Buick 2003 Owner's manual

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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, BUICK,
the BUICK Emblem and the name CENTURY are
registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the time it
was printed. We reserve the right to make changes
after that time without further notice. For vehicles first
sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of
Canada Limited” for Buick Motor Division whenever it
appears in this manual.
Please keep this manual in your vehicle,
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.
Canadian
Owners
YOU can obtain a French copy of this manual from your
dealer or from:
Helm, Incorporated
P.O.
Box
07130
Detroit, MI
48207
How
to
Use
This
Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to end when they first receive their new vehicle.
If
you do this, it will help you learn about the features and
controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find
that pictures and words work together to explain things.
Index
A good place to
look
for what you need is the Index in
back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s
in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it.
Litho in U.S.A. @Copyright General Motors Corporation 06/19/02
Part No. 10325196 A First Edition
All
Rights Reserved
ii
Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.
We use a box and the word
CAUTION
to tell you about
things that could hurt you
if
you were to ignore the
warning.
I
These mean there
is
something that could hurt
you or other people.
In the 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 vou 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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Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find these notices:
Notice:
These mean there
is
something that could
damage
your
vehicle.
A notice will tell you about something that can damage
your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be
covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the
notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the
damage.
When you read other manuals, you might see
CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or
in different words.
You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use
the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.
Vehicle
Symbols
Your vehicle has components and labels that use
symbols instead
of
text. Symbols, used on your vehicle,
are shown along with the text describing the operation
or information relating to a specific component, control,
message, gage or indicator.
If you need help figuring out a specific name of a
component, gage or indicator reference the following
topics:
Seats and Restraint Systems in Section
1
Features and Controls in Section
2
Instrument Panel Overview in Section
3
Climate Controls in Section
3
Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators in Section
3
Audio System(s) in Section
3
Engine Compartment Overview in Section
5
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These are some examples
of
vehicle symbols you may
find
on
your vehicle:
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CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT
SHIELDING
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BATERY
ACID COULD
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AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR
FLAME
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BAITERY
EXPLODE
-
LATCH BOTH LAP AND
SHOULDER BELTS
TO
PROTECT OCCUPANT
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DO NOT TWIST SAFETY
BELT WHEN AnACHING
FASTEN
SEAT
BELTS
MOVE
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SECURE
CHILD
SEAT
PULL BELT
COMPLETELY
THEN SECURE
CHILD SEAT
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DO NOT INSTALL
A REAR-FACING
CHILD RESTRAINT
IN THIS SEATING
POSITION
DO
NOT INSTALL A
CHILD RESTRAINT
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'ORWARD-FACING
IN THIS SEATING
POSITION
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ENGINE
COOLANT
TEMP
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CHARGING
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
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OWNER'S
MANUAL
SERVICE
Section
1
Seats and Restraint Systems
Front Seats
......................................................
1-2
Manual Seats
................................................
1-2
Six-Way Power Seats
.....................................
1-3
Reclining Seatbacks
.......................................
-1-3
Head Restraints
.............................................
1-5
Rear Seats
......................................................
.l -6
Split Folding Rear Seat
...................................
1-6
Safety Belts
....................................................
-1-7
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
.................
1-7
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts
......
1-11
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
.................
1-12
Driver Position
...................................
....
1-12
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy
..................
1-21
Right Front Passenger Position
.......................
1-21
Center Passenger Position
.............................
1-22
Rear Seat Passengers
..................................
1-24
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children
and Small Adults
.......................................
1.27
Child Restraints
.............................................
1-30
Older Children
..............................................
1-30
Infants and Young Children
............................
1-32
Child Restraint Systems
.................................
1-36
Where to Put the Restraint
.............................
1-39
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Top Strap
....................................................
1.40
Top Strap Anchor Location
.............................
1-42
Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Children (LATCH System)
...........................
1-42
Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the
LATCH System
.........................................
1-45
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside
Seat Position
............................................
1-45
Securing a Child Restraint in a Center Rear
Seat Position
............................................
1.48
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front
Seat Position
............................................
1-50
Air Bag Systems
............................................
1-53
Where Are the Air Bags?
...............................
1-56
When Should an Air Bag Inflate?
....................
1-58
What Makes an Air Bag Inflate?
.....................
1-59
How Does an Air Bag Restrain?
.....................
1-59
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Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
.........
1-62
Restraint System Check
..................................
1-63
Checking Your Restraint Systems
...................
1-63
Replacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash
............................................
1-63
1-1
Front
Seats
Manual
Seats
Lift
the bar located under the front of the passenger’s
seat. This will unlock the seat. Slide the seat to
where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the
seat to be sure the seat
is
locked into place.
1
-2
Six-Way Power Seats
Reclining Seatbacks
Your vehicle is equipped
with this feature on the
driver’s side of the vehicle.
It may also be equipped
with this feature on
the passenger’s side of the
vehicle. The controls for
the power seats are
located on the outboard
sides of the seat cushions.
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To move the seat forward or rearward, push the
control forward or rearward.
To
raise or lower the entire seat, push the control
up or down.
