Buick Envision 2017 - Driving Information and Behavior

Buick Envision Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
10122659) - 2017 - crc - 6/10/16
172 Driving and Operating
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Driving Environment . . . . . . . . . . 173
Vehicle Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 177
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 178
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 179
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 184
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 192
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 196
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 197
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 202
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 209
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 210
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 219
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 221
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 224
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226