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Driving and Operating 249
Safe driver behavior and
understanding of the environment
can help avoid a rollover crash in
any type of vehicle, including utility
vehicles.
Distracted Driving
Distraction comes in many forms
and can take your focus from the
task of driving. Exercise good
judgment and do not let other
activities divert your attention away
from the road. Many local
governments have enacted laws
regarding driver distraction. Become
familiar with the local laws in
your area.
To avoid distracted driving, always
keep your eyes on the road, hands
on the wheel, and mind on the drive.
.Do not use a phone in
demanding driving situations.
Use a hands-free method to
place or receive necessary
phone calls.
. Watch the road. Do not read,
take notes, or look up
information on phones or other
electronic devices. .
Designate a front seat
passenger to handle potential
distractions.
. Become familiar with vehicle
features before driving, such as
programming favorite radio
stations and adjusting climate
control and seat settings.
Program all trip information into
any navigation device prior to
driving.
. Wait until the vehicle is parked
to retrieve items that have fallen
to the floor.
. Stop or park the vehicle to tend
to children.
. Keep pets in an appropriate
carrier or restraint.
. Avoid stressful conversations
while driving, whether with a
passenger or on a cell phone.
{Warning
Taking your eyes off the road too
long or too often could cause a
crash resulting in injury or death.
Focus your attention on driving. Refer to the infotainment section for
more information on using that
system and the navigation system,
if equipped, including pairing and
using a cell phone.
Defensive Driving
Defensive driving means
“always
expect the unexpected.” The first
step in driving defensively is to wear
the safety belt. See Safety
Belts 058.
. Assume that other road users
(pedestrians, bicyclists, and
other drivers) are going to be
careless and make mistakes.
Anticipate what they might do
and be ready.
. Allow enough following distance
between you and the driver in
front of you.
. Focus on the task of driving.
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{Warning
Things inside the vehicle can
strike and injure people in a
sudden stop or turn, or in a
crash.
.Put things in the cargo
area of the vehicle. In the
cargo area, put them as
far forward as possible.
Try to spread the weight
evenly.
.Never stack heavier
things, like suitcases,
inside the vehicle so that
some of them are above
the tops of the seats.
.Do not leave an
unsecured child restraint
in the vehicle.
.Secure loose items in the
vehicle.
.Do not leave a seat
folded down unless
needed.
Starting and
Operating
New Vehicle Break-In
Caution
The vehicle does not need an
elaborate break-in. But it will
perform better in the long run if
you follow these guidelines: . Do not drive at any one
constant speed, fast or slow,
for the first 805 km (500 mi).
Do not make full-throttle
starts. Avoid downshifting to
brake or slow the vehicle.
. Avoid making hard stops for
the first 322 km (200 mi) or
so. During this time the new
brake linings are not yet
broken in. Hard stops with
new linings can mean
premature wear and earlier
replacement. Follow this
(Continued)
Caution (Continued)
breaking-in guideline every
time you get new brake
linings.
Following break-in, engine speed
and load can be gradually
increased.
Ignition Positions
The vehicle has an electronic
keyless ignition with pushbutton
start.
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422 Index
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 98
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 119
CheckMalfunction IndicatorEngine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 80
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 94
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 403
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Connections OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Control
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Engine Temperature Gauge . . .116
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . 213
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 277
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Customer Information
Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 405
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 403
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 408
Database CoverageExplanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 395
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Headlamps (cont'd)High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 157
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 127
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Heated and Cooled Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 253
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 272
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
I
If the System Needs Service . . . . 212
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
IndicatorVehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 44
Internet Radio
Pandora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jack Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 140
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 26
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 340
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 157
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Lamps (cont'd)
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . .119
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 294
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 296
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 123
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
LATCH System
Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Leveling Control Headlamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Light Adaptive Forward Lighting(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Lighting
Adaptive Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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Mirrors (cont'd)Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 44
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
N
Navigation
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Navigation Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 259
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 316 Oil (cont'd)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 78
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 399
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
OnStar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 412
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
OnStar®System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 405
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
P
Pandora Internet Radio . . . . . . . . . 175
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 328
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 265
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 285
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 72
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 310
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . 220, 221, 224
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Positioning Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Safety Belts (cont'd)Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 65
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 407
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 401
SD Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 52
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 52
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 92, 94
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Security (cont'd)
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Service Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . .311
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 392
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 393
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 401
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Servicing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 293 Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Special Application Services . . . . 387
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Steering System Messages . . . . . 143
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97