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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 197
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 225
Additional Information
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 239
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 71
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 67
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Passenger Status Indicator . . . .112
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . .211
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 251
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 189 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Armrest Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Assistance Program,Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 205
Automatic
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
B
BatteryLoad Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . .250, 297, 298
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 253
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . .115
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Brakes (cont'd)
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 174
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Headlamps, Front TurnSignal, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 256
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . 227, 250, 297, 298
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 99
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 113
Check Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 252
Malfunction IndicatorEngine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 79
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 93
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
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IndicatorVehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Information Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 44
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297, 298
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 133
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 28
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 266
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 149
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Lamps (cont'd)
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . .114
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Sun Visor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 211
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Lane Departure Warning
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Light Adaptive Forward Lighting(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lighting Adaptive Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Lighting (cont'd)
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 152
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .115
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . .116
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . .118
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . .119
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 149
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . .117
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . 111
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
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Lights (cont'd)Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . .118
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . 194
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 120
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 314 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 114 Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 132
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Object Detection System . . . . . 134
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 136
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Mirrors
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 44
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 174
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 238
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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Oil (cont'd)Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 77
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 333
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 347
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Operating Mode
Overheated EngineProtection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 340
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode . . . . 246
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
P
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 252
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 185
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 205
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 71
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 228
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 183
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 64 Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 342
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 336
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . 227, 250, 297, 298
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 341
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Rear Window Sunshade . . . . . . . . . 47
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 301
Reimbursement Program,
GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
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Replacement PartsAirbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 77
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Replacing Safety Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 342
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Ride Control Systems Enhanced TractionSystem (ETS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Selective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 329
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 65
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 64
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 342
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 336
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 56
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 53
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Seats (cont'd)
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 53
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 91, 93
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . 194
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 229
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 325
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 326
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 336
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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Tires (cont'd)Sealant and Compressor
Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Terminology and Definitions . . 268
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 282
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 220
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 220
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 301
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 224
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . 194
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . 194
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Trailer
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 224
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 281
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 145Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 326
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Vehicle (cont'd)
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 117
Vehicle Care Storing the Tire Sealant
and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 291
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 257
W
Warning
Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 213
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 282