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Chevrolet SS Sedan Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S.-9234782) - 2016 -
CRC - 8/24/15
In Brief 7
1.Air Vents 0212ii.
2. Turn Signal Lever. See Turn
and Lane-Change Signals
0 125
ii.
Driver Information Center (DIC)
Controls. See Driver
Information Center (DIC)
0 105
ii.
3. Paddle Shifter Up. See Manual
Mode 0236
ii.
4. Cruise Control 0248
ii.
Lane Departure Warning
(LDW) 0259
ii(If Equipped).
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System 0255
ii(If Equipped).
5. Instrument Cluster 093
ii.
6. Horn 090
ii.
7. Steering Wheel Controls 089
ii.
8. Paddle Shifter Down. See Manual Mode 0236
ii.
9. Windshield Wiper/Washer
090
ii.
10. Ignition. See Ignition Positions
0 227
ii. 11. Solar Sensor. See
Dual
Automatic Climate Control
System 0208
ii.
12. Infotainment 0128
ii.
13. Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats 048
ii.
14. Hazard Warning Flashers
0124
ii.
15. Dual Automatic Climate Control
System 0208
ii.
16. Power Outlets 091
ii(Out
of View).
17. Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control 0242
ii.
Front and Rear Parking Assist
Button (If Equipped). See
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing 0251
ii.
Automatic Parking Assist (APA)
Button (If Equipped). See
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing 0251
ii.
18. Driver Mode Control 0244
ii.
19. Electric Parking Brake 0240
ii. 20. Shift Lever. See
Automatic
Transmission 0234
iior Manual
Transmission 0238ii(If
Equipped).
21. Steering Wheel Adjustment
089
ii.
22. Head-Up Display (HUD) 0108
ii.
23. Instrument Panel Illumination
Control 0125
ii.
24. Hood Release. See Hood
0 269
ii.
25. Exterior Lamp Controls 0123
ii.
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Keys, Doors, and Windows 25
Q(Lock) :Press to lock all doors.
The turn signal indicators may flash
and/or the horn may sound on the
second press to indicate locking.
See “Remote Lock Feedback” under
Vehicle Personalization 0117
ii. If a
passenger door is open when
Qis
pressed, all doors will lock and then
the driver door will immediately
unlock. If the driver door is open
when
Qis pressed, all doors lock
except the driver door. These
settings can be modified. See
“Open Door Anti Lock Out” under
Vehicle Personalization 0117
ii. Pressing
Qmay also arm the alarm
system. See Vehicle Alarm System
0 35
ii.
K(Unlock) : Press to unlock the
driver door or all doors. See
“Remote Door Unlock” under
Vehicle Personalization 0117
ii. The
turn signal indicators flash
to indicate unlocking has
occurred. See “Remote Unlock
Feedback” underVehicle
Personalization 0117
ii. PressingK
may also disarm the alarm system.
See Vehicle Alarm System 035ii.
If equipped, memory seat positions
may be recalled when vehicle is
unlocked and driver door is open.
See Memory Seats 046
iiand
“Remote Lock/Unlock/Start” under
Vehicle Personalization 0117
ii
Y(Remote Trunk Release) :
Press and hold until the trunk
begins to move.
7(Vehicle Locator/Panic
Alarm) : Press and release one
time to initiate vehicle locator. The
exterior lamps flash and the horn
chirps three times. Press and hold
7for at least three seconds to
sound the panic alarm. The horn
sounds and the turn signals flash
until
7is pressed again or the key
is placed in the ignition and turned
to ON/RUN.
/(Remote Vehicle Start) : Press
and release
Qthen immediately
press and hold
/for at least
four seconds to start the engine
from outside the vehicle using the
RKE transmitter. See Remote
Vehicle Start 029
ii.
Keyless Access Operation
Some vehicles have a Keyless
Access system that lets you lock
and unlock the doors without
removing the RKE transmitter from
your pocket, purse, briefcase, etc.
The RKE transmitter should be
within 1 m (3 ft) of the door being
opened, locked or unlocked.. If the
vehicle has this feature, there will be
buttons on the outside door
handles.
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Keys, Doors, and Windows 33
This can be manually overridden by
pressing and holding
Qon the
power door lock switch.
