1998 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual
1998 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual 1998 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual
If your vehicle ever gets into a lot of water -- such aswater up to the carpeting or higher -- or if water entersyour vehicle and soaks the carpet, the air bag controllercan be soaked and ruined. If this ever happens, and thenyou start your vehicle, the damage could make the airbags inflate, even if there’s no crash. You would have toreplace the air bags as well as the sensors and relatedparts. If your vehicle is ever in a flood, or if it’s exposedto water that soaks the carpet, you can avoid needlessrepair costs by turning off the vehicle immediately.Don’t let anyone start the vehicle, even to tow it, unlessthe battery cables are first disconnected.Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped VehicleAir bags affect how your vehicle should be serviced.There are parts of the air bag system in several placesaround your vehicle. You don’t want the system toinflate while someone is working on your vehicle. Yourdealer and the Riviera Service Manual have informationabout servicing your vehicle and the air bag system. Topurchase a service manual, see “Service and OwnerPublications” in the Index.-7For up to 10 minutes after the ignition key isturned off and the battery is disconnected, an airbag can still inflate during improper service. Youcan be injured if you are close an to air bag whenit inflates. Avoid yellow connectors. They areprobably part of the air bag system. Be sure tofollow proper service procedures, and make surethe person performing work for you is qualifiedto do so.The air bag system does not need regular maintenance.Center Passenger PositionI1-27
Lap BeltIf your vehicle has a front split seat and a rearseat, someone can sit in the center positions.benchWhen you sit in a center seating position, you have lap asafety belt, which has no retractor. To make the beltlonger, tilt the latch plate and pull it along the belt.To make the belt shorter, pull its free end as shown untilthe belt is snug.Buckle, position and release it the s.ame way as the lappart of .a lap-shoulder belt. If the belt isn’t long enough,see “Safety Belt Extender” at the end of this section.Make sure the release button on the buckle is positionedso you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quicklyif you ever had to.1-28
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- Page 8 and 9: How to Use this ManualMany people r
- Page 10 and 11: Vehicle SymbolsThese are some of th
- Page 12 and 13: Section 1 Seats and Restraint Syste
- Page 14 and 15: ,Memory Seat and Mirrors (Option)To
- Page 16 and 17: Heated Front Seat (Option)If your v
- Page 18: Head RestraintsSlide the head restr
- Page 21 and 22: Put someone on it.Get it up to spee
- Page 23 and 24: or the safety belts!With safety bel
- Page 25 and 26: 3. Pick up the latch plate and pull
- Page 27 and 28: If you move around in the vehicle e
- Page 29 and 30: e." What's wrong with this?UYou can
- Page 31 and 32: To unlatch the belt, just push the
- Page 33 and 34: AAir bags inflate with great force,
- Page 35 and 36: The right -front passenger’s air
- Page 37: When an air bag inflates, there is
- Page 41 and 42: If the belt stops before it reaches
- Page 46 and 47: ChildrenEveryone in a vehicle needs
- Page 50: A rear-facing infant restraint (B)
- Page 58: Securing a Child Restraint in the C
- Page 61: 3. Pick up the latch plzate, and-fu
- Page 66 and 67: Safety Belt ExtenderIf the vehicle
- Page 68 and 69: 2-22-42-82-1 32- 1,42-152- 172-7 a
- Page 70 and 71: The ignition key is forthe ignition
- Page 72 and 73: Power Door LocksDoor Ajar Reminder
- Page 74: Delayed LockingThis Personal Choice
- Page 77 and 78: Periineter Lighting: When the UNLOC
- Page 79 and 80: To replace the battery:1.2.3.4.5.Fo
- Page 81 and 82: Remote Trunk Release LockoutWith th
- Page 83 and 84: If a door or the trunk is opened wi
- Page 86: Ignition PositionsThe key with the
If your vehicle ever gets into a lot of water -- such aswater up to the carpeting or higher -- or if water entersyour vehicle and soaks the carpet, the air bag controllercan be soaked and ruined. If this ever happens, and thenyou start your vehicle, the damage could make the airbags inflate, even if there’s no crash. You would have toreplace the air bags as well as the sensors and relatedparts. If your vehicle is ever in a flood, or if it’s exposedto water that soaks the carpet, you can avoid needlessrepair costs by turning off the vehicle immediately.Don’t let anyone start the vehicle, even to tow it, unlessthe battery cables are first disconnected.Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped VehicleAir bags affect how your vehicle should be serviced.There are parts of the air bag system in several placesaround your vehicle. You don’t want the system toinflate while someone is working on your vehicle. Yourdealer and the <strong>Riviera</strong> Service <strong>Manual</strong> have informationabout servicing your vehicle and the air bag system. Topurchase a service manual, see “Service and OwnerPublications” in the Index.-7For up to 10 minutes after the ignition key isturned off and the battery is disconnected, an airbag can still inflate during improper service. Youcan be injured if you are close an to air bag whenit inflates. Avoid yellow connectors. They areprobably part of the air bag system. Be sure tofollow proper service procedures, and make surethe person performing work for you is qualifiedto do so.The air bag system does not need regular maintenance.Center Passenger PositionI1-27
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