2010 GMC TERRAIN airbag

9-62 Vehicle Care
Different Size Tires and
Wheels
If you add wheels or tires that are a
different size than your original
equipment wheels and tires, this
could affect the way your vehicle
performs, including its braking, ride
and handling characteristics,
stability, and resistance to rollover.
Additionally, if your vehicle has
electronic systems such as anti‐lock
brakes, rollover airbags, traction
control, and electronic stability
control, the performance of these
systems can be affected.
{WARNING
If you add different sized wheels,
your vehicle may not provide an
acceptable level of performance
and safety if tires not
recommended for those wheels
are selected. You may increase
the chance that you will crash and
suffer serious injury. Only use GM
specific wheel and tire systems
developed for your vehicle, and
have them properly installed by a
GM certified technician.
See Buying New Tires
on
page 9‑60and Accessories and
Modificationson page 9‑3for
additional information.
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading
Quality grades can be found
where applicable on the tire
sidewall between tread shoulder
and maximum section width.
For example:
Treadwear 200 Traction AA
Temperature A
The following information relates
to the system developed by the
United States National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), which grades tires
by treadwear, traction, and
temperature performance. This
applies only to vehicles sold in
the United States. The grades
are molded on the sidewalls
of most passenger car tires.

Customer Information 12-11
Insuring Your Vehicle
Protect your investment in your GM
vehicle with comprehensive and
collision insurance coverage. There
are significant differences in the
quality of coverage afforded by
various insurance policy terms.
Many insurance policies provide
reduced protection to your GM
vehicle by limiting compensation for
damage repairs by using
aftermarket collision parts. Some
insurance companies will not
specify aftermarket collision parts.
When purchasing insurance, we
recommend that you assure your
vehicle will be repaired with GM
original equipment collision parts.
If such insurance coverage is not
available from your current
insurance carrier, consider switching
to another insurance carrier.If your vehicle is leased, the leasing
company may require you to have
insurance that assures repairs with
Genuine GM Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) parts or
Genuine Manufacturer replacement
parts. Read your lease carefully, as
you may be charged at the end of
your lease for poor quality repairs.
If a Crash Occurs
If there has been an injury, call
emergency services for help. Do not
leave the scene of a crash until all
matters have been taken care of.
Move the vehicle only if its position
puts you in danger, or you are
instructed to move it by a police
officer.
Give only the necessary information
to police and other parties involved
in the crash.
For emergency towing see
Roadside Assistance Program
on
page 12‑6. Gather the following information:
.Driver's name, address, phone
number
.Driver's license number
.Owner's name, address, phone
number
.Vehicle license plate
.Vehicle make, model and
model year
.Vehicle Identification
Number (VIN)
.Insurance company and policy
number
.General description of the
damage to the other vehicle
Choose a reputable repair facility
that uses quality replacement parts.
See “Collision Parts” earlier in this
section.
If the airbag has inflated, see What
Will You See After an Airbag
Inflates? on page 2‑32.

Customer Information 12-15
Vehicle Data
Recording and
Privacy
Your GM vehicle has a number of
sophisticated computers that record
information about the vehicle’s
performance and how it is driven.
For example, your vehicle uses
computer modules to monitor and
control engine and transmission
performance, to monitor the
conditions for airbag deployment
and deploy airbags in a crash and,
if so equipped, to provide antilock
braking to help the driver control the
vehicle. These modules may store
data to help your dealer/retailer
technician service your vehicle.
Some modules may also store data
about how you operate the vehicle,
such as rate of fuel consumption or
average speed. These modules may
also retain the owner’s personal
preferences, such as radio pre-sets,
seat positions, and temperature
settings.
Event Data Recorders
This vehicle has an Event Data
Recorder (EDR). The main purpose
of an EDR is to record, in certain
crash or near crash-like situations,
such as an airbag deployment or
hitting a road obstacle, data that will
assist in understanding how a
vehicle's systems performed. The
EDR is designed to record data
related to vehicle dynamics and
safety systems for a short period of
time, typically 30 seconds or less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed
to record such data as:
.How various systems in your
vehicle were operating
.Whether or not the driver and
passenger safety belts were
buckled/fastened
.How far, if at all, the driver was
pressing the accelerator and/or
brake pedal
.How fast the vehicle was
traveling This data can help provide a better
understanding of the circumstances
in which crashes and injuries occur.
Important:
EDR data is recorded
by your vehicle only if a non-trivial
crash situation occurs; no data is
recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal
data (e.g., name, gender, age, and
crash location) is recorded.
However, other parties, such as law
enforcement, could combine the
EDR data with the type of
personally identifying data routinely
acquired during a crash
investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR,
special equipment is required, and
access to the vehicle or the EDR is
needed. In addition to the vehicle
manufacturer, other parties, such as
law enforcement, that have the
special equipment, can read the
information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR.

INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-66
Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 2-38
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . 9-13
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . 2-32 Airbag System (cont.)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 2-27
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 4-15
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Alarm System Anti-Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 8-38, 9-26
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Antenna Multi-Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Anti-Theft Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Alarm System Messages . . . . . 4-34 Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-39
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-85
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-89
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Audio System
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . . 6-2
Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . 8-35
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
Shiftlock Control SystemCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . 6-27, 6-30

i-6 INDEX
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . 8-19
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . 8-41
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-28
Ignition Transmission LockCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . 4-4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii, 6-1
J
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-78
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . 4-33
Keyless Entry Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . 1-3
Keyless Entry System . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . 5-2
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 4-17
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
LATCH System
Replacing Parts After aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Latch, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . 2-49
Liftgate
Carbon Monoxide . . . . . . . . . 1-8, 1-9
Light StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

INDEX i-7
Lights (cont.)Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . 5-2
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 4-14
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Locks Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . 4-24
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
SYSTEM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Maintenance Schedule Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . 10-2
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . 4-17
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
Mass Storage Media (MEM) . . . 6-24
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Anti-Theft Alarm System . . . . . . 4-34
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 4-31
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32 Messages (cont.)
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Object Detection System . . . . . 4-33
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Park Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Multi-Band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

i-8 INDEX
N
Navigation SystemVehicle Data Recordingand Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-16
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 9-12
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 2-41
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
OnStar
®System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41 Operation, Infotainment
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Overview Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Overview, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3, 6-5
P
ParkShifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
Park Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Parking Assist, Ultrasonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-47
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 8-33
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 Passenger Sensing System . . . 2-33
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 9-3
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . 6-41, 6-42, 6-45, 6-56
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 8-29
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Privacy Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) . . . . . . . 12-16
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 12-8
Proposition 65 Warning, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

INDEX i-9
R
Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . . 12-16
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-16
Radios AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
CD/DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Rear Seat Entertainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . 8-50
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 4-8
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7 Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 8-54
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . 9-81
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . 2-40
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts After a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-58
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 11-4
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34