BUICK RAINIER 2005 Get To Know Guide

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OnStar®
Your vehicle’s OnStar system provides
invehicle safety, security and communications services, available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week. With OnStar, youcan enjoy such available services as:
• Automatic notification of air bag
deployment
• Emergency services assistance
• Roadside assistance
• Stolen vehicle tracking
• GM Goodwrench remote diagnostics
• Remote door unlock
• Routing and location assistance*
• OnStar Personal Calling, a hands
free, voiceactivated communications service**
These services are easily accessed
through the three OnStar buttons in yourvehicle.
• Press the Phone button to access
OnStar Personal Calling, a handsfree, voiceactivated communications service.* Your vehicle is equipped with a
Passenger Sensing System located inthe rightfront outboard passenger seat.
The Passenger Sensing System classifies the occupant sitting in the front pas
senger seat and communicates the sta
tus to the air bag module. The air bagmodule uses this occupant informationto enable or suppress the deployment ofthe front passengerside air bag.
If the Passenger Sensing System deter
mines there is an empty seat, a childseat or an occupant weighing below aspecified threshold, it will communicatea suppress request to the air bag mod
ule. If the system determines there is anoccupant weighing above the specifiedthreshold, it will communicate an enablerequest to the air bag module.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG ON/OFF
indicator located on the rearview mirror
will indicate to the driver and front pas
senger the current state of the front pas
Front PassengerSide Passive
Air Bag
2. Select memory button 1 or 2 on the
driver’s door.
3. Move the driver’s seat to the desired
exit position.
4. Press and hold the Exit button
located on the driver’s door (shown on previous page) for three seconds.
A double chime will sound confirming that the position has been stored.
With the vehicle in Park (P), the exit
seat position for that driver can berecalled by pressing the Exit button. If no exit position is stored, the seatdefaults to a completely rearward position.
See Section 2 of your Owner Manual.
senger air bag. If the air bag is sup
pressed, the “OFF” indicator will be illuminated. If the air bag is enabled, the“ON” indicator will be illuminated.
General Motors recommends that child restraints
be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding
in a rearracing infant seat, a child riding in a forwardfacing child seat and an older child riding in abooster seat.
See Section 3 of your Owner Manual.

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• Press the blue OnStar button to
connect to an OnStar Advisor for services such as GM Goodwrench Remote Diagnostics or routing and location assistance.**
• Press the red Emergency button to
connect to an OnStar Advisor who can contact a nearby emergency services provider to dispatch ambulance, police, fire, or other emergency services to your location.
For more information about OnStar fea
tures, refer to the OnStar Owner’s
Manual and Audio Tour CD, located inyour glove box.
*Available in most markets
**Routing and location assistance may require
service upgrade
See Section 2 of your Owner Manual.
Audio Systems
Radio with Cassette/CD and RDS
Setting the Clock:
Press and hold the
H (or HR) button until the correct hour
appears. AM or PM will appear on the
radio display. Press and hold MN untilthe correct minute appears.
To set the time to the time of an FM
station broadcasting RDS information,press/hold HR and MN simultaneously
for two seconds until UPDATED (and
the clock symbol) appears on the display. If the time is not available from the
station, NO UPDAT will appear.
Using RDS Mode:Your radio’s RDS
mode allows you to:
• Seek only stations with your preferred
programming type
• Seek stations with traffic
announcements (MP3 radio only)
• Receive announcements of local
and/or national emergencies
• Receive and display messages from
radio stations
RDS features are available on FM sta
tions that broadcast RDS information.When tuned to an RDS station, the radiodisplays the station name instead of thefrequency. Most RDS stations broadcast
their station name, time of day and a
Program Type (PTY).
DISP:Press this knob to toggle
between the station frequency, station
name, PTY and the name of the program if available.
TRAF: Press this button to activate the
traffic announcement feature. The radio
Setting Stations:You can set up to 30
station presets (six AM, six FM1, six
FM2; an XM1 and XM2 satellite subscription is available).
• Turn the radio on.
• Press BAND to select AM, FM1, etc.
• Tune to the desired station using the
seek function or tune knob.
• Press AUTO EQ or AUTO TONE (as
applies to your radio) to select thesound equalization best suiting thetype of station selected.
• Press/hold a numbered button until a
beep confirms storage of the station.
•Repeat the previous steps for each
pushbutton.