Pushbutton Start : When locking
is requested with the driver door
open and the vehicle is in ACC/
ACCESSORY or ON/RUN/START,
all the doors will lock and then the
driver door will unlock.
If the vehicle is off and locking is
requested while a door is open,
when all doors are closed the
vehicle will check for RKE
transmitters inside. If an RKE
transmitter is detected and the
number of RKE transmitters inside
has not reduced, the driver door will
unlock and the horn will sound three
times.
This can be manually overridden by
pressing and holding
Qon the
power door lock switch.
Open Door Anti Lockout
Open Door Anti Lockout, when on,
will unlock the driver door if locking
is requested while the driver door is
open. This feature can be turned on or off using the vehicle
personalization menus. See
Vehicle
Personalization 0117
ii.
Safety Locks
The rear door safety locks prevent
passengers from opening the rear
doors from inside the vehicle.
Manual Safety Locks
If equipped, the safety lock is
located on the inside edge of the
rear doors. To use the safety lock:
1. Insert the key into the safety lock slot and turn it so the slot
is in the horizontal position. 2. Close the door.
3. Do the same for the other
rear door.
To open a rear door when the safety
lock is on: 1. Unlock the door by activating the inside handle, by using the
power door lock switch, or by
using the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter.
2. Open the door from the outside.
To cancel the safety lock:
1. Unlock the door and open it from the outside.
2. Insert the key into the safety lock slot and turn it so the slot
is in the vertical position. Do
the same for the other door.
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36 Keys, Doors, and Windows
Fast Flash :Vehicle is unsecured.
A door, the hood, or the trunk
is open.
Slow Flash : Alarm system is
armed.
Arming the Alarm System
1. Turn off the vehicle.
2. Lock the vehicle with one of the following:
.Use the RKE transmitter.
. With a door open, press the
inside
Q.
3. After 30 seconds the alarm system will arm, and the
indicator light will begin to
slowly flash indicating the
alarm system is operating.
Pressing
Qon the RKE
transmitter a second time will
bypass the 30-second delay
and immediately arm the alarm
system.
The vehicle alarm system will not
arm if the doors are locked with
the key. If the driver door is opened without
first unlocking with the RKE
transmitter, the horn will chirp and
the lights will flash to indicate a
pre-alarm. If the vehicle is not
started, or the door is not unlocked
by pressing
Kon the RKE
transmitter during the 10-second
pre-alarm, the alarm will be
activated.
The alarm will also be activated if
the passenger door, the trunk, or the
hood is opened without first
disarming the system. When the
alarm is activated, the turn signals
flash and the horn sounds for about
30 seconds. The alarm system will
then re-arm to monitor for the next
unauthorized event.
Disarming the System
To disarm the system, do one of the
following:
. Press
Kon the RKE transmitter.
. Start the engine. To avoid setting off the alarm by
accident:
.
Lock the vehicle with the RKE
transmitter after all occupants
have exited.
. Always unlock the vehicle with
the RKE transmitter, or use the
Keyless Access system.
Unlocking the driver door with
the key will not disarm the
system or turn off the alarm.
Immobilizer
See Radio Frequency Statement
0 371ii.
Immobilizer Operation
This vehicle has a passive
theft-deterrent system.
The system does not have to be
manually armed or disarmed.
The immobilizer activates itself
automatically after the key has been
removed from the ignition switch,
if equipped with Keyless Access,
when the engine is switched off by
pressing the ENGINE START/STOP
button.
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88 Instruments and Controls
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . 89
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . 89
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . 90
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . 95
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . . 96 Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 97
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . . 97
Service Vehicle Soon Light . . . . 99
Brake System Warning Light . . . 99
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
StabiliTrak
®OFF Light . . . . . . . . 102
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 103
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . 103
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 104
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 104
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 104
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Information Displays
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . 108
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Battery Voltage and Charging Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Brake System Messages . . . . . 110
Cruise Control Messages . . . . . 111
Door Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Cooling System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . 112
Engine Power Messages . . . . . 112
Fuel System Messages . . . . . . . 112
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . 112
Lamp Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Ride Control System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Security Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Service Vehicle Messages . . . . 115
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tire Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Transmission Messages . . . . . . 116
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90 Instruments and Controls
_SRC^(Thumbwheel Control) :
Press to select an audio source.
Use the thumbwheel to select the
next or previous favorite radio
station, MP3 track, USB track, and
Bluetooth Audio track.
