Buick 2016 Encore User Manual

Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
9234779) - 2016 - crc - 7/30/15
144 Driving and Operating
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Driving Environment . . . . . . . . . . 145
Vehicle Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 148
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 149
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 151
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 156
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 165
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Driver Assistance Systems
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . 174
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 184
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Buick 2016 Encore Specifications

General

Brand	Buick
Model	2016 Encore
Category	Automobile
Language	English