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Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1™ specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 Synthetic Blend is recommended. For track events
or competitive driving, use Mobil 1
®engine oil. See Engine Oil0223.
Engine Coolant 40/60 coolant/water mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL
®Coolant. SeeEngine Coolant 0235.
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.
Hydraulic Clutch System Hydraulic Clutch Fluid. Use only GM Part No. 19299570, in Canada 19299571, Super DOT 4 brake fluid.
Chassis Lubrication Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Automatic Transmission DEXRON
®-HP Automatic Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 19300536, in
Canada 19300537).
Manual Transmission Manual Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 88861800, in Canada 88861801). Rear Axle DEXRON
®LS Gear Oil (GM Part No. 88862624, in Canada 88862625).
See Rear Axle 0242 for information on checking the fluid.
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342 Index
ConnectionsOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Convertible Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 103
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 232, 234
Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Cover
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Customer Assistance (cont'd)
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Customer Information
Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 324
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 322
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data RecorderPerformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 327
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Differential, Limited-Slip . . . 201, 202
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 314
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driving Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 22
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 168
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 170
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Track Events andCompetitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 108
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
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Electrical System (cont'd)Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 218
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . 232, 234
Cooling System Messages . . . 123
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Engine (cont'd)
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 182
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 327
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 140
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 140
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
F
FeaturesMemory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 143
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 229
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Front Air Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Front Seats
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .112
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 181
Requirements, California . . . . . 207
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 137Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Gauges Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Lifting the Vehicle, Tires . . . . . . . . 214
LightElectronic Stability Control(ESC), Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Gear Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 144
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 108
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 108
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 141
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 104 Lights (cont'd)
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . 201, 202
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 112
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 298 Maintenance Schedule (cont'd)
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 106
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Matching Active Rev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Convertible Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 123
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 125
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127