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The 1999 Buick Park Avenue Owner’s Manual
1-1 Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “SRS” system.
2-1 Features and Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
3-1 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system.
4-1 Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful informatio
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yellowblue We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, BUICK, the BUICK Emblem and the name PARK AVENUE are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. 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 Buick Motor For Canadian Owners Who Pr
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yellowblue How to Use this Manual CAUTION: 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 These mean there is something that could hurt and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll you or other people. find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or
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yellowblue In the notice area, we tell you about something that can Vehicle Damage Warnings damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would Also, in this book you will find these notices: not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the damage. NOTICE: When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different These mean there is something that could colors or in different words. damage your vehi
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yellowblue Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols These symbols Here are some these symbols are important have to do with are on some of are used on other symbols are used on an for you and your lamps: your controls: warning and you may see: original battery: your passengers indicator lights: whenever your MASTER WINDSHIELD vehicle is CAUTION LIGHTING WIPER driven: POSSIBLE SWITCH ENGINE FUSE INJURY
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yellowblue Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-28 Rear Seat Passengers 1-8 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone 1-32 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for 1-12 Here Are Questions Many People Ask Children and Small Adults About Safety Belts -- and the Answers 1-34 Children 1-
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yellowblue Raise or lower the front of the seat cushion by Seats and Seat Controls holding the front part of the horizontal control up This part tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them, or down. and also about memory seats, reclining seatbacks and Raise or lower the rear of the seat cushion by head restraints. holding the rear part of the horizontal control up or down. Power Seats Raise or lower the entire seat cushion by holding the whole horizontal control up or down. Mo
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yellowblue 4-Way Power Lumbar Control (Option) Memory Seat and Mirrors (If Equipped) If you have this option, the If your vehicle has this driver’s and passenger’s feature, the controls on the seatback lumbar support driver’s door panel are used can be adjusted four ways to program and recall by moving the single previous settings. switch located on the side of the seat. To increase or decrease support, hold the switch forward or rearward. To move the lumbar up or down, hold the You can us
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yellowblue 2. Adjust the driver’s seat and lumbar position (if To set the seat and mirror positions for a second equipped) to a safe and comfortable driving position. driver, follow the previous steps, but use the other Adjust both outside mirrors to suit you. See “Outside MEMORY button. Mirrors” in the Index. If you press the wrong MEMORY button, or if there is a 3. Press one of the two MEMORY buttons third driver, use the seat adjuster. corresponding with your driver number, for longer T
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yellowblue If the ignition is not in RUN, automatic seat and mirror When the heated seat control is first pressed, the movement will occur if the UNLOCK button on the HI setting is activated. Press the button again for the remote keyless entry transmitter is pressed. Automatic LO setting. The third press of the button turns the seat and mirror movement is programmed through the feature off. Driver Information Center (DIC) so that the driver can The LO setting warms the seatback and cushio
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yellowblue Reclining Front Seatbacks CAUTION: The vertical control described previously in this section reclines the front seatbacks. Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can’t do their job when you’re reclined like this. The shoulder belt can’t do its job. In a crash you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt can’t do its job either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abdome
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yellowblue Some rear seats have adjustable head restraints. Slide an Head Restraints adjustable head restraint up or down so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of your ears. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. On some models, the rear seat head restraints tilt forward and rearward also. There are four different positions for the front seat head restraints and three different positions for the rear seat head restraints. Adjust either head restraint
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yellowblue Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone CAUTION: This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts. It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, And it explains the Supplemental Restraint System people riding in these areas are more likely to be (SRS), or air bag system. seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your ve
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yellowblue You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a Why Safety Belts Work crash, you don’t know if it will be a bad one. When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so it goes. serious that even buckled up a person wouldn’t survive. But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed. After more than 30 years
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yellowblue Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider doesn’t stop. 1-10
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yellowblue The person keeps going until stopped by something. or the instrument panel ... In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield ... 1-11
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yellowblue Here Are Questions Many People Ask About Safety Belts -- and the Answers Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I’m wearing a safety belt? A: You could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you’re upside down. And your chance of being conscious during and after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have to wear safety b
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yellowblue Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from How to Wear Safety Belts Properly home, why should I wear safety belts? Adults A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an This part is only for people of adult size. accident -- even one that isn’t your fault -- you and your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver Be aware that there are special things to know about doesn’t protect you from things beyond your safety belts and children. And there are different ru
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yellowblue 3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Lap-Shoulder Belt Don’t let it get twisted. The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear The lap-shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt it properly. across you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt 1. Close and lock the door. go back slightly to unlock it. Then pull the belt across you more slowly. 2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index) so you can sit up straight. 4. Push the latch p
