Service and appearance care – Buick 2004 Rendezvous User Manual

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

Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-3
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 .......................................................5-6
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-6
Filling Your Tank ............................................5-7
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 ...................................................5-14
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-19
Automatic Transaxle Fluid ..............................5-21
Engine Coolant .............................................5-23
Radiator Pressure Cap ..................................5-25
Engine Overheating .......................................5-26
Cooling System ............................................5-29
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-36
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-37
Brakes ........................................................5-38

Battery ........................................................5-42
Jump Starting ...............................................5-43

All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-48

Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-50

Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-50
Headlamps ..................................................5-50
Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker and Parking

Lamps .....................................................5-52

Taillamps, Turn Signal, and Stoplamps ............5-52
Taillamps and Back-Up Lamps .......................5-53
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-54

Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-55

Tires ..............................................................5-57

Inflation - Tire Pressure .................................5-64
Check Tire Pressure System ..........................5-65
Tire Inspection and Rotation ...........................5-67
When It Is Time for New Tires .......................5-69
Buying New Tires .........................................5-70
Uniform Tire Quality Grading ..........................5-71
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance ..................5-72
Wheel Replacement ......................................5-72
Tire Chains ..................................................5-74
Accessory Inflator .........................................5-74

Section 5

Service and Appearance Care

5-1

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