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The 2003 Buick Regal OwnerManual

SeatsandRestraintSystems ........................... 1-1 Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1

Front
Seats ............................................... 1-2 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2
RearSeats ............................................... 1-6 Towing ................................................... 4-31
Safety Belts .............................................. 1-7 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1
Child Restraints ....................................... 1-30 Service ..................................................... 5-3
Air
BagSystems ...................................... 1-50 Fuel ......................................................... 5-5
RestraintSystem Check ............................ 1-59 CheckingThingsUnder the Hood ............... 5-10
Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Headlamp Aiming ..................................... 5-50
Keys ........................................................ 2-2 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-52
DoorsandLocks ....................................... 2-9 Windshield WiperBladeReplacement ......... 5-57
Windows ................................................. 2-14 Tires ...................................................... 5-58
Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-16 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-80
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-18 Vehicle Identification ................................. 5-88
Mirrors .................................................... 2-31 Electrical System ...................................... 5-89
Onstar@System ...................................... 2-34 Capacities and Specifications ..................... 5-95
StorageAreas ......................................... 2-36 NormalMaintenanceReplacement Parts ...... 5-96
Sunroof .................................................. 2-37 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1
Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2
InstrumentPanelOverview .......................... 3-4 CustomerAssistance Information .................... 7-1
Climate Controls ...................................... 3-19 Customer Assistance Information .................. 7-2
WarningLights,Gagesand Indicators ......... 3-28 Reporting Safety Defects ............................ 7-8
Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-44 Index ................................................................ 1
Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-46
 Canadian Owners
YOU canobtain a French copy of this manual from your
dealer or from:
Helm, Incorporated
P.O. Box 07130
Detroit, MI 48207

GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, BUICK, the How to Use This Manual
BUCK Emblem and the name REGAL are registered
trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
This manual includes the latest information at the time it to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If
was printed. We reserve the right to make changes you do this, it will help you learn about the features and
after that time without further notice. For vehicles first controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find
sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of that pictures and words work together to explain things.
Canada Limited’’ for Buick Motor Division whenever it
appears in this manual.
Index
Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be
there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you A good place to look for what you need is the Index in
sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s
new owner can use it. in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it.

Litho in U.S.A. @Copyright General Motors Corporation 06/19/02

Part No. 10325195 A First Edition All Rights Reserved
Safety Warnings and Symbols I 1 You will
find
also a circle
with a slash through it in
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. this book. This safety
We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about symbol means “Don’t,’’
things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the “Don’t do this” or “Don’t let
warninq. this happen.”

Thesemeanthere is somet - that could hurt

you or other people.
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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 don’t, you
or others could be hurt.
Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols
Also, in this book you will find these notices: Your vehicle has components and labels that use
symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle,
Notice: These mean there is something that could are shown along with the text describing the operation
damage your vehicle. or information relating to a specific component, control,
message, gage or indicator.
A notice will tell you about something that can damage
If you need help figuring out a specific name of a
your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be
component, gage or indicator reference the following
covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the
topics in the Index:
notice will tellyou what to do to help avoid the
damage. Seats and Restraint Systems
Features and Controls
When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION
and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different Instrument Panel Overview
words . Climate Controls
You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use Warning Lights, Gagesand Indicators
the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. AudioSystems
EngineCompartmentOverview
Also see Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators on
page 3-28.

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These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle:

