BUICK ENVISION 2021 Owner's Guide

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30 Keys, Doors, and Windows
Programming the Power Windows
Programming may be necessary if the
vehicle battery has been disconnected or
discharged. If the window is unable to
express-up, program each express-close
window:1. Close all doors.
2. Turn the ignition on or to ACC/ ACCESSORY.
3. Partially open the window to be programmed. Then close it and continue
to pull the switch briefly after the
window has fully closed.
4. Open the window and continue to press the switch briefly after the window has
fully opened.
Remote Window Operation
If equipped, this feature allows all windows
to be opened remotely. If enabled in vehicle
personalization, press and hold
Kon the
remote key. See Vehicle Personalization
0 109.
Sun Visors
Pull the sun visor down to block glare.
Detach the sun visor from the center mount
to pivot to the side window and,
if equipped, extend along the rod.
Roof
Sunroof
If equipped, the ignition must be on or in
ACC/ACCESSORY, or Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) must be active to operate the
sunroof. See Ignition Positions 0197 and
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) 0201.
While the sunroof always operates in
express mode, movement can be stopped by
pressing the switch again. The sunroof cannot be opened or closed if
the vehicle has an electrical failure.
1. SLIDE Switch
2. Power Sunshade Switch
3. TILT Switch
Sunroof Operation:
.Press and releaseD(1) to express-open
to the fully open position.
.Pull and releaseD(1) to express-close.
.Press or pullD(1) again to stop at the
desired location.

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Sunshade Operation:
.Press and releaseC(2) to express-open.
.Pull and releaseC(2) to express-close.
.Press or pullC(2) again to stop at the
desired location.
Sunroof Vent Operation:
.Press and releaseE(3) to vent the
sunroof.
.Pull and releaseE(3) to close the
sunroof vent.
Automatic Reversal System
The sunroof and power sunshade have an
automatic reversal system that is only active
when the sunroof and power sunshade are
operated in express-close mode.
If an object is in the path while
express-closing, the reversal system will
detect an object, stop, and open the sunroof
or power sunshade slightly.
If frost or other conditions prevent closing,
override the feature by closing the sunroof
or power sunshade in manual mode. To stop
movement, release the switch.
Dirt and debris may collect on the sunroof
seal or in the track. This could cause an
issue with sunroof operation or noise.
It could also plug the water drainage
system. Periodically open the sunroof and
remove any obstacles or loose debris. Wipe
the sunroof seal and roof sealing area using
a clean cloth, mild soap, and water. Do not
remove grease from the sunroof.

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Seats and Restraints
Head Restraints
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . 39
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Seat Belts
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . 43
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Seat Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 47
Seat Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Seat Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 51
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . 52
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . 52
What Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Adding Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Front Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Head Restraints
Front Seats
{Warning
With head restraints that are not
installed and adjusted properly, there is a
greater chance that occupants will suffer
a neck/spinal injury in a crash. Do not
drive until the head restraints for all
occupants are installed and adjusted
properly.
The vehicle's front seats have adjustable
head restraints in the outboard seating
positions.

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Adjust the head restraint so that the top of
the restraint is at the same height as the
top of the occupant's head. This position
reduces the chance of a neck injury in a
crash.
The height of the head restraint can be
adjusted.
To raise or lower the head restraint, press
the button located on the side of the head
restraint, and pull up or push the head
restraint down, and release the button. Pull
and push on the head restraint after the
button is released to make sure that it is
locked in place.
The front seat outboard head restraints are
not removable.
Rear Seats
Second Row Seats
The vehicle’s rear second row seats have
adjustable head restraints in the outboard
seating positions.
The height of the head restraint can be
adjusted. Pull the head restraint up to raise
it. Try to move the head restraint to make
sure that it is locked in place.
To lower the head restraint, press the
button, located on the top of the seatback,
and push the head restraint down.
The second row head restraints are not
removable.
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment
{Warning
You can lose control of the vehicle if you
try to adjust a driver seat while the
vehicle is moving. Adjust the driver seat
only when the vehicle is not moving.
To adjust a manual seat:1. Lift the handle under the seat to unlock it.
2. Move the seat forward or rearward to adjust the seat position.

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3. Release the handle to stop the seat frommoving.
4. Try to move the seat back and forth to be sure it is locked in place.
Seat Height Adjuster
If equipped, move the lever up or down to
manually raise or lower the seat.
Power Seat Adjustment
{Warning
The power seats will work with the
ignition off. Children could operate the
power seats and be injured. Never leave
children alone in the vehicle.
To adjust a power seat, if equipped:
.Move the seat forward or rearward by
sliding the control forward or rearward.
.Raise or lower the front part of the seat
cushion by moving the front of the
control up or down.
.Raise or lower the entire seat by moving
the rear of the control up or down.
To adjust the seatback, see Reclining
Seatbacks 035.
To adjust the lumbar support, see Lumbar
Adjustment 034.
Lumbar Adjustment
To adjust the lumbar, if equipped
.Press (2) for upward adjustments.
.Press (3) for rearward adjustments.
.Press (4) for downward adjustments.
.Press (5) for forward adjustments.
For vehicles equipped with lumbar and
massage, move Feature Select (1) one or
more times to display lumbar adjustments
on the infotainment display. Press
adjustment buttons as shown above.

