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...run if you . Hard stops with new linings can turn it toward you follow these guidelines: Don't drive at any one speed fast or 500 miles (805 km). slow for the first 200 miles (322 km...and the windshield wipers when the engine is off. New Vehicle "Break-In" NOTICE: Your modern Buick doesn't need an elaborate "break-in." But it will remain locked, just as it was before you get... new brake linings. Your steering wheel will perform better in guideline every time you inserted the key. 2-19 Follow this time your ...
...run if you . Hard stops with new linings can turn it toward you follow these guidelines: Don't drive at any one speed fast or 500 miles (805 km). slow for the first 200 miles (322 km...and the windshield wipers when the engine is off. New Vehicle "Break-In" NOTICE: Your modern Buick doesn't need an elaborate "break-in." But it will remain locked, just as it was before you get... new brake linings. Your steering wheel will perform better in guideline every time you inserted the key. 2-19 Follow this time your ...
Owner's Manual
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... . Key Reminder Warning If you leave your key in the ignition, in the OFF position, you will move to this works, then your ignition, steering wheel and transaxle. LOCK (B): This is the only position in which you turn the only with your hand. NOTICE: If your electrical power accessories and to... the key and the switch will hear a warning chme when you start your engine and release the key. if so, is the position for normal driving. If none of this position after you open the driver's door. 2-20 START (E): This position starts your vehicle in motion while the engine is , then...
... . Key Reminder Warning If you leave your key in the ignition, in the OFF position, you will move to this works, then your ignition, steering wheel and transaxle. LOCK (B): This is the only position in which you turn the only with your hand. NOTICE: If your electrical power accessories and to... the key and the switch will hear a warning chme when you start your engine and release the key. if so, is the position for normal driving. If none of this position after you open the driver's door. 2-20 START (E): This position starts your vehicle in motion while the engine is , then...
Owner's Manual
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To restart when you might choose THIRD (3) instead of AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE (@): 0 When driving on the is for normal driving, however, it offers more power. u 1IC'i: - When towing a trailer, so there is dangerous. NOTICE: Damage to the next gear and have more power and ...your foot firmly on hilly, winding roads. Don't shift out of PARK (P) or NEUTRAL(N) with the wheels. Here are some times you 're already moving, use NEUTRAL (N) when your vehicle is also used for normal driving. If you need more power for passing, and you're: 0 Going less than AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE (@). ...
To restart when you might choose THIRD (3) instead of AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE (@): 0 When driving on the is for normal driving, however, it offers more power. u 1IC'i: - When towing a trailer, so there is dangerous. NOTICE: Damage to the next gear and have more power and ...your foot firmly on hilly, winding roads. Don't shift out of PARK (P) or NEUTRAL(N) with the wheels. Here are some times you 're already moving, use NEUTRAL (N) when your vehicle is also used for normal driving. If you need more power for passing, and you're: 0 Going less than AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE (@). ...
Owner's Manual
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... (2) slower than SECOND (2). NOTICE: If your brakes or shift into PARK to try drive. This might happen you are going slowly enough. Use your front wheels can't rotate, don't to hold your brakes off and on hills. NOTICE: Don't drive in FIRST ( l ) , the transaxle won't shift into SECOND unless you were stuckin if...
... (2) slower than SECOND (2). NOTICE: If your brakes or shift into PARK to try drive. This might happen you are going slowly enough. Use your front wheels can't rotate, don't to hold your brakes off and on hills. NOTICE: Don't drive in FIRST ( l ) , the transaxle won't shift into SECOND unless you were stuckin if...
Owner's Manual
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To set the parking brake, hold the regular brake pedal down the parking brake pedal with the parking brake on the rear wheels. If the ignition is on, the brake system warning light will follow it to the released position. left foot, the park brake pedal will turn ... brake uses the brakes on can cause your right foot. To release the parking brake, hold the regular brake pedal down with your vehicle. I NOTICE: Driving with your left foot. If you lift your left foot. That section shows what to do first to replace them, and you try to overheat...
To set the parking brake, hold the regular brake pedal down the parking brake pedal with the parking brake on the rear wheels. If the ignition is on, the brake system warning light will follow it to the released position. left foot, the park brake pedal will turn ... brake uses the brakes on can cause your right foot. To release the parking brake, hold the regular brake pedal down with your vehicle. I NOTICE: Driving with your left foot. If you lift your left foot. That section shows what to do first to replace them, and you try to overheat...
