2007 Buick Rendezvous Owner Manual M
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2007 Buick Rendezvous Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ....................... 7 Instrument Panel ....................................... 171 Front Seats .............................................. 9 Instrument Panel Overview ................... 174 Rear Seats ............................................. 15 Climate Controls ................................... 200 Safety Belts ............................................ 30 Warning Lights, Gages, and Child Restraints ...................................... 57 Indicators .......................................... 211 Airbag System ........................................ 88 Message Center ................................... 225 Restraint System Check ....................... 104 Driver Information Center (DIC) ............ 235 Audio System(s) ................................... 250 Features and Controls .............................. 107 Keys ..................................................... 109 Driving Your Vehicle ................................. 301 Doors and Locks .................................. 114 Your Driving, the Road, and Windows ............................................... 120 Your Vehicle ..................................... 302 Theft-Deterrent Systems ....................... 122 Towing ................................................. 337 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ..... 127 Service and Appearance Care .................. 351 Mirrors .................................................. 142 ® Service ................................................. 354 OnStar System ................................... 144 Fuel ...................................................... 356 Universal Home Remote System .......... 147 Checking Things Under the Hood ......... 362 Storage Areas ...................................... 158 Bulb Replacement ................................ 399 Sunroof ................................................ 169 Windshield Replacement ....................... 404 1 Windshield Wiper Blade Maintenance Schedule .............................. 471 Replacement ..................................... 404 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 472 Tires ..................................................... 406 Appearance Care .................................. 451 Customer Assistance Information ............. 491 Vehicle Identification ............................. 461 Customer Assistance and Information ... 492 Electrical System .................................. 462 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 508 Capacities and Specifications ................ 469 Index .......................................................... 513 2 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 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, if it is needed while you are on the road. If the BUICK, the BUICK Emblem, and the name vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. RENDEZVOUS are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Canadian Owners This manual includes the latest information at the A French language copy of this manual can be time it was printed. We reserve the right to obtained from your dealer or from: make changes after that time without notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the Helm, Incorporated name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for P.O. Box 07130 Buick Motor Division whenever it appears in this Detroit, MI 48207 manual. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15860822 A First Printing © 2006 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 3 How to Use This Manual { Many people read the owner manual from CAUTION: beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn These mean there is something that could about the features and controls for the vehicle. hurt you or other people. Pictures and words work together in the owner manual to explain things. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Index Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If A good place to quickly locate information about you do not, you or others could be hurt. the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual You will also find a and the page number where it can be found. circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol Safety Warnings and Symbols means “Do Not,” “Do There are a number of safety cautions in this Not do this” or “Do Not book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to let this happen.” tell about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. 4 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 Notice: These mean there is something with the text describing the operation or that could damage your vehicle. information relating to a specific component, A notice tells about something that can damage control, message, gage, or indicator. the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figuring out a specific name of a covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could component, gage, or indicator, reference the be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help following topics: avoid the damage. • Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors • Features and Controls in Section 2 or in different words. • Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They • Climate Controls in Section 3 use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. • Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 • Audio System(s) in Section 3 • Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 5 These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: 6 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ..................................................... 9 Right Front Passenger Position ................... 46 Manual Seats ................................................ 9 Rear Outside Passenger Positions .............. 47 Power Seats ............................................... 10 Center Rear Passenger Position .................. 51 Manual Lumbar ........................................... 10 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 53 Heated Seats .............................................. 11 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 56 Memory Seat and Mirrors ............................ 11 Safety Belt Extender ................................... 56 Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 13 Child Restraints ............................................ 57 Head Restraints .......................................... 15 Older Children ............................................. 57 Rear Seats .................................................... 15 Infants and Young Children ......................... 60 Rear Seat Operation ................................... 15 Child Restraint Systems .............................. 64 Split Bench Seats ....................................... 15 Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 68 Captain Chairs ............................................ 21 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Stowable Seat ............................................. 26 Children (LATCH) .................................... 69 Safety Belts .................................................. 30 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 30 Outside Seat Position .............................. 79 Questions and Answers About Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Safety Belts ............................................. 34 Rear Seat Position ................................... 82 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 35 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Driver Position ............................................. 36 Front Seat Position .................................. 84 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 45 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 46 7 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System .............................................. 88 Passenger Sensing System ......................... 98 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 91 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .... 102 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 93 Adding Equipment to Your What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 95 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ........................ 103 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 96 Restraint System Check ............................. 104 What Will You See After an Airbag Checking the Restraint Systems ................ 104 Inflates? ................................................... 96 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ......................................... 105 8 Front Seats Use the lever located under the front of the seat to adjust the Manual Seats seat forward or rearward. {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 Pull the lever up to unlock the seat. Slide the seat not want