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inspections that your Oldsmobile dealer's service department or another qualified service center should perform. Section D: Recommended Fluids and Lubricants lists some products GM recommends to help keep your vehicle properly maintained. These products, or their equivalents, should be used whether you do thework yourself or have it done. Section E: Maintenance Record provides a place for you to record the maintenance performed on your vehicle. Whenever any maintenance is performed, be sure towrite it down in this section. Thiswill help you determine when your next maintenance should be done. In addition,it is a good idea to keepyour maintenance receipts. They may be needed to qualify your vehicle for warranty repairs. Section A: Scheduled Maintenance Services Using Your Maintenance Schedule This sectiontells you the maintenance services you should have done and when you should schedule them. Your Oldsmobile dealer knows your vehicle best and wants you to be happy with it. If you go to your dealer for your service needs, you'll know that GM-trained and supported service people will perform the work using genuine GM parts. These schedules are for vehicles that: carry passengers and cargo within recommended limits. You will find these limits on your vehicle's CertificatiodTire label. See Loading Your Vehicle in the Index. are driven on reasonable road surfaces within legal driving limits. use the recommended unleaded fuel. See Fuel in theIndex. Selecting the Right Schedule First you'll need to decide which of the two schedules is right for your vehicle. Here's how to decide which schedule to follow: Schedule I Is any one of these true for your vehicle? Most trips are less than 4 miles (6 ltm) . Most trips are less than 10 miles (16 ltm) when outside temperatures are below freezing. The engine is at low speed most of the time (as in door-to-door delivery, or in stop-and-go traffic). You operate your vehicle in dusty areas. You tow a trailer. If any one (or more) these is true for of your driving, follow Schedule I. Schedule I1 Follow Schedule I1 only if none of the above conditions is true. 233

Section	Page
Table of Contents	3
How to Use this Manual	8
Safety Warnings and Symbols	10
Vehicle Damage Warnings	10
Vehicle Symbols	11
Seats & Restraint Systems	13
Seats and Seat Controls	14
Removing and Replacing Rear Seats	17
Safety Belts	20
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly	24
Driver Position	24
Supplemental Restraint System (Air Bag)	28
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy	32
Right Front Passenger Position	32
Rear Seat Passengers	32
Children	36
Smaller Children & Babies	36
Child Restraints	37
Larger Children	41
Safety Belt Extender	43
Replacing Safety Belts After a Crash	43
Features & Controls	45
Keys	46
Front Doors	47
Locks	47
Remote Lock Control	50
Sliding Door	53
Liftgate	58
Ignition	60
Starting Your Engine	60
Engine Coolant Heater	63
Shifting the Transaxle	64
Parking Brake	67
Shifting into Park	68
Horn	71
Tilt Steering Wheel	71
Windows	71
Turn Signal and Lane Change Indicator	73
Cruise Control	74
Headlights	76
Interior Lights	78
Windshield Wipers	79
Windshield Washer	80
Mirrors	88
Glove Box and Storage Compartments	90
Luggage Carrier	94
Instrument Panel	98
Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators	102
Comfort Controls & Audio Systems	111
Climate Control System	112
Rear Climate Control	115
Defogging and Defrosting	117
Rear Window Defogger	117
Setting the Clock	119
AM/FM Stereo Radio	121
AM/FM Stereo with Cassette Player	122
AM/FM Stereo with Cassette Player with Dolby	124
AM/FM Stereo with Compact Disc Player	126
Compact Disc Player Anti-Theft Feature	128
Steering Wheel Touch Controls	129
Understanding Radio Reception	130
Care of Your Cassette Tape Player	130
Care of Your Compact Discs	131
Integrated Roof Antenna	131
Your Driving and the Road	133
Defensive Driving	134
Drunken Driving	134
Control of a Vehicle	136
Braking	136
Anti-Lock Brakes	137
Traction Control System	139
Steering Tips	140
Steering in Emergencies	141
Passing	142
Driving at Night	144
Driving in the Rain	145
City Driving	147
Freeway Driving	147
Hill and Mountain Roads	149
Winter Driving	150
Towing a Trailer	153
Problems on the Road	159
Hazard Warning Flashers	160
Jump Starting	160
Towing Your Oldsmobile	164
Engine Overheating	167
If a Tire Goes Flat	174
Changing a Flat Tire	174
Compact Spare Tire	180
If You're Stuck: In Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow	181
Service & Appearance Care	183
Service	184
Fuel	185
Hood Release	188
Engine Oil	192
Air Cleaner	196
Transaxle Fluid	197
Engine Coolant	199
Power Steering Fluid	201
Windshield Washer Fluid	202
Brakes	203
Battery	205
Bulb Replacement	205
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement	207
Loading Your Vehicle	208
Tires	209
Appearance Care	214
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)	220
Add-on Electrical Equipment	221
Fuses & Circuit Breakers	221
Capacities & Specifications	226
Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts	228
Fluids & Lubricants	229
Replacement Bulbs	230
Maintenance Schedule	233
Introduction	234
A Word About Maintenance	234
Your Vehicle and the Environment	234
How This Part is Organized	234
Section A. Scheduled Maintenance Services	235
Using Your Maintenance Schedules	235
Selecting the Right Schedule	235
Schedule I	236
Schedule II	238
Explanation of Scheduled Maintenance Services	240
Section B. Owner Checks & Services	242
At Each Fuel Fill	242
At Least Once a Month	242
At Least Once a Year	243
Section C. Periodic Maintenance Inspections	245
Section D. Recommended Fluids & Lubricants	246
Section E. Maintenance Record	248
Customer Assistance Information	251
Customer Satisfaction Procedure	252
Customer Assistance for the Hearing or Speech Impaired	253
BBB Auto Line/Alternative Arbitration	253
Reporting Safety Defects	254
Oldsmobile Roadside Assistance Program	255
Service Publications	256
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inspections that your Oldsmobile

