Buick 1997 Regal User manual

Supplement

the

1997

Buick Regal and Century Owner’s Manuals

This is acorrection to informationfound

page

6-40

(Regal

only)

and page

6-38

(Century only).

Inflation

Tire Pressure

The Tire-Loading Information label,which is

the inside

the trunk lid shows the correct inflation

pressures forpurtires when they’re cold. “Cold”means your vehicle has been sitting for at leastthree

hours or driven nomore than

mile

(1.6

km).

This is acorrection to informationfound

page

6-63

(Regal

only).

Engine

Crankcase

Oil and

Filter

Change

...

4.5

quarts

(4.2

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The

1997

Buick Regal Owner’s Manual

1-1

Seats and Restraint Systems

This section tells you how to use yourseats and safety belts properly. Italso explains the “air bag” system.

Features and Controls

This section explains how to start and operate your Buick.

Comfort Controls and Audio Systems

This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how tooperateyour audio system.

Your Driving and the Road

Here you’ll find helpful informationand tips about the road and how todrive under different conditions.

Problems onthe Road

This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheatedengine, etc.

Service and Appearance Care

Here the manual tells

you

how to keep your Buickrunning properly and lookinggood.

Maintenance Schedule

This section tells

you

when to perform vehicle maintenance and whatfluids and lubricantsto use.

Customer Assistance Information

This section tells you how to contact Buick for assistance and how

get service and owner publications.

It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects’’ onpage

8-8.

Index

Here’s an alphabeticallisting of almost every subject in this manual.

You

can use

to quickly find

somethingyou want

read.

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the GM Emblem,BUICK,

the BUZCK Emblem and the name REGAL are

registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation.

This manual includes the latest information at the time it

was printed. We reserve the right to make changes

the

product after that time without further notice.

For

vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name

We support voluntary

technician certification.

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THROUGH

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Institute

for

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Please keep this manual in your Buick,

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For Canadian Owners

Who

Prefer a

French Language Manual:

if youeverneed it when you’re on

the

road.

you sell

the vehicle, please leave thismanual in it

the

new

owner can use

it.

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@Copyright GeneralMotors Corporation 1996

iii

WalterMarr

and

Thomas Buick

Buick’s chief engineer, Walter

Marr (left), and

Thomas D.Buick, son of founder David Dunbar Buick,

drove the first

Flint

Buick in a successful Flint-Detroit

round trip in July 1904.

David Buick was building gasoline engines by 1899,

and Marr, his engineer, apparently built the first auto to

be called aBuick

1900.However, Buick traditionally

dates its beginnings to 1903.That was the year the

company was reorganized, refinanced and moved from

Detroit to Flint. Buick has always been a product

innovator. Buick engineers developed

the

“valve-in-head” engine, a light, powerfuland reliable

engine which would eventually influence the entire

automotive industry.

William

Durant was instrumentalin promoting

Buicks across the country using his Durant-Dort

Carriage

Co.

outlets and salespeople asthe nucleus

giant distribution system. He knew the Buick as a

“self-seller.”

automobiles could be this good, he

thought, maybe it was time to switch from the horse and

buggy business to automobiles.

William

(Billy)Durant

At the 1905New York

Auto Show, Durant

took

orders for1,000Buicks

before the company had

built

40.

On Buick’s

success, Durant created

holding company,

September

16,

1908.He

called it General Motors.

Durant also created aracing team that won

500

racing

trophies in 1909and 19

10,

including successesat

Indianapolis two years beforethe Indy

500

began.

The success

Buick engines was visible not only on

the race track, but in endurance tests across the country

and around theworld. Buick was the only car to

complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-NewYork race in

1906.And a Buickwas the first car

travel across

South America, driven from Buenos Aires,Argentina,

over the Andes to Santiago, Chilein 1914.

I911

Model

Touring Car

Buick

Test

Hill

Buick drew

plenty

attention because it could climb

hills and run through mud like no other car. Buick's

endurance and reliability were world famous.

During World War

Buick built Liberty aircraft engines

as well as Red Cross ambulances

successfully that

one Buick ambulance was awarded the Croix de Guerre

by the French government.

a builder of premier automobiles, Buick was hard hit

by the Great Depression.However, new General

Manager Harlow

Curtice created popular new models

including

the

Special and the Roadmaster. Buick sales

soon flourished.

First

Buick

Factory

World War

11,

Buick built aircraft engines, tanks and

other military hardware. This post-war period brought

great styling and engineering changeswhich resulted in

increased sales. Thetorque converter automatic

transmission, Dynaflow, was introduced in the 1948

Roadmaster. Buick’s famous “portholes” came along

in 1949.

1949

Roadmaster

high-compression

V-8

engine was introduced in 1953.

And Buick’s famous vertical pillar

“toothy”

grille

(introduced

1942)became more massive in the

post-war era.

I953

Skylark

Motor Trend

magazine

named

the

1962

Buick Special

“Car

the Year.” The firstproduction

V-6

engine

was

used

the Special.

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