
Black plate (8,1)Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban Owner Manual - 2011
i-8 INDEX
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Navigation SystemVehicle Data Recordingand Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
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Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Object Detection, Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 9-63
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . .10-11
Engine Oil Pressure
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 3-57 Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
OnStar
®System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Operation, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Overheated Engine
Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
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Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Park Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Parking Assist, Ultrasonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-34
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 9-36
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Passenger Sensing System . . . 3-49 Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . 10-3
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-48
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 9-34
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Privacy Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . 13-18
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . 13-10
Proposition 65 Warning, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

Black plate (9,1)Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban Owner Manual - 2011
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Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . . 13-18
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Radios AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
CD/DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31 Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Rear Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10, 8-11
Rear Seat Audio (RSA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
Rear Seat Entertainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Rear Seat Audio (RSA) . . . . . . . 7-46
Rear Seats
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Rear Side Window Antenna . . . 7-14
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . 9-66
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 5-6 Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 9-72
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-10
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-93
Reimbursement Program,
GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2, 2-3
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Replacement Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . 3-56
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73 Replacing Safety Belt
System Parts After a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-16
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-63
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Ride Control Systems Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7, 13-10
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-63
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-4
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38

Black plate (10,1)Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban Owner Manual - 2011
i-10 INDEX
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Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Replacing After a Crash . . . . . . 3-40
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-38
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-16
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . . 11-3
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-10
Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated and VentilatedFront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 Seats (cont.)
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 3-6
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 3-4
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11, 3-15
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Second Row Seats . . . . . . 3-11, 3-15
Secondary Latch System . . . . . 10-85
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-74, 3-77
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Service Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-4
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Maintenance Records . . . . . . .11-10
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 12-1
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
Scheduling Appointments . . . 13-10 Servicing the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 3-54
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Side Blind Zone Alert . . . . . . . . . . 9-63
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-97
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
StabiliTrak
®Indicator Light . . . . 5-26
StabiliTrak®System . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 10-32
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14