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342 Customer Information
In a crash, the sensing system may
shut down the high voltage system.
SeeBattery - North America 0256
for important safety information.
If an airbag has inflated, see What
Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? 069.
If the vehicle is damaged from a
crash, flood, fire, or other event it
may be necessary to have the
vehicle inspected. See Battery -
North America 0256 andHigh
Voltage Safety Information 021 for
important safety information.
Managing the Vehicle Damage
Repair Process
In the event that the vehicle requires
damage repairs, GM recommends
that you take an active role in its
repair. If you have a pre-determined
repair facility of choice, take the
vehicle there, or have it towed there.
Specify to the facility that any
required replacement collision parts
be original equipment parts, either
new Genuine GM parts or recycled
original GM parts. Remember,
recycled parts will not be covered by
the GM vehicle warranty. Insurance pays the bill for the repair,
but you must live with the repair.
Depending on your policy limits,
your insurance company may
initially value the repair using
aftermarket parts. Discuss this with
the repair professional, and insist on
Genuine GM parts. Remember,
if the vehicle is leased, you may be
obligated to have the vehicle
repaired with Genuine GM parts,
even if your insurance coverage
does not pay the full cost.
If another party's insurance
company is paying for the repairs,
you are not obligated to accept a
repair valuation based on that
insurance company's collision policy
repair limits, as you have no
contractual limits with that company.
In such cases, you can have control
of the repair and parts choices as
long as the cost stays within
reasonable limits.
Service Publications
Ordering Information
Service Manuals
Service Manuals have the diagnosis
and repair information on the
engine, electric drive unit, axle,
suspension, brakes, electrical,
steering, body, etc.
Service Bulletins
Service Bulletins give additional
technical service information
needed to knowledgeably service
General Motors cars and trucks.
Each bulletin contains instructions
to assist in the diagnosis and
service of the vehicle.
Owner Information
Owner publications are written
specifically for owners and intended
to provide basic operational
information about the vehicle. The
Owner Manual includes the
Maintenance Schedule for all
models.
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Continuous DampingControl (CDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 249 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 204
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Customer Information Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 342 Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 340
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 345
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Delayed Charging Override . . . . . 223
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Display Center Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 332
Drive Mode Messages . . . . . . . . . . 137
Drive Unit Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 211 Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . . . 109
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Driver Selected Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 214
Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 177
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 179
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving for Better Energy Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
E
Easy Entry Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Electric Drive Unit Messages . . . 137
Electric Drive Unit Shift LockControl Function Check . . . . . . . 258
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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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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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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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