Buick Lucerne 2007 Owner's manual

Seats and Restraint Systems

........................ 7

Front Seats

.............................................. 9

Rear Seats

............................................. 19

Safety Belts

............................................ 19

Child Restraints

...................................... 43

Airbag System

........................................ 70

Restraint System Check

......................... 88

Features and Controls

................................. 91

Keys

....................................................... 93

Doors and Locks

.................................. 102

Windows

............................................... 108

Theft-Deterrent Systems

....................... 110

Starting and Operating Your Vehicle

..... 113

Mirrors

.................................................. 129

OnStar

®

System

................................... 135

Universal Home Remote System

.......... 139

Storage Areas

...................................... 151

Sunroof

................................................ 153

Instrument Panel

........................................ 155

Instrument Panel Overview

................... 158

Climate Controls

................................... 182

Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators

.... 194

Driver Information Center (DIC)

............ 212

Audio System(s)

................................... 241

Driving Your Vehicle

.................................. 275

Your Driving, the Road, and

Your Vehicle

..................................... 276

Towing

................................................. 313

Service and Appearance Care

................... 323

Service

................................................. 325

Fuel

...................................................... 327

Checking Things Under the Hood

......... 332

Headlamp Aiming

................................. 377

Bulb Replacement

................................ 380

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement

.... 383

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Tires

..................................................... 385

Appearance Care

.................................. 418

Vehicle Identiﬁcation

............................. 427

Electrical System

.................................. 428

Capacities and Speciﬁcations

................ 436

Maintenance Schedule

............................... 439

Maintenance Schedule

.......................... 440

Customer Assistance Information

............. 459

Customer Assistance and Information

..... 460

Reporting Safety Defects

...................... 477

Index

........................................................... 481

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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,

BUICK, the BUICK Emblem, and the name

LUCERNE 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.

This manual describes features that may be

available in this model, but your vehicle may not

have all of them. For example, more than one

entertainment system may be offered or your

vehicle may have been ordered without a front

passenger or rear seats.

Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there

if it is needed when you are on the road. If the

vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle.

Canadian Owners

A French language copy of this manual can be

obtained from your dealer or from:

Helm, Incorporated

P.O. Box 07130

Detroit, MI 48207

Litho in U.S.A.

Part No. 15862327 A First Printing

©

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How to Use This Manual

Many people read the owner manual from

beginning to end when they ﬁrst receive their new

vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn

about the features and controls for the vehicle.

Pictures and words work together in the

owner manual to explain things.

Index

A good place to quickly locate information about

the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual.

It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual

and the page number where it can be found.

Safety Warnings and Symbols

There are a number of safety cautions in this

book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to

tell about things that could hurt you if you were to

ignore the warning.

{CAUTION:

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

you do not, you or others could be hurt.

You will also ﬁnd a

circle with a slash

through it in this book.

This safety symbol

means “Do Not,” “Do

Not do this” or “Do Not

let this happen.”

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Vehicle Damage Warnings

Also, in this manual you will ﬁnd these notices:

Notice: These mean there is something

that could damage your vehicle.

A notice tells about something that can damage

the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be

covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could

be costly. But the notice will tell 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.

There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They

use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.

Vehicle Symbols

The vehicle has components and labels that use

symbols instead of text. Symbols 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 symbols that may be found on the vehicle:

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Front Seats ..................................................... 9

Manual Passenger Seat ................................ 9

Power Seats ................................................. 9

Power Lumbar ............................................. 10

Heated Seats .............................................. 11

Heated and Cooled Seats ........................... 12

Memory Seat and Mirrors ............................ 13

Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 14

Head Restraints .......................................... 17

Center Seat ................................................ 18

Rear Seats .................................................... 19

Rear Seat Pass-Through Door .................... 19

Safety Belts .................................................. 19

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 19

Questions and Answers

About Safety Belts ................................... 24

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 25

Driver Position ............................................. 25

Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 33

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 34

Right Front Passenger Position ................... 34

Center Front Passenger Position ................. 35

Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 36

Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 39

Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 42

Safety Belt Extender ................................... 42

Child Restraints ............................................ 43

Older Children ............................................. 43

Infants and Young Children ......................... 46

Child Restraint Systems .............................. 49

Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 53

Lower Anchors and Tethers for

Children (LATCH) .................................... 55

Securing a Child Restraint in a

Rear Seat Position ................................... 62

Securing a Child Restraint in the

Center Front Seat Position ....................... 65

Securing a Child Restraint in the

Right Front Seat Position ......................... 65

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Airbag System .............................................. 70

Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 72

When Should an Airbag Inﬂate? .................. 76

What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate? ................... 78

How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 79

What Will You See After an

Airbag Inﬂates? ........................................ 79

Passenger Sensing System ......................... 81

Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 86

Adding Equipment to Your

Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 87

Restraint System Check ............................... 88

Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 88

Replacing Restraint System Parts

After a Crash ........................................... 89

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Front Seats

Manual Passenger Seat

Lift the bar located under the front of the seat to

unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and

release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body

to be sure the seat is locked in place.

Power Seats

If the vehicle has power seats, the controls used

to operate them are located on the outboard

side of the seats. To adjust the seat, do any of the

following:

• 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.

Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control, Power

Recline, and Power Lumbar shown

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• Raise or lower the rear part of the seat

cushion by moving the rear of the control up

or down.

• Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the

entire control up or down.

If the seats have power reclining seatbacks, see

“Power Reclining Seatbacks” under Reclining

Seatbacks on page 14.

Power Lumbar

If your vehicle has this feature, the power lumbar

control is located on the outboard side of the

front seats.

Press the lumbar control forward to increase

support and rearward to decrease support in the

lower seatback. Press the control up or down

to raise or lower the support mechanism.

Keep in mind that as your seating position

changes, as it may during long trips, so should the

position of your lumbar support. Adjust the seat

as needed.

Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control,

Power Recline, and Power Lumbar shown

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Heated Seats

Your vehicle may have heated front seats. To

operate the heated seats, the ignition must be on.

The buttons are located

on the front doors

forward of the door

handle.

J(Heated Seat Cushion and Seatback): Press

this button to turn on the heated seat cushion

and seatback.

I(Heated Seatback): Press this button to turn

on the heated seatback.

Press the button to turn on the desired feature.

A light on that button will display to show

which feature is on.

There are three temperature settings for each

feature. A column of three lights next to the

buttons will display which setting the feature is in:

high, medium or low. Three lights indicate the

highest setting, two lights indicate medium and

one light indicates the lowest setting.

When you press a button, the feature will turn on

at the highest setting. Each time you press the

button, the feature will decrease one temperature

setting.

To turn the feature off, keep pressing the button

until the display lights turn off.

If your vehicle has remote vehicle start and is

started using the remote keyless entry transmitter,

the front heated seats will be turned on to the

high setting if it is cold outside. See “Remote

Vehicle Start” under Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)

System Operation on page 95. When the key is

inserted into the ignition and the ignition is turned

on, the heated seat feature will turn off. To turn

the heated seat feature back on, press the

desired button.

Driver’s Side Buttons

shown

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Heated and Cooled Seats

The front seats may have the heated and cooled

seat feature. To heat or cool the seats, the

ignition must be on.

The buttons are

located on the front

doors forward of the

door handle.

J(Heated Seat Cushion and Seatback): Press

this button to heat the seat cushion and

seatback.

I(Heated Seatback): Press this button to heat

the seatback.

H(Cooled Seat Cushion and Seatback): Press

this button to cool the seat cushion and seatback.

Press each button to turn on the desired feature.

A light on that button will display indicating

which feature is on.

There are three temperature settings for each

feature. A column of three lights next to the

buttons will display which setting the feature is in:

high, medium or low. Three lights indicate the

highest setting, two lights indicate medium and

one light indicates the lowest setting.

When you press a button, the feature will turn on

at the highest setting. Each time you press the

button, the feature will decrease one temperature

setting.

To turn the feature off, keep pressing the button

until the display lights turn off.

If your vehicle has remote vehicle start and is

started using the remote keyless entry transmitter,

the front heated seats will be turned on to the

high setting if it is cold outside. See “Remote

Vehicle Start” under Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)

System Operation on page 95. When the key is

inserted into the ignition and the ignition is turned

on, the heated seat feature will turn off. To turn

the heated seat feature back on, press the

desired button.

Driver’s Side Buttons

shown

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Memory Seat and Mirrors

Your vehicle may have the memory package.

The controls for this feature are located on the

driver’s door panel, and are used to program and

recall memory settings for the driver’s seat and

the outside mirrors.

