BUICK REGAL 1995 Owners Manual

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The 1995 Buick Regal Owner's Manual
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Seats and Restraint Systems .............................................................
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains "SRS" system.
Featuresandcontrols ..................................................................
This section explains how to start and operate your Buick.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems .....................................................
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your
audio system.
YourDrivingandtheRoad ..............................................................
Here y6u'll find helpful info]-mation and tips about the road and how to drive under dif-ferent conditions.
ProblemsontheRoad ..................................................................
This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving. such as a flat tire or
engine overheating. etc.
ServiceandAppearanceCare ............................................................
Here the manual tells you how to kccp your Buick running properly and looking good.
Maintenanceschedule ..................................................................
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
Customer Assistance Information ........................................................
This section tells you how to contact Buick for assistance and how to get service publications. It also
gives you infortnation on "Reporting Safety Defects.' on page 8-4.
Index ........................................................................\
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Here's an alphabetical listing of almost every sub.ject in this n1anual. You can use it to quickly find
something you want
to read.
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GmRAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem,
BUICK, and
the BUICK Emblem are registered
tradernarks of General h4otot.s Corporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the time
it
was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the
product after that time without further notice.
For
vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name
“General Motors of Canada Limited” for Buick
Motor
Division whene.ver it appears in this manual.
Please keep this manual
in your Buick, so it will be there
if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell
the vehicle, please leave this manual
in it so the new
owner can use it.
Litho in U.S.A.
Part No. 2564 I820 A Second Edition
II II I WE SUPPORT VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION THROUGH I
I AUTOMOTIVE
us:Icn31 In;l It t.-’fO~
SERVICE EXCELLENCE
I We support vo
~ technician cerl ‘luntary
:ification.
For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a
French Language Manual:
Aux Drouriktaires
canadiens: VOLIS pouvez vous procurer
un exemplaire de ce guide en franqais chez votre
concessionaire ou au
DGN Marketing Services Ltd.,
IS00 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario LST 1C7.
@Copyright General Motors Corporation
1994
All Rights Reserved
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Walter Murr and Thomas Buick
Buick’s chief engineer, Walter L. Marr (left), and
Thomas
D. Buick, son of founder David Dunbar Buick,
drove the first Flint Buick
in a successful Flint-Detroit
round trip in July 1904.
David Buick was building gasoline engines by
1899,
and Marr, his engineer, apparently built the first auto to
be called a Buick in 1900. However, Buick traditionally
dates its beginnings
to 1903. That was the year the
company
was reorganized, refinanced and moved from
Detroit to
Flint. Buick has always been a product
innovator. Buick engineers developed the “valve-in-head”
engine,
a light, powerful and reliable
engine which would eventually influence the entire
automotive industry.
William
C. Durant was instrumental in promoting
Buicks across the country using his Durant-Dort
C‘miage Co. outlets and salespeople
as the nucleus of a
giant distribution system. He knew the Buick as a
“self-seller.” If automobiles could be this good, he
thought, maybe
it was time to switch from the horse and
buggy business to automobiles.
At the 1905 New York
Auto Show, Durant took
orders
for 1,000 Buicks
before
the company had
built
40. On Buick’s
success, Durant created
a
holding company,
September
16, 1908. He
called
it General Motors.
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Durant also created a racing team that won 500 racing
trophies in 1909 and 1910, including successes at
Indianapolis two years before the Indy
500 began.
The success of Buick engines was visible not only on
the race track, but in endurance tests across the country
and around the world. Buick was the only car to
complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-New York race in
1906. And a Buick was the first car to travel across
South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina,
over the Andes to Santiago, Chile in 1914. Buick drew plenty
of attention because it could climb
hills and run through mud like no other car. Buick’s
endurance and reliability were world famous.
During World War I, Buick built Liberty aircraft engines
as well as Red Cross ambulances
so successfully that
one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre
by the French government.
As a builder of premier automobiles, Buick was hard hit
by the Great Depression. However, new General
Manager Harlow H. Curtice created popular new models
including the Special and the Roadmaster. Buick sales
soon flourished.
1911 Model 21 Touring Car on BuickS Test Hill
First
Buick Factory
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I11 World War 11, Buick built aircraft engines, tanks and
other military hardware. This post-war period brought
great styling and engineering changes which resulted
in
increased sales. The torque converter automatic
transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced
in the 1948
Roadmaster. Buick’s famous “portholes” came along
in 1949.
I949 Roachaster
A high-compression V-8 engine was introduced in 1953.
And Buick’s famous vertical pillar “toothy” grille,
(introduced
in 19421, became more massive in the
post-war era.
1953 Sk-ylark
Motor Trend magazine named the 1962 Buick Special
“Car of
the Year.” The first production V-6 engine was
used in the Special.
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I962 Buick Special
Built inside the walls of the old buildings in Buick’s
former
Flint complex, which formed the cornerstone of
General Motors. Buick City is a state-of-the-art
assembly facility with more than
200 robots and other
high-tech equipment.
It was completed in the fall
of 1985.
Buicks are, and will continue to be, premium American
lnotorcars with smooth power, high performance, rich
detail and comfortable accommodation.
Ed /Vert,-., Genercrl Manager; Buick Motor Dilisiorz
Our mission is simple:
“Buick
will provide Premium American Motorcars
backed
with services that exceed our customers’
expectations, throughout the purchase, ownership,
service and repurchase experience.”
Buicks are SUBSTANTIAL.
Buicks are DISTINCTIVE.
Buicks are
POWERFUL.
Buicks are MATURE.
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How to Use this Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle.
This
will help you learn about the features and controls for
your vehcle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures
and words work together to explain things quickly.
Index
A good place to look for what you need is the Index in
the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all
that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll
find it.
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.
We use a box with gray background and the word
CAUTION to tell
you ab0u.t things that could hurt you
you were to ignore the warning. if In the gray caution area,
we tell you what the hazard is.
Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the
hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, you or
others could be hurt.
You will also find a circle
with a slash through it in
this book.
This safety symbol means
“DOn’.t,’’ “Don’t do this,” or
“Don’t let this happen.”
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