2007 Buick Rendezvous Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ....................... 7 Front Seats .............................................. 9 Rear Seats ............................................. 15 Safety Belts ............................................ 30 Child Restraints ...................................... 57 Airbag System ........................................ 88 Restraint System Check ....................... 104 Features and Controls .............................. Keys ..................................................... Doors and Locks .................................. Windows ............................................... Theft-Deterrent Systems ....................... Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ..... Mirrors .................................................. OnStar® System ................................... Universal Home Remote System .......... Storage Areas ...................................... Sunroof ................................................ 107 109 114 120 122 127 142 144 147 158 169 M 171 174 200 211 225 235 250 Instrument Panel ....................................... Instrument Panel Overview ................... Climate Controls ................................... Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators .......................................... Message Center ................................... Driver Information Center (DIC) ............ Audio System(s) ................................... Driving Your Vehicle ................................. 301 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..................................... 302 Towing ................................................. 337 Service and Appearance Care .................. Service ................................................. Fuel ...................................................... Checking Things Under the Hood ......... Bulb Replacement ................................ Windshield Replacement ....................... 351 354 356 362 399 404 1 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..................................... Tires ..................................................... Appearance Care .................................. Vehicle Identification ............................. Electrical System .................................. Capacities and Specifications ................ 404 406 451 461 462 469 Maintenance Schedule .............................. 471 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 472 Customer Assistance Information ............. 491 Customer Assistance and Information ... 492 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 508 Index .......................................................... 513 2 This manual describes features that may be available in this model, but your vehicle may not have all of them. For example, more than one entertainment system may be offered or your vehicle may have been ordered without a front passenger or rear seats. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, BUICK, the BUICK Emblem, and the name RENDEZVOUS are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes after that time without notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name "General Motors of Canada Limited" for Buick Motor Division whenever it appears in this manual. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is needed while you are on the road. If the vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15860822 A First Printing © 2006 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 3 How to Use This Manual Many people read the owner manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn about the features and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work together in the owner manual to explain things. {CAUTION: These mean there is something that could hurt you or other people. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you do not, you or others could be hurt. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol means "Do Not," "Do Not do this" or "Do Not let this happen." Index A good place to quickly locate information about the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual and the page number where it can be found. Safety Warnings and Symbols There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. 4 Vehicle Damage Warnings Also, in this manual you will find these notices: Notice: These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle. A notice tells about something that can damage the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your vehicle's warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help avoid the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. Vehicle Symbols The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to a specific component, control, message, gage, or indicator. If you need help figuring out a specific name of a component, gage, or indicator, reference the following topics: · Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 · Features and Controls in Section 2 · Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 · Climate Controls in Section 3 · Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 · Audio System(s) in Section 3 · Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 5 These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: 6 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Right Front Passenger Position ................... 46 Rear Outside Passenger Positions .............. 47 Center Rear Passenger Position .................. 51 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 53 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 56 Safety Belt Extender ................................... 56 Child Restraints ............................................ 57 Older Children ............................................. 57 Infants and Young Children ......................... 60 Child Restraint Systems .............................. 64 Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 68 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) .................................... 69 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Seat Position .............................. 79 Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Rear Seat Position ................................... 82 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position .................................. 84 Front Seats ..................................................... 9 Manual Seats ................................................ 9 Power Seats ............................................... 10 Manual Lumbar ........................................... 10 Heated Seats .............................................. 11 Memory Seat and Mirrors ............................ 11 Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 13 Head Restraints .......................................... 15 Rear Seats .................................................... 15 Rear Seat Operation ................................... 15 Split Bench Seats ....................................... 15 Captain Chairs ............................................ 21 Stowable Seat ............................................. 26 Safety Belts .................................................. 30 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 30 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ............................................. 34 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 35 Driver Position ............................................. 36 Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 45 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 46 7 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Passenger Sensing System ......................... 98 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .... 102 Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ........................ 103 Restraint System Check ............................. 104 Checking the Restraint Systems ................ 104 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Crash ......................................... 105 Airbag System .............................................. 88 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 91 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 93 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 95 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 96 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ................................................... 96 8 Front Seats Manual Seats Use the lever located under the front of the seat to adjust the seat forward or rearward. {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. Your vehicle may have manual seats. Pull the lever up to unlock the seat. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the lever. To make sure the seat is locked into place, try to move the seat back and forth with your body. 9 Power Seats If the vehicle has power seats, the controls used to operate them are located on the outboard side of the seats. Manual Lumbar The knob that controls this feature is located on the outboard sides of the driver's and front passenger's seats. To adjust the seat, do any of the following: · Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the control forward or rearward. · Raise or lower the front part of the seat cushion by moving the front of the control up or down. · Raise or lower the rear part of the seat cushion by moving the rear of the control up or down. Turn the knob toward the front of the vehicle to increase lumbar support. Turn the knob toward the rear of the vehicle to decrease lumbar support. 10 Heated Seats Your vehicle may have heated seats. If it does, the heated seat switches are located in the instrument panel switchbank. Memory Seat and Mirrors If your vehicle has this feature, the controls are located on the driver's door panel and are used to store and recall the driver's seat position and the outside rearview mirror position. This feature will quickly heat the seat cushions and lower back of the driver's and front passenger's seat. The left switch is for the driver's seat and the right switch is for the front passenger's seat. Press the top of the switch to turn the heater on. Press the bottom of the switch to turn the heater off. The heated seat switch will turn off when the ignition is turned to OFF and will resume operation when the ignition is turned to ON, unless the switch is turned off. The settings for these features can be personalized for both driver 1 and driver 2. Driver 1 and driver 2 correspond to the memory buttons labeled 1 and 2 on the driver's door and to the numbers, 1 or 2, on the back of the remote keyless entry transmitters. 11 To store the memory settings, do the following: 1. Adjust the driver's seat and the outside rearview mirrors to the position you would like for driving. 2. Press and hold memory button 1 for more than three seconds. A double beep will sound when the memory seat and mirror position have been stored. To store the seat and outside rearview mirror positions for a second driver, follow the previous steps, but press button 2 instead. To recall your stored positions, your vehicle must be in PARK (P). Press and release the memory button (1 or 2) corresponding to the desired driving position. The seat and the outside rearview mirrors will move to the position previously stored for the identified driver. You will hear one beep. To store an exit position for each driver, do the following: 1. Move the seat to the desired exit position. 2. Hold the button with the exit symbol, located below the memory buttons, for more than three seconds. The exit position stored will be for the most recently selected driving position (1 or 2). A double beep will sound when the exit position is stored. To use the exit feature, your vehicle must be in PARK (P). Press and release the button with the exit symbol and the seat will move to the exit position stored for the most recently select ...