2016 CHEVROLET VOLT cooling

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324 Service and Maintenance
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Engine Oil Use only engine oil meeting the dexos1™ specification of the proper SAE
viscosity grade. Look for the dexos1 approved logo for GM approved
engine oil. See Engine Oil0232.
Engine Cooling System Premix DEX-COOL
®(GM Part No. 12378390, in Canada 10953456). See
Engine Coolant 0239.
High Voltage Battery Cooling System Premix DEX-COOL (GM Part No. 12378390, in Canada 10953456). Power Electronics Cooling System Premix DEX-COOL (GM Part No. 12378390, in Canada 10953456). Brake Hydraulic 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.
Electric Drive Unit DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Hatch Hinges 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.

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328 Technical Data
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. Refer toRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0324 for more information.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant charge type and amount, see the refrigerant label underthe hood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling Systems Engine 7.0 L 7.4 qt
High Voltage Battery 4.2 L 4.5 qt
Power Electronics 4.8 L 5.0 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 4.0 L4.2 qt
Fuel Tank 33.7 L8.9 gal
Electric Drive Unit 6.75 L7.13 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 140Y 100 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual.

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Index 357
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 282
ConnectionsOnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Coolant
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 236–238 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Customer Information Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 340 Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 338
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 343
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Delayed Charging Override . . . . . 206
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Display Center Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 330
Drive Unit Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 193
Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . . . 105 Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Driver Selected Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 197
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 166
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 168
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Driving for Better Energy Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Electric Drive Unit Messages . . . 131
Electric Drive Unit Shift LockControl Function Check . . . . . . . 247
Electric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 185
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 111
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

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Electrical Requirements forBattery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Emergency
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Energy Efficiency Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 231
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . 236–238
Cooling System Messages . . . 132
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Engine (cont'd)
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 182
Engine Unavailable Out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 343
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Extended Range Mode . . . . . . . . . 176
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 146
F
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 149
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Fluid Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Front Automatic Braking (FAB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .115
Requirements, California . . . . . 220
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Function Check Electric Drive Unit ShiftLock Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

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Messages (cont'd)Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 132
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Object Detection System . . . . . 134
Propulsion Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 136
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 45
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Mode (cont'd)
Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Extended Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Hold Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Modes Driver Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Mountain Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 112
N
Navigation OnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 171
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 234
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 74
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 334
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 347
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 340
Out of Fuel/Engine Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 247
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 176