key BUICK LUCERNE 2008 Get To Know Guide
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DRIVER INFOR MATI ON
Ins tru men tPa nel............2
Ins tru men tPa nelC lus ter ......\f
Dr iver Inf orma tion Center .....4
S AFE TY&SEC URI TY
Rem oteVehicle Sta rt.........5
Rem oteKey les sEnt ry........5
Pas sen ger Air Ba gSta tus
Indi cat or ....................6
On Star
®. ...................6
C OM FORT
Power Sea tCon trols .........7
Mem orySet ting s.............8
Hea ted andCool ed Se ats .....8
Du al Zon eCl imat eContro ls ..1 0E N TER TAINM ENT
Audi oSys te m Featur es ......1 2
XM ™Satellit eRadi o.........1 \f
C ON VEN IEN CE
Cruis eCont rol .............1 4
A udi oSt eering Wheel
Cont rols ...................1 4
E xter ior Lamp s.............1 5
S ide Blind Zone Alert ........1 6
L ane Depart ureWarn ing.....1 6
U ltra so nic Rea rPa rk
Ass ist .....................1 6
R ai ns ense™ IIWindshie ld
W iper s ....................1 7
H ea te d Was her Fluid........1 7P ERF ORM ANCE &MAI NT ENANCE
Sta b iliT ra k –Sta bi lit y Co ntro l
System ....................18
T ra ctio n Con trol ............18
B ra ke As sis t ...............18
M agn etic Ri de Con tro l.......18
T ir e Pre ssu re Mon it or .......19
R esetti ng the Eng ine OilL if e
S ystem ....................19
R eco m mend ed Fuel .........19
O WNE RINF ORM ATION
Road sid eAs sis ta nc e........20
M y GM Lin k ................20
Co ngr atula tions onyour purchase ofaBuick Lucerne \bPlease readthisinfo rmation aboutyour vehic le’sfeatur esand
your Ow ner Manual toensure anoutstanding owner shipexperience\b Notethatyour vehicle may notincl ude allthe
feat ures described inthis booklet\b Keep this booklet withyour OwnerMan ual foreasy referenc e\b
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Yourvehicle’s instrume ntpanel is
eq uippe dwi th thisclust erorone very
simi lar toit\bThe instrum entpanel cluster
includes these keyfeatures:
A\b Tachomet er
B\b Speedom eter
C\b Odom eter/Driver Informati on Center
Di spl ay
D\b Engi neCool ant Tem perat ureGage
E\b Lane Depar tureWarning
F\bFuel Gage
SeeSection 3of your Owner Manual.
ABCDEF
Note:The instrument panel cluster
isdes igned toletyou know about
manyimportant aspectsofyour
vehic le’soperation\b Itis important to
read your Owner Manual andbecome
familiar withthe infor mation being
relay ed to yo uby the lights, gages and
indicators,as well as what action can
betak en to ensur esafety andto
prev ent damage\b
Instru mentPanel Clus ter
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•Trip Aand Trip B
• Fuel Range (unti l
emp ty)
•Ave rage Fuel
Economy
•Ins tanta neous
Fuel Economy
• Ave rage Speed (Trip\bFuel) :Pre ssthisbutt onto
scro llthro ugh the fol lowing trip and fuel
informati on:
(S et\b Reset ): P re ss this button to reset
DI C inf orm ation while itis displayed orto
acknowle dgeawar ning message\b
G et ti\b g to K\bow Yo\fr\fucerne4
Your vehicl e’s Driver Informat ion Cent er
(D IC) provides vehiclefeatu recust omizat ion,vehicl einf orm ation, andvehicle warning
messages\b TheDICmessages willbeshown
onyour instrument panel clust erdisplay\b The
DIC but tons arelocate don the inst rum ent
panel to the leftof the steering wheel\b To
operate the DIC, the ignit ion swit chmust be
inthe Run position\b
See Section 3of your Owner Manual.
