2018 BUICK REGAL lumbar support

Buick Regal Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-2nd Timed Print-U.S./Canada-
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In Brief 13
Lumbar Adjustment
Four-Way Shown, Two-WaySimilar
To adjust the lumbar support,
if equipped:
. Press and hold the front or rear
of the control to increase or
decrease lumbar support.
. If equipped, press and hold the
top or bottom of the control to
raise or lower lumbar support. Back Bolster AdjustmentTo adjust the back bolster support,
if equipped:
.
Press and hold the front of the
control to decrease back bolster
support.
. Press and hold the rear of the
control to increase back bolster
support.
Thigh Support Adjustment
If equipped, pull up on the lever.
Then pull or push on the support to
lengthen or shorten. Release the
lever to lock in place.
Massage
If equipped, the ignition must be on
to use the massage feature.

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Seats and Restraints 59
Seats and
Restraints
Head Restraints
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . 63
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Thigh Support Adjustment . . . . . 64
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heated and Ventilated FrontSeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seat Belts
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Seat Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Seat Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 78 Seat Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Replacing Seat Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . 81
When Should an AirbagInflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Passenger Sensing System . . . 85
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adding Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 90
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Infants and Young Children . . . . 93
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . 95
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . 97
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren (LATCH System) . . . . 98 Replacing LATCH System
Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . 104
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the
Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the
Front Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pedestrian Protection System
Pedestrian ProtectionSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Seats and Restraints 63
To adjust a manual seat:1. Pull up on the handle at the front of the seat.
2. Slide the seat to the desired position and release the
handle.
3. Try to move the seat back and forth to be sure it is locked in
place.
Seat Height Adjuster
If available, move the lever up or
down to manually raise or lower
the seat.
Power Seat Adjustment
To adjust a power seat, if equipped:
.Move the seat forward or
rearward by sliding the control
forward or rearward.
. Raise or lower the front part of
the seat cushion by moving the
front of the control up or down.
. Raise or lower the entire seat by
moving the rear of the control up
or down.
To adjust the seatback, see
Reclining Seatbacks 064. To adjust the lumbar support, see
Lumbar Adjustment
063.
Lumbar Adjustment
Four-Way Shown, Two-Way
Similar
To adjust the lumbar support,
if equipped:
. Press and hold the front or rear
of the control to increase or
decrease lumbar support.
. If equipped, press and hold the
top or bottom of the control to
raise or lower lumbar support.

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372 Index
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 206
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 238
Additional Information
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Thigh Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 251
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 85 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 81
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 132
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 223
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 197, 261
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 198 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326