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In a crash, the sensing system may
shut down the high voltage system.
SeeBattery - North America 0245
for important safety information.
If an airbag has inflated, see What
Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? 067.
If the vehicle is damaged from a
crash, flood, fire, or other event it
may be necessary to have the
vehicle inspected. SeeBattery -
North America 0245 andHigh
Voltage Safety Information 019 for
important safety information.
Managing the Vehicle Damage
Repair Process
In the event that the vehicle requires
damage repairs, GM recommends
that you take an active role in its
repair. If you have a pre-determined
repair facility of choice, take the
vehicle there, or have it towed there.
Specify to the facility that any
required replacement collision parts
be original equipment parts, either
new Genuine GM parts or recycled
original GM parts. Remember,
recycled parts will not be covered by
the GM vehicle warranty. Insurance pays the bill for the repair,
but you must live with the repair.
Depending on your policy limits,
your insurance company may
initially value the repair using
aftermarket parts. Discuss this with
the repair professional, and insist on
Genuine GM parts. Remember,
if the vehicle is leased, you may be
obligated to have the vehicle
repaired with Genuine GM parts,
even if your insurance coverage
does not pay the full cost.
If another party's insurance
company is paying for the repairs,
you are not obligated to accept a
repair valuation based on that
insurance company's collision policy
repair limits, as you have no
contractual limits with that company.
In such cases, you can have control
of the repair and parts choices as
long as the cost stays within
reasonable limits.
Service Publications
Ordering Information
Service Manuals
Service Manuals have the diagnosis
and repair information on the
engine, electric drive unit, axle,
suspension, brakes, electrical,
steering, body, etc.
Service Bulletins
Service Bulletins give additional
technical service information
needed to knowledgeably service
General Motors cars and trucks.
Each bulletin contains instructions
to assist in the diagnosis and
service of the vehicle.
Owner Information
Owner publications are written
specifically for owners and intended
to provide basic operational
information about the vehicle. The
Owner Manual includes the
Maintenance Schedule for all
models.
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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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Lamps (cont'd)License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 109
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 201
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 203
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 112
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Lifting the Vehicle, Tires . . . . . . . . 227
Light Hold Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Vehicle Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Lighting (cont'd)
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .110
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . .114
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . .114
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 147
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Mountain Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 106
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . .113 Lights (cont'd)
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 115
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 315 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 109
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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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
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S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 61
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 60
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 342
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 337
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 87, 89
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Security (cont'd)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
OnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Service Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 229
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 326
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 327
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 337
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 201 Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Special Application Services . . . . 321
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Start Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Starting and Stopping the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Status Screens Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93