CAUTION
POSSIBLE
INJURY
A LATCH BOTH LAP AND
SHOULDER BELTS TO

DO
PROTECT
NOT
OCCUPANT
TWIST
SAFETY
BELT WHEN ATTACHING
48:@
*
LIGHTING
MASTER
SWITCH /8-
- \
ENGINE
COOLANT
TEMP

PROTECT
EYESBY
SHIELDING
@ FASTEN
BATTERY
CHARGING I-1
ENGINE
COOLANT
SEAT
BELTS PARKING p(- SYSTEM FAN

CAUSTIC
BATTERY
4CID COULD
MOVE SEAT
FULLY \!$!
/z
DO NOT INSTALL
A REAR-FACING
CHILD RESTRAINT
LAMPS

a
REARWARD*
CAUSE IN THIS SEATING
SECURE
BURNS POSITION
CHILD SEAT
COOLANT OWNERS
MANUAL
AVOID PULL BELT
DO NOT INSTALL A
SPARKS OR 'ORWARD-FACING
FLAMES COMPLETELY
CHILD RESTRAINT ENGINE OIL SERVICE
THEN SECURE
IN THIS SEATING PRESSUREw 4
CHILD SEAT
SPARK OR POSITION
\\Ib
FLAME
COULD
EXPLODE
POWER DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK LAMPS $0 ANTI-LOCK
BRAKES
(@) MANUAL
WINDOW
BATTERY
 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

Front Seats ............................ ......................... 1-2 Where to Put the Restraint ............................. 1-39
ManualSeats ...................... ......................... 1-2 Top Strap .................................................... 1-39
Six-WayPowerSeats ........... ......................... 1-2 Top Strap Anchor Location ............................. 4-40
Heated Seats ....................... ......................... 1-3 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Reclining Seatbacks .............. ......................... 1-3 Children (LATCH System) ........................... 1-41
HeadRestraints ................... ......................... 1-5 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the
Rear Seats ....................................................... 1.6 LATCH System ......................................... 1-43
Split Folding Rear Seat ................................... 1-6 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside
Seat Position ............................................ 1-44
Safety Belts ..................................................... 1.7
Securing a Child Restraint in a Center Rear
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-7 Seat Position ............................................ 1-46
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-11 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-12 Seat Position ............................................ 1-47
Driver Position .............................................. 1-12
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .................. 1-20 Air Bag Systems ............................................ 1-50
Right Front Passenger Position ....................... 1-21 Where Are the Air Bags? ............................... 1-53
Center Passenger Position ............................. 1-21 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? .................... 1-55
Rear Seat Passengers .................................. 1-23 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? ..................... 1-55
How Does an Air Bag Restrain? ...................... 1-56
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for Children
and Small Adults ....................................... 1-26 What Will You See After an Air Bag Inflates? ... 1-56
Safety Belt Extender ..................................... 1-29 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle ......... 1-58
Child Restraints ............................................. 1-30 Restraint System Check .................................. 1-59
Older Children .............................................. 1.30 Checking Your Restraint Systems ...................1-59
Infants and Young Children ............................ 1.32 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a
Child Restraint Systems .............................. 1-36 Crash ...................................................... 1-59

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Front Seats Six-Way Power Seats
Your vehicle is equipped
Manual Seats with this feature on the
driver’s side of the vehicle.
It may also be equipped
with this feature on
the passenger’s side of the
vehicle. The controls for
the power seats are
located on the outboard
sides of the seat cushions.

To move the seat forward or rearward, push the

control forward or rearward.
To raise or lower the entire seat, push the control
up or down.
To raise or lower the front of your seat, push the
front of the control up or down.
Lift the bar located under the front of the passenger’s
seat. This will unlock the seat. Slide the seat to To raise or lower the rear of your seat, push the
where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the rear of the control up or down.
seat to be sure the seat is locked into place.

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Heated Seats Reclining Seatbacks

If your vehicle is equipped with heated seats, the Lift the lever located on the outboard side of the seat to
driver’s side and passenger’s side switches are located release the seatback, then move the seatback to
on the center console, just behind the automatic where you want it. Release the lever to lock the
transaxle shift lever. Press LO to warm the seat to a seatback in place. Pull up on the lever without pushing
lower temperature. Press HI to warm the seat to a higher on the seatback and the seatback will move forward.
temperature. To turn this feature off, return the switch
to its center position.

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 Sitting in a reclined Po:-..:on when your vt..-cle
is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you
buckle up, your safety belts can’t do their job
when you’re reclined like this.
The shoulder belt can’t do its job because it
won’t be against your body. Instead, it will be
in front of you. In a crash you couldgo into it,
receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt can’t do its job either. In a crash
the belt couldgo up over your abdomen. The
belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic
bones. This could cause serious internal
injuries.
But don’t have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is
moving. For proper protection when the vehicle is in
motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit
well back in the seat and wear your safety belt
properly.