(Vehicl eInf orm ation) :Pr ess this
bu tton to scrol lthrou ghthe fol lowin gvehi cle
informati on:
• Oil Life Rem aining
•Uni ts(Engl ish/Metr ic)
•Parki ng Assist
• Reset Tire Pressure System
•Com pass Zone
•Com pass Calibrati on
•Rel earn RemoteKey(Cu stom izati on):Pr ess thi s but ton to
scr ollthro ugh the cus tom ization settings\b
Toprogr am cust omizati onsetti ngs:
1\bPlace the vehicle inPark (P)\b
\f\b Press the (Cust omizati on)button to
ente rthe Feat ureSett ings menu and
scrollthrough the available features\b
3\b Press the (Set /Reset )but ton to
access the sett ings for the feat ure being
displ ayed\b
4\bPress the button to scroll through the
availabl esett ings\b
5\bPress the buttonto choose the
setting being displayed andmove to the
next featur e\b
Drive rIn for ma tion Cente r
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(Unl ock) :Pr ess this
but ton to unlock the driver’ s
door \bPr ess itagai nwit hin
five seconds tounlock all
rema ining doors\bThe
appr oach lightingcan be
progr ammed using the DIC\b(Lo ck): Press this bu tton
whe nall door sare closed to
im me diatel y lock allthe door s\b
RKE feed back (light flash
an d/or horn chirp)can be
prog ramme dusin gthe DIC\b
If the Delayed Lockfeature is
en able dand theLock but ton
ispre ssed while any door is
open, thedoors will n ot lock
f or approxi mately10 seconds\b
Rem oteVehicleStart (if equ ipp ed)and Rem ote Keyless Entry
(Rem oteVehi cleStart ): Th is feat ure
can beused tostart the enginefrom outsi de
the vehi cle\b The rem ote star tcapabi lit y must
be tur ned onusing the Drive rInfor mati on
Cen ter(DIC )\b
Toremote star tth e vehi cle:
1\b Aim the transm itter atthe vehicl e\b
(Extend edrem ote star ttr ansm itter
ra nge iswithi n195 feet (60 mete rs) of
the vehi cle\b)
\f\b Press and release theLock button onthe
tr ans mitter\b3\b Imm edia tely press and hold the Remot e
Startbut ton for abo utfour seconds\b When
the par king lampsflash, release the
button\b The engine will start andthe
par king lampswill rem ain on\b The engine
willcont inue runni ngfor 10 minut es\b
4\bRepeat thesestepsfor a10m inutetim e
ext ension\b Only twoconsecut iverem ote
start sare allow ed\b
When youenterthe vehicle after arem ote
star t,the key must beinser ted inthe ignit ion
and turned to the Run posit ionbefore drivi ng\b
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Your Remote KeylessEntr y(RKE) transm it ter allow syou tolock and unlock your vehicle and
perfor m other functi onsfrom upto60 feet (18 m) away fromthe vehicl e\b
(Remote Trunk
Rel ea se): Press thisbut ton
to re lea se the trunk lid\b The
tr unk may also be opened by
pressi ngthe Trunk Relea se
button onthe left side of the
in strument panel\b
SeeSection 2of your Owner Manual.
(Rem oteAl arm):
Pr ess this button to sound
the alarm\bThe hornwill
sound andthe headl amps
willflash for twominut es\b
Press the button again or
turnthe ignit ionkey tothe
Run positionto cancel the
a larm\b Thevehicle must be
turned offto use the alarm \b
SAF\fT Y& S\fCURIT Y
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Automatic Recal lof the Easy ExitSeat
Th eeasy exitseat canbeprogram med using
the Driver Infor mationCent er(DI C) to
aut omat icallyrecall the seat exitsetting
when the key isremoved from the ignit ion\b
Toprog ram the easy exitseat:
1\b Press the (Cu stom ization) button
unti lEasy ExitSeat appears onthe DIC
displ ay\b
\f\bPress the (Set/Reset )but ton to
access the feat uresett ings\b
3\bPress the button to scroll through the
sett ings ofOFF, ON, orNO CHANG E\b
4\bWith your choice displayed, pressthe
butt ontochange the setting\bA ut omati cRecall ofthe Memory Seat
The memory seat can be pr ogr ammed using
the Driver Inform ation Cente r(DI C) to
au tomati cally recal lthe mem ory seat setting
whe nthe Remot eKey less Entry tr ansmi tter
U nlock buttonis presse d\bPress the Unlock
bu tton onthe Remote Keyless Entry
tr ans mitter todet erm inewhich transm itter
c or respo ndstowhi chmem oryseat button\b
To progr am the memory seat:
1\bPress the (Cust om izat ion) button until
Memor ySeat Recal lappear son the DIC
dis play\b
\f\b Press the (Set/ Reset )but ton to
ac cess the feature settings\b
3\b Press the buttonto scr ollthr ough the
s et tings ofOFF, ON, orNO CHAN GE\b
4\bWit hyour choice displaye d,press the
but ton tochan gethe setting\b
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See Section 3of your Owner Manual.