To save your positions in memory, do the

following:

1. Adjust the driver’s seat, including the seatback

recliner and lumbar, and both outside mirrors

to your preferred position.

2. Press and hold button 1 until two beeps

sound through the driver’s side front speaker

to let you know that the position has been

stored.

A second seating and mirror position can be

programmed by repeating the above steps and

pressing button 2 for a second driver.

To recall your memory positions, the vehicle must

be in PARK (P). Press and release either

button 1 or button 2 corresponding to the desired

driving position. The seat and outside mirrors

will move to the position previously stored for the

identiﬁed driver. You will hear a single beep.

If you use the remote keyless entry transmitter to

enter your vehicle and the remote recall memory

feature is on, automatic seat and mirror movement

will occur. See “MEMORY SEAT RECALL”

under DIC Vehicle Customization on page 231 for

more information.

To stop recall movement of the memory feature at

any time, press one of the power seat controls,

memory buttons, or power mirror buttons.

If something has blocked the driver’s seat while

recalling a memory position, the driver’s seat recall

may stop working. If this happens, press the

appropriate control for the area that is not recalling

for two seconds, after the obstruction is removed.

Then try recalling the memory position again

by pressing the appropriate memory button. If the

memory position is still not recalling, see your

dealer for service.

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Easy Exit Seat

The control for this feature is located on the

driver’s door panel between buttons 1 and 2.

With the vehicle in PARK (P), the exit position can

be recalled by pressing the exit button. You will

hear a single beep. The driver’s seat will

move back.

If the easy exit seat feature is on in the Driver

Information Center (DIC), automatic seat

movement will occur when the key is removed

from the ignition. See “EASY EXIT SEAT” under

DIC Vehicle Customization on page 231 for

more information.

Further programming for automatic seat movement

can be done using the DIC. You can select or

not select the following:

• The easy exit seat feature.

• The memory seat recall feature.

For programming information, see DIC Vehicle

Customization on page 231.

Reclining Seatbacks

Manual Reclining Seatbacks

{CAUTION:

You can lose control of the vehicle if you

try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while

the vehicle is moving. The sudden

movement could startle and confuse you,

or make you push a pedal when you do

not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only

when the vehicle is not moving.

{CAUTION:

If the 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

seatback to be sure it is locked.

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If the seats have manual reclining seatbacks, the

lever used to operate them is located on the

outboard side of the seats.

To recline the seatback, do the following:

1. Lift the recline lever.

2. Move the seatback to the desired position,

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 an upright position, do

the following:

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.

Passenger’s Seat shown

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Power Reclining Seatbacks

If the seats have power reclining seatbacks, the

controls used to operate them are located on

the outboard side of the seats.

• Tilt the top of the control rearward to recline

the seatback.

• Tilt the top of the control forward to raise the

seatback.

Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control, Power

Recline, and Power Lumbar shown

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{CAUTION:

Sitting in a reclined position when your

vehicle is in motion can be dangerous.

Even if you buckle up, your safety belts

cannot do their job when you are reclined

like this.

The shoulder belt cannot do its job. In a

crash, you could go into it, receiving neck

or other injuries.

The lap belt cannot 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.

Do not have the seatback reclined if your vehicle

is moving.

Head Restraints

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.

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Pull the head restraint

up to raise it.

To lower the head restraint, press the button,

located on the top of the seatback, and push the

head restraint down.

Center Seat

Your vehicle may have a front center seat. This

seat can be converted to a storage area by

lowering the seatback. See Center Flex Storage

Unit on page 152.

For information on safety belts for this position,

see Center Front Passenger Position on page 35.

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Rear Seats

Rear Seat Pass-Through Door

Your vehicle has a pass-through door that provides

access to the trunk from the rear seats. See

“Rear Seat Pass-Through Door” under Trunk

on page 106.

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.

{CAUTION:

Do not let anyone ride where he or she

cannot wear a safety belt properly. If you

are in a crash and you are 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.

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{CAUTION:

It 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 indicators to remind you and your

passengers to buckle your safety belts. See Safety

Belt Reminder Light on page 196 and Passenger

Safety Belt Reminder Light on page 197.

In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the

law says to wear safety belts. Here is why:

They work.

You never know if you will be in a crash. If you do

have a crash, you do not 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

would not 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 40 years of safety belts in

vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes

buckling up does matter... a lot!

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