	271
Cleaning the Outside of the Windshield and Wiper Blades	272
Cleaning the Outside of Your Oldsmobile	272
Aluminum Wheels	273
Tires	273
Weatherstrips	274
Sheet Metal Damage	274
Finish Damage	274
Underbody Maintenance	274
Chemical Paint Spotting	274
Appearance Care and Maintenance Materials	275
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)	276
Service Parts Identification Label	276
Add-on Electrical Equipment	276
Fuses and Circuit Breakers	277
Capacities and Specifications	281
Engine Specifications	282
Air Conditioning Refrigerants	284
Maintenance Schedule	285
Introduction	285
How This Section is Organized	286
Part A: Scheduled Maintenance Services	287
Schedule I Definition	288
Schedule I Intervals	288
Schedule II Definition	289
Schedule II Intervals	289
Maintenance Schedule I	290
Maintenance Schedule II	311
Part B: Owner Checks and Services	322
Part C: Periodic Maintenance Inspections	326
Part D: Recommended Fluids and Lubricants	327
Part E: Maintenance Record	329
Customer Assistance Information	331
Customer Satisfaction Procedure	331
Customer Assistance for the Hearing or Speech Impaired (TDD)	332
GM Participation in BBB AUTO LINE - Alternative Dispute Resolution Program	333
Reporting Safety Defects to the United States Government	334
Reporting Safety Defects to the Canadian Government	335
Reporting Safety Defects to General Motors	335
Oldsmobile Roadside Assistance Program Features and Benefits	336
Canadian Roadside Assistance	336
Service and Owner Publications	337

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Anti-Lock

Brakes

(ABS)

Your Oldsmobile

has

advanced

electronic

braking

system

that

will

help

prevent

braking

skid.

LOCK

ANT‘-

(@)

This

light

the

instrument

panel

will

come

briefly

when

you

start

your

vehicle.

When

you

start

your

vehicle

and

begin

drive

away,

your

anti-lock

brake

system

will

check

itself. You may

hear

momentary

motor or clicking

noise

while

this

test

going

on,

and

you

may

even

notice

that

your

brake

pedal

moves

little.

This

normal.

there’s

problem

with

the

anti-lock

brake

system,

the

anti-lock

brake

system

warning

light

will

stay

on.

See “Anti-Lock

Brake System Warning

Light” in the

Index.

Here’s

how

anti-lock

works.

Let’s

say

the

road

wet.

You’re

driving

safely.

Suddenly

animal

jumps out in

front of

you.

You slam on the

brakes.

Here’s

what

happens

with

ABS.

computer

senses

that

wheels

are

slowing

down.

If one

the

wheels

about

stop

rolling,

the

computer

will

separately

work

the

brakes at each

front

wheel

and

the

rear

wheels.

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