Vehicle care, Vehicle care -1, Vehicle care 10-1 – Buick REGAL 2011 User Manual

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Buick Regal Owner Manual - 2011

Vehicle Care

10-1

Vehicle Care

General Information

General Information . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
California Proposition 65

Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

California Perchlorate

Materials Requirements . . . . 10-3

Accessories and

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

Vehicle Checks

Doing Your Own

Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Engine Compartment

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6

Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-13
Automatic Transmission

Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14

Manual Transmission

Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14

Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . 10-15
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . 10-21
Power Steering Fluid . . . . . . . 10-23
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . 10-28
Automatic Transmission Shift

Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

Ignition Transmission Lock

Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Park Brake and P (Park)

Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-29

Wiper Blade

Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Headlamp Aiming

Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Bulb Replacement

Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Headlamps, Front Turn

Signal and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
Taillamps, Turn Signal,

Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33

License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . 10-34
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . 10-34

Electrical System

Electrical System

Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35

Fuses and Circuit

Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36

Engine Compartment Fuse

Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36

Instrument Panel Fuse

Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40

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