2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX automatic transmission

10-6 Service and Maintenance
ServiceMaintenanceIMaintenance
II
Change engine oil and filter. Reset oil life system. ••
Engine coolant level check. ••
Windshield washer fluid level check. ••
Tire inflation pressures check. ••
Tire wear inspection. ••
Rotate tires. ••
Fluids visual leak check. ••
Engine air cleaner filter inspection (vehicles driven in dusty conditions only). ••
Brake system inspection. ••
Steering and suspension inspection. •
Engine cooling system inspection. •
Windshield wiper blades inspection. •
Body components lubrication. •
Restraint system components check. •
Automatic transmission fluid level check. •
Engine air cleaner filter inspection (vehicles not driven in dusty conditions). •

Service and Maintenance 10-7
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Engine Oil Engine oil which meets GM Standard GM6094M and displays the
American Petroleum Institute Certified for Gasoline Engines starburst
symbol. To determine the proper viscosity for the vehicle's engine, see
Engine Oil on page 9‑10.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL
®Coolant.
See Engine Coolant on page 9‑15.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. U.S. 12377967, in
Canada 89021320).
Windshield Washer Optikleen
®Washer Solvent.
Hydraulic Power Steering System (V6 engines only) DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.

Technical Data 11-3
ApplicationCapacities
Metric English
Transmission Fluid (Drain and Refill)
2.4L L4 6–Speed Automatic* 8.5 L 9.0 qt
3.0L V6 6–Speed Automatic* 9.0 L 9.5 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 170 Y125 ft lb
*See Automatic Transmission Fluid
on page 9‑12for information on checking fluid level.
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.
Engine Specifications
Engine VIN CodeTransmission Spark Plug Gap
2.4L L4 WAutomatic 0.9 mm (0.035 in)
3.0L V6 YAutomatic 1.1 mm (0.043 in)

INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 2-35
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . 9-13
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28 Airbag System (cont.)
What Will You See After
an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 2-25
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 4-15
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Alarm System Anti-Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 8-38, 9-24
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Antenna Multi-Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Anti-Theft Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Alarm System Messages . . . . . 4-32 Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-75
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Audio System
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . . 6-2
Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . 8-35
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
Shiftlock Control SystemCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . 6-28, 6-31

i-4 INDEX
DVDRear Seat Entertainment
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
DVD/CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
E
ECO Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
Economy Mode Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . 9-6
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15 Engine (cont.)
Coolant Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Cooling System Messages . . . 4-29
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 8-34
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-63
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . 12-15
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 5-1
F
Filter
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 5-2
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Flat Tire, Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 9-12
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 5-3, 9-31
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-53 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-55
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Economy Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-57
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-56
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . . 8-54

INDEX i-7
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Maintenance Schedule Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . 10-2
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . 4-16
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
Mass Storage Media (MEM) . . . 6-25
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Anti-Theft Alarm System . . . . . . 4-32
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 4-29
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30 Messages (cont.)
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Object Detection System . . . . . 4-31
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Park Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Multi-Band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
N
Navigation System Vehicle Data Recordingand Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-16
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . 8-28
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 9-11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 2-37
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
OnStar
®System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39

i-10 INDEX
ServiceAccessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Maintenance Records . . . . . . 10-10
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 11-1
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-12
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 12-8
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 2-34
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33 Sidemarker
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
StabiliTrak System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43
StabiliTrak
®OFF Light . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Stoplamps and Back-Up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Storage Mass Media (MEM) . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
System Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
System Check Automatic TransmissionShiftlock Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25

INDEX i-11
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 12-4
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . 1-13 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9, 4-10
Tires Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-58
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Inflation Monitor System . . . . . . 9-49
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21 Tires (cont.)
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 9-47
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 8-58
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-63
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 8-57
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 9-72
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-61
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 8-64
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-72 Traction
Control System (TCS) . . . . . . . . 8-41
Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 8-64
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-61
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-35
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32