2018 BUICK LACROSSE seat adjustment

Buick LaCrosse Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-10999169) -
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94 Seats and Restraints
To reinstall the head restraint:
1. Insert the head restraint postsinto the holes in the top of the
seatback. The notches on the
posts must face the driver side
of the vehicle.
2. Push the head restraint down. If necessary, press the height
adjustment release button to
further lower the head restraint.
See Head Restraints 052.
3. Try to move the head restraint to make sure that it is locked in
place.
Replacing LATCH System
Parts After a Crash
{Warning
A crash can damage the LATCH
system in the vehicle. A damaged
LATCH system may not properly
secure the child restraint,
resulting in serious injury or even
death in a crash. To help make
sure the LATCH system is
working properly after a crash,
see your dealer to have the
system inspected and any
necessary replacements made as
soon as possible.
If the vehicle has the LATCH system
and it was being used during a
crash, new LATCH system parts
may be needed.
New parts and repairs may be
necessary even if the LATCH
system was not being used at the
time of the crash.
Securing Child Restraints
(With the Seat Belt in the
Rear Seat)
When securing a child restraint with
the seat belts in a rear seating
position, study the instructions that
came with the child restraint to
make sure it is compatible with this
vehicle.
If the child restraint has the LATCH
system, see Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) 087 for how and where to
install the child restraint using
LATCH. If a child restraint is
secured in the vehicle using a seat
belt and it uses a top tether, see
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) 087 for
top tether anchor locations.
Do not secure a child seat in a
position without a top tether anchor
if a national or local law requires
that the top tether be anchored, or if
the instructions that come with the
child restraint say that the top strap
must be anchored.

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Instruments and Controls 103
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 104
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . 104
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . 104
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . 105
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driver Efficiency Gauge (eAssist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 115
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 115 Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Charging System Light . . . . . . . 117
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . 117
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 121
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . 121
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 123
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . 123
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 124
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . 124
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 124 Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 125
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Information Displays
Power Flows (eAssist) . . . . . . . . 125
Energy Information
(eAssist) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . 129
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Power Messages . . . . . 132
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 133
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 133
Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . . 140
Universal Remote System Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Universal Remote System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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350 Index
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 195
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 226
Additional Information
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 238
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Air Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 75 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 70
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Passenger Status Indicator . . . .116
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 213
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 187, 248
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 187 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

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356 Index
Lights (cont'd)Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 123
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 311 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 117
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Messages
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 46
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
N
Navigation
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 170
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Off-Road
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 237
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 81
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 328
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
OnStar Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
OnStar Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
OnStar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Operating Mode
Overheated EngineProtection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 334
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Index 357
Overheated EngineProtection Operating Mode . . . . 244
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Parking Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 179
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 204
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 75
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 229
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Power (cont'd)
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 176
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 66
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 336
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 331
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . 228, 247, 293, 294,
Back Cover
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 335
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 204
Rear Window Sunshade . . . . . . . . . 49
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 298
Reimbursement Program,
GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 336
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ride Control Systems Selective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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358 Index
Roadside AssistanceProgram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 324
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 336
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 331
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 68
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 66
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Seats (cont'd)
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 58
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 54
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 53
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 94, 96
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . 192
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 229
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 321
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 322
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 331
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 213
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Special Application Services . . . . 316
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101