2004 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 ................................................... 4-31 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-27 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Air Bag Systems ...................................... 1-49 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-58 Fuel ......................................................... 5-4 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 5-10 Keys ........................................................ 2-3 Headlamp Aiming ..................................... 5-49 Doors and Locks ...................................... 2-10 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-51 Windows ................................................. 2-17 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-61 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-19 Tires ...................................................... 5-62 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-23 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-90 Mirrors .................................................... 2-36 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-98 ® OnStar System ...................................... 2-41 Electrical System ...................................... 5-98 ® HomeLink Transmitter ............................. 2-43 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-108 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-47 Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts ...... 5-109 Sunroof .................................................. 2-50 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Vehicle Personalization ............................. 2-51 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-2 Customer Assistance Information .................... 7-1 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-24 Customer Assistance Information .................. 7-2 Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators ......... 3-32 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-10 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-47 Index .................................................................1 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-57 Canadian Owners You can obtain a French copy of this manual 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 their owner’s manual from beginning This manual includes the latest information at the time it to end when they first receive their new vehicle. was printed. We reserve the right to make changes If you do this, it will help you learn about the features after that time without further notice. For vehicles first and controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you will sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of find that pictures and words work together to explain Canada Limited” for Buick Motor Division whenever it things. appears in this manual. Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be Index there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the A good place to look for what you need is the Index in new owner can use it. back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual, and the page number where you will find it. Litho in U.S.A. ©Copyright General Motors Corporation 06/02/03 Part No. 25755777 A First Edition All Rights Reserved ii 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. This safety We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about symbol means “Don’t,” things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the “Don’t do this” or “Don’t let warning. 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 don’t, you or others could be hurt. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this book you will find these notices: Your vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle, Notice: These mean there is something that could are shown along with the text describing the operation damage your vehicle. or information relating to a specific component, control, A notice will tell you about something that can damage message, gage or indicator. your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figuring out a specific name of a covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. component, gage or indicator, reference the following But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid topics: 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 You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. • Climate Controls in Section 3 They 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 iv These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle: v ✍ NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Top Strap ....................................................1-38 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 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-6 Rear 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 .................1-12 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 Air Bag Systems ............................................1-49 Center Passenger Position .............................1-19 Where Are the Air Bags? ...............................1-51 Rear Seat Passengers ..................................1-21 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ....................1-54 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? .....................1-55 Children and Small Adults ..........................1-24 How Does an Air Bag Restrain? .....................1-55 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-26 What Will You See After an Child Restraints .............................................1-27 Air Bag Inflates? .......................................1-56 Older Children ..............................................1-27 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle .........1-58 Infants and Young Children ............................1-30 Restraint System Check ..................................1-58 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-33 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-58 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-36 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ............................................1-59 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