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Buick Encore GX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
14018934) - 2020 - CRC - 2/27/20
162 Infotainment System
Audio Players
Avoiding Untrusted Media
Devices
When using media devices such as
USB devices, and mobile devices,
consider the source. Untrusted
media devices could contain files
that affect system operation or
performance. Avoid use if the
content or origin cannot be trusted.
USB Port
Audio stored on a USB device may
be listened to.
This vehicle is equipped with two
USB ports in the center stack.
These ports are for data and
charging. There may also be two
USB ports for charging only at the
rear of the center console.
Caution
To avoid vehicle damage, unplug
all accessories and disconnect all
accessory cables from the vehicle
when not in use. Accessory
cables left plugged into the
vehicle, unconnected to a device,
could be damaged or cause an
electrical short if the unconnected
end comes in contact with liquids
or another power source such as
the accessory power outlet.
Playing from a USB
A USB mass storage device can be
connected to the USB port.
Audio extensions supported by the
USB are:
.MP3
. AAC
. OGG
. 3GP Gracenote
When plugging in a USB device,
Gracenote service builds voice tags
for music. Voice tags allow artists,
albums with hard to pronounce
names, and nicknames to be used
to play music through voice
recognition, if equipped.
While indexing, infotainment
features may be available
My Media Library
MyMedia is only available when
more than one indexed device is
connected. It allows access to
content from all indexed media
sources. MyMedia will show as an
available source in the
Source page.
USB MP3 Player and USB Devices
The USB MP3 players and USB
devices connected must comply
with the USB Mass Storage Class
specification (USB MSC).
To play a USB device:
1. Connect the USB.

Buick Encore GX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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Index 431
Carbon MonoxideEngine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Management System . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 93
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 115
Check Engine Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 74
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 216
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 413
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 427
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Controls
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . .112
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 218 Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . 182
Covers
Rear Compartment/StoragePanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 258
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Customer Information Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

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Index 435
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
LATCH SystemReplacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 148
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .117
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . .118
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 121
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 145 Lights (cont'd)
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . .113
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 122
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 390 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 115
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Map Data Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 162
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Mirror Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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440 Index
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 362
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 140Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Updates Map Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Using the Navigation System . . . 168
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 402
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 119 Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 363
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 79
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Windshield
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Winter Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 328
Wipers Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103