The 1995 Buick Regal Owner's Manual I Seats and Restraint Systems ............................................................. 1-1 This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains "SRS" system. Featuresandcontrols .................................................................. 2- 1 This section explains how to start and operate your Buick. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems ..................................................... 3-1 This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. YourDrivingandtheRoad .............................................................. 4- 1 Here y6u'll find helpful info]-mation and tips about the road and how to drive under dif-ferent conditions. ProblemsontheRoad .................................................................. 5- 1 This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving. such as a flat tire or engine overheating. etc. ServiceandAppearanceCare ............................................................ 6- 1 Here the manual tells you how to kccp your Buick running properly and looking good. Maintenanceschedule .................................................................. 7- 1 This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. Customer Assistance Information ........................................................ 8- 1 This section tells you how to contact Buick for assistance and how to get service publications. It also gives you infortnation on "Reporting Safety Defects.' on page 8-4. Index ................................................................................ 9- 1 Here's an alphabetical listing of almost every sub.ject in this n1anual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. 1 I We support vo‘luntary ~ technician cerl:ification. II II GmRALMOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, I WE SUPPORT BUICK, and the BUICK Emblem are registered VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION THROUGH tradernarks of General h4otot.s Corporation. I us:Icn31 In;l It t.-’fO~ This manual includes the latest information at the time it I AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the EXCELLENCE product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Buick Motor For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a Division whene.ver it appears in this manual. French Language Manual: Please keep this manual in your Buick, so it will be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell Aux Drouriktaires canadiens: VOLISpouvez vous procurer the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new un exemplaire de ce guide en franqais chez votre owner can use it. concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., IS00 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario LST 1C7. Litho in U.S.A. @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1994 Part No. 2564 I820 A Second Edition All Rights Reserved ii iii “valve-in-head” engine, a light, powerful and reliable engine which would eventually influence the entire automotive industry. William C.Durant was instrumental in promoting Buicks across the country using his Durant-Dort C‘miage Co. outlets and salespeople as the nucleus of a giant distribution system. He knew the Buick as a “self-seller.” If automobiles couldbe this good, he thought, maybe it was time to switch from the horse and buggy business to automobiles. At the 1905 New York Auto Show, Durant took orders for 1,000 Buicks before the company had Walter Murr and Thomas Buick built 40. On Buick’s Buick’s chief engineer, Walter L. Marr (left), and success, Durant created a Thomas D. Buick, son of founder David Dunbar Buick, holding company, drove the first Flint Buick in a successful Flint-Detroit September 16, 1908. He round trip in July 1904. called it General Motors. David Buick was building gasoline engines by 1899, and Marr, his engineer, apparently built the first auto to be called a Buick in 1900. However, Buick traditionally dates its beginnings to 1903. That was the year the company was reorganized, refinanced and moved from Detroit to Flint. Buick has always been a product innovator. Buick engineers developed the Durant also created a racing team that won 500 racing Buick drew plenty of attention because it could climb trophies in 1909 and 1910, including successes at hills and run through mud like no other car. Buick’s Indianapolis two years before the Indy 500 began. endurance and reliability were world famous. The success of Buick engines was visible not only on During World War I, Buick built Liberty aircraft engines the race track, but in endurance tests across the country as well as Red Cross ambulances so successfully that and around the world. Buick was the only car to one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-New York race in by the French government. 1906. And a Buick was the first car totravel across As a builder of premier automobiles, Buick was hard hit South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Great Depression. However, new General over the Andes to Santiago, Chile in 1914. Manager Harlow H. Curtice created popular new models including the Special and the Roadmaster. Buick sales soon flourished. 1911 Model 21 Touring Car on BuickS Test Hill First Buick Factory V I11 World War 11, Buick built aircraft engines, tanks and A high-compression V-8 engine was introduced in 1953. other military hardware. This post-war period brought And Buick’s famous vertical pillar “toothy” grille, great styling and engineering changes which resulted in (introduced in 19421, became more massive in the increased sales. The torque converter automatic post-war era. transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced in the 1948 Roadmaster. Buick’s famous “portholes” came along in 1949. 1953 Sk-ylark Motor Trend magazine named the 1962 Buick Special “Car of the Year.” The first production V-6 engine was I949 Roachaster used in the Special. I962 Buick Special Ed /Vert,-.,Genercrl Manager; Buick Motor Dilisiorz Built inside the walls of the old buildings in Buick’s Our mission is simple: former Flint complex, which formed the cornerstone of “Buick will provide Premium American Motorcars General Motors. Buick City is a state-of-the-art backed with services that exceed our customers’ assembly facility with more than 200 robots and other expectations, throughout the purchase, ownership, high-tech equipment. It was completed in the fall service and repurchase experience.” of 1985. Buicks are SUBSTANTIAL. Buicks are, and will continue to be, premium American lnotorcars with smooth power, high performance, rich Buicks are DISTINCTIVE. detail and comfortable accommodation. Buicks are POWERFUL. Buicks are MATURE. How to Use this Manual Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. This will help you learn about the features and controls for your vehcle. In this manual, you’ll find that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. Index In the gray caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. A good place to look for what you need is the Index in Then we tell you what to do tohelp avoid or reduce the the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of all hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, you or that’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll others could be hurt. find it. Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a circle with a slash through it in You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. this book. We use a box with gray background and the word CAUTION to tell you ab0u.t things that could hurt you if This safety symbol means you were to ignore the warning. “DOn’.t,’’“Don’t do this,” or “Don’t let this happen.” viii 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 avoid the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see NOTICE: CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or These mean thereis something that in different words. could damage your vehicle. You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use yellow for cautions, blue fornotices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE. ix Vehicle Symbols These symbols Here are some are used on other symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. warning and you may see: indicator lights: For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols FUSE these symbols are important have to do with are on some of ENGINE are used on an for you and your lights: your controls: COOLANT F- original battery: your passengers TEMP -- whenever your vehicle is WINDSHIELD CAUTION driven: WIPER BATTERY POSSIBLE A CHARGING INJURY 1. *td -1 SYSTEM RADIO DOOR LOCK WINDSHIELD VOLUME UNLOCK TURN WASHER c) PROTECT a SIGNALS BRAKE EYES BY e (0) SHIELDING AIR WINDSHIELD CONDITIONING DEFROSTER RADIATOR BELTS CAUSTIC 4 COOLANT a BATTERY ACID COULD TRUNK e x RELEASE CAUSE WINDOW FUEL BURNS POWER DEFOGGER WINDOW ENGINE OIL PRESSURE t AVOID w4LIGHTER SPARKS OR VENTILATING n FLAMES FAN HIGHLAMPSoR BEAM = =o TEMP OIL SPARK OR ,\I/, 4% FLAME FOG LAMPS COULD $0 ANTI-LOCK (@) EXPLODE BRAKE SPEAKER BATTERY b X Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Two- Way Manual Seat Buick 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. Seats and SeatControls This section tells you how to adjust the seatsand explains the reclining seatbacks and head restraints. Manual Front Seat Lift the bar under the front of the seat to unlock it.