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Service and Maintenance 327
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1™ specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 Synthetic Blend is recommended. See Engine
Oil 0243.
Engine Cooling System Premix DEX-COOL
®(GM Part No. 12378390, in Canada 10953456). See
Engine Coolant 0250.
High Voltage Battery Cooling System Premix DEX-COOL (GM Part No. 12378390, in Canada 10953456). Power Electronics Cooling System Premix DEX-COOL (GM Part No. 12378390, in Canada 10953456). Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19299818, in Canada 19299819).
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.
Parking Brake Cable Guides Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Electric Drive Unit DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Trunk Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip Lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or Dielectric Silicone Grease (GM Part No. 12345579, in Canada 10953481.
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328 Service and Maintenance
Maintenance Replacement Parts
Replacement parts identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.Part GM Part Number ACDelco Part Number
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 20871244 A3148C
Engine Oil Filter 55352643 PF65
Spark Plugs 55585534 41-122
Wiper Blades Driver –65 cm (25.6 in) 23184313 —
Passenger –65 cm (25.6 in) 23184314 —
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Technical Data 331
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. Refer toRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0327 for more information.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant charge type and amount, see the refrigerant label underthe hood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling Systems Engine 7.3 L 7.7 qt
High Voltage Battery 6.0 L 6.4 qt
Power Electronics 2.8 L 3.0 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 3.5 L 3.7 qt
Fuel Tank 35.2 L 9.3 gal
Electric Drive Unit 8.45 L 8.93 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 140 Y100 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual.
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360 Index
Electric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 195
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 115
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Electrical Requirements for Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266, 268
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Emergency
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Energy Efficiency Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 242
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Engine (cont'd)
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . 248, 249
Cooling System Messages . . . 137
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 193
Engine Unavailable Out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 345
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Extended Range Mode . . . . . . . . . 187
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 156
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 158
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
F
FeaturesMemory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 159 Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Fluid
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Front Automatic Braking
(FAB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Front Seats Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .119
Requirements, California . . . . . 230
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Function Check
Electric Drive Unit ShiftLock Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
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362 Index
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 274
LampsCourtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 158
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . .113
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 218
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Lifting the Vehicle, Tires . . . . . . . . 237
Light
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Vehicle Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 160
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .114
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . .115
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . .118
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . .119
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 158
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . .116
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . .110
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Lights (cont'd)
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . .117
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 119
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 318
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Index 363
Maintenance Schedule (cont'd)Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 113
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Drive Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 137
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Object Detection System . . . . . 140
Propulsion Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 142
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Messages (cont'd)
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Mirrors
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 46
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Extended Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Modes Driver Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 182
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 245
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 77
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 336
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 349
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 342
Out of Fuel/Engine Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
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