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INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Active Emergency Braking System . . . . . . . . 1-18, 9-52
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . 9-35
Adaptive Forward
Lighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Thigh Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . 10-13
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 3-26
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 5-17
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Alert Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 9-54
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39 All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . 9-25, 10-25
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-81
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-86
Armrest Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Armrest Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Level Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Shift Lock ControlFunction Check . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
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i-10 INDEX
Ride Control SystemsLimited Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . 9-31
Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Roadside Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-52
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-4
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . 3-24
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-22 Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-13
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . 13-7
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated and VentilatedFront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 3-7
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 3-6
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53, 3-55 Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-3
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Maintenance Records . . . . . . .11-16
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 12-1
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-7
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
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i-12 INDEX
Tires (cont'd)Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-52
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-47
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Pressure Monitor System . . . 10-47
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-52
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-68
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-58
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 9-64
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 9-64 Towing (cont'd)
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . 10-78
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-78
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . 9-31
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
U
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Universal Remote System . . . . . 5-55 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
IdentificationNumber (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-78
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . 5-23