The 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Owner’s Manual
Seats and Restraint Systems: This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “SRS” system.
Features and Controls: This section explains how to start and operate your Oldsmobile.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems: This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system.
Your Driving and the Road: Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions.
Problems on the Road: This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc.
Service and Appearance Care: Here the manual tells you how to keep your Oldsmobile running properly and looking good.
Maintenance Schedule: This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
Customer Assistance Information: This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile for assistance and how to get service and owner publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8-8.
Index: Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read.
This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed for 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. 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 Oldsmobile, so it will be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new owner can use it.
How does an air bag restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions, even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or the instrument panel. The air bag supplements the protection provided by safety belts. Air bags distribute the force of the impact more evenly over the occupant’s upper body, stopping the occupant more gradually. But air bags would not help you in many types of collisions, including rollovers, rear impacts and side impacts, primarily because an occupant’s motion is not toward the air bag. Air bags should never be regarded as anydung more than a supplement to safety belts, and then only in moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions.
What will you see after an air bag inflates?
After the air bag inflates, it quickly deflates. This occurs so quickly that some people may not even realize the air bag inflated. Some components of the air bag module in the steering wheel hub for the driver’s air bag, or the instrument panel for the right front passenger’s bag, will be hot for a short time. The part of the bag that comes into contact with you may be warm, but it will never be too hot to touch. There will be some smoke and dust coming from vents in the deflated air bags. Air bag inflation will not prevent the driver from seeing or from being able to steer the vehicle, nor will it stop people. from leaving the vehicle.
How to Use this Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly.