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IndexA
About Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 3
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 186
Additional Information
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296, 301
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 198
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Air Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 65
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Airbag System (cont'd)
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 61
Airbags Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 105
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Alert Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 178
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 208
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 167 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Armrest Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Automatic (cont'd)Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
B
BatteryPower Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Battery - North America . . . . 207, 246
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 209
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 108
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 155
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 Bulb Replacement (cont'd)
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 213
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .188, 207, 246
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Management System . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 91
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 106
Check
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 208
Malfunction IndicatorEngine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 72
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 85
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 134 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 285
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
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MirrorsAutomatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 37
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 155
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 197 Oil (cont'd)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 71
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 281
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296, 301
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 294
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 287
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 209 Parking (cont'd)
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 162
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 65
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 188
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 160
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Steering Warning Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 57
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 289
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 284
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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