Buick LaCrosse: Driving with a Trailer
Towing a trailer requires experience.
Get familiar with handling and braking with the added trailer weight. The vehicle is now longer and not as responsive as the vehicle is by itself.
Check all trailer hitch parts and attachments, safety chains, electrical connectors, lamps, tires, and mirror adjustments. If the trailer has electric brakes, start the vehicle and trailer moving and then apply the trailer brake controller by hand to be sure the brakes are working.
During the trip, check regularly to be sure that the load is secure, and the lamps and trailer brakes are working properly.
Pulling a Trailer
Here are some important points:
• There are many laws, including
speed limit restrictions that apply
to trailering. Check for legal
requirements.
• Do not tow a trailer at all during
the ...
Towing with a Stability Control
System
When towing, the sound of the
stability control system might be
heard. The system is reacting to the
vehicle movement caused by the
trailer, which mainly occurs during
cornering. This is nor ...
See also:
Passenger compartment
Passenger compartment
1. Rear window defroster switch.
2. Interior trunk lid release.
3. Trunk lid.
4. Vehicle loading.
5. Exterior trunk lid release/request button.
6. Replacing bulbs.
...
Engine compartment
Gasoline Engine
(2.4L) 1. Engine coolant reservoir 2. Engine oil filler cap 3. Brake fluid reservoir
4. Air cleaner 5. Fuse box 6. Negative battery terminal 7. Positive battery terminal
8. Auto ...
When there is no CD inserted
Insert a CD by referring to “How to insert a CD (type A)” F5-19 / “How to insert
a CD (s) (type B)” F5-19.
When a CD is loaded, the player will start playback of the CD, beginning with
th ...
