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Buick LaCrosse Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-12032549) -
2019 - crc - 8/20/18
OnStar 353
Languages
The vehicle can be programmed to
respond in multiple languages.
Press
Qand ask for an Advisor.
Advisors are available in English,
Spanish, and French. Available
languages may vary by country.
Potential Issues
OnStar cannot perform Remote
Door Unlock or Stolen Vehicle
Assistance after the vehicle has
been off continuously for 10 days
without an ignition cycle. If the
vehicle has not been started for
10 days, OnStar can contact
Roadside Assistance or a locksmith
to help gain access to the vehicle.
Global Positioning
System (GPS)
. Obstruction of the GPS can
occur in a large city with tall
buildings; in parking garages;
around airports; in tunnels and
underpasses; or in an area with
very dense trees. If GPS signals
are not available, the OnStar
system should still operate to call OnStar. However, OnStar
could have difficulty identifying
the exact location.
. In emergency situations, OnStar
can use the last stored GPS
location to send to emergency
responders.
A temporary loss of GPS can cause
loss of the ability to send a
Turn-by-Turn Navigation route. The
Advisor may give a verbal route or
may ask for a call back after the
vehicle is driven into an open area.
Cellular and GPS Antennas
Cellular reception is required for
OnStar to send remote signals to
the vehicle. Do not place items over
or near the antenna to prevent
blocking cellular and GPS signal
reception.
Unable to Connect to OnStar
Message
If there is limited cellular coverage
or the cellular network has reached
maximum capacity, this message may come on. Press
Qto try the
call again or try again after driving a
few miles into another cellular area.
Vehicle and Power Issues
OnStar services require a vehicle
electrical system, wireless service,
and GPS satellite technologies to be
available and operating for features
to function properly. These systems
may not operate if the battery is
discharged or disconnected.
Add-on Electrical Equipment
The OnStar system is integrated
into the electrical architecture of the
vehicle. Do not add any electrical
equipment. See Add-On Electrical
Equipment 0233. Added electrical
equipment may interfere with the
operation of the OnStar system and
cause it to not operate.
Vehicle Software Updates
OnStar or GM may remotely deliver
software updates or changes to the
vehicle without further notice or
consent. These updates or changes
may enhance or maintain safety,

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362 Index
ArmrestRear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Armrest Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 210
Auto Stop Stop/Start System . . . . . . . 178, 179
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
B
BatteryExterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Battery (cont'd)
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . .255, 301, 302
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 256
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 124
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . 196
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Braking System Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . 218
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 175
Bulb Replacement
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
High Intensity Discharge(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 259
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
California
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . 235, 255, 301, 302,
Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 103
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 122
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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364 Index
DrivingAssistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 214
Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 26
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 169
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 171
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 193
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 125
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 261
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Electrical System (cont'd)
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 238
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Overheated Protection Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 186
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Engine Oil Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . .118 Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 347
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 149
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 150
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
F
FeaturesMemory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 151
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 245
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 216

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366 Index
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 169
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 195
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Indicator
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Information Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 344
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 47
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301, 302
K
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 29
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 269
Lamps Cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 150
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Sun Visor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 220
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 222
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 126
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Lighting Adaptive Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 153
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Lights Adaptive Forward Lighting(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 124
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 125
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 127
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 128

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368 Index
Operating ModeOverheated Engine
Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode . . . . 252
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Parking Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 185
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 210
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 77
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 236 Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 181
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 69
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 347
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 341
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . 235, 255, 301, 302,
Back Cover
Publication Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 345
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 210
Rear Window Sunshade . . . . . . . . . 50
Rearview MirrorsAutomatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recommended
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 306
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 83