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11-12 Service and Maintenance
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Engine Oil Use only engine oil meeting the dexos1™ specification of the proper SAE
viscosity grade. Look for the dexos1 approved logo for GM approved
engine oil. See Engine Oil on page 10-15.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL
®
Coolant. SeeEngine Coolant on page 10-30.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19299818, in Canada 19299819).
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.
Hydraulic Clutch System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19299818, in Canada 19299819).
Hydraulic Power Steering System GM Power Steering Fluid (GM Part No. U.S. 89020661, in Canada 89021186).
Parking Brake Cable Guides Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Automatic Transmission DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
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A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Active Fuel Management
®. . . . . 9-26
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21, 10-23, 10-24
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Passenger Sensing
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 3-17
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 5-15
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Antenna Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-98
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-104 Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Audio System Backglass Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Diversity Antenna System . . . . 7-12
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . . 7-2
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Shift Lock ControlFunction Check . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
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B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-95
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Voltage and Charging Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . 10-43
Bluetooth Overview . . . . . . . . . 7-20, 7-21, 7-25
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 5-19
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-47 Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44 Bulb Replacement (cont'd)
Headlamps, Front
Turn Signal, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . 10-44, 10-45
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . 10-47
Taillamps, Turn Signal, and Stoplamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-73
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . iii
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Cautions, Danger, and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 4-2
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-77
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . 5-16
Check
Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
IgnitionTransmission Lock . . . . . . . . 10-42
Child Restraints Infants and Young
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42, 3-44
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-48
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-98
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-104
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F
Filter,Engine AirCleaner . . . . . . . . 10-21, 10-23, 10-24
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 6-4
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-78
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-88
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-107
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . 10-20
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37
Fog Lamps Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Requirements, California . . . . . 9-53
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Fuses Engine CompartmentFuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-49
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-48
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-51
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . 5-48Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Engine Oil Temperature . . . . . . . 5-11
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Transmission Temperature . . . . 5-13
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 11-1
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
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LATCH, Lower Anchors andTethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Latches, Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Theater Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 5-19
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . 6-2
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 5-14
Taillamp Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22 Lights (cont'd)
Traction Control OFF/
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-16
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9 Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . 11-2
Recommended Fluids
and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-12
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . 5-16
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . 9-34 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Convertible Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 5-35
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Object Detection System . . . . . 5-37
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
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Track Events andCompetitive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21 Control OFF/StabiliTrakOFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . 9-44
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . 9-44
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
U
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-75
Universal Remote System . . . . . 5-48 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
IdentificationNumber (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-97 Vehicle Care
Storing the Tire Sealant
and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . 10-87
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-64
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
Vehicle Diagnostics
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Cautions and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . .iv
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37
Wheels Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-76
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-74
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-77