Pow erTilt Whe eland Telescopi ngSteering
Col umn (if equippe d)
The cont rolislocat edon the left side ofthe
s teer ing column\b Move the contr olup ordow nto
tilt the steeri ngwheel inthat direct ion\b Move the
cont rol forwa rdorrearwar dto adjust the distance
betwe enyou and the steer ingwheel \b
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TirePr essu reMo nitor
(if equip ped)
The Tire Pressur eMoni tor aler ts you when a
sign ific ant reducti onin pr essur eoccur sin
on eor mor eof your veh icle’s tir es by
illumi nating the (lowtir e pressur e)
war ning light on the instrume ntpanel cluster\b
The low tire pr essu rewarni nglight will
rem ain onunti lyou correctthe tir e pressur e\b
ACHEC KTIRE PRESS URE message may
also appear onthe DIC (if equipped) \b
Corr ect ing theTir e Pressu re
Whenthe low tire pressur ewar ning light
ill umi nates, you must fillthe tir e to the proper
tir e infl ation pressure (just asyou must ref uel
the vehi cle when thelow fuel warning light
ill umi nates)\b The Tire and Loadi ng
Inf or mat ionlabel shows the cor rect inflation
pressure forthe tires when they’r ecol d\b
“C old” means yourvehi clehas been sitting
for at least three hours ordriven nomor e
than one mile\b
You cantempora ril y cle arthe DIC message
by acknowl edgingit with your DIC cont rols\b
How eve r,at th e next vehicle star tup, theDIC
mess age will reappe arif the tire pressure
ha snot been corrected \b
Dur ing coolercondi tions, the low tir e
pr essure warning light may appear whenthe
v ehi cle is first started andthen tur noff as
you star tto drive the vehicle\b Thisco uld be
anearly indi cator that your tire pressures are
ge tting low and need tobe inf lat ed to the
pr op er pre ssur e\b
See Section \bof your Owner Manual.
Note: TheTire Pre ss ureMonitor canalert
you abo utlow tire pressure, butitdoesn’t
repla ce norma lmonthly tiremaintenance\b
Resetting th e Engin eOi lLif e
Sy stem
Th eOi lLi fe System calculatesengine oillife
based onvehicl euse and displays CHANG E
ENGINE OILSOO Nin the Driver Inf ormat ion
Center(DI C) when it’s necessary to change
your engineoiland fil ter \bThe OilLif eSyst em
shoul dbe reset to100% onlyfoll owing anoil
change\b
To reset the OilLi fe System:
1\b Turn the key to On, wit hthe engi neoff\b
\f\b Press the (Vehicle Inform ation)
butt onunti lthe DIC displays ENGIN E OIL
LIF E\b
3\bPress and hold the (Set/Reset )
buttonunti l100% ENGINE OIL LI FE is
displ ayed\b
4\bTurn the key to Off\b
See Section \bof your Owner Manual.
There com mended fuelfor Lucerne model s
equipped withthe 3800 V6engine is
unleaded regular fuel\b
Pr em ium fuel isrecomm endedforLucerne
models equipped withthe Nort hstarV8
engine\b Premium fuelenabl esthe Nort hstar
V8 toprovide maximu mperform ance,but
unleaded regular fuel may be used withno
har mfuleff ects to the engine\b
See Section \bof your Owner Manual.
Recomme ndedFue l
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