2018 BUICK REGAL child seat

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Seats and Restraints 109
7. Before placing a child in thechild restraint, make sure it is
securely held in place. To
check, grasp the child restraint
at the seat 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 airbags are 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” underPassenger Sensing
System 085.
To remove the child restraint,
unbuckle the vehicle seat belt and
let it return to the stowed position.Pedestrian Protection
System
Your vehicle is equipped with a
pedestrian protection system which
is designed to lift the rear part of the
hood when a pedestrian is detected
during a frontal impact within the
approximate speed range.
When the vehicle is involved in a
frontal impact with an object or a
pedestrian, sensors in the front
bumper determine the force applied
by the object to the front bumper.
When the frontal impact speed is
approximately between 25 km/h
(15 mph) and 50 km/h (31 mph), the
pedestrian protection system lifts
the rear part of the hood to help
reduce pedestrian head injuries.
Lifting the rear part of the hood
creates more clearance between the
hood and the hard components in
the engine compartment.
In addition, the front bumper of the
vehicle was designed to help reduce
the injury to a pedestrian’s legs.
{Warning
After the hood has lifted, the hood
hinge and latch area may be hot.
Do not touch the pedestrian
protection system components.
The pedestrian protection system is
designed to lift the hood only once.
The pedestrian protection system
may not activate under the following
conditions:
. The pedestrian impact is outside
the range of the sensors located
on the front bumper.
. The sensors on the front bumper
are damaged.
. The path of the lifting hood is
blocked by snow or ice. Clear
any ice or snow from the hood
before driving.
. Winter fronts, grille covers,
or other aftermarket equipment
is attached to the bumper.

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176 Driving and Operating
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information(Hatchback Models) . . . . . . . . . 231
General Towing Information (Station Wagon Models) . . . . . 231
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Towing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Driving Information
Distracted Driving
Distraction comes in many forms
and can take your focus from the
task of driving. Exercise good
judgment and do not let other
activities divert your attention away
from the road. Many local
governments have enacted laws
regarding driver distraction. Become
familiar with the local laws in
your area.
To avoid distracted driving, keep
your eyes on the road, keep your
hands on the steering wheel, and
focus your attention on driving.
. Do not use a phone in
demanding driving situations.
Use a hands-free method to
place or receive necessary
phone calls.
. Watch the road. Do not read,
take notes, or look up
information on phones or other
electronic devices. .
Designate a front seat
passenger to handle potential
distractions.
. Become familiar with vehicle
features before driving, such as
programming favorite radio
stations and adjusting climate
control and seat settings.
Program all trip information into
any navigation device prior to
driving.
. Wait until the vehicle is parked
to retrieve items that have fallen
to the floor.
. Stop or park the vehicle to tend
to children.
. Keep pets in an appropriate
carrier or restraint.
. Avoid stressful conversations
while driving, whether with a
passenger or on a cell phone.

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186 Driving and Operating
{Warning
Things inside the vehicle can
strike and injure people in a
sudden stop or turn, or in a
crash.
.Put things in the cargo
area of the vehicle. In the
cargo area, put them as
far forward as possible.
Try to spread the weight
evenly.
.Never stack heavier
things, like suitcases,
inside the vehicle so that
some of them are above
the tops of the seats.
(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
. Do not leave an
unsecured child restraint
in the vehicle.
.Secure loose items in the
vehicle.
.Do not leave a seat
folded down unless
needed.
Starting and
Operating
New Vehicle Break-In
Caution
The vehicle does not need an
elaborate break-in. But it will
perform better in the long run if
you follow these guidelines:
. Do not drive at any one
constant speed, fast or slow,
for the first 805 km (500 mi).
Do not make full-throttle
starts. Avoid downshifting to
brake or slow the vehicle.
. Avoid making hard stops for
the first 322 km (200 mi) or
so. During this time the new
brake linings are not yet
broken in. Hard stops with
new linings can mean
premature wear and earlier
replacement. Follow this
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Index 377
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
IndicatorVehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 54
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 30
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 276
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 160
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Lamps (cont'd)
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Front Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 223
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 225
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 136
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lighting Adaptive Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Lights
Adaptive Forward Lighting
(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 135
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Check Engine (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 135
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 138
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 139
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 160
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 130
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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378 Index
Lights (cont'd)Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 139
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 332 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 133
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Messages
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Mirrors Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 54
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283N
NavigationOnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 186
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 249
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 91
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 349
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
OnStar Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
OnStar Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
OnStar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Operation
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 355
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

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380 Index
RoofSunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 345
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 357
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 352
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . 296, 302
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 78
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 77
Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Seats (cont'd)
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 69
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 63
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 63
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Seats and Restraints Pedestrian Protection
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 106
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . 203
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 242
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 342
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 343
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Service (cont'd)
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 352
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 223
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Special Application Services . . . . 337
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188