Buick 2011 Regal Manual De Usuario

Driving and Operating

9-1

Driving and
Operating

Driving Information

Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-8
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-11
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-12

Starting and Operating

New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-16
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Retained Accessory

Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18

Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20

Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Parking Over Things

That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22

Engine Exhaust

Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Running the Vehicle While

Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24

Automatic Transmission

Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-24
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27

System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28

Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-31

Ride Control Systems

Traction Control

System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31

Electronic Stability

Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33

Interactive Drive Control

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34

Cruise Control

Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36

Object Detection Systems

Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-38

Fuel

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . 9-42
California Fuel

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42

Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 9-42
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Fuel E85 (85% Ethanol) . . . . . 9-43
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Filling a Portable Fuel

Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46

Towing

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46

Conversions and Add-Ons

Add-On Electrical

Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47