Cadillac 1998 DeVille User manual

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The 1998 Cadillac DeVille

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

“SIR”

system.

Features and Controls

This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.

Comfort Controls and Audio Systems

This

section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system.

YourDrivingandtheRoad

Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions.

7-1

8-1

Problems on the Road

This section tells what to doif you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc.

Service and Appearance Care

Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good.

Customer Assistance Information

This section tells you howto contact Cadillacfor assistance andhow to get service and owner publications.

also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 7-12.

Index

Here’s an alphabetical listing

almost every subject in this manual.

You

can useit to quickly find

something you want to read.

GENERAL

MOTORS,

and

the GM Emblem,

CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Emblem and the name

DEVILLE are registered trademarks of General

Motors Corporation.

This manual includes the latest information atthe 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 Motorsof Canada Limited”for Cadillac Motor

CarDivision whenever

appears in this manual.

Please keep this manualin your vehicle,

it will be

there if you ever needit when you’re on the road. If you

sellthe vehicle, pleaseleavethis manual init

the new

owner can

use

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@Copyright General Motors Corporation

1998

The

PENALTY

LEADERSHIP

iii

Henry

Leland,

founder

Cadillac,stands

beside the

1905

“Osceola” which

was built to

evaluate the

feasibility

closed bodied car.

Few automobiles are fortunate enough to have the rich heritage

that

Cadillac.Thename Cadillac is appropriatelythat

Antoine

’de

La Mothe’ Cadillac, the French

militqy

commander

who founded. the city

Detroit in.

1701.

What better name for

the oldatautomobile manufacturer in Detroit.

Henry

Leland,

known

themaster of precision,commonplaceasstandardizedparts aretoday, in

1908

initiatedhisprecisionmanufacturingtechniquesatthepartswere stillindividuallyhand fittedboth in

founding of Cadillac

1902.

His

exactingstandardsproductionandservice.

prompted the motto

which Cadillac has been guided

over

the

years

“Craftsmanship

Creed

Accuracy

Law.”

The introduction

the-firstfour cylinder engine in

1905

led the industry and enabled Cadillacs to travel at speeds

up to

mph.

For

attention to

quality

and innovation, the Royal

Automobile Club

England awarded the prestigious

Dewar Trophy

to Cadillac twice.

first

1908

for

achieving perfect interchangeabilityof parts and again

for introducing the electric self starter, electric lighting

and ignition system on

1912

models. Cadillacis

the

only American manufacturerto win

this

honor and

the only manufacturerin the world to win it twice. As

1914

Engine

Standardization opened the eyesof the industrial world

and was the cornerstone of modern

assembly

line

production. From this achievement evolved the

reference to Cadillac as “Standardof

the

World.”

1909

Cadillac was purchased

the then new

General Motors Corporation.

Convenience, cleanliness and all-weather comfort were

greatly enhanced

1910

when Cadillac became the first

manufacturer to offer closed bodies as standard equipment.

‘‘The Penalty of Leadership” first appeared

the

January

issue of The Saturday Evening

Post

expression of the Cadillac commitment to leadership,

quality and innovation. It is widely regarded

one

the

fmest documents ever written. It was published following

the introduction of the first production

engine,

which was standard in

all

Cadillacs beginning with the

1915 model.

Many Cadillac "firsts" have followed over the years,

including the synchro-mech clashless transmission, a

nationwide comprehensive service policy, security plate

glass, chrome plating and thefirst car to be designed by

a stylist (1927 LaSallelHarleyEarl).The

'30s

witnessed

production of the powerful, smooth and quiet V12 and

V16

engines.

The crisp,contemporary linesof the

1938

Special seriesushered in a newera in styling.

Engine

During World

War

11,

shortly after Pearl Harbor,

Cadillac discontinued car productionfor the firsttime

since 1902 in order to constructlight tanks, combat

vehicles and internal

parts

for Allison

V17

engines.

Two Cadillac

engines and Hydra-Matic

transmissions were used in eachMSAI and M24 tanks.

1931

Sport Phaeton

vii

viii

Thereare, tobe sure,many waysto describethe

superlative motor car pictured. “Beauty,”

“majesty,” “brilliance”

all apply, in their

fullest meaning, to this new Cadillac.And yet,

from this wonderful vocabulary,wehave

selected“elegance”as the word that most fully

characterizes the Cadillac of

1960.

The car’s

beautiful,clean-linedstyling

certainlyelegant

beyond compare. Its new interior luxury

providesafeelingof elegancethatcanbe sensed

nowhere else in the world of motor cars. And

even itsnew performance

smooth,quiet and

effortless

mightbesummarizedas“elegance

in motion.” Once youhaveseenanddrivenitfor

yourself,we think you willagreethattheward

“elegance”

and that the car is Cadillac!

CADILLAC

MOTOR

CAR

DIVISION.

GENERAL

MOTORS

COIU’ORATION

Advertisementfor

1960

Sixty Special

~ ~ ~~

,Forthe 1948model, Cadillac introduced the

legendary

tail

fin

which oncemore setthe trendin automotive

styling

for

nearly two decades.

This

was closely

followed with the two door hardtop Coupe DeVille and

the industry'sfistmodern overhead valve, high

Engineering innovations, conveniences and styling

dominated

the

'50s

and '60s. Cruise control, automatic

climate control,tilt and telescoping steering wheels,

twilight sentineland four door hard tops all debutedin

these years.

1957 the Eldorado Brougham featured

compression

engineonthe1949model.

advances such as

air

suspension, memoryseat,

automatic electric doorlocks,transistor radio,a brushed

stainless steel

roof

and low profile tires.

1957

Eldorado

Brougham

The Eldorado,

introduced

1953, was redesignedfor

1967asthe firstfkont wheeldrivepersonalluxury car.

The472 cu.in.

engineused in

all

Cadillacs

1968

and 1969 was enlargedto

500

cu. in.for all 1970

through 1976 Eldorados. The Track Master

computerized skid control braking system option

debuted on 1970 Eldorados.

driver and passenger

Air

Cushion Restraint

system

(air

bag) was available onall 1974,1975and

1976 Cadillacs.

Analog Electronic Fuel Injection was available, on

1975 Cadillacs and standard on the new international

size

1976 Seville.

1978, the Trip Computer option

incorporated the

first

on-board microprocessor.

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