Service and appearance care, Service and appearance care -1 – Buick TERRAZA 2006 User Manual

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Service ............................................................5-3

Accessories and Modifications ..........................5-3
California Proposition 65 Warning .....................5-3
Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of Your

Vehicle ......................................................5-4

Fuel ................................................................5-4

Gasoline Octane ............................................5-4
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-5
California Fuel ...............................................5-5
Additives .......................................................5-5
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-6
Filling the Tank ..............................................5-6
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .......................5-9

Checking Things Under the Hood ....................5-10

Hood Release ..............................................5-11
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-12
Engine Oil ...................................................5-15
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-18
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-20
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-22
Engine Coolant .............................................5-24
Radiator Pressure Cap ..................................5-26
Engine Overheating .......................................5-27
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode ...5-29

Cooling System ............................................5-29
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-37
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-38
Brakes ........................................................5-39
Battery ........................................................5-42
Jump Starting ...............................................5-42

All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-47

Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-49

Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-49
Headlamps and Sidemarker Lamps .................5-49
Front Turn Signal, Parking and Daytime

Running Lamps (DRL) ................................5-51

Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and

Back-up Lamps .........................................5-51

Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-52

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-53

Tires ..............................................................5-54

Tire Sidewall Labeling ...................................5-55
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-57
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-60
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-61
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-62
Buying New Tires .........................................5-63

Section 5

Service and Appearance Care

5-1

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