Service and appearance care, Service and appearance care -1 – Buick 2005 Terraza User Manual

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

Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside

of Your Vehicle ...........................................5-5

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

Gasoline Octane ............................................5-5
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-5
California Fuel ...............................................5-6
Additives .......................................................5-6
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-7
Filling the Tank ..............................................5-8
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .....................5-10

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

Hood Release ..............................................5-11
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-12
Engine Oil ...................................................5-13
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-16
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-17
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-19
Engine Coolant .............................................5-21
Radiator Pressure Cap ..................................5-23
Engine Overheating .......................................5-24
Overheated Engine Protection

Operating Mode ........................................5-26

Cooling System ............................................5-26

Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-32
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-32
Brakes ........................................................5-33
Battery ........................................................5-36
Jump Starting ...............................................5-36

All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-41

Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-42

Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-43
Headlamps and Sidemarker Lamps .................5-43
Front Turn Signal, Parking and Daytime

Running Lamps (DRL) ................................5-44

Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps and

Back-up Lamps .........................................5-45

Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-46

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-46

Tires ..............................................................5-47

Tire Sidewall Labelling ...................................5-48
Tire Terminology and Definitions .....................5-50
Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-53
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-54
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-55
Buying New Tires .........................................5-56
Uniform Tire Quality Grading ..........................5-57
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance ..................5-58

Section 5

Service and Appearance Care

5-1

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