Use
_SRC to skip to the next song
or show using Pandora or Stitcher®.
See Pandora Internet Radio 0146iior Stitcher Internet Radio 0150ii.
+
x− (Volume) : Press + to
increase the volume. Press −to
decrease.
Horn
Pressaon the steering wheel pad
to sound the horn.
Windshield Wiper/Washer
With the ignition in ACC/
ACCESSORY or ON/RUN/START,
move the lever to select the wiper
speed.
HI : Use for fast wipes.
LO : Use for slow wipes.
INT (Rainsense Wipe Sensitivity
Control) : Move the windshield
wiper lever to INT. Turn the
xINT
band on the wiper lever to adjust the
sensitivity.
OFF : Use to turn the wipers off.
1X (Mist) : For a single wipe, briefly
move the wiper lever down. For
several wipes, hold the wiper
lever down.
Clear snow and ice from the wiper
blades and windshield before using
them. If frozen to the windshield,
carefully loosen or thaw them. Damaged blades should be
replaced. See
Wiper Blade
Replacement 0287
ii.
Heavy snow or ice can overload the
wiper motor.
Rainsense™
With Rainsense, a sensor near the
top center of the windshield detects
the amount of water on the
windshield and controls the
frequency of the windshield wiper.
Keep this area of the windshield
clear of debris to allow for best
system performance.
INT (Rainsense Wipe Sensitivity
Control) : Move the windshield
wiper lever to INT. Turn the
xINT
band on the wiper lever to adjust the
sensitivity.
. Turn the band up for more
sensitivity to moisture.
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Instruments and Controls 121
Vehicle Locator Lights
Select to turn this feature on or off.
When on, the turn signals flash and
the headlamps and back-up lamps
will turn on when
Kis pressed on
the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter when it is dark outside.
Exit Lighting
This allows the selection of how
long the exterior lamps stay on
when leaving the vehicle when it is
dark outside.
Select Off, 30 Seconds, 1 Minute,
or 2 Minutes.
Power Door Locks
Select and the following may
display:
. Open Door Anti Lock Out
. Auto Door Unlock
. Delayed Door Lock
Open Door Anti Lock Out
When on, this feature will keep the
driver door from locking when the
door is open. If off, the Delayed
Door Lock menu will be available. Select On or Off.
Auto Door Unlock
This allows the selection of which
doors will automatically unlock when
the vehicle is shifted into P (Park)
and for a manual transmission when
the ignition is turned off.
Select All Doors, Driver Door, or Off.
Delayed Door Lock
When on, this feature will delay the
locking of the doors. To override the
delay, press the power door lock
switch on the door.
Select On or Off.
Remote Lock/Unlock/Start
Select and the following may
display:
.
Remote Unlock Feedback
. Remote Lock Feedback
. Remote Door Unlock
. Passive Door Unlock
. Passive Door Lock
. Remote Left in Veh. Reminder Remote Unlock Feedback
If equipped, this allows the selection
of what type of feedback is given
when unlocking the vehicle with the
RKE transmitter.
Select Flash Lights or Off.
Remote Lock Feedback
This allows the selection of what
type of feedback is given when
locking the vehicle with the Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter.
Select Lights and Horn, Lights Only,
Horn Only, or Off.
Remote Door Unlock
This allows the selection of which
doors will unlock when pressing
K
on the RKE transmitter.
Select Driver Door or All Doors.
When set to Driver Door, the driver
door will unlock the first time
Kis
pressed and all doors will unlock
when
Kis pressed a second time.
When set to All Doors, all of the
doors will unlock with the first press
of
K.
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122 Instruments and Controls
Passive Door Unlock
This allows the selection of what
doors will unlock when using the
button on the driver door to unlock
the vehicle.
Select All Doors or Driver
Door Only.
Passive Door Lock
This allows passive locking to be
turned on or off and selects
feedback. SeeRemote Keyless
Entry (RKE) System Operation
0 24
ii.
Select On with Horn Chirp, On,
or Off.
Remote Left in Veh. Reminder
Select to turn this feature on or off.
This feature sounds an alert when
the RKE transmitter is left in the
vehicle.
Return to Factory Settings?
Select to return all vehicle
personalization to the default
settings.
Select Yes or No.
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