Driving And Operating - Buick 2016 Envision Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Driving Environment . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vehicle Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 252
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 253
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 255
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 259
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 267
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 271
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 272
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 277
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 284
Driving and Operating
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 285
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Front Automatic Braking (FAB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 294
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 296
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 299
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
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