cruise control BUICK ENCORE 2021 User Guide

Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14607636) -
2021 - CRC - 8/18/20
Driving and Operating 187
{Warning
Cruise control can be dangerous where
you cannot drive safely at a steady
speed. Do not use cruise control on
winding roads or in heavy traffic.
Cruise control can be dangerous on
slippery roads. On such roads, fast
changes in tire traction can cause
excessive wheel slip, and you could lose
control. Do not use cruise control on
slippery roads.
The vehicle has a Traction Control System
(TCS) or StabiliTrak/Electronic Stability
Control (ESC) system that begins to limit
wheel spin while using cruise control and
the cruise control will automatically
disengage. See Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control 0185. If a collision alert
occurs when cruise control is activated,
cruise control is disengaged. See Forward
Collision Alert (FCA) System 0192. When
road conditions allow you to safely use it
again, cruise control can be turned back on.
If the brakes are applied, cruise control
disengages.
o: Press to turn the cruise control system
on or off. A white indicator comes in the
instrument cluster when cruise is turned on.
RES/+ : If there is a set speed in memory,
move the thumbwheel up briefly to resume
to that speed or hold upward to accelerate.
If cruise control is already active, use to
increase vehicle speed.
SET/− :Move the thumbwheel down briefly
to set the speed and activate cruise control.
If cruise control is already active, use to
decrease speed.
n: Press to disengage cruise control
without erasing the set speed from memory. Setting Cruise Control
If
ois on when not in use, SET/−
or RES/+
could get bumped and go into cruise when
not desired. Keep
ooff when cruise control
is not being used.
To set a speed:
1. Press
oto turn cruise control on.
2. Get up to the speed desired.
3. Move the thumbwheel down toward SET/− and release it.
4. Remove your foot from the accelerator.
The cruise control indicator on the
instrument cluster turns green after cruise
control has been set to the desired speed.
See Instrument Cluster 076.
Resuming a Set Speed
If the cruise control is set at a desired speed
and then the brakes are applied or
nis
pressed, the cruise control is disengaged
without erasing the set speed from memory.
Once the vehicle speed is about 40 km/h
(25 mph) or greater, move the thumbwheel
up toward RES/+ briefly. The vehicle returns
to the previously set speed.

Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14607636) -
2021 - CRC - 8/18/20
188 Driving and Operating
Increasing Speed While Using Cruise Control
If the cruise control system is already
activated:
.Move the thumbwheel up toward RES/+
and hold it until the desired speed is
reached, then release it.
.To increase vehicle speed in small
increments, move the thumbwheel up
toward RES/+ briefly. For each press, the
vehicle goes about 1 km/h (1 mph) faster.
The speedometer reading can be displayed
in either English or metric units. See Driver
Information Center (DIC) 086. The
increment value used depends on the units
displayed.
Reducing Speed While Using Cruise Control
If the cruise control system is already
activated:
.Move the thumbwheel toward SET/− and
hold until the desired lower speed is
reached, then release it.
.To decrease the vehicle speed in small
increments, move the thumbwheel
toward SET/− briefly. For each press, the
vehicle goes about 1 km/h (1 mph) slower. The speedometer reading can be displayed
in either English or metric units. See
Driver
Information Center (DIC) 086. The
increment value used depends on the units
displayed.
Passing Another Vehicle While Using Cruise
Control
Use the accelerator pedal to increase the
vehicle speed. When you take your foot off
the pedal, the vehicle slows down to the
previous set cruise control speed. While
pressing the accelerator pedal or shortly
following the release to override cruise
control, briefly moving the thumbwheel
toward SET/− will result in cruise set to the
current vehicle speed.
Using Cruise Control on Hills
How well cruise control works on hills
depends on the vehicle speed, load, and the
steepness of the hills. When going up steep
hills, you might have to step on the
accelerator pedal to maintain the vehicle
speed. When going downhill, you might
have to brake or shift to a lower gear to
keep your speed down. If the brake pedal is
applied, cruise control will disengage. Ending Cruise Control
There are four ways to end cruise control:
.To disengage cruise control, step lightly
on the brake pedal.
.Pressn.
.Shift the transmission to N (Neutral).
.To turn off cruise control, presso.
Erasing Speed Memory
The cruise control set speed is erased from
memory if
ois pressed or if the vehicle is
turned off.
Driver Assistance Systems
This vehicle may have features that work
together to help avoid crashes or reduce
crash damage while driving, backing, and
parking. Read this entire section before
using these systems.
{Warning
Do not rely on the Driver Assistance
Systems. These systems do not replace
the need for paying attention and driving
safely. You may not hear or see alerts or
warnings provided by these systems.
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Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14607636) -
2021 - CRC - 8/18/20
Driving and Operating 193
Detecting the Vehicle Ahead
FCA warnings will not occur unless the FCA
system detects a vehicle ahead. When a
vehicle is detected, the vehicle ahead
indicator will display green. Vehicles may
not be detected on curves, highway exit
ramps, or hills, due to poor visibility; or if a
vehicle ahead is partially blocked by
pedestrians or other objects. FCA will not
detect another vehicle ahead until it is
completely in the driving lane.
{Warning
FCA does not provide a warning to help
avoid a crash, unless it detects a vehicle.
FCA may not detect a vehicle ahead if
the FCA sensor is blocked by dirt, snow,
or ice, or if the windshield is damaged.
It may also not detect a vehicle on
winding or hilly roads, or in conditions
that can limit visibility such as fog, rain,(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
or snow, or if the headlamps or
windshield are not cleaned or in proper
condition. Keep the windshield,
headlamps, and FCA sensors clean and in
good repair.
Collision Alert
When your vehicle approaches another
detected vehicle too rapidly, the FCA display
will flash on the windshield. Also, eight
rapid high-pitched beeps will sound from the
front. When this Collision Alert occurs, the
brake system may prepare for driver braking
to occur more rapidly which can cause a
brief, mild deceleration. Continue to apply
the brake pedal as needed. Cruise control
may be disengaged when the Collision Alert
occurs.
Selecting the Alert Timing
The Collision Alert control is on the steering
wheel. Press
[to set the FCA timing to
far, medium, or near, or on some vehicles,
Off. The first button press shows the current
setting on the DIC. Additional button presses
will change this setting. The chosen setting
will remain until it is changed. The timing of
alerts will vary based on vehicle speed. The
faster the vehicle speed, the farther away
the alert will occur. Consider traffic and
weather conditions when selecting the alert
timing. The range of selectable alert timings
may not be appropriate for all drivers and
driving conditions.

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2021 - CRC - 8/18/20
304 Index
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
CompartmentsStorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Control
Traction and Electronic Stability . . . . . . . 185
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Controls Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 139
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Coolant
Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . 287
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Covers Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Cruise Control (cont'd)
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Customer Information
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . 289
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . 282
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Data Collection Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Door (cont'd)
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183, 219
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Driving
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
E
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . 227
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

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Index 307
Lights (cont'd)Antilock Brake System (ABS)
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . 81
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . . . . . . . 113, 144
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Messaging Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Mirrors
Automatic Dimming Rearview . . . . . . . . . . 20
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Mirrors (cont'd)
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 144
N
Navigation Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . 295
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295