2016 CHEVROLET VOLT child restraint

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weight of the driver, passengers,
and cargo should never exceed
the vehicle's capacity weight.
Certification Label
Label Example
A vehicle-specific Certification
label is attached to the vehicle's
center pillar (B-pillar). The label
may show the gross weight
capacity of the vehicle, called
the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
(GVWR). The GVWR includes
the weight of the vehicle, all
occupants, fuel, and cargo.
{Warning
Things 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. In the
cargo area, put them as
far forward as possible.
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.
.Secure loose items in the
vehicle.
.Do not leave a seat
folded down unless
needed.
Starting and
Operating
New Vehicle Break-In
The vehicle does not require a
break-in period. Vehicle break-in is
performed during manufacturing.
Power Button
The vehicle has an electronic
pushbutton start. The POWER
O
light flashes when the driver door is
open and the vehicle is not on. The
flashing light will eventually time out.
The light is on steady when in ON/

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356 Index
Automatic (cont'd)Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Battery - North America . . . . 245, 295
Battery and Charging Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Battery Gauge
High Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 248
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . .110
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . 187
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 171
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 250
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .226, 245, 295
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 93
Center Stack Display . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Charge Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Charging
Delay Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Electrical Requirements . . . . . . 218
Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Programmable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Charging (cont'd)
Utility Interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Charging Status Screens . . . . . . . 207
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 108
Check
Malfunction IndicatorEngine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 75
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 89
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Climate Control Systems Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 338
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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G
GaugesBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Driver Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Power Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Warning Lights andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 314
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 149
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Headlamps (cont'd)
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . .115
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 147
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . .116
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Heating and Air Conditioning . . . 154
High Voltage Battery Gauge . . . . 104
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 166
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 186
Hold Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
I
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
IndicatorVehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Information Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 45
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 133
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 29
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 263
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 148
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

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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