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Achieva Overheats Driving In The City How To Fix It
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Owner's Manual - Page 3
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...Systems
This section tells you how to adjustthe ventilation and comfort controls and how to use. Your Driving and the Road
Here you'll find something you want to keep your Oldsmobile running properly and ... your seats and safety belts properly.It also explains the "SRS" system. The 1997 Oldsrnobile Achieva Owner's Manual
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Seats and Restraint Systems
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Owner's Manual - Page 80
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... SECOND for more power (but lower fuel economy) than (2) 25 miles (41 km), or at 20 to 25 miles per hour (32 to if drive. This could overheat and damage the transaxle. Use your brakes or shift into PARK (P) to hold your front wheels can damage your engine.
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Owner's Manual - Page 84
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Pull the BRAKE RELEASE lever.
2-28 You may have to keep the trailer from moving.
NOTICE:
Driving with your right foot. Push down . If the ignition is on, the brake system warning ght will...brake, hold the regular brake pedal down with the parking brakeon can cause your rear brakesto overheat. If you could also damage other parts of your vehicle. Parking Brake
To set the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 86
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...shift lever is called prevent torque lock, set before you release the parking brake. You or others could overheat and even catch fire.
Then, see "Shifting Into PARK (P)" in the transaxle, so you 've moved.... You may need to have to leave your vehicle with the engine running unless youhave to drive, move the shift lever out of the vehicle may put too much force on the parking ...
Owner's Manual - Page 88
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...hot exhaust parts under your vehicle and ignite. You might have exhaust coming into is your vehicle fixed immediately.
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Things that can burn....
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Engine exhaust can cause unconsciousness and death. and Have your vehicle: Drive it only with all the windows down to blow out any CO; carbon monoxide(CO),which you ever...
Owner's Manual - Page 118
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...comes on, there could be a brake problem or the brake fluid level could indicatethat you have it fixed so it will come on briefly when you the turn off all your brake system inspected right away...., though, you need both parts working , the other part can still work and stop you. Driving while this light is divided into two parts. This light should go out. If it checked right...
Owner's Manual - Page 119
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... driving,pull off the road and stop . Or, if the turn light comes on , you still have anti-lock brakes. If the regular brake system warning light isn't on when you don't have it fixed so... anti-lock brake system warning light should come on when you start the engine again to RUN. Driving with your Oldsmobile needs service. When the ignition is on, the brake system warning light will be...
Owner's Manual - Page 120
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... will come on .
If the warning light doesn't come on and stay on then, have it fixed so it will stay on and the parking brake is fully released, your vehicle may come on for... an extended period of time when the system is turned on if your driving accordingly.
If the Enhanced Traction System warning light comes on and stays on for the following reasons:
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Owner's Manual - Page 124
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...tofully install the cap. Your retailer has the proper test equipment and diagnostic tools to fix any mechanical or electrical problems that may have your electrical system may go away once ...up , stalling when you recently put the vehicle intogear, misfiring, hesitation on . A few driving tripswith the cap properly installed should turn the light off. If the Lipht Is On Steady
be...
Owner's Manual - Page 125
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..., when this lightcomes on and stays on when you . Check your oil as soon as possible and have it fixed so it means oil isn't going through your vehicle serviced. Don't keep driving if the oil pressure is normal and doesn't show a problem:
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As a bulb check, the light comes on , it will...
Owner's Manual - Page 155
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... Your Vehicle Towing a Trailer Section 4 Your Driving and the Road
Here you'll find informationabout driving on different kinds of roads and in Rain and on Wet Roads 4-2 1 4-22 4-23 4-24 4-24 4-26 4-30 4-3 3 4-35 City Driving Freeway Driving Before Leaving on driving. 4-2 4-3 4-6 4-6 4-11 4-13 4-13 4- 15 4-16 4-1 8 Defensive Driving Drunken Driving Control of a Vehicle Braking Steering Off...
Owner's Manual - Page 156
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... accidents. Please startwith a very important safety device in your Oldsmobile: Buckle up. (See "Safety Belts" in the Index.) Defensive driving really means "be careless and make mistakes. You never know when the vehicle in both city and rural driving.
Allow enough following distance. Rear-end collisions are common. Anticipate what they are about...
Owner's Manual - Page 175
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... not cleared the intersection or may be running the red light.
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One of the biggest problems with city streetsis the amount of the city just as a warning signal. Get a city map and plan your safety in city driving:
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Know the best way to get to where you are doing and pay attention to traffic signals.
Owner's Manual - Page 204
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The make, model and year of your vehicle has front-wheel drive.
or Never tow with damaged parts not fully secured. 0 Never get under your... secure thevehicle on the hazard warning flashers. Use T-hooks instead.
5-8 When you call, tell the towing service: That your Achieva. To help avoid injuryyou or others: to 0 Never let passengers ride in vehicle that this section.
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Owner's Manual - Page 209
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...catch You or fire. I
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If your engine catches fire because keep driving when your engine if it overheats, and get everyone away from an overheated engine can be badly burned. others ... the Index.
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If Steam Is Coming From Your Engine
Steam from thevehicle until you driving with no sign of engine is no coolant, your warranty. You will find a LOW COOLANT ...
Owner's Manual - Page 210
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... sign of steam, try this for automatictransaxles. Turn on your heater to the highest gear while driving -- If you're in traffic. If No Steam Is Coming From Your Engine
If you get the overheat warning but see orhear no steam, the problem may decide not to lift the hood but to...
Owner's Manual - Page 212
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...on,check to be running.
If it couldlose all coolant. Don't touch them.
If you drive thevehicle. NOTICE:
Engine damage from running your engine without coolant isn't covered by your vehicle needs...Heater and radiator hoses, and otherengine parts, can be very hot. you Get any leak fixed before you run theengine if there is overheating, the fan should be burned. If there ...
Owner's Manual - Page 247
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...cause cancer?Don't let used for help.
Most trips include extensive idling (such frequent as driving in the trash, pouring it to Do with soap and water, or agood hand cleaner....certain elements that collects used engine oil.(See the manufacturer's warnings about the use the short trip/city maintenance schedule:
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If none of these is ready to changeyour oil and filter every 3,000 miles...
Owner's Manual - Page 249
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... geta false reading on hotengine parts or exhaust system parts, starting a fire.
In heavy city traffic where the outside temperatures are above 90°F (32°C). and
See "Scheduled Maintenance...conditions, the fluid filter do it yourself, be a little difficult, you may choose to have been driving:
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Owner's Manual - Page 287
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...overload will stop until the problem is protectedby an internal circuit breakerand a fuse.If the motor overheats dueto heavy snow, etc., the wiper will cause the lamps to go on the road and...engine compartment fuse block. Replace it isthe correct amperage. Windshield Wipers
The windshieldwiper motor is fixed or goes away. This greatly reduces the chance of fires caused by a combination of...
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