2010 BUICK LACROSSE battery

Vehicle Care 9-77
{WARNING
Using a match near a battery can
cause battery gas to explode.
People have been hurt doing this,
and some have been blinded.
Use a flashlight if you need more
light.
Be sure the battery has enough
water. You do not need to add
water to the battery installed in
your new vehicle. But if a battery
has filler caps, be sure the right
amount of fluid is there. If it is low,
add water to take care of that
first. If you don't, explosive gas
could be present.
Battery fluid contains acid that
can burn you. Do not get it on
you. If you accidentally get it in
your eyes or on your skin, flush
the place with water and get
medical help immediately.
{WARNING
Fans or other moving engine
parts can injure you badly. Keep
your hands away from moving
parts once the engine is running.
5. Connect one end of the redpositive (+) cable to the jump
start positive (+) post (A). Use a
remote positive (+) terminal if the
vehicle has one. 6. Do not let the other end of the
red positive (+) cable touch
metal. Connect it to the
positive (+) terminal of the good
battery (B). Use a remote
positive (+) terminal if the vehicle
has one.
7. Connect one end of the black negative (–) cable to the
negative (–) terminal of the good
battery (C). Use a remote
negative (−) terminal if the
vehicle has one.
Do not let the other end touch
anything until the next step. The
other end of the negative (–)
cable does not go to the dead
battery. It goes to a heavy,
unpainted metal engine part or
to a remote negative (–) terminal
on the vehicle with the dead
battery.

9-78 Vehicle Care
8. Connect the other end of theblack negative (–) cable to an
unpainted heavy metal engine
part (D) away from the dead
battery, but not near engine
parts that move.
9. Start the engine in the vehicle with the good battery and run
the engine at idle speed for at
least four minutes.
10. Try to start the vehicle that had the dead battery. If it will not
start after a few tries, it
probably needs service.
Notice: If the jumper cables are
connected or removed in the
wrong order, electrical shorting
may occur and damage the
vehicle. The repairs would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
Always connect and remove the
jumper cables in the correct
order, making sure that the
cables do not touch each other or
other metal.
Jumper Cable Removal
A. Heavy, Unpainted Metal Engine Part or Remote Negative (–)
Terminal
B. Good Battery or Remote Positive (+) and Remote
Negative (–) Terminals
C. Dead Battery or Remote Positive (+) Terminal To disconnect the jumper cables
from both vehicles:
1. Disconnect the black
negative (−) cable from the
vehicle that had the dead
battery.
2. Disconnect the black negative (−) cable from the
vehicle with the good battery.
3. Disconnect the red positive (+) cable from the vehicle with the
good battery.
4. Disconnect the red positive (+) cable from the other vehicle.
5. Return the caps over the positive (+) and negative (–)
terminals to their original
positions.

9-80 Vehicle Care
Dinghy Towing From the Front
When dinghy towing, the vehicle
should be run at the beginning of
each day and at each RV fuel stop
for about five minutes. This will
ensure proper lubrication of
transmission components.
Use the following procedure to
dinghy tow the vehicle from the front
with all four wheels on the ground:
1. Position the vehicle being towedbehind the tow vehicle and shift
the transmission to P (Park). 2. Turn the engine off and firmly set
the parking brake.
3. Following the manufacturer's instructions, securely attach the
vehicle being towed to the tow
vehicle.
4. Turn the ignition to ACC/ ACCESSORY and shift the
transmission to N (Neutral).
5. Release the parking brake only after the vehicle being towed is
firmly attached to the towing
vehicle.
When towing the vehicle for
extended periods of time, start the
vehicle as often as possible to
prevent battery drain. This should
be done when the tow vehicle is
parked.
Dinghy Towing From the Rear
The vehicle was not designed to be
towed from the rear with all four
wheels on the ground.

Customer Information 12-7
Services Provided
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:
Delivery of enough fuel for the
vehicle to get to the nearest
service station.
.Lock-Out Service:Service is
provided to unlock the vehicle if
you are locked out. A remote
unlock may be available if you
have OnStar
®. For security
reasons, the driver must present
identification before this service
is given.
.Emergency Tow From a Public
Road or Highway: Tow to
the nearest Buick dealer for
warranty service, or if the vehicle
was in a crash and cannot be
driven. Assistance is also given
when the vehicle is stuck in
sand, mud, or snow.
.Flat Tire Change: Service is
provided to change a flat tire
with the spare tire. The spare
tire, if equipped, must be in good
condition and properly inflated.
It is the owner's responsibility for
the repair or replacement of the
tire if it is not covered by the
warranty.
.Battery Jump Start: Service is
provided to jump start a dead
battery.
Services Not Included in
Roadside Assistance
.Impound towing caused by
violation of any laws.
.Legal fines.
.Mounting, dismounting or
changing of snow tires, chains,
or other traction devices.
.Towing or services for vehicles
driven on a non-public road or
highway.
Services Specific to Canadian
Purchased Vehicles
.Fuel delivery: Reimbursement
is approximately $5 Canadian.
Diesel fuel delivery may be
restricted. Propane and other
fuels are not provided through
this service.
.Lock-Out Service: Vehicle
registration is required.
.Trip Routing Service: Detailed
maps of North America are
provided when requested either
with the most direct route or the
most scenic route. There is a
six request limit per year.
Additional travel information
is also available. Allow
three weeks for delivery.

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

INDEX i-7
Lights (cont.)Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . 5-2
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 4-15
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Taillamp Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Locks Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . 4-24
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
SYSTEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Maintenance Schedule Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . 10-2
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . 4-17
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Mass Storage Media (MEM) . . . 6-25
Messages Anti-Theft Alarm System . . . . . . 4-37
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 4-34
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36 Messages (cont.)
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Mirrors
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Park Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
N
Navigation SystemVehicle Data Recordingand Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-16
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . 8-17

i-8 INDEX
O
Object Detection, Side BlindZone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 9-13
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 2-40
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
OnStar
®System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Operation, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode . . . 9-21
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Overview, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3, 6-5
P
ParkShifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Park Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Parking Assist, Ultrasonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 8-25
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Passenger Sensing System . . . 2-32
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 9-3
Phone Bluetooth . . . 6-42, 6-43, 6-46, 6-57
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 8-20 Power (cont.)
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Privacy Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . 12-16
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 12-8
Proposition 65 Warning, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
R
Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . . 12-16
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-16
Radios AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
CD/DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14