GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
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16 In Brief
Power Tilt and Telescoping
Steering Wheel
If equipped, the control is on the
outboard side of the steering
column.
Push the control up or down to tilt
the steering wheel up or down.
Push the control forward or
rearward to move the steering wheel
toward the front or rear of the
vehicle. To set the memory position,
seeVehicle Personalization 0140.
Do not adjust the steering wheel
while driving.
Interior Lighting
Dome Lamps
The dome lamps are in the
overhead console and above the
rear seat passengers.
The dome lamps come on when a
door is opened, unless the dome
lamp override button is pressed in.
To manually turn them on, turn the
instrument panel brightness control
clockwise to the farthest position.
Dome Lamp Override
The dome lamp override button is
next to the exterior lamps control. E
DOME OFF : Press the button
and the dome lamps remain off
when a door is opened. An indicator
light on the button comes on to
show that the dome lamps are off.
Press the button again so the dome
lamps come on when a door is
opened.
AMBIENT OFF (If Equipped) :
Press the button to turn the ambient
lights off. Press the button again to
turn ambient lights on.
Reading Lamps
Press the button near each lamp to
turn them on or off.
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150 Lighting
Lighting
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . 150
Headlamp High/Low-BeamChanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL)/Automatic Headlamp
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Delayed Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . 151
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . 152
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Delayed Entry Lighting . . . . . . . 155
Delayed Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . 155
Parade Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Battery Load Management . . . 155
Battery Power Protection . . . . . 156
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls
The exterior lamp control is on the
instrument panel to the left of the
steering wheel.
There are four positions:
O(Off) : Briefly turn to this position
to turn the automatic light control off
or on again.
AUTO (Automatic) : Turns the
headlamps on automatically at
normal brightness, together with the
other exterior lamps and instrument
panel lights.
;(Parking Lamps) : Turns on the
parking lamps including all lamps,
except the headlamps.
5(Headlamps) : Turns on the
headlamps together with the parking
lamps and instrument panel lights.
A warning chime sounds if the driver
door is opened when the ignition
switch is off and the headlamps
are on.
#(Fog Lamps) : If equipped, it
turns the fog lamps on or off.
See Fog Lamps 0152.
Headlamp High/
Low-Beam Changer
2 3
(Headlamp High/Low-Beam
Changer) : Push the turn signal
lever away from you to turn the high
beams on.
Pull the lever toward you to return to
low beams.
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Lighting 153
The fog lamp button is on the
exterior lamp control to the left of
the steering column.
#(Fog Lamps) :Press this button
to turn the fog lamps on or off.
A light comes on in the instrument
cluster when the fog lamps are in
use. The ignition must be on for the
fog lamps to work.
When the headlamps are changed
to high beam, the fog lamps turn off.
The fog lamps come back on again
when the high-beam headlamps are
turned off.
Some localities have laws that
require the headlamps to be on
along with the fog lamps.
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel
Illumination Control
The instrument panel brightness
knob is located on the instrument
panel to the left of the steering
column.
D(Instrument Panel
Brightness) : Push the knob in all
the way until it extends out and then
turn the knob clockwise or
counterclockwise to brighten or dim
the lights. Push the knob back in
when finished.
Courtesy Lamps
The courtesy lamps automatically
come on when a door is opened.
The lamps can also be turned on
manually by fully turning the
instrument panel brightness control
clockwise.
The reading lamps, located on the
headliner above the rearview mirror,
can be turned on or off
independently of the automatic
courtesy lamps, when the doors are
closed.
Dome Lamps
The dome lamps are in the
overhead console and above the
rear seat passengers.
The dome lamps come on when a
door is opened, unless the dome
lamp override button is pressed in.
The lamps can also be turned on
and off by turning the instrument
panel brightness control clockwise
to the farthest position.
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364 Index
Fuel (cont'd)Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Requirements, California . . . . . 230
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 265
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 146Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Gauges (cont'd)
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 320
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
H
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 152
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Daytime Running Lamps/Automatic Headlamp
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Delayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 122
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 150
Heated and Cooled Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Heating and Air Conditioning . . . 182
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 198
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 217
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Ignition Transmission LockCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 42
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2