Buick 2010 lacrosse Manual De Usuario

Driving and Operating

8-1

Driving and
Operating

Driving Information

Driving for Better Fuel

Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 8-9
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 8-11
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Starting and Operating

New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 8-17
Ignition Positions (Key

Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18

Ignition Positions (Keyless

Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19

Retained Accessory

Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20

Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Parking Over Things

That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26

Engine Exhaust

Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Running the Vehicle While

Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27

Automatic Transmission

Automatic Transmission . . . . . 8-28
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30

Drive Systems

All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31

System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31

Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34

Ride Control Systems

Traction Control

System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35

Electronic Stability

Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36

Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . 8-37
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . 8-37

Cruise Control

Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38

Object Detection Systems

Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 8-40
Side Blind Zone

Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-42

Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-45

Fuel

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 8-48
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . 8-49
California Fuel

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-49

Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 8-49
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51
Filling a Portable Fuel

Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52