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OnStar 297
Reactivation for Subsequent
Owners
PressQand follow the prompts to
speak to an Advisor as soon as
possible. The Advisor will update
vehicle records and explain OnStar
service options.
How OnStar Service Works
Automatic Crash Response,
Emergency Services, Crisis Assist,
Stolen Vehicle Assistance,
Advanced Diagnostics, Remote
Services, Roadside Assistance,
Turn-by-Turn Navigation, and
Hands-Free Calling are available on
most vehicles. Not all OnStar
services are available everywhere
or on all vehicles. For more
information, a full description of
OnStar services, system limitations,
and OnStar terms and conditions:
. Call 1-888-4ONSTAR
(1-888-466-7827).
. See www.onstar.com (U.S.).
. See www.onstar.ca (Canada).
. Call TTY 1-877-248-2080. .
Press
Qto speak with an
Advisor.
OnStar services cannot work unless
the vehicle is in a place where
OnStar has an agreement with a
wireless service provider for service
in that area. The wireless service
provider must also have coverage,
network capacity, reception, and
technology compatible with OnStar
services. Service involving location
information about the vehicle cannot
work unless GPS signals are
available, unobstructed, and
compatible with the OnStar
hardware. OnStar services may not
work if the OnStar equipment is not
properly installed or it has not been
properly maintained. If equipment or
software is added, connected,
or modified, OnStar services may
not work. Other problems beyond
the control of OnStar —such as
hills, tall buildings, tunnels, weather,
electrical system design and
architecture of the vehicle, damage
to the vehicle in a crash, or wireless
phone network congestion or
jamming —may prevent service. See
Radio Frequency
Statement 0288.
Services for People with
Disabilities
Advisors provide services to help
Subscribers with physical disabilities
and medical conditions.
Press
Qto help:
. Locate a gas station with an
attendant to pump gas.
. Find a hotel, restaurant, etc.,
that meets accessibility needs.
. Provide directions to the closest
hospital or pharmacy in urgent
situations.
TTY Users
OnStar has the ability to
communicate to deaf,
hard-of-hearing, or speech-impaired
customers while in the vehicle. The
available dealer-installed TTY
system can provide in-vehicle
access to all OnStar services,
except Virtual Advisor and OnStar
Turn-by-Turn Navigation.
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312 Index
EmergencyOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 192
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cooling System Messages . . . .117
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 163
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 290
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 126F
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 198
First Aid Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 128
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 198
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fog Lamps Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Folding Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Front Fog Lamp
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Front Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .112
Requirements, California . . . . . 183
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 215
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
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Proposition65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .188, 207, 246
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 288
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 173
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . . 97
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 250
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 70 Replacing LATCH System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 289
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ride Control Systems Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 277
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 58
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 289
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 284
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Folding Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 44
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 44
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Securing Child Restraints . . . . 83, 85
SecurityOnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Service Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 134
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 189
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 274
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 275
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 284
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 178 Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Special Application Services . . . . 269
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Power, Warning Lights . . . . . . . . 109
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Cargo Management System . . . . 91
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Underseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 89
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 291
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 280
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 35
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
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Tires (cont'd)Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 230
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 229
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Terminology and Definitions . . 226
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 239
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . 185
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 250
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Transmission (cont'd)
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Triangle, Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
U
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 237
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 275
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 110 Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 180
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Warning Triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 239
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 76
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211