2007 Buick Rainier Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ....................... 7 Instrument Panel ....................................... 149 Front Seats .............................................. 8 Instrument Panel Overview ................... 152 Rear Seats ............................................. 16 Climate Controls ................................... 170 Safety Belts ............................................ 18 Warning Lights, Gages, and Child Restraints ...................................... 40 Indicators .......................................... 176 Airbag System ........................................ 68 Driver Information Center (DIC) ............ 198 Restraint System Check ......................... 86 Audio System(s) ................................... 215 Features and Controls ................................ 89 Driving Your Vehicle ................................. 281 Keys ....................................................... 91 Your Driving, the Road, and Doors and Locks .................................... 96 Your Vehicle ..................................... 282 Windows ............................................... 103 Towing ................................................. 337 Theft-Deterrent Systems ....................... 105 Service and Appearance Care .................. 353 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ..... 108 Service ................................................. 356 Mirrors .................................................. 124 ® Fuel ...................................................... 358 OnStar System ................................... 129 Checking Things Under the Hood ......... 364 Universal Home Remote System .......... 133 All-Wheel Drive ..................................... 402 Storage Areas ...................................... 144 Rear Axle ............................................. 402 Sunroof ................................................ 148 Front Axle ............................................ 403 1 Bulb Replacement ................................ 404 Maintenance Schedule .............................. 475 Windshield Replacement ....................... 408 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 476 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..................................... 408 Customer Assistance Information ............. 497 Tires ..................................................... 411 Customer Assistance and Appearance Care .................................. 453 Information ........................................ 498 Vehicle Identification ............................. 463 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 516 Electrical System .................................. 464 Index .......................................................... 519 Capacities and Specifications ................ 474 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. RAINIER are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Canadian Owners This manual includes the latest information at A French language copy of this manual can be the time it was printed. We reserve the right obtained from your dealer or from: to make changes after that time without notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute Helm, Incorporated the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” P.O. Box 07130 for Buick Motor Division whenever it appears Detroit, MI 48207 in this manual. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15863675 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 Index is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. A good place to quickly locate information about If 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,” There are a number of safety cautions in this “Do Not do this” or book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to “Do Not 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 Notice: These mean there is something along 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 covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could a component, gage, or indicator, reference be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help the 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. • 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 5 These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: 6 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ..................................................... 8 Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 52 Power Seats ................................................. 8 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Power Lumbar .............................................. 9 Children (LATCH) .................................... 54 Heated Seats ................................................ 9 Securing a Child Restraint in a Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals .............. 10 Rear Outside Seat Position ...................... 61 Power Reclining Seatbacks ......................... 13 Securing a Child Restraint in the Head Restraints .......................................... 15 Center Rear Seat Position ....................... 63 Rear Seats .................................................... 16 Securing a Child Restraint in the Rear Seat Operation ................................... 16 Right Front Seat Position ......................... 63 Safety Belts .................................................. 18 Airbag System .............................................. 68 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .............. 18 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 71 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts .... 23 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 74 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 24 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 76 Driver Position ............................................. 24 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 76 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 32 What Will You See After an Right Front Passenger Position ................... 33 Airbag Inflates? ........................................ 77 Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 33 Passenger Sensing System ......................... 78 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 36 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ........ 84 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 39 Adding Equipment to Your Safety Belt Extender ................................... 39 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 85 Child Restraints ............................................ 40 Restraint System Check ............................... 86 Older Children ............................................. 40 Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 86 Infants and Young Children ......................... 43 Replacing Restraint System Parts Child Restraint Systems .............................. 47 After a Crash ........................................... 87 7 Front Seats • Raise or lower the rear part of the seat cushion by moving the rear of the horizontal control up or down. Power Seats • Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the The power seat controls entire horizontal control up or down. are located on the • Use the vertical control to recline the seatback. outboard side of See Power Reclining Seatbacks on page 13. the seat cushions. • Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the horizontal control forward or rearward. • Raise or lower the front part of the seat cushion by moving the front of the horizontal control up or down. 8 Power Lumbar Heated Seats Your vehicle has power lumbar on the driver’s and Your vehicle may have front