To
raise or lower the front of your seat, push the
front of the control
up
or down.
To
raise or lower the rear of your seat, push the
rear of the control up or down.
Lift the lever located on the outboard side of the seat to
release the seatback, then move the seatback to
where you want it. Release the lever to lock the
seatback in place. Pull up on the lever without pushing
on the seatback and the seatback will move forward.
1-3
3ut don’t have
a
seatback reclined
if
your vehicle is
moving.
Sitting
in
a reclined position when your vehicle
is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you
buckle up, your safety belts can’t do their job
when you’re reclined like
this.
The shoulder belt can’t do
its
job because
it
won’t 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 can’t do its job either.
In
a crash
the 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 your safety belt
properly.
1
-4
Head Restraints
Adjust your head restraint
so
that the top
of
the restraint
is closest to the top
of
your head. This position
reduces the chance
of
a neck injury in a crash.
-5
Rear
Seats
Split
Folding
Rear Seat
If
your vehicle has this
feature it allows you to
have access to the trunk
from the inside of your
vehicle.
Pull
forward on
the seat tab, located
on the front of the rear
seat, to fold the rear
seatback down.
To
return the seatback to its original position,
push
it
back up and make sure it latches.
1
-6
Safety Belts
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety
belts properly. It also tells you some things you should
not do with safety belts.
Don’t let anyone ride where he or she can’t
crash and you’re not wearing a safety belt,
your injuries can be much worse. You can
hit
things inside the vehicle or be ejected from
it.
You can be seriously injured or killed. In the
same crash, you might not be, if you are
buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt,
and check
that
your
passengers’
belts
are
fastened properly too.
wear a safety belt properly. If you are in a
I
IC
IS
extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo
area, inside or outside of a vehicle.
In
a
collision, people riding
in
these areas are more
likely to be seriously injured or killed.
Do
not
allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle
that
is
not equipped with seats and safety
belts. Be sure everyone
in
your vehicle
is
in
a
seat and using a safety belt properly.
Your vehicle has a light
that comes on as a
reminder
to
buckle up.
See Safety Belt Reminder
Light
on
page
3-29.
In most states and in
all
Canadian provinces, the law
says to wear safety belts. Here’s why: They
work.
1-7
You never know
if
you’ll be in a crash.
If
you do have a
crash, you don’t know
if
it will be a bad one.
A
few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be
so
serious that even buckled up, a person wouldn’t survive.
But
most
crashes are in between. In many of them,
people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk
away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt
or
killed.
After more than
30
years of safety
belts
in vehicles, the
facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter
...
a
lot!
Why
Safety
Belts
Work
When you ride in
or
on anything, you go as fast as
it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose
it’s
just a seat on
wheels.
1
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The person keeps going until stopped by something.
In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield
...
or the instrument panel
...
1-10
or the safety belts!
With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
and your strongest bones take the forces. That's why
safety belts make such good sense.
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Questions and Answers About
Safety
Belts
Q:
Won't
I
be trapped in the vehicle after an
accident if I'm wearing a safety belt?
A:
You
could
be
-
whether you're wearing a safety
belt or not, But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even
if
you're upside down. And your chance
of being conscious during and after an accident,
so
you
can
unbuckle and get out, is
much
greater
if
you are belted.
Q:
If my vehicle has air bags, why should
I
have to
wear safety belts?
A:
Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in
most of them
in
the future. But they are
supplemental systems only;
so
they work
with
safety belts
-
not instead of them. Every air bag
system ever offered for sale has required the use
of
safety belts. Even
if
you're in a vehicle that has
air bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most
protection. That's true not only in frontal collisions,
but
especiaiiy
in
siae
ana
other coiiisions.
1-1
1
Q:
If
I’m a good driver, and
I
never drive far from
home, why should
I
wear safety
belts?
A:
You may be an excellent driver, but
if
you’re in an
accident
-
even one that isn’t your fault
-
you and
your passengers can be hurt. Being a good
driver doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within
25
miles
(40
km) of
home. And the greatest number of serious injuries
and deaths occur at speeds of less than
40
mph
(65
km/h).
Safety belts are for everyone.
How
to Wear Safety Belts Properly
This part is only for people
of
adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to know about
safety belts and children. And there are different
rules for smaller children and babies.
If
a child will be
riding in your vehicle, see Older Children
on
page
1-30
or
Infants
and
Young
Children
on
page
1-32.
Follow
those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Driver Position
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
1-12
Lap-Shoulder
Belt
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear it
properly.
1.
Close and lock the door.
2.
Adjust the seat
so
you can
sit
up straight.
To
see
how, see “Seats” in the Index.
3.
Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
The shoulder belt may lock
if
you pull the belt
across
you
very quickly.
If
this happens, let the belt
go back slightly to unlock it. Then pull the belt
across
you
more slowly.
4.
Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is
secure.
If
the belt isn’t long enough, see Safety
Belt Extender on page
1-29.
Make sure the release button on the buckle is
positioned
so
you would be able to unbuckle the
safety belt quickly
if
you ever had
to.
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