User manual OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE 1998

[. . . ] The 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue Owner's Manual 1-1 2- 1 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 vehicle. 3- 1 4-1 5-1 Comfort Controls Audio and Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and howto operate your audio system. Your Driving and the Road Here you'll find helpful information and tips about the road and howto drive under different conditions. Problems on the Road This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, suchas a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. 6-1 7-1 Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good. Maintenance Schedule This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. 8-1 Customer Assistance Information This section tells you how to contact Oldsmobile assistance and how to get service and owner publications. for It also gives you informationon "Reporting Safety Defects" on page8-8. 9- 1 Index Here's an alphabetical listingof almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. i 1 We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, OLDSMOBILE, the OLDSMOBILE Rocket Emblem and the name INTRIGUE are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. [. . . ] Statistics show that the chance of being in a collision increases sharply for driverswho have a BAC of 0. 05 percent or above. A driver with a BAC level of 0. 06 percent has doubled his or herchance of having a collision. At a BAC level of 0. 10 percent, the chance of this driver having a collision is 12times greater; at a level of 0. 15 percent, the chance is 25 times greater! It's the amount of alcohol that counts. For example, if the same person drank three double martinis (3 ounces or 90 ml of liquor each) within an hour, the person's BAC would be close to 0. 12 percent. person who A consumes food just before or duringdrinking will have a somewhat lower BAC level. Women generally have e a lower relative percentage of body water than men. 4-4 The body takes aboutan hour to rid itself of the alcohol in one drink. What if there's an emergency, a need to take sudden action, aswhen a child darts intothe street?A person with even a moderate BAC might not be able to reactquickly enough to avoid the collision. There's something else about drinking driving that and many people don't know. Medical research shows that alcohol ina person's system can make crashinjuries worse, especially injuries to the brain, spinal cord or heart. Thismeans that when anyone who has been drinking -- driver or passenger is in a crash, that -person's chance of being lulled orpermanently disabled is higherthan if the person had not been drinking. A CAUTION: Drinking and then driving is very dangerous. Your reflexes, perceptions, attentiveness and judgment can be affected even a small amount by of alcohol. You can havea serious or even fatal collision if you drive after drinking. Please don't drink and drive or ride with a driver who has been drinking. Ride home in a cab; orif you're with a group, designate driver a who will not drink. , -- -- 4-5 Control of a Vehicle You have three systems that make your vehicle go where you want it to go. All three systems have to do their work at the places where the tires meet the road. Braking Braking action involves perception time and reaction time. It might be less with one driver and as long as two or three seconds or more with another. Age, physical condition, alertness, coordination and eyesight all play a part. But even in 3/4 of a second, a vehicle moving at 60 mph (100 km/h) travels 66 feet (20 m). That could be a lot of distance in an emergency, so keeping enough space between your vehicle and others is important. And, of course, actual stopping distances vary greatly with the surface of the road (whether it's pavement or gravel); the condition of the road (wet, dry, icy); tire tread; the condition of your brakes; the weight of the vehicle and the amount of brake force applied. Sometimes, as when you're driving on snow or ice, it's easy to ask more of those control systems than the tires and road can provide. That means you can lose control of your vehicle. 4-6 Avoid needless heavy braking. [. . . ] The owner's manual include the Maintenance will Schedule forall models. In-Portfolio: Includes a Portfolio, Owner's Manual and Warranty Booklet. RETAIL SELL PRICE:$1 0. 00 CURRENT & PAST MODEL ORDER FORMS SERVICE BULLETINS Service Publications are available for current and past Service Bulletins give technical service information needed model GM vehicles. To request an order form, please to knowledgeably service General Motors cars trucks. [. . . ]