key BUICK LUCERNE 2007 Owner's Manual

Seats and Restraint Systems
........................ 7
Front Seats
.............................................. 9
Rear Seats
............................................. 19
Safety Belts
............................................ 19
Child Restraints
...................................... 43
Airbag System
........................................ 70
Restraint System Check
......................... 88
Features and Controls
................................. 91
Keys
....................................................... 93
Doors and Locks
.................................. 102
Windows
............................................... 108
Theft-Deterrent Systems
....................... 110
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
..... 113
Mirrors
.................................................. 129
OnStar
®System
................................... 135
Universal Home Remote System
.......... 139
Storage Areas
...................................... 151
Sunroof
................................................ 153Instrument Panel
........................................ 155
Instrument Panel Overview
................... 158
Climate Controls
................................... 182
Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators
.... 194
Driver Information Center (DIC)
............ 212
Audio System(s)
................................... 241
Driving Your Vehicle
.................................. 275
Your Driving, the Road, and
Your Vehicle
..................................... 276
Towing
................................................. 313
Service and Appearance Care
................... 323
Service
................................................. 325
Fuel
...................................................... 327
Checking Things Under the Hood
......... 332
Headlamp Aiming
................................. 377
Bulb Replacement
................................ 380
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement
.... 383
2007 Buick Lucerne Owner ManualM
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Heated Seats
Your vehicle may have heated front seats. To
operate the heated seats, the ignition must be on.
The buttons are located
on the front doors
forward of the door
handle.
J(Heated Seat Cushion and Seatback):Press
this button to turn on the heated seat cushion
and seatback.
I(Heated Seatback):Press this button to turn
on the heated seatback.Press the button to turn on the desired feature.
A light on that button will display to show
which feature is on.
There are three temperature settings for each
feature. A column of three lights next to the
buttons will display which setting the feature is in:
high, medium or low. Three lights indicate the
highest setting, two lights indicate medium and
one light indicates the lowest setting.
When you press a button, the feature will turn on
at the highest setting. Each time you press the
button, the feature will decrease one temperature
setting.
To turn the feature off, keep pressing the button
until the display lights turn off.
If your vehicle has remote vehicle start and is
started using the remote keyless entry transmitter,
the front heated seats will be turned on to the
high setting if it is cold outside. See “Remote
Vehicle Start” underRemote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation on page 95. When the key is
inserted into the ignition and the ignition is turned
on, the heated seat feature will turn off. To turn
the heated seat feature back on, press the
desired button.
Driver’s Side Buttons
shown
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Heated and Cooled Seats
The front seats may have the heated and cooled
seat feature. To heat or cool the seats, the
ignition must be on.
The buttons are
located on the front
doors forward of the
door handle.
J(Heated Seat Cushion and Seatback):Press
this button to heat the seat cushion and
seatback.
I(Heated Seatback):Press this button to heat
the seatback.
H(Cooled Seat Cushion and Seatback):Press
this button to cool the seat cushion and seatback.Press each button to turn on the desired feature.
A light on that button will display indicating
which feature is on.
There are three temperature settings for each
feature. A column of three lights next to the
buttons will display which setting the feature is in:
high, medium or low. Three lights indicate the
highest setting, two lights indicate medium and
one light indicates the lowest setting.
When you press a button, the feature will turn on
at the highest setting. Each time you press the
button, the feature will decrease one temperature
setting.
To turn the feature off, keep pressing the button
until the display lights turn off.
If your vehicle has remote vehicle start and is
started using the remote keyless entry transmitter,
the front heated seats will be turned on to the
high setting if it is cold outside. See “Remote
Vehicle Start” underRemote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation on page 95. When the key is
inserted into the ignition and the ignition is turned
on, the heated seat feature will turn off. To turn
the heated seat feature back on, press the
desired button.
Driver’s Side Buttons
shown
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Memory Seat and Mirrors
Your vehicle may have the memory package.
The controls for this feature are located on the
driver’s door panel, and are used to program and
recall memory settings for the driver’s seat and
the outside mirrors.
