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Driving and Operating 243
(GVWR). The GVWR includes
the weight of the vehicle, all
occupants, fuel, and cargo.
The Certification/Tire label also
may show the maximum weights
for the front and rear axles,
called Gross Axle Weight Rating
(GAWR). To find out the actual
loads on the front and rear
axles, weigh the vehicle at a
weigh station. Your dealer can
help with this. Be sure to spread
your load equally on both sides
of the centerline.
The Certification/Tire label may
also include information about
the Front Axle Reserve
Capacity.
{Warning
Do not load the vehicle any
heavier than the Gross
Vehicle Weight Rating
(GVWR), or either the
maximum front or rear Gross
(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
Axle Weight Rating (GAWR).
This can cause systems to
break and change the way the
vehicle handles. This could
cause loss of control and a
crash. Overloading can also
reduce stopping distance,
damage the tires, and shorten
the life of the vehicle.
Caution
Overloading the vehicle may
cause damage. Repairs would not
be covered by the vehicle
warranty. Do not overload the
vehicle.
The label will help decide how
much cargo and installed
equipment the truck can carry.
Using heavier suspension
components to get added
durability might not change the weight ratings. Ask your dealer
to help load the vehicle the
right way.
{Warning
Things you put inside the
vehicle can strike and injure
people in a sudden stop or
turn, or in a crash.
.Put things in the cargo
area of the vehicle. Try to
spread the weight evenly.
.Never stack heavier
things, like suitcases,
inside the vehicle so that
some of them are above
the tops of the seats.
.Do not leave an
unsecured child restraint
in the vehicle.
.When you carry
something inside the
vehicle, secure it
whenever you can.
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Index 443
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 123
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
ChargingWireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 146
Check
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 335
Malfunction IndicatorEngine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . 103
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117, 119
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Child-View Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 424 Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Connections OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 142
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 273
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Customer Information
Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 426
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 424
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 429
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Door
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 416
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 280
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153, 155
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 283
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446 Index
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 359
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 237
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 269
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 266
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 245, 247
Ignition Transmission LockCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 58
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jack Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 165
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . 35, 37
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 34
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 353
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 186
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Front Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 146
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 287
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 289
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 149
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
LATCH System
Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . 109
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Level Control Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 188
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 148
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
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N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Noise Control System . . . . . . . . . . 333
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 317
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 141
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . 102
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 420
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 433
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 OnStar
®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 426
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 335
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 253
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 281
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 96
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 312
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Phone
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . 208, 209, 213
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 251
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 87
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 428
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 423
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . . 311, 331, 382
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 427
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Radios
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Seats (cont'd)Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 66
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 119
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 312
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 413
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 414
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 423 Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 287
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Special Application Services . . . . 407
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Steering (cont'd)
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Steering System Messages . . . . . 169
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 122
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 430