Buick 2010 Lacrosse - Manual (Page 225)

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
Brakes
Antilock Brake
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
Rear Vision
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