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13-10 Customer Information
recommend that you ensure that the
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 the vehicle is leased, the leasing
company may require you to have
insurance that ensures repairs with
Genuine GM Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) parts or
Genuine Manufacturer replacement
parts. Read the lease carefully, as
you may be charged at the end of
the 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 13-5.
Gather the following information:
.Driver name, address, and
telephone number.
.Driver license number.
.Owner name, address, and
telephone number.
.Vehicle license plate number.
.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.
In a crash, the sensing system may
shut down the high voltage system.
See Battery on page 10-23 for
important safety information. If an
airbag has inflated, see What Will
You See after an Airbag Inflates? on
page 3-22.
If the vehicle is damaged from a
crash, flood, fire, or other event it
may be necessary to have the
vehicle inspected. See Battery on
page 10-23 andHigh Voltage Safety
Information on page 1-18 for
important safety information.
Managing the Vehicle Damage
Repair Process
In the event that the vehicle requires
damage repairs, GM recommends
that you take an active role in its
repair. If you have a pre-determined
repair facility of choice, take the
vehicle there, or have it towed there.
Specify to the facility that any
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INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Additional Information
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . 10-13
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 3-18 Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 5-15
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Alert
Pedestrian Friendly . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-83
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . 8-1
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
High Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-69
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Battery and Charging
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . 10-26
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 5-19
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . 9-32
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30 Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . 10-29
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-54
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INDEX i-5
Gauges (cont'd)Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 11-1
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 6-3
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Headlamps (cont'd)
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . 6-1
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Heating and Air Conditioning . . . 8-1
High Voltage Battery Gauge . . . 5-12
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 9-9
Hold Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Hood, Door, Hatch Open Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
I
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
IndicatorVehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32 Information
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . 5-3
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . 2-17
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
J
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-69
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . 5-45
Keyless Entry Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . 2-2
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
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INDEX i-9
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . 3-29
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Replacing Safety Belt
System Parts after a Crash . . . 3-16
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-13
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
Requirements Electrical Battery Charging . . . 9-52
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Ride Control Systems Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-52
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-3
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . 3-16
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-15
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-13
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . 13-7
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61 Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45, 3-47
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Service Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-5
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Maintenance Records . . . . . . .11-12
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 12-1