child safety lock BUICK ENCORE 2014 User Guide

Black plate (53,1)Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
6014813) - 2014 - crc - 10/22/13
Seats and Restraints 3-53
when the vehicle is started. See
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator on page 5-11.
2. Put the child restraint on the seat.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of
the vehicle's safety belt through
or around the restraint. The child
restraint instructions will show
you how.4. Push the latch plate into thebuckle until it clicks.
Position the release button on
the buckle, so that the safety
belt could be quickly unbuckled
if necessary.
5. Pull the shoulder belt all the wayout of the retractor to set the
lock. When the retractor lock is
set, the belt can be tightened but
not pulled out of the retractor.
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. When installing
a forward-facing child restraint, it
may be helpful to use your knee
to push down on the child
restraint as you tighten the belt.
Try to pull the belt out of the
retractor to make sure the
retractor is locked. If the
retractor is not locked, repeat
Steps 5 and 6.

Black plate (7,1)Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
6014813) - 2014 - crc - 10/22/13
INDEX i-7
Lights (cont'd)Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 5-17
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 5-10
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Warning, Power Steering . . . . . 5-16
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8, 2-9
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . 5-19
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-13
Maintenance Schedule Recommended Fluidsand Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . 5-13
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Messages
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 5-25
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Object Detection System . . . . . 5-26
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24 Mirrors
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . 2-15
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
O
Object Detection System
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Black plate (8,1)Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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i-8 INDEX
Off-RoadRecovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 10-9
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 3-36
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
OnStar
®
System, In Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
OnStar®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
OnStar®Vehicle
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . .13-11
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
P
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-21
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 9-21
Parking Assist Ultrasonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Passenger Sensing System . . . 3-30
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . 10-2
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Power (cont'd)
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 9-19
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Power Steering Warning Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Privacy
Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . 13-15
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 13-7
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
R
Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . . 13-15
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . 9-38
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 5-4