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BAND (ALTERNATE FREQUENCY):Allows the radio to switch to a station
with a stronger signal and of the same
PTY. Press and hold the button for two
seconds to turn it on; repeat to turn it off.
ALERT!:Warns of local or national
emergencies and appears on the displayduring such an announcement. If a CDor cassette tape is playing, the
announcement overrides it. An ALERT!announcement cannot be turned off, but
it is also not affected by tests of theEmergency Broadcast System.
MP3 Radio (if equipped):ACDR or
CDRW containing MP3 audio tracks willplay automatically when inserted into the
CD/MP3 player.
XM Satellite Radio (if equipped):Two
subscription service bands are available:
XM1 and XM2. To access them onequipped radios, press the BAND button
until XM1 or XM2 appears on the display.An extracost subscription to XM
Satellite Radio service brings you thequality of digital audio and text reception
from coast to coast. Available only in the
contiguous U.S., XM offers more than120 channels of music, news, sports,
talk and children’s programming. For
more information, contact XM on the
Internet at www.XMradio.com or call
1800852XMXM (9696).
Radio with SixDisc CD (if equipped)
To load one CD on vehicles equipped
with the radio/sixdisc CD:
• Turn the ignition on; then press and
release the LOAD side of the LOAD CD button.
• Wait for the green indicator light at
the right side of the slot to turn green.
• Insert the disc partway into the slot,
label side up; the player will pull thedisc in.
To load multiple CDs in the SixDisc CD
Player:
•Turn the ignition on; then press and
hold the LOAD button for two sec
onds. The unit beeps and the light tothe right of the slot begins to flash.
• When the light stops flashing and
turns green, insert a disc partway,
label side up.
• The indicator light will begin blinking
and then turn green. Load anotherdisc at this time.
will display traffic announcement brack
ets <> or TRAF (as applies to yourradio) if the station you’re currently on
broadcasts traffic announcements. If thestation doesn’t, the radio seeks one thatdoes (MP3 radio only).
INFO:If the tuned station has a mes
sage, the radio displays INFO. Press theINFO button to see the message.
TYPE:Press this button to turn the
Program Type selection on or off. Press
the TYPE button knob to select the
Program Type you want; then press the
or button and the radio seeks to the
first RDS broadcast of the selected
Program Type.

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Your vehicle’s Navigation Entertainment
System provides you with detailed mapsof all major highways and roads
throughout the United States. After youenter a destination, the system providesturnbyturn instructions for reachingyour destination. In addition, the systemcan help you locate banks, airports,
restaurants, post offices, ATMs andmore.
See Section 3 of your Owner Manual.
Touch Screen Navigation
Entertainment System (if equipped)
Note:See your Navigation
Entertainment System Quick ReferenceGuide for operating instructions.
HomeLink®Universal
Transmitter
This programmable transmitter can store
up to three frequencies for items such
as a garage door opener, entry door
lock or security system. With the ignition
OFF, program the transmitter as follows:
• Press and hold the two outside but
tons and release when the indicatorlight begins to flash (about 20 sec
onds; do not repeat this step when
programming second and third transmitter buttons).
•Hold the end of your handheld trans
mitter up to three inches away from
the surface of the universal transmitter and simultaneously hold down the transmitter button and the buttonon the HomeLink
®unit you wish to
program.
• The HomeLink
®indicator light will
begin blinking slowly. Programming is
complete when the indicator light onthe HomeLink
®transmitter flashes
rapidly.
• Release both buttons.
• When more than one disc is loaded,
a number for each disc is displayed.
• To load more than one but fewer than
six discs, press the LOAD buttonagain after loading the final CD.
• For every CD loaded, a number
appears on the radio display.
• To play a specific CD, press the CD
AUX button and then the number of
the CD you want to hear.
• A small bar appears under the CD
number that is playing, and the tracknumber appears.
See Section 3 of your Owner Manual.

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For garage door openers with a “rolling
code,” continue with the following steps:
• Firmly press the training button (usu
ally marked “LEARN” or “SMART”) onthe garage door opener motor headunit near the antenna.
• Within 30 seconds, press and hold
the HomeLink
®transmitter button pro
grammed in the previous steps fortwo seconds.
• Press and release this button twice
more for two seconds each time.
See Section 2 of your Owner Manual.
Remote Keyless Entry System
The RKE system locks and unlocks the
doors and lift glass from a range of 3 to
30 feet (1–9 m). At times the range maybe shorter than usual, which is normal. If the transmitter doesn’t seem to beworking properly:
• Ensure that you are within transmitter
range of the vehicle. Rainy and
snowy weather can reduce transmitter range.
Note:To ensure successful HomeLink®
Transmitter programming, it’s important
that your garage door opener battery bewell charged.
Content TheftDeterrent System
The Content TheftDeterrent System has
a red indicator lamp on the instrumentpanel that is labeled
SECURITY. The
system can be activated in two ways:
• Press the
LOCKbutton on the
Remote Keyless Entry key fob afterclosing all doors.
• Press the power door
LOCKswitch
with the door open.
The alarm is not armed until the
SECURITYlight turns off (after a delay
of approximately 30 seconds).
If the alarm is tripped, the horn sounds
for 30 seconds, and the headlamps andparking lamps also flash for two minutes
to get visual attention. The alarm soundswhenever a locked door is opened with
out the key or Remote Keyless Entry
System transmitter.
See Section 2 of your Owner Manual.
• Check to see if other vehicles or
obstacles are blocking the transmittersignal by stepping a few feet to theleft or right, and hold the transmitterhigher when pressing the button(s).
• Consider the length of time that
the transmitter battery has been inservice and replace it if necessary
(the DIC will display “RFA # BATLOW” if the battery needs replacing).Use CR 2032 battery or equivalent.
See Section 2 of your Owner Manual.