To save your positions in memory, do the
following:
1. Adjust the driver’s seat, including the seatback
recliner and lumbar, and both outside mirrors
to your preferred position.
2. Press and hold button 1 until two beeps
sound through the driver’s side front speaker
to let you know that the position has been
stored.
A second seating and mirror position can be
programmed by repeating the above steps and
pressing button 2 for a second driver.To recall your memory positions, the vehicle must
be in PARK (P). Press and release either
button 1 or button 2 corresponding to the desired
driving position. The seat and outside mirrors
will move to the position previously stored for the
identied driver. You will hear a single beep.
If you use the remote keyless entry transmitter to
enter your vehicle and the remote recall memory
feature is on, automatic seat and mirror movement
will occur. See “MEMORY SEAT RECALL”
underDIC Vehicle Customization on page 231for
more information.
To stop recall movement of the memory feature at
any time, press one of the power seat controls,
memory buttons, or power mirror buttons.
If something has blocked the driver’s seat while
recalling a memory position, the driver’s seat recall
may stop working. If this happens, press the
appropriate control for the area that is not recalling
for two seconds, after the obstruction is removed.
Then try recalling the memory position again
by pressing the appropriate memory button. If the
memory position is still not recalling, see your
dealer for service.
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Easy Exit Seat
The control for this feature is located on the
driver’s door panel between buttons 1 and 2.
With the vehicle in PARK (P), the exit position can
be recalled by pressing the exit button. You will
hear a single beep. The driver’s seat will
move back.
If the easy exit seat feature is on in the Driver
Information Center (DIC), automatic seat
movement will occur when the key is removed
from the ignition. See “EASY EXIT SEAT” under
DIC Vehicle Customization on page 231for
more information.
Further programming for automatic seat movement
can be done using the DIC. You can select or
not select the following:
The easy exit seat feature.
The memory seat recall feature.
For programming information, seeDIC Vehicle
Customization on page 231.
Reclining Seatbacks
Manual Reclining Seatbacks
{CAUTION:
You can lose control of the vehicle if you
try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while
the vehicle is moving. The sudden
movement could startle and confuse you,
or make you push a pedal when you do
not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only
when the vehicle is not moving.
{CAUTION:
If the seatback is not locked, it could
move forward in a sudden stop or crash.
That could cause injury to the person
sitting there. Always push and pull on the
seatback to be sure it is locked.
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Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
Safety belts work for everyone, including pregnant
women. Like all occupants, they are more likely
to be seriously injured if they do not wear
safety belts.
A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder
belt, and the lap portion should be worn as low as
possible, below the rounding, throughout the
pregnancy.The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the
mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it
is more likely that the fetus will not be hurt
in a crash. For pregnant women, as for anyone,
the key to making safety belts effective is wearing
them properly.
Right Front Passenger Position
To learn how to wear the right front passenger’s
safety belt properly, seeDriver Position on page 25.
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the
same way as the driver’s safety belt — except
for one thing. If you ever pull the shoulder portion
of the belt out all the way, you will engage the
child restraint locking feature. If this happens, just
let the belt go back all the way and start again.
When the safety belt is not in use, slide the latch
plate up so that it is stored on the safety belt
stitching, near the guide loop.
If your vehicle has a center passenger position, be
sure to use the correct buckle when buckling
your lap-shoulder belt. If the latch plate will not go
fully into the buckle, see if you are using the
buckle for the center passenger position.
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6. To tighten the belt, push down on the child
restraint, pull the shoulder portion of the belt
to tighten the lap portion of the belt, and
feed the shoulder belt back into the retractor.
If you are using a forward-facing child
restraint, you may nd it helpful to use your
knee to push down on the child restraint
as you tighten the belt. You should not be able
to pull more of the belt from the retractor
once the lock has been set.
7. Push and pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.8. If the airbag is off, the off indicator on the
overhead console will be lit and stay lit
when the key is turned to RUN or START.
