Buick Rainier 2007 Owner's manual

Seats and Restraint Systems

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

Front Seats

.............................................. 8

Rear Seats

............................................. 16

Safety Belts

............................................ 18

Child Restraints

...................................... 40

Airbag System

........................................ 68

Restraint System Check

......................... 86

Features and Controls

................................ 89

Keys

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

Doors and Locks

.................................... 96

Windows

............................................... 103

Theft-Deterrent Systems

....................... 105

Starting and Operating Your Vehicle

..... 108

Mirrors

.................................................. 124

OnStar

®

System

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

Universal Home Remote System

.......... 133

Storage Areas

...................................... 144

Sunroof

................................................ 148

Instrument Panel

....................................... 149

Instrument Panel Overview

................... 152

Climate Controls

................................... 170

Warning Lights, Gages, and

Indicators

.......................................... 176

Driver Information Center (DIC)

............ 198

Audio System(s)

................................... 215

Driving Your Vehicle

................................. 281

Your Driving, the Road, and

Your Vehicle

..................................... 282

Towing

................................................. 337

Service and Appearance Care

.................. 353

Service

................................................. 356

Fuel

...................................................... 358

Checking Things Under the Hood

......... 364

All-Wheel Drive

..................................... 402

Rear Axle

............................................. 402

Front Axle

............................................ 403

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Bulb Replacement

................................ 404

Windshield Replacement

....................... 408

Windshield Wiper Blade

Replacement

..................................... 408

Tires

..................................................... 411

Appearance Care

.................................. 453

Vehicle Identiﬁcation

............................. 463

Electrical System

.................................. 464

Capacities and Speciﬁcations

................ 474

Maintenance Schedule

.............................. 475

Maintenance Schedule

.......................... 476

Customer Assistance Information

............. 497

Customer Assistance and

Information

........................................ 498

Reporting Safety Defects

...................... 516

Index

.......................................................... 519

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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,

BUICK, the BUICK Emblem, and the name

RAINIER 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 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 while 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. 15863675 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 ..................................................... 8

Power Seats ................................................. 8

Power Lumbar .............................................. 9

Heated Seats ................................................ 9

Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals .............. 10

Power Reclining Seatbacks ......................... 13

Head Restraints .......................................... 15

Rear Seats .................................................... 16

Rear Seat Operation ................................... 16

Safety Belts .................................................. 18

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .............. 18

Questions and Answers About Safety Belts .... 23

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 24

Driver Position ............................................. 24

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 32

Right Front Passenger Position ................... 33

Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 33

Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 36

Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 39

Safety Belt Extender ................................... 39

Child Restraints ............................................ 40

Older Children ............................................. 40

Infants and Young Children ......................... 43

Child Restraint Systems .............................. 47

Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 52

Lower Anchors and Tethers for

Children (LATCH) .................................... 54

Securing a Child Restraint in a

Rear Outside Seat Position ...................... 61

Securing a Child Restraint in the

Center Rear Seat Position ....................... 63

Securing a Child Restraint in the

Right Front Seat Position ......................... 63

Airbag System .............................................. 68

Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 71

When Should an Airbag Inﬂate? .................. 74

What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate? ................... 76

How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 76

What Will You See After an

Airbag Inﬂates? ........................................ 77

Passenger Sensing System ......................... 78

Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ........ 84

Adding Equipment to Your

Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 85

Restraint System Check ............................... 86

Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 86

Replacing Restraint System Parts

After a Crash ........................................... 87

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Front Seats

Power Seats

The power seat controls

are located on the

outboard side of

the seat cushions.

• Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding

the horizontal control forward or rearward.

• Raise or lower the front part of the seat

cushion by moving the front of the horizontal

control up or down.

• Raise or lower the rear part of the seat

cushion by moving the rear of the horizontal

control up or down.

• Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the

entire horizontal control up or down.

• Use the vertical control to recline the seatback.

See Power Reclining Seatbacks on page 13.

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Power Lumbar

Your vehicle has power lumbar on the driver’s and

front passenger’s seats.

The seatback lumbar

support can be adjusted

by moving the control

located on the outboard

side of the seat

cushions.

To increase or decrease support, hold the control

forward or rearward.

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.

Heated Seats

Your vehicle may have

heated front seats.

The buttons used to

control this feature are

located on the front

door armrests.

The engine must be

running for the heated

seat feature to work.

To heat the entire seat, press the horizontal button

with the heated seat and seatback symbol.

Press the button to cycle through the temperature

settings of high, medium, and low and to turn

the heated seat off. The indicator lights above the

button will come on to designate the level of

heat selected: three for high, two for medium, and

one for low. The low setting warms the seatback

and seat cushion until the seat temperature is near

body temperature. The medium and high settings

heat the seatback and seat cushion to a slightly

higher temperature. You will be able to feel heat in

about two minutes.

