flat tire BUICK ENCORE 2018 Owner's Guide

Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
11354409) - 2018 - crc - 11/8/17
Customer Information 297
.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,

Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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OnStar 307
Press=to:
. Open the OnStar app on the
infotainment display. See the
infotainment manual for
information on how to use the
OnStar app.
Or
. Make a call, end a call,
or answer an incoming call.
. Give OnStar Hands-Free Calling
voice commands.
. Give OnStar Turn-by-Turn
Navigation voice commands.
. Obtain and customize the Wi-Fi
hotspot name or SSID and
password, if equipped. PressQto connect to an
Advisor to:
. Verify account information or
update contact information.
. Get driving directions.
. Receive a Diagnostic check of
the vehicle's key operating
systems.
. Receive Roadside Assistance.
. Manage Wi-Fi Settings,
if equipped.
Press
>to get a priority connection
to an OnStar Advisor available 24/
7 to:
. Get help for an emergency.
. Be a Good Samaritan or
respond to an AMBER Alert.
. Get assistance in severe
weather or other crisis situations
and find evacuation routes.
OnStar Services
Emergency
Emergency Services require an
active, OnStar service plan
(excludes Basic Plan). With
Automatic Crash Response, built-in
sensors can automatically alert a
specially trained OnStar Advisor
who is immediately connected in to
the vehicle to help.
Press
>for a priority connection to
an OnStar Advisor who can contact
emergency service providers, direct
them to your exact location, and
relay important information.
With OnStar Crisis Assist, specially
trained Advisors are available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to
provide a central point of contact,
assistance, and information during a
crisis.
With Roadside Assistance, Advisors
can locate a nearby service provider
to help with a flat tire, a battery
jump, or an empty gas tank.

Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
11354409) - 2018 - crc - 11/8/17
318 Index
IndexA
About Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 2
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 197
Additional Information
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 210
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 148
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Air Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 72
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 67
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Passenger Status Indicator . . . .115
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Alert Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 190
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 219
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 178 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Armrest Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

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Index 321
E
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 228
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 203
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Engine (cont'd)
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 175
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 304
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 138
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
F
FeaturesMemory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 210
First Aid Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 140
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 210
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Fog Lamps
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Folding Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Front Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 122
Requirements, California . . . . . 194
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 228

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Index 327
Tires (cont'd)Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 245
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 244
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Terminology and Definitions . . 240
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 253
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . 197
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 264
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Traction
Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
U
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 252
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 134
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle (cont'd)
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 289
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 120
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 192
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108