2005 Buick Park Avenue 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 .............................................. 1-6 Towing ................................................... 4-35 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-27 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Airbag System ......................................... 1-49 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-57 Fuel ......................................................... 5-4 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Keys ........................................................ 2-3 Headlamp Aiming ..................................... 5-45 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-9 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-47 Windows ................................................. 2-16 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-57 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-18 Tires ...................................................... 5-58 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-22 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-82 Mirrors .................................................... 2-34 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-91 ® OnStar System ...................................... 2-39 Electrical System ...................................... 5-91 ® HomeLink Transmitter ............................. 2-40 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-100 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-44 Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts .... 5-101 Sunroof .................................................. 2-47 ..................................... 6-1 Vehicle Personalization ............................. 2-48 Maintenance Schedule Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-25 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-32 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-10 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-46 Index ................................................................ 1 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-55 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 PARK AVENUE 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 your vehicle, so it will be there if you ever need it while you are on the road. If you A good place to quickly locate information about the sell the vehicle, 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. ©Copyright General Motors Corporation 3/19/04 Part No. 05PARKAVENUE A First Edition 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 Top Strap ....................................................1-37 Power Seats ..................................................1-2 Top Strap Anchor Location .............................1-39 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-3 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Heated Seats .................................................1-3 Children (LATCH System) ...........................1-40 Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-4 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for Head Restraints .............................................1-5 the LATCH System ....................................1-42 Safety Belts .....................................................1-6 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-6 Outside Seat Position ................................1-42 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-10 Securing a Child Restraint in a Center How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-11 Rear Seat Position ....................................1-44 Driver Position ..............................................1-12 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-18 Front Seat Position ....................................1-46 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-19 Airbag System ...............................................1-49 Center Passenger Position .............................1-19 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-51 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-20 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-53 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-55 Children and Small Adults ..........................1-24 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-55 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-26 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? .....1-55 Child Restraints .............................................1-27 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-57 Older Children ..............................................1-27 Restraint System Check ..................................1-57 Infants and Young Children ............................1-29 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-57 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-33 Replacing Restraint System Parts Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-36 After a Crash ............................................1-58 1-1 Front Seats To adjust the power seats, do the following: Horizontal Control: Raise or lower the front of the seat cushion by pressing the forward edge of the control Power Seats up or down. Raise or lower the rear of the seat cushion by pressing the rear edge of the control up or down. Move the seat forward or rearward by pressing the control toward the front or rear of the vehicle. Move the seat higher or lower by holding the whole control up or down. Vertical Control: Adjust the angle of the seatback by pressing the top of the control forward or rearward. Move the seatback forward by pressing the top of the control forward. The power seat controls are located on the outboard sides of both the driver’s and front passenger’s seats. 1-2 Power Lumbar Heated Seats If your vehicle has this If your vehicle has this option, press this button to turn feature, the power lumbar on the