2006 Buick Rainier 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 Rear Seats ............................................... 1-6 Towing ................................................... 4-50 Safety Belts .............................................. 1-8 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-26 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Airbag System ......................................... 1-48 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-62 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 All-Wheel Drive ........................................ 5-45 Keys ........................................................ 2-3 Rear Axle ............................................... 5-45 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-7 Front Axle ............................................... 5-46 Windows ................................................. 2-13 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-47 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-15 Windshield Replacement ........................... 5-50 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-17 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-50 Mirrors .................................................... 2-29 Tires ...................................................... 5-52 OnStar® System ...................................... 2-41 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-85 Universal Home Remote System ................ 2-43 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-94 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-46 Electrical System ...................................... 5-94 Sunroof .................................................. 2-50 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-105 Vehicle Personalization ............................. 2-51 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-19 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-25 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-13 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-43 Index ................................................................ 1 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-58 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 RAINIER are registered How to Use This Manual 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 notice. For vehicles first sold in and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada together in the owner manual to explain things. 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 while you are on the road. If the vehicle A good place to quickly locate information about the is 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. 06RAINIER A First Printing © 2005 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 by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. But a 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 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Power Seats ..................................................1-2 Children (LATCH) ......................................1-37 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-3 Securing a Child Restraint in a Heated Seats .................................................1-3 Rear Outside Seat Position .........................1-42 Power Reclining Seatbacks ..............................1-4 Securing a Child Restraint in the Head Restraints .............................................1-5 Center Rear Seat Position ..........................1-44 Rear Seats .......................................................1-6 Securing a Child Restraint in the Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-6 Right Front Seat Position ............................1-44 Safety Belts .....................................................1-8 Airbag System ...............................................1-48 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-8 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-50 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-12 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-53 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-13 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-54 Driver Position ..............................................1-13 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-54 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-19 What Will You See After an Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-20 Airbag Inflates? .........................................1-55 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-20 Passenger Sensing System ............................1-56 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ....................1-23 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-60 Safety Belt Pretensioners ...............................1-25 Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-25 Vehicle ....................................................1-61 Child Restraints .............................................1-26 Restraint System Check ..................................1-62 Older Children ..............................................1-26 Checking the Restraint Systems ......................1-62 Infants and Young Children ............................1-29 Replacing Restraint System Parts Child Restraint Systems .................................1-32 After a Crash ............................................1-62 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-36 1-1 Front Seats • Move the front of the horizontal seat control up or down to adjust the front portion of the cushion. • Move the rear of the horizontal seat control up or Power Seats down to adjust the rear portion of the cushion. The power seat controls • Lift up or push down on the center of the horizontal are located on the seat control to move the entire seat up or down. outboard side of the front seat cushions. The • To move the seat forward or rearward, slide the horizontal control adjusts horizontal seat control forward or rearward. the seat cushion and • To recline the seatback, press the vertical control the vertical control adjusts rearward. To raise the seatback, press