Buick Encore 2022 User Manual

Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-15498924) -
2022 - CRC - 5/27/21
Driving and Operating 123
Driving and Operating
Driving Information
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Driving Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Vehicle Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Driving for Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 124
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Winter Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . 138
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Parking over Things That Burn . . . . . . . . 140
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . 141
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . 155
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . . 159
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Buick Encore 2022 Specifications

General

Brand	Buick
Model	Encore 2022
Category	Automobile
Language	English