OWNERS MANUAL UPDATE (PRODUCT SERVICE PUBLICATIONS)

MODELS/YEARS ALL 1984 OLDSMOBILE MODELS

The following revised Section of the 1984 Owner's Manual pertains to the availability of Product Service Publications (PSPs). The revision explains how consumers may obtain PSP Indexes, PSPs or Subscriptions to all PSPs for Oldsmobile models.

Updated Service Information You Can Obtain

Information on how to obtain Product Service Publications, Subscriptions, Indexes and Summaries as described below is applicable only in the fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Oldsmobile regularly sends its dealers useful service bulletins about Oldsmobile products. Oldsmobile monitors product performance in the field. We then prepare bulletins for servicing our products better. Now, you can get these bulletins too.

Bulletins cover various subjects. Some pertain to the proper use and care of your car. Some describe costly repairs. Others describe inexpensive repairs which, if done timely, with the latest parts, may avoid future costly repairs. Some bulletins tell a moechanic how to repair a new or unexpected condition. Others describe a quicker way to fix your car. They can help a mechanic service your car better.

Most bulletins apply to conditions affecting a small number of cars. Your Oldsmobile dealer or a qualified mechanic may have to determine if a specific bulletin applies to your car.

You can subscribe to all Oldsmobile bulletins. This way you'll get them as they come out. You can wait a while and get an index to the bulletins. The index suminarizes some of the more important bulletins. You can also get individual bulletins. However, you'll need the index to identify them.

Subscriptions

You can subscribe to all Oldsmobile Product Service Publications (PSPs). This will include bulletins for all of the cars sold by Oldsmobile and will not be limited to the PSPs applicable to any particular model. When you buy a subscription, you will receive the PSPs in periodic mailings, shortly after they come out. A subscription costs $60.00 and entitles you to all the PSPs published by Oldsmobile during the model year. You can purchase a subscription by sending a check or money order to Lansing Lithographers, Inc., P.0. Box 26128, Lansing, MI 48909, along with the order form located on page 3. You may get additional subscription ordering forms by calling the toll-free number listed below, or you can find them at participating dealerships.

Individual Product Service Publications

If you don't want to buy all the PSPs issued by Oldsmobile for all car models in the model year, you can buy individual PSPs, such as those which may pertain to a particular model. To do this, you will first need to see our index of PSPs. It provides a variety of information. Here's what you'll find in the index and how you can get one:

What You'll Find In The Index ----------------------------- A list of all PSPs published by Oldsmobile in a model year (1982 or later). PSPs covering all models of Oldsmobile cars are listed in the same index.

Ordering information so you can buy the specific PSPs you may want.

Price information for the PSPs you may want to buy.

Easy-to-understand summaries of some of the more important PSPs. These summaries highlight some of the PSPs which describe costly repairs or which are designed to prevent costly repairs, or whch contain owner use and care information.

How You Can Get An Index

Indexes are published quarterly each model year, and each quarterly issue is updated cumulatively for that model year. Most of the PSPs which could potentially apply to the most recent Oldsmobile models will be listed in the last quarterly publication for that model year. This means you may want to wait until the end of the model year before ordering an index, if you are interested in buying PSPs pertaining to a current model year car.

Some PSPs pertaining to a particular model year car may be published in later years, and these would be listed in the later year's index. When you order an index for a model year that is not over yet, we'll send you the most recently published quarterly issue. You can specify an index for an earlier model year, but not before 1982.

Cut out the ordering form, fill it out, and mail it in. We will then see to it that an index is mailed to you. There is no charge for indexes for the 1982-1985 model years.

Toll-Free Telephone Number

If you want an additional ordering form for an index or a subscription, just call toll-free and we'll be happy to send you one. Automated recording equipment will take your name and mailing address. The number to call is 1-800-551-4123.

Copies at Participating Dealers

Copies of indexes and individual PSPs are at your participating Oldsmobile Dealer. You can ask to see them.

A VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER: These PSPs are meant for mechanics. They are NOT meant for the "do-it-yourselfer." Mechanics have the equipment, tools, safety instructions, and know-how to do a job quickly and safely.

General Motors bulletins are intended for use by professional technicians, not a "do-it-yourselfer". They are written to inform those technicians of conditions that may occur on some vehicles, or to provide information that could assist in the proper service of a vehicle. Properly trained technicians have the equipment, tools, safety instructions and know-how to do a job properly and safely. If a condition is described, do not assume that the bulletin applies to your vehicle, or that your vehicle will have that condition. See a General Motors dealer servicing your brand of General Motors vehicle for information on whether your vehicle may benefit from the information.