brake light BUICK LACROSSE 2010 Owner's Guide

9-76 Vehicle Care
1. Check the other vehicle. It musthave a 12-volt battery with a
negative ground system.
Notice: If the other vehicle's
system is not a 12-volt system
with a negative ground, both
vehicles can be damaged. Only
use vehicles with 12-volt systems
with negative grounds to jump
start your vehicle. 2. Position the two vehicles so that
they are not touching.
3. Set the parking brake firmly and put the shift lever in P (Park).
See Shifting Into Park
on
page 8‑23. Notice:
If you leave the radio or
other accessories on during the
jump starting procedure, they
could be damaged. The repairs
would not be covered by the
warranty. Always turn off the
radio and other accessories when
jump starting the vehicle.
4. Turn the ignition to LOCK/OFF
and switch off all lights and
accessories in both vehicles,
except the hazard warning
flashers if needed.
{WARNING
An electric fan can start up even
when the engine is not running
and can injure you. Keep hands,
clothing and tools away from any
underhood electric fan.

INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Add-On Electrical
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
Adding Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 2-38
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . 9-15
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Air Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32 Airbag System (cont.)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
What Will You See After
an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 2-27
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 4-16
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Alarm System Anti-Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Antenna Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Anti-Theft
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Alarm System Messages . . . . . 4-37 Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-82
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-86
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Audio System
Backglass Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . . 6-2
Automatic Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . 8-27 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Shiftlock Control SystemCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . 6-28, 6-31

i-2 INDEX
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-75
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . 9-29
Bluetooth . . . . 6-42, 6-43, 6-46, 6-57
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5, 9-35
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Headlamps, Front TurnSignal and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33 Bulb Replacement (cont.)
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Camera, Rear Vision . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . iv
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Cautions, Danger, and
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
CD DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 3-1
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . 4-17
Check Engine Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 9-28
Child Restraints Infants and YoungChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . 2-48
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55, 2-57
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Where to Put the Restraint . . . 2-46
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-82
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-86

i-4 INDEX
Dual Automatic ClimateControl System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
DVD Rear Seat EntertainmentSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
DVD/CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
E
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . 4-20
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . 8-35
Electronic Stability Control Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22 Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Check and Service Engine
Soon Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . 9-6
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Coolant Temperature Gage . . . 4-15
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Cooling System Messages . . . 4-34
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Overheated Protection Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 8-26
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-59
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . 12-15
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 5-2
F
Filter
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 5-4
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Flat Tire, Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 9-15
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 5-5, 9-35
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Front Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

i-6 INDEX
Heated and Ventilated FrontSeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 8-9
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . 8-18, 8-19
Ignition Transmission Lock
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii, 6-2
J
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-75
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . 4-36
Keyless Entry Remote (RKE) System . . . 1-3, 1-5
Keyless Entry System . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Lamp Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . 5-2
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36 Lamps (cont.)
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Sun Visor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
LATCH System Replacing Parts After aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Latch, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
Light Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 4-20
Lighting Adaptive Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 4-23

INDEX i-7
Lights (cont.)Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . 5-2
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 4-15
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Taillamp Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Locks Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . 4-24
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
SYSTEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Maintenance Schedule Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . 10-2
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . 4-17
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Mass Storage Media (MEM) . . . 6-25
Messages Anti-Theft Alarm System . . . . . . 4-37
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 4-34
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36 Messages (cont.)
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Mirrors
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Park Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
N
Navigation SystemVehicle Data Recordingand Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-16
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . 8-17

i-8 INDEX
O
Object Detection, Side BlindZone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 9-13
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 2-40
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
OnStar
®System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Operation, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode . . . 9-21
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Overview, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3, 6-5
P
ParkShifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Park Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Parking Assist, Ultrasonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 8-25
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Passenger Sensing System . . . 2-32
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 9-3
Phone Bluetooth . . . 6-42, 6-43, 6-46, 6-57
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 8-20 Power (cont.)
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Privacy Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . 12-16
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 12-8
Proposition 65 Warning, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
R
Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . . 12-16
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-16
Radios AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
CD/DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14