Owner's Manual,2000 Buick Park Avenue
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Bumper-to-Bumper 3-years/36,000 miles (60 000 km) Limited Warranty Every 2000 Park Avenue under warranty is backed with the following 1-800-252-11121-800-252-1112 services: ((For vehicles purchased in Canada, call 1-800-268-6800) that provides in an emergency: Courtesy Free lockout assistance Transportation Free dead-battery assistance Free out-of-fuel assistance Free flat-tire change Emergency towing 2000 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual Litho in U.S.A. © Copyright General Motors Corporation 1999 Part Number 25694049 A First Edition All Rights Reserved Table of Contents Seats and Restraint Systems Section 1 Seats and Seat Controls Air Bag Systems Safety Belts Child Restraints Features and Controls Section 2 Keys and Door Locks Mirrors Remote Keyless Entry System Storage Compartments Trunk Release Convenience Net Automatic Transmission Auxiliary Power Outlets Parking Brake OnStar® System (If Equipped) Windows Sunroof (Option) Tilt Wheel HomeLink® Transmitter (If Equipped) Turn Signal/Multifunction Lever Instrument Panel, Warning Lights and Gages Windshield Wipers Head-Up Display (If Equipped) Cruise Control Driver Information Center (If Equipped) Interior and Exterior Lamps Personal Choice Features Table of Contents (cont'd) Comfort Controls and Audio Systems Section 3 Heating and Air Conditioning Radio Theft-Deterrent Feature Setting the Radio Clock Steering Wheel Controls (If Equipped) Radio/Cassette Player/CD Player Your Driving and the Road Section 4 Defensive Driving Driving Tips for Various Road Conditions Drunken Driving Recreational Vehicle Towing Control of a Vehicle Loading Your Vehicle Braking Towing a Trailer Steering Problems on the Road Section 5 Hazard Warning Flashers Engine Overheating Jump Starting Changing a Flat Tire Towing Your Vehicle If You're Stuck Table of Contents (cont'd) Service and Appearance Care Section 6 Fuel Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement Checking Fluids and Lubricants Tires and Wheels GM Oil Life System™ (If Equipped) Appearance Care Engine Air Cleaner/Filter Electrical System/Fuses and Circuit Breakers Passenger Compartment Air Filter Capacities and Specifications Brakes Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts Bulb Replacement Maintenance Schedule Section 7 Scheduled Maintenance Recommended Fluids and Lubricants Owner Checks and Services Maintenance Records Periodic Maintenance Inspections Table of Contents (cont'd) Customer Assistance Information Section 8 Customer Satisfaction Procedures Warranty Information (See Warranty Manual) Customer Assistance Offices Reporting Safety Defects on page 8-9 Roadside Assistance and Courtesy Transportation Service Publications Index Section 9 In the Index you will find an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. Please refer to the last page of this manual for your Service Station Guide v We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, BUICK, the BUICK Emblem and the name PARK AVENUE 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 in the product 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. For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be French Language Manual: there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you Aux propriétaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en français chez owner can use it. votre concessionaire ou au: DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1577 Meyerside Dr. Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1B9 vi How to Use this Manual Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning CAUTION: to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features These mean there is something that could hurt and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll you or other people. find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. 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 don’t, you or others could be hurt. You will also find a circle Safety Warnings and Symbols with a slash through it in this book. This safety You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. symbol means “Don’t,” We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you “Don’t do this” or “Don’t about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore let this happen.” the warning. vii Vehicle Damage Warnings In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would Also, in this book you will find these notices: not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help NOTICE: avoid the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see These mean there is something that could CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. damage your vehicle. You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. viii Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols These symbols Here are some these symbols are important have to do with are on some of are used on other symbols are used on an for you and your lamps: your controls: warning and you may see: original battery: your passengers indicator lights: whenever your vehicle is MASTER WINDSHIELD CAUTION driven: LIGHTING WIPER POSSIBLE SWITCH ENGINE FUSE INJURY COOLANT TEMP DOOR LOCK TURN PROTECT WINDSHIELD UNLOCK SIGNALS EYES BY WASHER BATTERY LIGHTER SHIELDING CHARGING PARKING SYSTEM CAUSTIC LAMPS WINDSHIELD BATTERY FASTEN HORN DEFROSTER ACID COULD SEAT BRAKE CAUSE BELTS HAZARD BURNS WARNING FLASHER REAR COOLANT SPEAKER AVOID WINDOW SPARKS OR POWER DEFOGGER FLAMES DAYTIME WINDOW RUNNING ENGINE OIL LAMPS PRESSURE FUEL SPARK OR FLAME VENTILATING COULD FAN EXPLODE AIR BAG FOG LAMPS ANTI-LOCK BATTERY BRAKES ix Service Station Guide Battery See Section 6 Tire Pressure For See Section 6 a More Detailed Look at Spare Tire Pressure What's Under the Hood See Section 6 See Section 5 Hood Release See Section 6 Alternate Fuel Door Release See Section 6 Engine Oil Dipstick See Section 6 Cooling System Windshield Washer Fuel See Section 5 Fluid Use unleaded gas only, Oil Viscosity See Section 6 Remote Fuel See Section 6 Engine Oil Door Release See Section 6 See Section 6 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-30 Rear Seat Passengers 1-7 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone 1-33 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children 1-12 Here Are Questions Many People Ask About and Small Adults Safety Belts -- and the Answers 1-35 Children 1-13 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly 1-38 Child Restraints 1-13 Driver Position 1-50 Larger Children 1-19 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy 1-53 Safety Belt Extender 1-20 Right Front Passenger Position 1-53 Checking Your Restraint Systems 1-20 Air Bag Systems 1-53 Replacing Restraint System Parts After 1-28 Center Passenger Position a Crash 1- 1-1 Seats and Seat Controls D Raise or lower the front of the seat cushion by holding the front part of the horizontal control up This part tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them, or down. and also about memory seats, reclining seatbacks and D head restraints. Raise or lower the rear of the seat cushion by holding the rear part of the horizontal control up Power Seats or down. D Raise or lower the entire seat cushion by holding the whole horizontal control up or down. D Move the seat forward or backward by pushing the horizontal control to the front or back. D Push the vertical control forward to bring the seat to a more upright position. Push it rearward to recline the seatback. D Raise or lower the shoulder belt height adjuster by pushing the vertical control up or down. 1-2 4-Way Power Lumbar Control (Option) Memory Seat and Mirrors (If Equipped) If you have this option, the If your vehicle has this driver’s and passenger’s feature, the controls on the seatback lumbar support driver’s door panel are used can be adjusted four ways to program and recall by moving the single switch previous settings. located on the side of the seat. To increase or decrease support, hold the switch forward or rearward. To move the lumbar up or down, hold the switch upward or downward. You can use this function to save your seat cushion positions (including the shoulder belt height adjuster), lumbar, mirror adjustment, personal choice settings, comfort controls and radio settings. Activate the MEMORY button (1 or 2) which corresponds to the appropriate DRIVER # identified by your remote keyless entry transmitter. For more information, see “Driver Information Center, Personal Choice Programming” in the Index. 1-3 To save your seat and mirror positions into memory, To set the seat and mirror positions for a second driver, use the following procedure: follow the previous steps, but start by pressing the 1. You must first turn on the SEAT RECALL feature on button with the unlock symbol on the transmitter that the Driver Information Center (DIC).