2005 Buick Lesabre Owner Manual M
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2005 Buick LeSabre Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1 Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1 Front Seats ............................................... 1-2 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2 Safety Belts .............................................. 1-8 Towing ................................................... 4-36 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-28 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Airbag System ......................................... 1-47 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-56 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Keys ........................................................ 2-3 Headlamp Aiming ..................................... 5-45 Doors and Locks ...................................... 2-10 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-48 Windows ................................................. 2-16 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-53 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-18 Tires ...................................................... 5-54 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-21 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-78 Mirrors .................................................... 2-32 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-87 OnStar® System ...................................... 2-37 Electrical System ...................................... 5-88 HomeLink® Transmitter ............................. 2-38 Capacities and Specifications ..................... 5-96 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-43 Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts ...... 5-97 Sunroof .................................................. 2-44 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Vehicle Personalization ............................. 2-45 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-24 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-10 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-33 Index ................................................................ 1 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-47 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-56 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 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, BUICK, the BUICK Emblem, and the name LESABRE are How to Use This Manual registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Many people read the owner manual from beginning to This manual includes the latest information at the time it end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this was printed. We reserve the right to make changes is done, it can help you learn about the features after that time without further notice. For vehicles first and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of together in the owner manual to explain things. Canada Limited” for Buick Motor Division whenever it appears in this manual. Index 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 A good place to quickly locate information about the sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. 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. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 05LESABRE A First Edition © 2004 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ii Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a circle with a slash through it in There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We this book. This safety use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things symbol means “Do Not,” that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. “Do Not do this” or “Do Not let this happen.” {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. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this manual you will find these notices: The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along with Notice: These mean there is something that could the text describing the operation or information damage your vehicle. relating to a specific component, control, message, A notice tells about something that can damage the gage, or indicator. vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered If you need help figuring out a specific name of a by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. But component, gage, or indicator, reference the the notice will tell what to do to help avoid the damage. following topics: When you read other manuals, you might see • Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. • Features and Controls in Section 2 There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They use • Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. • 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 iv These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: v ✍ NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-37 Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Top Strap ....................................................1-38 Power Seats ..................................................1-2 Top Strap Anchor Location .............................1-39 Manual Lumbar ..............................................1-3 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Power Lumbar ...............................................1-3 Children (LATCH System) ...........................1-40 Heated Seats .................................................1-4 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-4 the LATCH System ....................................1-42 Power Reclining Seatback ...............................1-6 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Head Restraints .............................................1-7 Seat Position ............................................1-42 Safety Belts .....................................................1-8 Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-8 Front Seat Position ....................................1-44 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-12 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-13 Front Seat Position ....................................1-45 Driver Position ..............................................1-13 Airbag System ...............................................1-47 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-19 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-50 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-20 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-52 Center Front Passenger Position .....................1-20 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-53 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-21 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-53 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? .....1-54 Children and Small Adults ..........................1-25 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-56 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-27 Restraint System Check ..................................1-56 Child Restraints .............................................1-28 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-56 Older Children ..............................................1-28 Replacing Restraint System Parts Infants and Young Children ............................1-31 After a Crash ............................................1-57 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-34 1-1 Front Seats Power Seats Manual Seats {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 If your vehicle has this feature, the control for the seat only when the vehicle is not moving. power seat is located on the outboard side of each front seat. Pull up on the control bar located under the front of the To adjust the power seats, do the following: seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it • Raise or lower the front of the seat cushion by and release the bar. Try to move the seat with your body pressing the forward