dealer’s service department

another

qualified service center

should perform.

Section

Recommended Fluids and

Lubricants lists some products

recommends to help keep your vehicle

properly maintained.

These

products,

their

equivalents,

should

used

whether you do

the work yourself or

have

done.

Section

Maintenance Record

provides

place for you to record the

maintenance performed on your vehicle.

Whenever any maintenance is

performed, be sure

to write

down

this

section.

This will help you

determine

when

your

next maintenance

should be done.

addition,

it is

good

idea to

keepyour maintenance

receipts.

They may be needed to qualify your

vehicle for warranty

repairs.

Section

Scheduled

Maintenance

Services

Using

Your

Maintenance

Schedule

This

section tells you the maintenance

services you should have done

and

when you should

schedule

them. Your

Oldsmobile dealer knows your vehicle

best and

wants you to be happy with

it.

you

go to your dealer for your service

needs, you’ll

know that GM-trained and

supported service people will perform

the work using genuine

parts.

These schedules are for vehicles that:

carry passengers and cargo within

recommended limits.

You

will find

these limits on your vehicle’s

CertificatiodTire label. See

Your

Vehicle

in the

Index.

are driven on reasonable road

surfaces within legal driving limits.

use the recommended unleaded fuel.

See

Fuel

the

Index.

Selecting the Right

Schedule

First you’ll need

decide which

the

two schedules is right for your vehicle.

Here’s how to decide which schedule

follow:

Schedule

Is any one of these true for your

vehicle?

Most trips

are less than

miles

Most trips

are less than

miles

ltm)

(16

ltm) when outside

temperatures

are below freezing.

The engine

at low speed most of the

time (as in door-to-door delivery, or in

stop-and-go traffic).

areas.

You

operate your vehicle in dusty

You

tow

trailer.

any

one

(or

more)

of these is true

for

your driving, follow Schedule

Schedule

Follow Schedule

only

if none of the

above conditions is true.

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