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Head Restraints Adjust your head restraint so that the top of the restraint
is closest to the top of your head. This position
reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash.
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Rear Seats To return the seatback to its original position, push it
back up and make sure it latches.

Split Folding Rear Seat

If your vehicle has this
feature it allows you to
have access to the trunk
from inside of your vehicle.
Pull forward on the seat
tab, located on the front of
the rear seat, to fold the
rear seatback down.

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Safety Belts
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
It is extremel- langerous to ride in a cargo
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety area, inside or outside of vehicle.
a In a
belts properly. It also tells you some things you should collision, people riding in these areas are more
not do with safety belts. likely to be seriously injured or killed.Do not
allow people to ride inany area of your vehicle
that is not equipped with seats and safety
belts. Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in a
seat and using a safety belt properly.
Do.. - let __-,
m e ride -~ lere he or she can’t
~

wear a safety belt properly. If you arein a

crash and you’re not wearing a safety belt,
your injuries can be much worse. You can hit
things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it.
You can be seriously injured or killed.In the
same crash, you might not be, if you are
buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt,
and check that your passengers’ belts are
fastened properlytoo.

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 Your vehicle has a light Why Safety Belts Work
that comes on as a
reminder to buckle up. See When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as
Safety Belt Reminder it goes.
Light on page 3-30

in most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law

says to wear safety belts. Here’s why: They work.
You never know if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a
crash, you don’t know if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so
serious that even buckled up, a person wouldn’t survive.
But most crashes are in between. In many of them,
people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk
away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt
or killed.
After more than 30 years of safety belts in vehicles, the
facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter... a lot!
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat on
wheels.

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a,
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The person keeps going until stopped by something. IF or the instrument panel...
a real vehicle, it could be the windshield...

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 Questions and Answers About
Safety Belts

Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle after an

accident if I’m wearing a safety belt?
A: You could be - whether you’re wearing a safety
belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt,
even if you’re upside down. And your chance
of being conscious during and after an accident, so
you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if
you are belted.

or the safety belts!

With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does.
You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance,
and your strongest bones take the forces. That’s why
safety belts make such good sense.

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Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I have to How to Wear Safety Belts Properly
wear safety belts?
This part is only for people of adult size.
A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in
most of them in the future. But they are Be aware that there are special things to know about
supplemental systems only; so they work with safety belts and children. And there are different
safety belts - not instead of them. Every air bag rules for smaller children and babies. If a child will be
system ever offered for sale has required the use of riding in your vehicle, see Older Children on page 1-30
safety belts. Even if you’re in a vehicle that has or lnfants and Young Children on page 7-32. Follow
air bags, you still have to buckle up to get the most those rules for everyone’s protection.
protection. That’s true not only in frontal collisions, First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
but especially in side and other collisions. vehicle has.
We’ll start with the driver position.
Q: If I’m a good driver, and I never drive far from
home, why should I wear safety belts?
Driver Position
A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
accident - even one that isn’t your fault - you and This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
your passengers can be hurt. Being a good
driver doesn’t protect you from things beyond your Lap-Shoulder Belt
control, such as bad drivers.
The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear it
Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of properly.
home. And the greatest number of serious injuries
and deaths occur at speeds of less than 40 mph 1. Close and lock the door.
(65 km/h). 2. Adjust the seat so you can sit up straight. To see
Safety belts are for everyone. how, see “Seats” in the Index.

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4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.

Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is
secure. If the belt isn’t long enough, see Safety
Belt Extender on page 1-29.
Make sure the release button on the buckle is
positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the
safety belt quickly if you ever had to.

3. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt
across you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt
go back slightly to unlock it. Then pull the belt
across you more slowly.

5. To make the lap part tight, pull down on the buckle

end of the belt as you pull up on the shoulder belt.

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