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Buick Enclave Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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348 Service and Maintenance
of leaking, blown seals,
or damage, and can advise
when service is needed.
Tires
Tires need to be properly inflated,
rotated, and balanced. Maintaining
the tires can save money and fuel,
and can reduce the risk of tire
failure.
. Signs that the tires need to be
replaced include three or more
visible treadwear indicators; cord
or fabric showing through the
rubber; cracks or cuts in the
tread or sidewall; or a bulge or
split in the tire.
. Trained dealer technicians can
inspect and recommend the right
tires. Your dealer can also
provide tire/wheel balancing
services to ensure smooth
vehicle operation at all speeds.
Your dealer sells and services
name brand tires. Vehicle Care
To help keep the vehicle looking like
new, vehicle care products are
available from your dealer. For
information on how to clean and
protect the vehicle’s interior and
exterior, see
Interior Care 0334 and
Exterior Care 0330.
Wheel Alignment
Wheel alignment is critical for
ensuring that the tires deliver
optimal wear and performance.
. Signs that the alignment may
need to be adjusted include
pulling, improper vehicle
handling, or unusual tire wear.
. Your dealer has the required
equipment to ensure proper
wheel alignment.
Windshield
For safety, appearance, and the
best viewing, keep the windshield
clean and clear.
. Signs of damage include
scratches, cracks, and chips. .
Trained dealer technicians can
inspect the windshield and
recommend proper replacement
if needed.
Wiper Blades
Wiper blades need to be cleaned
and kept in good condition to
provide a clear view.
. Signs of wear include streaking,
skipping across the windshield,
and worn or split rubber.
. Trained dealer technicians can
check the wiper blades and
replace them when needed.

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360 Customer Information
.Lock-Out Service: Service to
unlock the vehicle if you are
locked out. A remote unlock may
be available if you have OnStar.
For security reasons, the driver
must present identification
before this service is given.
. Emergency Tow from a Public
Road or Highway: Tow to the
nearest Buick dealer for
warranty service, or if the vehicle
was in a crash and cannot be
driven. Assistance is not given
when the vehicle is stuck in
sand, mud, or snow.
. Flat Tire Change: Service to
change a flat tire with the spare
tire. The spare tire, if equipped,
must be in good condition and
properly inflated. It is the owner's
responsibility for the repair or
replacement of the tire if it is not
covered by the warranty.
. Battery Jump Start: Service to
jump start a dead battery.
. Trip Interruption Benefits and
Assistance: If your trip is
interrupted due to a warranty event, incidental expenses may
be reimbursed within the
Powertrain warranty period.
Items considered are reasonable
and customary hotel, meals,
rental car, or a vehicle being
delivered back to the customer,
up to 500 miles.
Services Not Included in
Roadside Assistance
.
Impound towing caused by
violation of any laws.
. Legal fines.
. Mounting, dismounting,
or changing of snow tires,
chains, or other traction devices.
Service is not provided if a vehicle
is in an area that is not accessible
to the service vehicle or is not a
regularly traveled or maintained
public road, which includes ice and
winter roads. Off-road use is not
covered.
Services Specific to
Canadian-Purchased Vehicles
. Fuel Delivery: Reimbursement
is up to 7 liters. Diesel fuel
delivery may be restricted.
Propane and other fuels are not
provided through this service.
. Lock-Out Service: Vehicle
registration is required.
. Trip Interruption Benefits and
Assistance: Must be over
150 km from where your trip was
started to qualify.
Pre-authorization, original
detailed receipts, and a copy of
the repair orders are required.
Once authorization has been
received, the Roadside
Assistance advisor will help you
make arrangements and explain
how to receive payment.
. Alternative Service: If
assistance cannot be provided
right away, the Roadside
Assistance advisor may give
permission to get local
emergency road service. You will
receive payment, up to $100,

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Index 381
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 226
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 261
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 272
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 180
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 90
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Airbag System (cont'd)
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 85
Airbags Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 139
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 245
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 281
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 217 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 235

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382 Index
AutomaticDimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
B
BatteryExterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Battery - North America . . . . 280, 324
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 281
Brake
Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 142
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . 243
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 200
Bulb Replacement Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 285
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .264, 280, 324,
Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . .118 Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 118
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Charging
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 139
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 97
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111, 113
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 362
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

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388 Index
Power (cont'd)Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 81
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 367
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 361
Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .264, 280, 324, Back Cover
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 365
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear Climate Control System . . . 180
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 235
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 125
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 327
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 95
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 366
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 354
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 366
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 361
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 82
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 81

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390 Index
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302, 303
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 304
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 303
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Terminology and Definitions . . 299
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 314
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 253 Towing (cont'd)
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 253
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 327
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 312
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 162Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Universal Remote System (cont'd)
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 352
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 144
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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Warning (cont'd)Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 247
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 314
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . 101
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windshield
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 281
Wipers
Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129