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To heat only the seatback, press the vertical

button with the heated seatback symbol. An

indicator light on the button will come on to

designate that only the seatback is being heated.

Additional presses will cycle through the heat

levels for the seatback only.

The feature will shut off automatically when the

ignition is turned off.

Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals

The controls for the

memory function are

located on the

driver’s door.

These buttons are used to program and recall

memory settings for the driver’s seating position,

both outside mirror positions, and the adjustable

pedals, if equipped. The settings for these features

can be saved for up to two drivers.

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To store the memory settings, do the following:

1. Adjust the driver’s seat, including the

seatback recliner and lumbar, both of

the outside mirrors, and the adjustable

pedals, if equipped, to the desired

position.

See Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal

on page 112 for more information.

2. Press and hold the 1 or 2 button of the

memory control for three seconds.

A double chime will sound to let you know

that the position has been stored.

To repeat the procedure for a second driver,

follow the preceding steps, but press the other

numbered memory control button.

To recall the memory settings, do one of the

following:

• Press and release button 1 or 2 while the

vehicle is in PARK (P). A single chime will

sound and the memory position will be recalled.

• If programmed to do so through the Driver

Information Center (DIC), pressing the unlock

button on the remote keyless entry transmitter

will recall the preset driver’s memory seat,

mirrors, and adjustable pedals position. The

numbers on the back of the transmitters, 1 or 2,

correspond to the numbers on the memory

controls.

• If programmed to do so through the DIC,

placing the key in the ignition will recall the

driver’s memory seat, mirrors, and adjustable

pedals positions.

See “Seat Recall” under DIC Vehicle

Customization on page 208 for more information.

To stop recall movement of the memory seat

feature at any time, press one of the memory

buttons or power seat controls.

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Easy Exit Seat

The control for the easy exit seat function is

located on the driver’s door below the memory

buttons 1 and 2. The easy exit seat button is

used to program and recall the desired driver’s

seat position when exiting or entering the

vehicle. The mirrors, power lumbar, recline,

and adjustable pedals, if equipped, positions

will not be stored or recalled when using the

easy exit seat function. The seat position can

be saved for up to two drivers.

To store the easy exit seat position, do the

following:

1. Press and release the 1 or 2 button of the

memory control for less than three seconds.

The seat will move to the stored memory

position.

2. Adjust the seat to the desired exit position.

3. Press and hold the easy exit seat button

for more than three seconds. A double

chime will sound to let you know that the

position has been stored for the selected

button 1 or 2.

To repeat the procedure for a second driver,

follow the preceding steps, but press the other

numbered memory control button.

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To recall the easy exit seat position, do one of

the following:

• Press the easy exit seat button on the

memory control while the vehicle is in

PARK (P). The seat will move to the stored

exit position.

• Or, if the easy exit seat feature is activated in

the Driver Information Center (DIC), removing

the key from the ignition will move the seat

to the exit position. See “Easy Exit Seat” under

DIC Vehicle Customization on page 208 for

more information on activating this feature in

the DIC.

If an easy exit seat position has not been stored,

the default position is all the way rearward.

Power Reclining Seatbacks

The front seats have

power reclining

seatbacks. Use the

vertical power seat

control located on the

outboard side of the seat

to operate them.

• To recline the seatback, press the control

toward the rear of the vehicle.

• To raise the seatback, press the control toward

the front of the vehicle.

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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 a seatback reclined if your vehicle is

moving.

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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.

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.

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Rear Seats

Rear Seat Operation

Your vehicle has ﬂip and fold second row seats

which provide additional cargo space.

To ﬂip and fold the seat(s), do the following:

1. Pull up on the loop located where the seat

cushion meets the seatback and ﬂip the

seat cushion forward.

Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety

belts still fastened may cause damage to the

seat or the safety belts. Always unbuckle

the safety belts and return them to their normal

stowed position before folding a rear seat.

2. Lift the lever,

located on the

outboard side of

the seatback,

and fold the

seatback forward.

The head restraint will automatically fold out

of the way as the seatback is folded down.

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To return the seat(s) to the original position,

do the following:

{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.

1. Lift the seatback until it locks into the upright

position. Push and pull on the seatback to

make sure it is locked.

2. Return the head restraints to the upright

position by reaching behind the seat and

pulling it forward until it locks into place.

Push and pull on the head restraint to make

sure that it is locked.

3. Flip the seat cushion back into place.

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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 180

and Passenger Safety Belt Reminder Light

on page 180.

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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Why Safety Belts Work

When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast

as it goes.

Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a

seat on wheels.

Put someone on it.

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