Buick 2007 Terraza Owner's manual

Seats and Restraint Systems

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

Front Seats

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

Rear Seats

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

Safety Belts

............................................ 26

Child Restraints

...................................... 49

Airbag System

........................................ 76

Restraint System Check

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

Features and Controls

................................ 95

Keys

....................................................... 97

Doors and Locks

.................................. 106

Windows

............................................... 121

Theft-Deterrent Systems

....................... 123

Starting and Operating Your Vehicle

..... 128

Mirrors

.................................................. 143

OnStar

®

System

................................... 145

Universal Home Remote System

.......... 147

Storage Areas

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

Instrument Panel

....................................... 167

Instrument Panel Overview

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

Climate Controls

................................... 193

Warning Lights, Gages, and

Indicators

.......................................... 207

Driver Information Center (DIC)

............ 223

Audio System(s)

................................... 258

Driving Your Vehicle

................................. 345

Your Driving, the Road, and Your

Vehicle

.............................................. 346

Towing

................................................. 384

Service and Appearance Care

.................. 397

Service

................................................. 400

Fuel

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

Checking Things Under the Hood

......... 408

Bulb Replacement

................................ 443

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement

... 447

Tires

..................................................... 449

Appearance Care

.................................. 487

Vehicle Identiﬁcation

............................. 496

Electrical System

.................................. 496

Capacities and Speciﬁcations

................ 503

2007 Buick Terraza Owner Manual M

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Maintenance Schedule

.............................. 505

Maintenance Schedule

.......................... 506

Customer Assistance Information

............. 525

Customer Assistance and Information

... 526

Reporting Safety Defects

...................... 543

Index

.......................................................... 547

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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,

BUICK, and the BUICK Emblem and the

name TERRAZA 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

be equipped with 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. 15869249 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

Heated Seats .............................................. 10

Memory Seat .............................................. 10

Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 12

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

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

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

Captain Chairs ............................................ 16

Third Row Seat ........................................... 21

Safety Belts .................................................. 26

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 26

Questions and Answers About

Safety Belts ............................................. 30

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 31

Driver Position ............................................. 31

Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 40

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 41

Right Front Passenger Position ................... 41

Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 42

Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 45

Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 48

Safety Belt Extender ................................... 48

Child Restraints ............................................ 49

Older Children ............................................. 49

Infants and Young Children ......................... 52

Child Restraint Systems .............................. 55

Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 60

Lower Anchors and Tethers for

Children (LATCH) .................................... 61

Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear

Seat Position ........................................... 69

Securing a Child Restraint in the Right

Front Seat Position .................................. 72

Airbag System .............................................. 76

Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 79

When Should an Airbag Inﬂate? .................. 81

What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate? ................... 83

How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 84

What Will You See After an Airbag

Inﬂates? ................................................... 84

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Passenger Sensing System ......................... 86

Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 91

Adding Equipment to Your

Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 92

Restraint System Check ............................... 93

Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 93

Replacing Restraint System Parts

After a Crash ........................................... 94

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Front Seats

Manual Passenger Seat

Use the lever located on

the front of the seat to

adjust the seat

forward or rearward.

Pull up on the lever to

unlock the seat.

Slide the seat to where

you want it and

release the lever.

To make sure the seat is locked into place, try to

move the seat back and forth with your body.

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.

• Raise or lower the rear part of the seat

cushion by moving the rear of the control up

or down.

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Heated Seats

Your vehicle may have this feature. If it does, the

heated seat buttons are located on the climate

control panel.

This feature will heat the lower cushions of the

driver’s and front passenger’s seats.

Press this button once

to turn the heated seat

on to the high setting.

Both indicator lights next to the heated seat

symbol will be lit to indicate that it is on the high

setting. Press the button a second time to go to the

low setting. One indicator will be lit. Press the

button a third time to turn the heated seat off.

This feature will turn off automatically when the

ignition is turned off.

Memory Seat

If your vehicle has this

feature, 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.

The settings for these features can be

personalized for both driver 1 and driver 2.

Driver 1 or driver 2 corresponds to the memory

buttons labeled 1 and 2 on the driver’s door and to

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

keyless entry transmitters.

