Buick Regal Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-13557849) -
2020 - CRC - 6/25/19
6 Introduction
1.Air Vents 0161.
2. Turn and Lane-Change Signals
0150.
3. Instrument Cluster 0107.
Driver Information Center (DIC)
Display. See Driver Information
Center (DIC) 0128.
4. Windshield Wiper/Washer
0100.
5. Hazard Warning Flashers
0150.
6. Light Sensor. See Automatic
Headlamp System 0148.
7. Infotainment 0155.
8. Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control 0191.
9. Dual Automatic Climate Control
System 0156.
10. Transmitter Pocket. See Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation 08. 11.
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) 0215
(If Equipped).
Park Assist Button (If
Equipped). See Driver
Assistance Systems 0203.
Selective Ride Control (GS
Models Only) 0192.
12. Wireless Charging 0103 (If
Equipped).
13. Shift Lever. See Automatic
Transmission 0184.
14. Electric Parking Brake 0188.
15. ENGINE START/STOP Button (Out of View). See Ignition
Positions 0176.
16. Steering Wheel Controls 0100.
Driver Information Center (DIC)
Controls. See Driver
Information Center (DIC) 0128.
17. Horn 0100.
18. Steering Wheel Adjustment
0100 (Out of View). 19.
Cruise Control 0194 (If
Equipped).
Adaptive Cruise Control 0196
(If Equipped).
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System 0207 (If Equipped).
Heated Steering Wheel 0100
(If Equipped).
20. Hood Release. See Hood
0 233.
21. Exterior Lamp Controls 0147.
Fog Lamps 0150.
22. Instrument Panel Fuse Block Cover. See Instrument Panel
Fuse Block 0263.
23. Data Link Connector (DLC) (Out of View). See Malfunction
Indicator Lamp (Check Engine
Light) 0119.
24. Head-Up Display (HUD) 0133
(If Equipped).
25. Instrument Panel Illumination
Control 0151.
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Instruments and Controls 99
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 100
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . 100
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . 100
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . 100
Rear Window Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Engine Oil Temperature Gauge
(Uplevel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Engine Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Voltmeter Gauge (Uplevel) . . . . 116
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 117
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 118
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Charging System Light . . . . . . . 119
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . 119
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 123
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . 124
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . 124
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light (Uplevel) . . . . . 125
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 126 Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . 126
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 127
Adaptive Forward Lighting
(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . 127
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 128
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 128
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Information Displays
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . 133
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Engine Power Messages . . . . . 137
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 138
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 138
Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . . 143
Universal Remote System Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Universal Remote System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
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100 Instruments and Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel
Adjustment
To adjust the steering wheel:1. Pull the lever down.
2. Move the steering wheel up or down.
3. Pull or push the steering wheel closer or away from you.
4. Pull the lever up to lock the steering wheel in place. Do not adjust the steering wheel
while driving.
Steering Wheel Controls
The infotainment system can be
operated by using the steering
wheel controls. See
“Steering Wheel
Controls” in the infotainment
manual.
Heated Steering Wheel
(: If equipped, press to turn on or
off. A light near the button displays
when the feature is turned on. The steering wheel takes about
three minutes to start heating.
Horn
Pressaon the steering wheel pad
to sound the horn.
Windshield Wiper/Washer
With the ignition on or in ACC/
ACCESSORY, move the windshield
wiper lever to select the wiper
speed.
HI : Use for fast wipes.
LO : Use for slow wipes.
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Index 369
Frequency StatementRadio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 48
Front Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . 257
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 164
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 126
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 182
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 259 Fuses (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 143Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Gauges Engine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Engine Oil Temperature . . . . . . . .115
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 322
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 150
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256Adaptive ForwardLighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 127
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 148
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 128
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
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374 Index
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
StabiliTrakOFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 94
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 353
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 343
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 30 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Thigh Support Adjustment . . . . . . . 43
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Tires (cont'd)
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272, 273
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 275
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 274
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . 287, 293
Sealant and Compressor
Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Terminology and Definitions . . 269
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 284
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217