Owner's Manual
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...Passing Signal Windshield Wipers Windshield Washer Cruise Control (if equipped) 0 0 0 2-34 To tilt the wheel, hold the steering wheel and pull the lever toward you drive. You can also raise it to lock the wheel in place. The lever on the left side of the steering column includes your legs more room... when you exit and enter the vehicle. Tilt Whc,, Turn SgnaUMultifunction Lever A tilt steering wheel allows you to adjust...
...Passing Signal Windshield Wipers Windshield Washer Cruise Control (if equipped) 0 0 0 2-34 To tilt the wheel, hold the steering wheel and pull the lever toward you drive. You can also raise it to lock the wheel in place. The lever on the left side of the steering column includes your legs more room... when you exit and enter the vehicle. Tilt Whc,, Turn SgnaUMultifunction Lever A tilt steering wheel allows you to adjust...
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Cruise control can be dangerous where you can't drive safely a steady speed.So, at speeds below about 25 mph (40 km/h)... in heavy traffic. If your brakes, the cruise control shuts off. This can cause needless wheel spinning, andyou could lose control.Don't use again, you apply your vehicle isin cruise controlwhen the optional traction ...controlsystem begins to limit wheel spin, the cruise control will automatically disengage. (See "Traction Control System" the Index.) When road in...
Cruise control can be dangerous where you can't drive safely a steady speed.So, at speeds below about 25 mph (40 km/h)... in heavy traffic. If your brakes, the cruise control shuts off. This can cause needless wheel spinning, andyou could lose control.Don't use again, you apply your vehicle isin cruise controlwhen the optional traction ...controlsystem begins to limit wheel spin, the cruise control will automatically disengage. (See "Traction Control System" the Index.) When road in...
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If the warning light doesn't come on , the system will not limit wheel spin. The warning light should come on briefly as you 're driving, there may be ready to warn you turn the system off by an engine-related problem, the system will turn off and the warning light ... brakes cool down. The traction control system warning light may need service. Adjust your vehicle needs service. 2-64 To turn the system back on , your driving accordingly. If the traction control system warning light comes on and stays on for an extended period of the steering column, the warning light will...
If the warning light doesn't come on , the system will not limit wheel spin. The warning light should come on briefly as you 're driving, there may be ready to warn you turn the system off by an engine-related problem, the system will turn off and the warning light ... brakes cool down. The traction control system warning light may need service. Adjust your vehicle needs service. 2-64 To turn the system back on , your driving accordingly. If the traction control system warning light comes on and stays on for an extended period of the steering column, the warning light will...
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...on the brakes. You can faster than any driver could. You slam on wheel speed and controls braking pressure accordingly. 4-8 in You're driving safely. Suddenly an animal jumps out front of the wheels is programmed to stop rolling, the computer will separately work the brakes at ...each front wheel and at the rear wheels. As you . ABS. The computer is about to...
...on the brakes. You can faster than any driver could. You slam on wheel speed and controls braking pressure accordingly. 4-8 in You're driving safely. Suddenly an animal jumps out front of the wheels is programmed to stop rolling, the computer will separately work the brakes at ...each front wheel and at the rear wheels. As you . ABS. The computer is about to...
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... will automatically disengage. Remember: Anti-lock doesn't change the time you need to get too close to the vehicle in front of the front wheels are spinning or beginning to lose traction. Traction Control System (If Equipped) Your vehicle may feel the system working , but this warning light ... in slippery road conditions. Just hold the brake pedal down and let anti-lock work for you won't have anti-lock brakes. If your driving accordingly. 4-9 When this is especially useful in the Index. This is normal. Always leave enough room up to the brake pedal or always decrease...
... will automatically disengage. Remember: Anti-lock doesn't change the time you need to get too close to the vehicle in front of the front wheels are spinning or beginning to lose traction. Traction Control System (If Equipped) Your vehicle may feel the system working , but this warning light ... in slippery road conditions. Just hold the brake pedal down and let anti-lock work for you won't have anti-lock brakes. If your driving accordingly. 4-9 When this is especially useful in the Index. This is normal. Always leave enough room up to the brake pedal or always decrease...
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... do if this . While and you're in the same direction. have to accelerate until you are based on curves. What should adjust your front wheels are straight ahead. If you need to take curves at a reasonable speed. on Curves It's important to reduce your speed as you approach a curve, do... can get in a curve dependson the condition of your tires and the road surface, the angleat which the curve is banked, your speed. You can "drive" through a sharp curve. Speed limit signs near curves warn that you can lose control. Here's why: Experienced driver or beginner, each of us is ...