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Massage
If equipped, the ignition must be on to use
the massage feature.
To activate or stop massage press (6).
To adjust massage intensity, move Feature
Select (1) one or more times to display
massage adjustments on the infotainment
display. Press (3) or (5) to adjust intensity.
Pressing (2) or (4) will change the massage
function.
Reclining Seatbacks
{Warning
Sitting in a reclined position when the
vehicle is in motion can be dangerous.
Even when buckled up, the seat belts
cannot do their job.
The shoulder belt will not be against
your body. Instead, it will be in front of
you. In a crash, you could go into it,
receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt could go up over your
abdomen. The belt forces would be there,
not at your pelvic bones. This could cause
serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is
in motion, have the seatback upright.
Then sit well back in the seat and wear
the seat belt properly.
Do not have a seatback reclined if the
vehicle is moving.
Manual Reclining Seatbacks
{Warning
If either seatback is not locked, it could
move forward in a sudden stop or crash.
That could cause injury to the person
sitting there. Always push and pull on
the seatbacks to be sure they are locked.

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To recline the seatback:1. Lift the lever.
2. Move the seatback to the desired position, and then release the lever to
lock the seatback in place.
3. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked.
To return the seatback to the upright
position: 1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to the seatback, and the
seatback will return to the upright
position.
2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked.
Power Reclining Seatbacks
.Tilt the top of the control rearward to
recline.
.Tilt the top of the control forward to
raise.
Memory Seats
If equipped, memory seats allow two drivers
to save and recall their unique seat positions
for driving the vehicle, and a shared exit
position for getting out of the vehicle. Other
feature positions may also be saved, such as
power mirrors and power steering wheel,
if equipped. Memory positions are linked to
remote key 1 or 2 for automatic memory
recalls.
Before saving, adjust all available memory
feature positions. Turn the vehicle on and
then press and release SET; a beep will
sound. Then immediately press and hold 1,
2, or
B(Exit) until two beeps sound. To
manually recall these positions, press and

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hold 1, 2, orBuntil the saved position is
reached. Follow the instructions under
“Saving Memory Positions.”
The vehicle identifies the current driver’s
remote key number (1–8). See Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation 07.
Only remote keys 1 and 2 can be used for
automatic memory recalls. A Driver
Information Center (DIC) welcome message
indicating the remote key number may
display for the first few ignition cycles
following a remote key change. For Seat
Entry Memory to work properly, save the
positions to the memory button (1 or 2)
matching the remote key number displayed
in the DIC welcome message. Carry the
linked remote key when entering the
vehicle.
Vehicle Personalization Settings
.To have the Seat Entry Memory
movement begin when the vehicle is
started, select the Settings menu, then
Vehicle, then Seating Position, and then
Seat Entry Memory. Select On or Off. See
“Seat Entry Memory” later in this section.
.To begin Seat Exit Memory movement
when the vehicle is turned off and the
driver door is opened, or when the vehicle
is turned off with the driver door already opened, select the Settings menu, then
Vehicle, then Seating Position, and then
Seat Exit Memory. Select On or Off. See
“Seat Exit Memory”
later in this section.
.SeeVehicle Personalization 0109 for
additional setting information.
Identifying Driver Number
To identify the driver number: 1. Move your remote key away from the vehicle.
2. Start the vehicle with another remote key. The DIC should display the driver
number for the other remote key. Turn
the vehicle off and remove the remote
key from the vehicle.
3. Start the vehicle with the initial remote key. The DIC should display the driver
number of your remote key.
Saving Memory Positions
Read these instructions completely before
saving memory positions.
To save preferred driving positions 1 and 2: 1. Turn the vehicle on or to ACC/ ACCESSORY with remote key 1 or 2.
A DIC welcome message may indicate
driver number 1 or 2. 2. Adjust all available memory features to
the desired driving position.
3. Press and release SET; a beep will sound.
4. Immediately press and hold the 1 or 2 memory button matching the above
DIC welcome message until two beeps
sound.
If too much time passes between
releasing SET and pressing 1, the
memory position will not be saved and
two beeps will not sound. Repeat
Steps 3 and 4.
1 or 2 corresponds to the driver number.
See “Identifying Driver Number”
previously in this section.
5. Repeat Steps 1–4 for a second driver using 1 or 2.
To save the position for
Band Seat Exit
Memory features, repeat Steps 1–4 using
B. This saves the position for getting out
of the vehicle.
Save preferred memory feature positions to
both 1 and 2 if you are the only driver.