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AllWheel Drive
For extra traction, vehicles equipped
with allwheel drive can automaticallytransfer power from the rear wheels tothe front wheels under lowtraction con
ditions. On dry roads with good traction,the system operates in twowheel drive.
You may feel the system operating whenengine power is transferred to all fourwheels.
See Section 2 of your Owner Manual.
Electronically Controlled
Rear Air Suspension
This feature automatically keeps your
vehicle level when loaded or unloaded.The system may make an occasional“whirring” soundunder the rear of the
vehicle under heav
ier rear loads, indi
cating that the sys
tem’s air compressor
is operating to provide a level rideheight. Whenunloading, you mayalso hear air beingreleased from the system. An inflator
outlet and hose are included with thesystem for inflating tires, toys and sports
equipment. The compressor automatically shuts down if it overheats, andresumes operation when it cools.
See Section 4 of your Owner Manual.
Sun Visors
To block the sun’s glare, pull the sun
visor down. You can also cover the driver or passenger frontside window bysliding the sun visor front to rear of thevehicle and vice versa.
See Section 2 of your Owner Manual.
Sunroof (if equipped)
To open or close your sunroof, the igni
tion must be on or Retained AccessoryPower (RAP) must be active.
Open the sunroof
•Press and release the back portion of
the button in the overhead console.
Close the sunroof
•Press (and hold) the front portion of
the button. Once the sunroof isclosed, press the forward side of thebutton to open the sunroof to the vent position.
See Section 2 of your Owner Manual.
Note:In the closed position, the sunroof
may not appear parallel with the vehicle
headliner.

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Traction Assist System (TAS)
(Rearwheel drive only)
The Traction Assist System (standard on
rearwheel drive vehicles) limits wheel
spin. TAS operates only when it senses
that one or both rear wheels are begin
ning to lose traction. When this happens, engine power is reduced to limit
wheelspin and the LOW TRAC light
comes on. You may also hear or feel the
system working. TAS is automaticallyenabled whenever you start the vehicle.
You can disable it by pressing the TASON/OFF button located near the shiftlever or on the instrument panel. When
disabled, the TRAC OFF light comes on.Enable the system by pressing the TA S
ON/OFF button again and the TRAC
OFF light will go out.
See Section 4 of your Owner Manual.
Luggage Carrier (if equipped)
The luggage carrier has side rails
attached to the roof and allows you tocarry luggage on top of your vehicle.Some vehicles are equipped with slidingcross rails and tiedown spots to secure
cargo. To slide the cross rails to thedesired position, lift the lever on eachside of the cross rail and slide it into
position. Secure the cross rail by pressing the levers on each side of the cross
rail down into place. To reduce windnoise when the luggage carrier is not inuse, position the rear cross rail at therearmost position and the front cross railabove the rearmost portion of the reardoor opening (above the “C”pillar).
Note:Never carry anything on the vehi
cle roof that is longer or wider than the
luggage carrier itself. (Examples: ply
wood, paneling, a mattress.) The load
could be violently torn off, causing youor other drivers to have a collision.
Note:Loading cargo that weighs more
than 220 pounds (100 kg) on the luggage carrier may damage your vehicle.
Hood Release
To open your vehicle’s hood:
• Pull the handle located on the lower
driver’s side of the instrument panel.
• Go to the front of the vehicle and
release the hood latch.
•Lift the hood.
•
Release the hood prop from its retain
er and place it into the hood slot.
See Section 5 of your Owner Manual.
See Section 2 of your Owner Manual.

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Roadside Assistance
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Manual for complete instructions. All information contained herein is based on information available at
the time of printing and is subject to change without notice. Copyright 2004 by GM Corp. All rights reserved.