Driving And Operating - Buick 2016 Regal Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 166
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 166
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 172
Ignition Positions (Keyless
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Ignition Positions (Key
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Shifting out of Park (Automatic
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 184
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . 186
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 191
Driving and Operating
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . 193
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 196
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 204
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 204
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Front Automatic Braking (FAB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 210
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
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