If a child restraint has been installed and the on
indicator is lit, turn the vehicle off. Remove
the child restraint from the vehicle and reinstall the
child restraint.
If, after reinstalling the child restraint and restarting
the vehicle, the on indicator is still lit, check to
make sure that the vehicle’s seatback is not
pressing the child restraint into the seat cushion.
If this happens, slightly recline the vehicle’s
seatback and adjust the seat cushion if possible.
Also make sure the child restraint is not trapped
under the vehicle head restraint. If this happens,
adjust the head restraint.
If the on indicator is still lit, secure the child in the
child restraint in a rear seat position in the
vehicle and check with your dealer.
To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the
vehicle’s safety belt and let it go back all the way.
The safety belt will move freely again and be
ready to work for an adult or larger child
passenger.
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Let only qualied technicians work on the
airbag systems. Improper service can
mean that an airbag system will not work
properly. See your dealer for service.
Passenger Sensing System
Your vehicle has a passenger sensing system.
The passenger airbag status indicator on the
overhead console will be visible when you turn
your ignition key to RUN or START.
The words ON and OFF or the symbol for on and
off, will be visible during the system check.
When the system check is complete, either the
word ON or the word OFF, or the symbol for on or
the symbol for off will be visible. SeePassenger
Airbag Status Indicator on page 198.The passenger sensing system will turn off the
right front passenger’s frontal airbag and
seat-mounted side impact airbag under certain
conditions. The driver’s airbags are not part of the
passenger sensing system.
The passenger sensing system works with sensors
that are part of the right front passenger’s seat and
safety belt. The sensors are designed to detect the
presence of a properly-seated occupant and
determine if the right front passenger’s frontal
airbag and seat-mounted side impact airbag should
be enabled (may inate) or not.
Accident statistics show that children are safer if
they are restrained in the rear rather than the front
seat. We recommend that child restraints be
secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in
a rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a
forward-facing child seat and an older child riding
in a booster seat.
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Keys.............................................................. 93
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System.......... 94
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System
Operation................................................. 95
Doors and Locks........................................ 102
Door Locks................................................ 102
Power Door Locks..................................... 103
Delayed Locking........................................ 103
Programmable Automatic Door Locks........ 104
Rear Door Security Locks......................... 104
Lockout Protection..................................... 105
Trunk........................................................ 106
Windows...................................................... 108
Power Windows........................................ 109
Sun Visors................................................ 109
Theft-Deterrent Systems............................. 110
Content Theft-Deterrent............................. 110
PASS-Key
®III+......................................... 111
PASS-Key®III+ Operation......................... 112
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle......... 113
New Vehicle Break-In................................ 113
Ignition Positions....................................... 114
Retained Accessory Power (RAP)............. 115Starting the Engine.................................... 116
Engine Coolant Heater.............................. 117
Automatic Transaxle Operation.................. 119
Parking Brake........................................... 122
Shifting Into Park (P) ................................. 123
Shifting Out of Park (P)............................. 125
Parking Over Things That Burn................. 126
Engine Exhaust......................................... 127
Running the Engine While Parked............. 128
Mirrors......................................................... 129
Manual Rearview Mirror............................. 129
Manual Rearview Mirror with OnStar
®....... 129
Automatic Dimming Rearview Mirror
with OnStar
®.......................................... 129
Automatic Dimming Rearview Mirror with
OnStar
®and Compass........................... 130
Automatic Dimming Rearview Mirror
with Compass........................................ 132
Outside Power Mirrors............................... 133
Outside Curb View Assist Mirror................ 134
Outside Convex Mirror............................... 134
Outside Automatic Dimming
Heated Mirror......................................... 135
OnStar
®System.......................................... 135
Section 2 Features and Controls
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Keys
{CAUTION:
Leaving children in a vehicle with the
ignition key is dangerous for many
reasons. They could operate the power
windows or other controls or even make
the vehicle move. The children or others
could be badly injured or even killed.
Do not leave the keys in a vehicle with
children.
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