2010 CHEVROLET EQUINOX ECU

12-6 Customer Information
Roadside Assistance
Program
For U.S. purchased vehicles, call
1‐800‐243‐8872; (Text telephone
(TTY): 1‐888‐889‐2438).
For Canadian purchased vehicles,
call1-800-268-6800.
Service is available 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
Calling for Assistance
When calling Roadside Assistance,
have the following information
ready:
.Your name, home address, and
home telephone number
.Telephone number of your
location
.Location of the vehicle
.Model, year, color, and license
plate number of the vehicle
.Odometer reading, Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN), and
delivery date of the vehicle
.Description of the problem
Coverage
Services are provided up to 5 years/
100,000 miles (160 000 km),
whichever comes first.
In the U.S., anyone driving the
vehicle is covered. In Canada, a
person driving the vehicle without
permission from the owner is not
covered.
Roadside Assistance is not a part of
the New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
Chevrolet and General Motors of
Canada Limited reserve the right to
make any changes or discontinue
the Roadside Assistance program at
any time without notification.
Chevrolet and General Motors of
Canada Limited reserve the right to
limit services or payment to an
owner or driver if they decide the claims are made too often, or the
same type of claim is made many
times.
Services Provided
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:
Delivery of enough fuel for the
vehicle to get to the nearest
service station.
.Lock‐Out Service:
Service is
provided to unlock the vehicle if
you are locked out. A remote
unlock may be available if you
have OnStar
®. For security
reasons, the driver must present
identification before this service
is given.
.Emergency Tow From a Public
Road or Highway: Tow to the
nearest Chevrolet dealer for
warranty service, or if the vehicle
was in a crash and cannot be
driven. Assistance is also given
when the vehicle is stuck in the
sand, mud, or snow.

12-16 Customer Information
OnStar®
If your vehicle has OnStar and you
subscribe to the OnStar services,
please refer to the OnStar Terms
and Conditions for information on
data collection and use. See also
OnStar
®Systemon page 4‑39in
this manual for more information.
Navigation System
If your vehicle has a navigation
system, use of the system may
result in the storage of destinations,
addresses, telephone numbers, and
other trip information. Refer to the
navigation system operating manual
for information on stored data and
for deletion instructions.
Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID)
RFID technology is used in some
vehicles for functions such as tire
pressure monitoring and ignition
system security, as well as in
connection with conveniences such
as key fobs for remote door locking/
unlocking and starting, and
in-vehicle transmitters for garage
door openers. RFID technology in
GM vehicles does not use or record
personal information or link with any
other GM system containing
personal information.
Radio Frequency
Statement
This vehicle has systems that
operate on a radio frequency that
comply with Part 15 of the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
Rules and with RSS-210/211 of
Industry Canada.
Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
1. The device may not cause interference.
2. The device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause
undesired operation of the
device.
Changes or modifications to any of
these systems by other than an
authorized service facility could void
authorization to use this equipment.

i-2 INDEX
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . 9-26
Bluetooth . . . . 6-42, 6-43, 6-46, 6-58
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 8-28
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34 Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3, 9-31
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Headlamps, Front TurnSignal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30 Bulb Replacement (cont.)
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Sidemarker, Stoplamps,
and Backup Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 8-54
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Camera, Rear Vision . . . . . . . . . . 8-49
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . iv
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21 Cargo
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Cautions, Danger, and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
CD DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 3-1
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-58
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . 4-16
Check
Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 9-25
Child Restraints Infants and YoungChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51, 2-54
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Where to Put the Restraint . . . 2-43

i-6 INDEX
J
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . 4-31
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . 1-3
Keyless Entry System . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . 5-2
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 4-16
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 LATCH System
Replacing Parts After a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51
Latch, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Liftgate Carbon Monoxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Light StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23 Lights (cont.)
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . 5-1
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 4-14
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Locks Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . 4-22
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
SYSTEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

INDEX i-9
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . 9-72
Reimbursement Program,GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . 2-36
Replacing LATCH System
Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts After a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . 12-14
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29 Ride Control Systems
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 11-4
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Replacing After a Crash . . . . . . 2-22
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 2-21 Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . 12-14
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . . 10-2
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . 12-8
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 2-5
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 2-3
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51, 2-54
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

i-12 INDEX
U
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . . . 8-46
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Using this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
V
Vehicle Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-72
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46 Vehicle Identification
Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Service Parts Identification
Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Vehicle Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
W
Warning Lights, Gauges,
and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Cautions and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . .iv
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21 Wheels
Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Where to Put the Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . 9-26
Wipers Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8