2010 BUICK LACROSSE bulb

Vehicle Care 9-37
A. Bulb Socket
B. Lamp Assembly
C. Bulb
3. Turn the bulb socket (A) counterclockwise to remove from
lamp assembly (C).
4. Pull the bulb (B) straight out of the bulb socket. 5. Push the replacement bulb
straight into the bulb socket and
turn the bulb socket clockwise to
install into lamp assembly.
6. Move the lamp assembly into the trunk lid engaging the clip
side first.
7. Push on the lamp side opposite the clip until the lamp assembly
snaps into place.
Replacement Bulbs
Exterior Lamp Bulb
Number
Back-Up Lamp W16W
Daytime Running
Lamp (Up-Level) 3157K
Fog Lamp H11LL
Front Turn Signal/
Park Lamp 3757NAK
Headlamp High
Beam (Base) H9
Headlamp Low
Beam (Base) H11LL
License Plate Lamp W5WLL
Rear Turn Signal 3757AK
For replacement bulbs not listed
here, contact your dealer/retailer.

i-2 INDEX
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-75
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . 9-29
Bluetooth . . . . 6-42, 6-43, 6-46, 6-57
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5, 9-35
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Headlamps, Front TurnSignal and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33 Bulb Replacement (cont.)
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Camera, Rear Vision . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . iv
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Cautions, Danger, and
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
CD DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 3-1
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . 4-17
Check Engine Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 9-28
Child Restraints Infants and YoungChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . 2-48
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55, 2-57
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Where to Put the Restraint . . . 2-46
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-82
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-86

i-4 INDEX
Dual Automatic ClimateControl System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
DVD Rear Seat EntertainmentSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
DVD/CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
E
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . 4-20
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Electronic Stability Control . . . . . 8-35
Electronic Stability Control Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22 Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Check and Service Engine
Soon Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . 9-6
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Coolant Temperature Gage . . . 4-15
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Cooling System Messages . . . 4-34
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Overheated Protection Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 8-26
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-59
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . 12-15
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 5-2
F
Filter
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 5-4
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Flat Tire, Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 9-15
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 5-5, 9-35
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Front Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

INDEX i-5
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-49Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . . 8-51
Gage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . . 8-50
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 4-24
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
Requirements, California . . . . . 8-51
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43G
GagesEngine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 10-1
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-54
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 5-4
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . . 4-28
HeadlampsAdaptive Forward
Lighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . 5-2
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

INDEX i-9
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Rear Seat EntertainmentSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . 8-46
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . 9-79
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
Remote Keyless Entry
(RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3, 1-5
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . 2-39 Replacing LATCH System
Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts After a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . 12-14
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Ride Control Systems . . . . . . . . . 8-35 Electronic Stability (ESC) . . . . . 8-35
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Selective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36
Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 11-4
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Replacing After a Crash . . . . . . 2-24
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 2-22
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . 12-14
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . . 10-2
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . 12-8
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . 2-8

i-10 INDEX
Seats (cont.)Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 2-5
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 2-4
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55, 2-57
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . . 8-36
Service Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Engine Soon Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Maintenance Records . . . . . . 10-10
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 11-1
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-12
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 12-8 Servicing the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 2-37
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Side Blind Zone Alert . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-74
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Stoplamps and Back-Up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Storage Mass Media (MEM) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25 Storage Areas
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Sun Visor Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
System Check Automatic TransmissionShiftlock Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Taillamp Indicator Light . . . . . . . . 4-25
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 12-4
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13, 1-14
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

INDEX i-11
TiresBuying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-74
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-63
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Inflation Monitor System . . . . . . 9-55
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 9-54
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-65
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 9-66
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-60
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46 Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 8-54
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-59
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 8-54
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-58
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Traction Control System (TCS) . . . . . . . . 8-34
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . 8-36
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-58
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35U
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . . . 8-40
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Universal Remote System . . . . . 4-45 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Using this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
V
Vehicle Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53