1994 Oldsmobile Silhouette Owner's Manual - Page 102

Features & Controls WarningLights, Gages and Indicators This section describes the warning lights and gages that may be on your vehicle. The pictures will help you locate them. Warning lights and gages can signal that something is wrong before it becomes serious enough to cause an expensive repair orreplacement. Paying attention to your warning lights and gages could also save you or othersfrom injury. Warning lights go on when there may be or is a problem with one of your vehicle's functions. As you willsee in the details on the next few pages, some warning lights come on briefly when you turn the ignition key just to let you know they're working. If you are familiar with this section, should you not be alarmed when this happens. Gages can indicate when there may be or is a problem with one of your vehicle's functions. Oftengages and warning lights work together to let you know when there's a problem with your vehicle. 100 When one of the warning lights comes on and stays on when you are driving, or when one of the gages shows there may be a problem, check the section that tells you what to doabout it. Please follow the manual's advice. Waiting to do repairs can be costly - and even dangerous. So please get to know your warning lights and gages. They're a big help. I - UNLtADtU FUtL loo= , fuel Gage Your fuel gage tells you about how much fuel you have left, when the ignition is on. When the gage first indicates E (Empty), you still have a little fuel left, but you should get more soon. Here are four things that some owners ssk about. None of these show a problem with your fuel gage: At the service station, the gas pump shuts off before the gage reads F (Full). It takes a little more or less fuel to fill up than thegage indicated. For example, the gage may have indicated the tank was half full, but it actually took a little more or less than half the tank's capacity to fill the tank.