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11-4 Service and Maintenance
.Check parking brake and
automatic transmission park
mechanism. SeePark Brake and
P (Park) Mechanism Check on
page 10-23.
.Check accelerator pedal for
damage, high effort, or binding.
Replace if needed.
.Visually inspect gas strut for
signs of wear, cracks, or other
damage. Check the hold open
ability of the strut. See your
dealer if service is required.
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INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Additional Information
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . 10-10
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 3-15
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 5-11
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Alert Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 9-42
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Antenna Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-72
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-77 Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Audio
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Audio System
Backglass Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Shift Lock Control
Function Check . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
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B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-69
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . 10-23
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 5-14
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25 Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
High Intensity Discharge(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . 10-25 Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-49C
California
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Cautions, Danger, and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-32
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 4-2
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . 5-11
Check Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
IgnitionTransmission Lock . . . . . . . . 10-22 Child Restraints
Infants and Young
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39, 3-41
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-72
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-77
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . 13-9
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . . 9-31
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Configure Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-60
Connections OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
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E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . 5-15
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Electrical System Engine Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 10-5
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . 5-9
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11
Cooling System Messages . . . 5-27
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3 Engine (cont'd)
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 9-22
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . 13-14
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 6-1F
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 6-3
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-54 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-63
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-81 Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 10-9
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Front Seats Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . . 9-47
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 5-19
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Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . 1-2
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . 2-17
Internet RadioPandora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
J
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-69
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . 5-29
Keyless Entry Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . 2-3
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . 10-36
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . 6-2
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 5-12 Lamps (cont'd)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
LATCH System
Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 5-14
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 5-15 Lights (cont'd)
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . 6-1
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 5-16
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Service Vehicle Soon . . . . . . . . . 5-14
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
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O
Object Detection SystemMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 10-8
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 3-26
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
OnStar
®
System, In Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
OnStar®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
OnStar®Destination
Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59
OnStar
®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2 Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . .13-11
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . 10-16
Overview, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
P
Pandora Internet Radio . . . . . . . . 7-22
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-23
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 9-21
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Passenger Sensing System . . . 3-20
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . 10-2 Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-75
Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 9-18
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Privacy
Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . 13-15
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-67
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 13-7
Proposition 65 Warning, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
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Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . 13-13
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . 13-7
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . 3-6
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 3-4
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 3-3
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39, 3-41
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Service
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-3
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Maintenance Records . . . . . . .11-14
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 12-1
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-11
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-7
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42 Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Storage Areas
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 10-62
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
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