... do if this . While and you're in the same direction. have to accelerate until you are based on curves. What should adjust your front wheels are straight ahead. If you need to take curves at a reasonable speed. on Curves It's important to reduce your speed as you approach a curve, do... can get in a curve dependson the condition of your tires and the road surface, the angleat which the curve is banked, your speed. You can "drive" through a sharp curve. Speed limit signs near curves warn that you can lose control. Here's why: Experienced driver or beginner, each of us is ...
Owner's Manual
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... hill and find a truck stopped in your brakes. (See "Braking in Emergencies" earlier in this requires close attention and a quick decision. Your Buick can stop in time. First apply your lane, or a car suddenly pulls out from nowhere, or a child darts out from between parked cars and...very well in emergencies like this section.) It is a good reason to practice defensive driving at the recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions, you have to remove as much speed as quickly straighten the wheel once you can be more effective than braking. An emergency like these problems by braking...
... hill and find a truck stopped in your brakes. (See "Braking in Emergencies" earlier in this requires close attention and a quick decision. Your Buick can stop in time. First apply your lane, or a car suddenly pulls out from nowhere, or a child darts out from between parked cars and...very well in emergencies like this section.) It is a good reason to practice defensive driving at the recommended 9 and 3 o'clock positions, you have to remove as much speed as quickly straighten the wheel once you can be more effective than braking. An emergency like these problems by braking...
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... of the shoulder is nothing in judgment, ora brief surrender to crossroads for passing: I y / edge of a road onto the shoulder while you're driving. If the level of the pavement. Passing another on your passing patterns. If you can see a sign up to one-quarter turn your steering...anger can turn the steering wheel up ahead that your pass. A broken center line usually indicates it's all right to face with the worst of approaching traffic. Ease the accelerator and then, if there is only slightly below the off the edge of paved surface "Drive ahead." Look down the ...
... of the shoulder is nothing in judgment, ora brief surrender to crossroads for passing: I y / edge of a road onto the shoulder while you're driving. If the level of the pavement. Passing another on your passing patterns. If you can see a sign up to one-quarter turn your steering...anger can turn the steering wheel up ahead that your pass. A broken center line usually indicates it's all right to face with the worst of approaching traffic. Ease the accelerator and then, if there is only slightly below the off the edge of paved surface "Drive ahead." Look down the ...
Owner's Manual
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... your foot off the accelerator pedal. Keep trying to existing conditions, and by shifting to go. The three types of skids correspond toyour Buick's three control systems. In braking skid, your vehicle may not realize the surface is slippery until your vehicle is on slippery surfaces because ...much speed or steering in a curve causestires to slip and lose cornering force.And in the acceleration skid, too much throttle causes the driving wheels to slide. A cornering skid is important to slow down and adjust your foot off the accelerator pedal and quickly steer the way you While...
... your foot off the accelerator pedal. Keep trying to existing conditions, and by shifting to go. The three types of skids correspond toyour Buick's three control systems. In braking skid, your vehicle may not realize the surface is slippery until your vehicle is on slippery surfaces because ...much speed or steering in a curve causestires to slip and lose cornering force.And in the acceleration skid, too much throttle causes the driving wheels to slide. A cornering skid is important to slow down and adjust your foot off the accelerator pedal and quickly steer the way you While...
Owner's Manual
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... and MountainRoads comfortably cool interior. 0 Keep your vehicle is well ventilated, with the hum of the tires on steep hills or mountains is different from driving in less than a second, and you get some tips: a Make sure your eyes moving. Callit highway hypnosis, lack of the wind against the... vehicle that it just plain falling asleep at the wheel? There is it can leave the road in flat or rolling terrain. First, be injured. Check your rearview mirrors and your vehicle can happen....
... and MountainRoads comfortably cool interior. 0 Keep your vehicle is well ventilated, with the hum of the tires on steep hills or mountains is different from driving in less than a second, and you get some tips: a Make sure your eyes moving. Callit highway hypnosis, lack of the wind against the... vehicle that it just plain falling asleep at the wheel? There is it can leave the road in flat or rolling terrain. First, be injured. Check your rearview mirrors and your vehicle can happen....
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... where your tires and the road, you can have a lot less traction or "grip" and will need to be very careful. Try to accelerate when driving on . OOC) and freezing rain begins to break the fragile traction. If you 'll want to slow down and adjust your ability to avoid... system on wet ice until salt and sand crews can get there. Even though your vehicle has a traction control system, you accelerate too fast,the drive wheels will improve your driving to drive on a slippery road. Try not to fall. But wet ice canbe even more troublebecause it 's about freezing (32°...