Driver’s Side Button

shown, Passenger’s

Side similar

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To store the memory settings, do the following:

1. Adjust the driver’s seat to your preference.

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, 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.

To stop recall movement of the memory seat

feature at any time, press one of the memory

buttons or power seat controls.

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/entering the vehicle. The seat

position can be personalized for both driver 1

and driver 2.

To store the easy exit seat position for

driver 1 or 2, do the following:

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

memory control. 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 three seconds. A double chime will

sound to let you know that the position has

been stored for the identiﬁed driver 1 or 2.

To repeat the procedure for a second driver,

follow the preceding steps, but press the other

numbered memory control button.

To recall the easy exit seat position, press the

easy exit seat button on the memory control while

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

sound and the seat will move to the stored

exit position.

If an easy exit seat position has not been stored,

the default position is all the way rearward.

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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.

If your seats have manual reclining seatbacks, the

lever used to operate them is located on the

outboard side of the seat(s).

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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.

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Power Reclining Seatbacks

If your seats have

power reclining

seatbacks, use the

vertical power

seat control located on

the outboard side of

the seat(s).

• 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

because it will not 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 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.

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.

The height of the head restraints can be adjusted

on the ﬁrst and second row seats. Pull the

head restraint up or push it down to adjust it.

The head restraints on the third row seat cannot

be adjusted.

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Rear Seats

Rear Seat Operation

The rear seats in your vehicle have levers and

straps used to adjust, remove, and reinstall

the seats. By using the levers and straps in the

correct order, you can easily remove the seats

from the vehicle. If your vehicle has second row

captain chairs with airbags, the seats cannot

be removed.

When you put the seats back in the vehicle, follow

the label on the back of the seat for proper location.

Captain Chairs

Your vehicle has second row captain chairs that

can be adjusted forward or rearward as well

as seatbacks that can be adjusted.

Adjusting the Captain Chairs Forward

or Rearward

There are two manual adjustment bars on each

seat. One is located under the front of the

seat cushion. The other one is located under the

rear of the seat cushion.

Lift either bar to slide the seat forward or rearward.

Release the lever. Push and pull on the seat to

make sure it is locked into place.

Folding or Reclining the Seatbacks

{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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To recline the seatback, lift up on the recliner

lever located on the outboard side of the seat, then

move the seatback to the desired position.

To raise the seatback, lift up on the recliner lever

without applying pressure to the seatback.

Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is

locked in place.

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.

To fold the seatback forward, lift up fully on the

recliner lever. Push the seatback forward until

it is ﬂat.

The armrests can be lowered or raised for easier

entry or exit of the vehicle.

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Removing a Captain Chair

(without a Side Impact Airbag)

If your vehicle has captain chairs with side impact

airbags, the seats cannot be removed.

To remove a captain chair, do the following:

1. Pull the nylon strap behind the seat to release

the rear hooks from the ﬂoor pins.

2. The seat can then be lifted off the front ﬂoor

pins and removed from the vehicle.

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Installing a Captain Chair

(without a Side Impact Airbag)

{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.

{CAUTION:

A seat that is not locked into place

properly can move around in a collision or

sudden stop. People in the vehicle could

be injured. Be sure to lock the seat into

place properly when installing it.

{CAUTION:

A safety belt that is improperly routed, not

properly attached, or twisted will not

provide the protection needed in a crash.

The person wearing the belt could be

seriously injured. After installing the seat,

always check to be sure that the safety

belts are properly routed and attached,

and are not twisted.

Do not put the seats in so they face rearward

because they will not latch that way. For the

second row, if you want more storage room behind

the seat, adjust the seat by sliding it forward.

Make sure the seatbacks are in the upright

position, the seat belts are on the correct side of

the seats and the seats are in the full rear position

before beginning this procedure.

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To install a captain chair, do the following:

1. Hook the front latches over the front ﬂoor pins.

2. Push the rear of the seat down to lock the

rear latches onto the rear set of ﬂoor pins.

3. Push and pull on the seat to be sure it is

properly attached.

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