2009 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE steering wheel

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Accessories and Modications............................ 5-3
Accessory Power Outlets.................................3-19
Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle.......................................................1-77
Additives, Fuel................................................. 5-7
Add-On Electrical Equipment...........................5-107
Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal..................2-35
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine.................................5-19
Air Conditioning......................................3-20, 3-23
Airbag
Passenger Status Indicator...........................3-33
Readiness Light..........................................3-32
Airbag System................................................1-62
Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle...................................................1-77
How Does an Airbag Restrain?......................1-68
Passenger Sensing System...........................1-70
Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle..........1-76
What Makes an Airbag Inate?......................1-68
What Will You See After an Airbag Inates?....1-69
When Should an Airbag Inate?....................1-67
Where Are the Airbags?...............................1-65
Antenna, Fixed Mast......................................3-132
Antenna, XM™ Satellite Radio Antenna System . . . 3-132
Antilock Brake System (ABS)............................. 4-5
Antilock Brake, System Warning Light................3-37Appearance Care
Aluminum or Chrome-Plated Wheels.............5-105
Care of Safety Belts...................................5-102
Chemical Paint Spotting..............................5-106
Cleaning Exterior Lamps/Lenses..................5-103
Fabric/Carpet............................................5-101
Finish Care...............................................5-104
Finish Damage..........................................5-106
Instrument Panel, Vinyl, and Other Plastic
Surfaces...............................................5-102
Interior Cleaning........................................5-100
Leather....................................................5-102
Sheet Metal Damage..................................5-106
Tires........................................................5-105
Underbody Maintenance.............................5-106
Washing Your Vehicle.................................5-103
Weatherstrips............................................5-103
Windshield and Wiper Blades......................5-104
Appointments, Scheduling Service.....................7-10
Ashtray.........................................................3-20
Audio System.................................................3-76
Audio Steering Wheel Controls....................3-130
Fixed Mast Antenna...................................3-132
Navigation/Radio System, see Navigation
Manual.................................................3-108
Radio Reception........................................3-131
Rear Seat Audio (RSA)...............................3-128
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Electronic Immobilizer
PASS-Key®III+...........................................2-30
Electronic Immobilizer Operation
PASS-Key
®III+...........................................2-30
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter.........................................5-19
Check and Service Engine Soon Lamp...........3-39
Coolant......................................................5-25
Coolant Heater............................................2-36
Coolant Temperature Gage...........................3-38
Drive Belt Routing.......................................6-16
Engine Compartment Overview......................5-14
Exhaust.....................................................2-53
Fan Noise..................................................5-33
Oil .............................................................5-15
Oil Life System...........................................5-18
Overheated Protection Operating Mode...........5-33
Overheating................................................5-30
Starting......................................................2-34
Entry/Exit Lighting...........................................3-18
Event Data Recorders.....................................7-17
Extender, Safety Belt.......................................1-37
Exterior Cargo Lamps......................................3-17
Exterior Lamps...............................................3-14
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Filter
Engine Air Cleaner......................................5-19
Finish Damage.............................................5-106
Fixed Mast Antenna.......................................3-132
Flashers, Hazard Warning.................................. 3-6
Flash-to-Pass................................................... 3-8
Flat Tire........................................................5-79
Flat Tire, Changing.........................................5-80
Flat Tire, Storing.............................................5-95
Fluid
Automatic Transmission................................5-21
Power Steering...........................................5-34
Windshield Washer......................................5-35
Fog Lamp
Fog ...........................................................3-16
Fog Lamp Light..............................................3-43
Four-Wheel Drive....................................2-43, 5-46
Front Armrest Storage Area..............................2-76
Front Axle......................................................5-47
Fuel............................................................... 5-5
Additives...................................................... 5-7
California Fuel.............................................. 5-6
Driving for Better Economy............................. 4-2
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Service (cont.)
Doing Your Own Work................................... 5-4
Engine Soon Lamp......................................3-39
Publications Ordering Information...................7-15
Service, Scheduling Appointments.....................7-10
Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle..............1-76
Setting the Clock............................................3-77
Sheet Metal Damage.....................................5-106
Shifting Into Park............................................2-50
Shifting Out of Park........................................2-52
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change.......................... 3-7
Spare Tire.....................................................5-99
Installing....................................................5-86
Removing...................................................5-81
Storing.......................................................5-95
Specications, Capacities...............................5-116
Speedometer..................................................3-31
StabiliTrak
®Indicator Light...............................3-37
StabiliTrak®System.......................................... 4-6
Start Vehicle, Remote....................................... 2-7
Starting the Engine.........................................2-34
Steering.......................................................... 4-9
Steering Wheel Controls, Audio.......................3-130
Steering Wheel, Tilt Wheel................................. 3-6
Steps
Power Assist...............................................2-24
Storage Areas
All-Weather Cargo Area................................2-87
Center Console Storage Area........................2-76
Center Overhead Console.............................2-76Storage Areas (cont.)
Cupholders.................................................2-76
Front Armrest Storage Area...........................2-76
Glove Box..................................................2-76
Luggage Carrier..........................................2-77
Top-Box Storage..........................................2-92
Stuck in Sand, Mud, Ice, or Snow.....................4-32
Sun Visors.....................................................2-27
Sunroof.........................................................2-93
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Tachometer....................................................3-31
Tailgate.........................................................2-23
Taillamps
Turn Signal, Sidemarker, Stoplamps, and
Back-Up Lamps.......................................5-51
Theft-Deterrent, Radio....................................3-130
Theft-Deterrent Systems...................................2-28
Content Theft-Deterrent................................2-28
PASS-Key
®III+ Electronic Immobilizer............2-30
PASS-Key®III+ Electronic Immobilizer
Operation................................................2-30
Tilt Wheel........................................................ 3-6
Time, Setting..................................................3-77
Tire
Pressure Light.............................................3-38
Tires.............................................................5-55
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