Buick Encore 2022 User Manual

Buick Encore Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-15498924) -
2022 - CRC - 5/27/21
24 Seats and Restraints
Seats and Restraints
Head Restraints
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Front Seats
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Front Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat Belts
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . 32
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Seat Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 36
Seat Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Seat Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 41
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . 42
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . 42
What Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat
Belt in the Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat
Belt in the Front Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Head Restraints
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Warning
With head restraints that are not
installed and adjusted properly, there is a
greater chance that occupants will suffer
a neck/spinal injury in a crash. Do not
drive until the head restraints for all
occupants are installed and adjusted
properly.
Front Seats
The front seats have adjustable head
restraints in the outboard seating positions.

Buick Encore 2022 Specifications

General

Brand	Buick
Model	Encore 2022
Category	Automobile
Language	English