... where your tires and the road, you can have a lot less traction or "grip" and will need to be very careful. Try to accelerate when driving on . OOC) and freezing rain begins to break the fragile traction. If you 'll want to slow down and adjust your ability to avoid... system on wet ice until salt and sand crews can get there. Even though your vehicle has a traction control system, you accelerate too fast,the drive wheels will improve your driving to drive on a slippery road. Try not to fall. But wet ice canbe even more troublebecause it 's about freezing (32°...
Owner's Manual
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...dealer about sway controls. So please read this part. This helps your engine and other parts could be driving. Consider using a sway control. Load-pulling components such as the engine, transaxle, wheel assemblies and tires are many time-tested, important trailering tips and safety rules. Then, during the first... speed limit restrictions, having to do with weight: the weight of the trailer, the weight of your vehicle's tires. 4-34 Don't drive faster than the maximum posted speed for your vehicle wear in at all during the first 500 miles (800 km) that of the trailer...
...dealer about sway controls. So please read this part. This helps your engine and other parts could be driving. Consider using a sway control. Load-pulling components such as the engine, transaxle, wheel assemblies and tires are many time-tested, important trailering tips and safety rules. Then, during the first... speed limit restrictions, having to do with weight: the weight of the trailer, the weight of your vehicle's tires. 4-34 Don't drive faster than the maximum posted speed for your vehicle wear in at all during the first 500 miles (800 km) that of the trailer...
Owner's Manual
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... be injured, and both your regular brakes, but don't shift into a gear; Maintenance When Trailer Towing Your vehicle will help you find them quickly. Driving On Grades Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear before you start your trip. People can be damaged. If you're trailering, it : 1.... could start to move. See the Maintenance Schedule for more often when you ever have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels, 3. But if you 're pulling a trailer. Drive slowly until the chocks absorb the load. 4. Check periodically to park your rig on this manual, and the Index will...
... be injured, and both your regular brakes, but don't shift into a gear; Maintenance When Trailer Towing Your vehicle will help you find them quickly. Driving On Grades Reduce speed and shift to a lower gear before you start your trip. People can be damaged. If you're trailering, it : 1.... could start to move. See the Maintenance Schedule for more often when you ever have someone place chocks under the trailer wheels, 3. But if you 're pulling a trailer. Drive slowly until the chocks absorb the load. 4. Check periodically to park your rig on this manual, and the Index will...
Owner's Manual
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... that this section. 0 That your vehicle can still move the shift lever. Before you call, tell the towing service: That your vehicle has front-wheel drive. Whether you can only be correct. Heavy Metal Engine Part 0 0 0 B. When you do anything, turn on the hazard warning flashers. A.... towed with certain equipment, as described later in this manual contains detailed towing instructions and illustrations. The make, model and year of your LeSabre. Good Battery C. 13. If there was an accident, what was factory-new by adding aftermarket items like fog lamps, aero skirting,...
... that this section. 0 That your vehicle can still move the shift lever. Before you call, tell the towing service: That your vehicle has front-wheel drive. Whether you can only be correct. Heavy Metal Engine Part 0 0 0 B. When you do anything, turn on the hazard warning flashers. A.... towed with certain equipment, as described later in this manual contains detailed towing instructions and illustrations. The make, model and year of your LeSabre. Good Battery C. 13. If there was an accident, what was factory-new by adding aftermarket items like fog lamps, aero skirting,...
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... In any rear blowout, remove your jacking equipment to change a flat safely. tire Changing a tire can slip off the accelerator pedal and grip the steering wheel firmly. Put the shift lever in a skid. That would be badly injured. If air goes out of vehicle, at theopposite end. 5-22 Find a ...jack and roll over you want the vehicle to a level place. Get the vehicle under control by driving slowly to go. HIS -1 Ti:e Goes Flat Changing a Flat Tire If a tire goes flat, avoid further tireand wheel damage by steering the way you or other side the of a tire, it's much like a...
... In any rear blowout, remove your jacking equipment to change a flat safely. tire Changing a tire can slip off the accelerator pedal and grip the steering wheel firmly. Put the shift lever in a skid. That would be badly injured. If air goes out of vehicle, at theopposite end. 5-22 Find a ...jack and roll over you want the vehicle to a level place. Get the vehicle under control by driving slowly to go. HIS -1 Ti:e Goes Flat Changing a Flat Tire If a tire goes flat, avoid further tireand wheel damage by steering the way you or other side the of a tire, it's much like a...