Buick LESABRE 1997 Manual de usuario

The

1997

Buick LeSabre Owner’s Manual

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Seats and Restraint Systems

This section tells you how to use your seats and safety beltsproperly. Tt also explains the

“SRS”

system.

Features and Controls

This section explains how to startand operate your Buick.

Comfort Controlsand Audio Systems

This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls andhow

operate your audio system.

Your Driving and the Road

Here you’ll find helpful information andtips about

the

road and how

drive under different conditions.

Problems

the Road

This section tells whatto

you

have a problem while driving, suchas a flattire or overheated engine. etc.

Service and Appearance Care

Here the manual tells you how to keep your Buick runningproperly and looking good.

Maintenance Schedule

This section tells you whento perform vehicle maintenance and what fluidsand lubricants

use.

Customer Assistance Information

This section tells

you

how

contact Buick for assistanceand how

get service and owner publications.

It also givesyou information on “Reporting Safety Defects”

page

8-8.

Index

Here’s an alphabetical listing

almost every subject

this manual. You can

use

quickly find

something you want to read.

[ENERALMOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,

UIC

the

BUICK

Emblem and the name LESABRE are

registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation.

This manual includes

the

latest information at the time

was printed. We reserve the right to make changes

the

product after that time without further notice. For

vehicles first sold

Canada, substitute the name

“General Motors of Canada Limited” forBuick Motor

Division whenever it appears

this manual.

Please keepthis manual in your Buick,

will be there

if you ever need it when you’re on the road.

you sell

the

vehicle, please leave this manual in it

the new

owner can use it.

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iii

&tee.

its

beginnings

1903.

That

was

the

year

the

William

(Billy)

Durant

compmy

was

reorganized, refinzmced

moved

from

Detroit

Flint.

Buickhas

always

been

aproduct

innovator.

Buick

engineers

developed

the

Durant alsocreated a racing team that won

500

racing

trophies in

1909

and

10,

including successesat

Indianapolis twoyears before the Indy

500

began.

The successof Buick engines was visible not only on

the

race track, but

endurance tests across the country

and around the world. Buick was the only car to

complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-NewYork race in

1906.

And a Buickwas the first carto travel across

South America,driven from Buenos Aires,Argentina,

over the Andes to Santiago, Chilein

1914.

I I

I911

Model

Touring

Car-

Buick’s

Test

Hill

Buick drew plenty of attention because it could climb

hills and run through mud like no othercar. Buick’s

endurance and reliability were world famous.

During World War

Buick built Liberty aircraft engines

well as Red Cross ambulances

successfully that

one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre

by the French government.

builder

premier automobiles,Buick was hard hit

by the Great Depression. However,new General

Manager Harlow

Curtice created popular new models

including the Special and the Roadmaster. Buick sales

soon flourished.

First

Buick

Factory

World War

11,

Buick built aircraft engines, tanksand

other military hardware. This post-war periodbrought

great stylingand engineering changeswhich resulted in

increased sales. The torque converter automatic

transmission,Dynaflow, was introduced

the 1948

Roadmaster. Buick’s

famous

“portholes” camealong

in 1949.

1949

Roadmaster

high-compression

V-8

engine was introduced in 1953.

And Buick’s famous vertical pillar “toothy”

grille

(introduced in

1942)

became more massive in the

post-war era.

1953

Skylark

Motor Trend magazine named the

1962

Buick Special

“Car of the Year.” The first production

V-6

engine was

used in the Special.

I962

Bcrick Special

Built inside

the

walls of the

old

buildings in Buick’s

former Flint complex, which formed the cornerstone

General Motors, Buick City

a state-of-the-art

assembly facilitywith more than

200

robots and other

high-tech equipment. It was completed in the fall

1985.

Buicks are, and will continue tobe, premium American

motorcars with smooth power, high performance, rich

detail and comfortable accommodation.

Mu-tz,

General Manager-,

Brrick

Motor

Division

Our mission

simple:

“Buick will provide Premium American Motorcars

backed with services that exceed

our

customers’

expectations, throughout the purchase, ownership,

service and repurchase experience.”

Buicks are SUBSTANTIAL.

Buicks are DISTINCTIVE.

Buicks are POWERFUL.

Buicks are

PREMIUM.

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How

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.

Index

good place to

look

for what you need isthe Index in

the back of the manual. It’s analphabetical list

all

that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll

find it.

Safety Warnings

and

Symbols

You

will find a number of safety cautions in this

book.

We use a

box

and the word CAUTION to tell you

about things that could hurt you

you were to ignore

the warning.

These mean there

something that

could

hurt

you

or other people.

In the caution area, we tell you what thehazard is. Then

we tell

you

what to do

help avoid or reduce the

hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t,you or

others could be hurt.

You

will also find a circle

with a slash through it

this book. This safety

symbol means “Don’t,’’

“Don’t

this,” or“Don’t

let

this

happen.”

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