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Manually Recalling Memory Positions
Press and hold 1, 2, or
Bto recall the
previously saved memory positions if you
are driver 1 or 2 identified in the DIC
welcome message.
To stop Manual Memory recall movement,
release 1, 2, or
Bor press any of the
following controls:
.Power seat
.Memory SET
.Power mirror, with the driver or
passenger side mirror selected
.Power steering wheel, if equipped
Manual Memory recall movement for 1, 2 or
Bbuttons may be initiated and will
complete to the saved memory position if
the vehicle is shifted in or out of P (Park).
Seat Entry Memory
The vehicle identifies the number of the
current driver’s remote key (1–8). See
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System
Operation 07. If the remote key is 1 or 2,
and Seat Entry Memory is enabled in vehicle
personalization, the positions saved to the
same memory button number 1 or 2 are
automatically recalled when the vehicle is turned on, or turned from off to ACC/
ACCESSORY. Remote keys 3–8 will not
provide automatic memory recalls.
To turn Seat Entry Memory on or off, see
“Vehicle Personalization Settings”
previously
in this section and Vehicle Personalization
0 109.
The shift lever must be in P (Park) to start
Seat Entry Memory. Seat Entry Memory
recall will complete if the vehicle is shifted
out of P (Park) prior to reaching the saved
memory position.
To stop Seat Entry Memory recall
movement, turn the vehicle off or press any
of the following controls:.Power seat
.Memory SET, 1, 2, orB
.Power mirror, with the driver or
passenger side mirror selected
.Power steering wheel, if equipped
If the saved memory seat position does not
automatically recall or recalls to the wrong
positions, the driver’s remote key number (1
or 2) may not match the memory button
number that positions were saved to. Try
storing the position to the other memory
button or try the other remote key. Seat Exit Memory
Seat Exit Memory is not linked to a remote
key. The position saved to
Bis used for all
drivers. To turn Seat Exit Memory on or off,
see "Vehicle Personalization Settings"
previously in this section and Vehicle
Personalization 0109.
If turned on, the position saved to
Bis
automatically recalled when one of the
following occurs:
.The vehicle is turned off and the driver
door is opened within a short time.
.The vehicle is turned off with the driver
door open.
To stop Seat Exit Memory movement, press
any of the following memory controls:
.Power seat
.Memory SET, 1, 2, orB
.Power mirror, with the driver or
passenger side mirror selected
.Power steering wheel, if equipped

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Obstructions
If something has blocked the driver seat
while recalling a memory position, the recall
may stop. Remove the obstruction and try
the recall again. If the memory position still
does not recall, see your dealer.
Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats
{Warning
If temperature change or pain to the skin
cannot be felt, the seat heater may cause
burns. To reduce the risk of burns, use
care when using the seat heater,
especially for long periods of time. Do
not place anything on the seat that
insulates against heat, such as a blanket,
cushion, cover, or similar item. This may
cause the seat heater to overheat. An
overheated seat heater may cause a burn
or may damage the seat.Heated and Ventilated Seat Buttons Shown,Heated Seat Buttons Similar
If equipped, the buttons are near the
climate controls on the center stack. To
operate, the engine must be running.
Lift
xoryfor the highest heated seat
setting. Lifting the heated seat button again
will keep the heated seat at the highest
setting. Press the heated seat button down
to lower the heat level or turn the heated
seat off. The passenger seat may take
longer to heat up.
Press
xory, if available, for the highest
ventilated seat setting. Pressing the
ventilated seat button again will keep the
ventilated seat at the highest setting. Lift the ventilated seat button to lower the vent
level or turn the ventilated seat off.
A ventilated seat has a fan that pulls or
pushes air through the seat. The air is not
cooled.
When a heated seat is turned on, the
indicator on button turns red. When a
ventilated seat is turned on, the indicator on
button turns blue. Three indicators
illuminate for the highest setting and one
for the lowest.
Auto Heated and Ventilated Seats
If the vehicle is equipped with auto heated
or ventilated seats, and the engine is
running, this feature will automatically
activate the heated or ventilated seats at
the level required by the vehicle's interior
temperature.
The active high, medium, low, or off heated
or ventilated seat level will be indicated by
the manual heated and ventilated seat
buttons on the center stack. Use the manual
heated and ventilated seat buttons on the
center stack to turn auto heated or
ventilated seats off. If the passenger seat is
unoccupied, the auto heated or ventilated
seats feature will not activate that seat. The
auto heated and ventilated seats feature can
be programmed to always be enabled when