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UsageFluid/Lubricant
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood Hinges, Body Door Hinge Pins, Tailgate
Hinge and Linkage, Fuel Door Hinge, Tailgate Handle Pivot Points, Hinges, Latch Bolt, and Linkage 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).
Weatherstrip Squeaks Synthetic Grease with Teflon, Superlube (GM Part No. 12371287, in Canada 10953437).
Maintenance Replacement Parts
Replacement parts identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.
If your vehicle has a diesel engine, see the Duramax diesel supplement for more information.
Part GM Part Number ACDelco Part Number
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 22845992 A3181C
Oil Filter
4.3L V6 89017525 PF63
5.3L V8; 6.2L V8 89017525 PF63
6.0L V8 19303975 PF48E
Passenger Compartment Air Filter 22808781 CF188

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Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0472.
If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see the Duramax diesel supplement.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling System
4.3L V6 1500 Series 15.1 L 15.9 qt
5.3L V8 1500 Series 15.7 L 16.6 qt
6.0L V8 2500 Series and 3500 Series 16.1 L 17.0 qt
6.2L V8 1500 Series 15.7 L 16.6 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 4.3L V6 5.7 L 6.0 qt
5.3L V8; 6.2L V8 7.6 L 8.0 qt
6.0L V8 5.7 L 6.0 qt

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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Active Fuel Management
®. . . . . . 288
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 355
Adding a Snow Plow or Similar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507, 512
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Agreements Trademarks and License . . . . . 244
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 377
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 82 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 76
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Light On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
On-Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 141
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197, 199
Antenna Fixed Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 305

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Customer InformationService Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 495
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482, 484
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 493
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 498
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Door
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 481
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 314
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150, 152
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 317 Driving (cont'd)
Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 32
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 269
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 271
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403, 405
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Emergency
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 364
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Coolant Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Cooling System Messages . . . 156
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 136
Overheated Protection Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 289
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 498

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Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 178
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 180
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Fixed Mast Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 182
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 121
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Fluid
AutomaticTransmission . . . . . . . . . . . 373, 376
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Fluid (cont'd)
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 183, 396
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 297, 389
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 145
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 148
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 288
Requirements, California . . . . . 323 Fuel (cont'd)
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403, 405
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 172Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . 172, 175
Gauges Engine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 136
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 461
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

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OrderingService Publications . . . . . . . . . . 495
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode . . . . 384
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 193
P
Pandora Internet Radio . . . . . . . . . 204
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 394
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 288
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 314
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 82
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 362 Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Phone Apple CarPlay andAndroid Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . 222, 223, 227, 232
Pickup Conversion to
Chassis Cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Pictures and Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237, 241, 242
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209, 212
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 284
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 71
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 498
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 492 Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .361, 388, 442
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 496
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Radios
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . 197, 199
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rear Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recognition Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 447
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36