Buick 2012 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Buick Regal Owner Manual - 2012

Driving and Operating

9-1

Driving and

Operating

Driving Information

Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7

Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-7

Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8

If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-10

Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-10

Starting and Operating

New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-15

Ignition Positions (Key

Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15

Ignition Positions (Keyless

Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17

Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-19

Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23

Retained Accessory

Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24

Shifting Into Park (Automatic

Transm ission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25

Shifting out of Park (Automatic

Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

Parking over Things

That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27

Engine Exhaust

Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27

Running the Vehicle While

Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28

Automatic Transmission

Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-28

Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31

Manual Transmission

Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . 9-32

Brakes

Antilock Brake

System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33

Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34

Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36

Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-37

Ride Control Systems

Traction Control

System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37

StabiliTrak

System . . . . . . . . . 9-39

Interactive Drive Control

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41

Cruise Control

Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42