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2009 Buick Lucerne Owner Manual M
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Seats and Restraint System Driving Your Vehicle
Head Restraints ......................................... 1-2
Your Driving, the Road, and the Vehicle ....... 4-2
Front Seats ............................................... 1-4
Towing ................................................... 4-23
Rear Seats .............................................. 1-12
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Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer/retailer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 1-800-551-4123 helminc.com GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, BUICK, the BUICK Emblem, and the name LUCERNE are Propriétaires Canadiens registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. On peut obtenir un exemplaire de ce guide en français This manual includes the latest information at the time it auprès de concessionnaire ou à l’adresse
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Safety Warnings and Symbols { CAUTION: A circle with a slash through it is a safety These mean there is something that could hurt symbol which means you or other people. “Do Not,” “Do not do this” or “Do not let this happen.” Cautions tell what the hazard is and what to do to avoid or reduce the hazard. Read these cautions. A notice tells about something that can damage the A box with the word CAUTION is used to tell about vehicle. things that could hurt you or others if you were to ignore the w
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I : Cruise Control Vehicle Symbols B : Engine Coolant Temperature The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along O : Exterior Lamps with the text describing the operation or information relating to a specific component, control, message, # : Fog Lamps gage, or indicator. . : Fuel Gage M : This symbol is shown when you need to see your owner manual for additional instructions or information. + : Fuses * : This symbol is shown when you need to see a
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint System Head Restraints ...............................................1-2 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-44 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Front Seats ......................................................1-4 Children (LATCH) ......................................1-45 Manual Seats ................................................1-4 Securing a Child Restraint in a Power Seats ..................................................1-5 Rear Seat Po
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Head Restraints The vehicle’s front seats have adjustable head restraints in the outboard seating positions. { CAUTION: With head restraints that are not installed and adjusted properly, there is a greater chance that occupants will suffer a neck/spinal injury in a crash. Do not drive until the head restraints for all occupants are installed and adjusted properly. Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the restraint is at the same height as the top of the occupant’s head. This position red
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Pull the head restraint up to raise it. To lower the head restraint, press the button, located on the top of the seatback, and push the restraint down. Push down on the head restraint after the button is released to make sure that it is locked in place. The head restraints are not designed to be removed. 1-3
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If the vehicle has a manual seat, it can be moved Front Seats forward or rearward. 1. Lift the bar to unlock Manual Seats the seat. 2. Slide the seat to the desired position and { CAUTION: release the bar. You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. Try to move the seat w
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Power Seats Power Lumbar To adjust a power seat, do any of the following: On vehicles with power lumbar, the control is located on the outboard side of the front seats. � Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the control forward or rearward. Press the lumbar control forward or rearward to increase or decrease support in the lower seatback. � Raise or lower the front part of the seat cushion by moving the front of the control up or down. On vehicles with a four-way lumbar control, press th
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There are three temperature settings for each feature. Heated Seats A column of three lights next to the buttons will display which setting the feature is in: high, medium or low. Your vehicle may have heated front seats. To operate Three lights indicate the highest setting, two lights the heated seats, the ignition must be on. indicate medium and one light indicates the lowest The buttons are located on setting. the front doors. When you press a button, the feature will turn on at the highest s
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Press each button to turn on the desired feature. A light Heated and Cooled Seats on that button will display indicating which feature is on. The front seats may have the heated and cooled seat There are three temperature settings for each feature. feature. To heat or cool the seats, the ignition must A column of three lights next to the buttons will display be on. which setting the feature is in: high, medium or low. Three lights indicate the highest setting, two lights The buttons are located
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If you use the remote keyless entry transmitter to enter Memory Seat and Mirrors your vehicle and the remote recall memory feature is on, automatic seat and mirror movement occurs. On vehicles with the memory feature the buttons are located on the driver’s door. To stop recall movement of the memory feature, press one of the power seat controls, memory buttons, or 1: Saves the seating position for driver 1. power mirror buttons. 2: Saves the seating position for driver 2. If something has blocke
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If the seats have manual reclining seatbacks, the lever Reclining Seatbacks used to operate them is located on the outboard side of the seats. Manual Reclining Seatbacks { CAUTION: You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. Passenger’s Seat shown { CAUTION: To recline th
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To return the seatback to an upright position, do the Power Reclining Seatbacks following: 1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to the seatback and the seatback will return to the upright position. 2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked. Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control, Power Recline, and Power Lumbar shown If the seats have power reclining seatbacks, the controls used to operate them are located on the outboard side of the seats. � Tilt the top of the cont
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{ CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts cannot do their job when you are reclined like this. The shoulder belt cannot do its job. In a crash, you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt cannot do its job either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. For proper protect
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Center Seat Rear Seats Rear Seat Pass-Through Door Your vehicle has a pass-through door that provides access to the trunk from the rear seats. See “Rear Seat Pass-Through Door” under Trunk on page 2-13. Safety Belts Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone This section of the manual describes how to use safety belts properly. It also describes some things not to do with safety belts. Your vehicle may have a front center seat. This seat can be converted to a storage area by lowering the seatback. See
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{ CAUTION: { CAUTION: Do not let anyone ride where a safety belt cannot It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, be worn properly. In a crash, if you or your inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, people passenger(s) are not wearing safety belts, the riding in these areas are more likely to be seriously injuries can be much worse. You can hit things injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any inside the vehicle harder or be ejected from the area of your vehicle that
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In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law Why Safety Belts Work requires wearing safety belts. Here is why: When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as You never know if you will be in a crash. If you do have it goes. a crash, you do not know if it will be a serious one. A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so serious that even buckled up, a person would not survive. But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes wal
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Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider does not stop. 1-15
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The person keeps going until stopped by something. or the instrument panel... In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... 1-16
