2014 BUICK REGAL Owner's Manual

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Seats and Restraints 3-51
7. Before placing a child in thechild restraint, make sure it is
securely held in place. To check,
grasp the child restraint at the
safety belt path and attempt to
move it side to side and back
and forth. When the child
restraint is properly installed,
there should be no more than
2.5 cm (1 in) of movement.
If the airbag is off, the off indicator in
the passenger airbag status
indicator will come on and stay on
when the vehicle is started. If a child restraint has been installed
and the on indicator is lit, see
“If the
On Indicator Is Lit for a Child
Restraint ”under Passenger
Sensing System on page 3-24 for
more information.
To remove the child restraint,
unbuckle the vehicle safety belt and
let it return to the stowed position.

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3-52 Seats and Restraints
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Storage 4-1
Storage
Storage Compartments
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . 4-1
Instrument Panel Storage . . . . . 4-1
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . 4-3
Additional Storage Features
Cargo Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Storage
Compartments
{Warning
Do not store heavy or sharp
objects in storage compartments.
In a crash, these objects may
cause the cover to open and
could result in injury.
Instrument Panel Storage
There is a storage compartment on
the driver side of the instrument
panel. Lift the latch to open.
Glove Box
Lift up the handle to open the
glove box.

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4-2 Storage
Cupholders
Two cupholders are in the center
console.
Slide the door to access them.If equipped, pull the second row
seat armrest down to access
cupholders.

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Storage 4-3
Rear Storage
Pull down the armrest. Press the
button to lift the cover. Close the
cover before folding the armrest up.
Center Console Storage
Press the button to access the
storage under the armrest. There
are two USB ports, an SD card
reader, and a power outlet inside.
If equipped, there is an auxillary
input jack. See the infotainment
manual.
Additional Storage
Features
Cargo Net
There is a cargo net for storing
items on the side of the trunk.

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4-4 Storage
Convenience Net
If equipped, the convenience net is
in the trunk and can be used to
store small loads. The net should
not be used to store heavy loads.
Attach the loops on each side of the
net to the hooks located on the
sides of the trunk.

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Instruments and Controls 5-1
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 5-2
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . 5-2
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . 5-3
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . 5-3
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Instrument Cluster (Base Cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Instrument Cluster (Uplevel Cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Engine Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . 5-19
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . 5-20
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Charging System Light . . . . . . 5-21
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Up-Shift Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 5-26
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
StabiliTrak
®OFF Light . . . . . . . 5-27
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . 5-27
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . 5-28 Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 5-29
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . 5-29
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . 5-30
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Information Displays
Power Flows
(eAssist Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Energy Information (eAssist Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Driver Information Center (DIC) (Base Level
Cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Driver Information Center (DIC) (Uplevel Cluster) . . . . . 5-35
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Battery Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Brake System Messages . . . . 5-39
Compass Messages . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Cruise Control Messages . . . . 5-40
Door Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . 5-41

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5-2 Instruments and Controls
Engine Cooling SystemMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Engine Oil Messages . . . . . . . . 5-42
Engine Power Messages . . . . 5-42
Fuel System Messages . . . . . . 5-42
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . 5-43
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Ride Control System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Security Messages . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Tire Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Transmission Messages . . . . . 5-47
Washer Fluid Messages . . . . . 5-47
Window Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . 5-48
Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . 5-54
Universal Remote System Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
Universal Remote System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56
Controls
Steering Wheel
Adjustment
To adjust the steering wheel:
1. Pull the lever down.
2. Move the steering wheel up
or down.
3. Pull or push the steering wheel closer or away from you.
4. Pull the lever up to lock the steering wheel in place. Do not adjust the steering wheel
while driving.
Steering Wheel Controls
The infotainment system can be
operated by using the steering
wheel controls. See "Steering
Wheel Controls" in the infotainment
manual.