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Instruments and Controls 141
Some vehicle messages or alerts
displayed in the HUD may be
cleared by using the steering wheel
controls. SeeVehicle Messages
0 143.
Some information shown may not
be available on your vehicle if it is
not equipped with these features.
The HUD control is to the left of the
steering wheel.
To adjust the HUD image: 1. Adjust the driver seat.
2. Start the engine.
3. Use the following settings to adjust the HUD.
$(Image Adjustment) : Press
down or lift up to center the HUD
image. The HUD image can only be
adjusted up and down, not side
to side.
!(Display View) : Press to
select the display view. Each press
will change the display view.
D(Image Brightness) : Lift up
and hold to brighten the display.
Press down and hold to dim the
display. Hold down to turn the
display off.
The HUD image will automatically
dim and brighten to compensate for
outside lighting. The HUD
brightness control can also be
adjusted as needed.
The HUD image can temporarily
light up depending on the angle and
position of the sunlight on the HUD
display. This is normal.
Polarized sunglasses could make
the HUD image harder to see. HUD Views
There are four views in the HUD.
Some vehicle information and
vehicle messages or alerts may be
displayed in any view.
Metric
English
Speed View : This display gives the
speedometer reading (in English or
metric units), speed limit, Adaptive
Cruise Control speed, Lane
Departure Warning, and vehicle
ahead indicator. Some information
only appears on vehicles that have
these features, and when they are
active.

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Driving and Operating 199
The switch used to adjust the
pedals is to the left of the steering
wheel.
Press the switch to the left to move
the pedals closer to your body.
Press the switch to the right to move
the pedals away.
Before you start driving, fully press
the brake pedal to confirm the
adjustment is right for you.
The vehicle may have a memory
function, which lets pedal settings
be saved and recalled. SeeMemory
Seats 055.
Ignition Positions
Vehicles with Keyless Access have
pushbutton starting.
Pressing the button cycles it through
three modes: ACC/ACCESSORY,
ON/RUN/START, and Stopping the
Engine/OFF.
The transmitter must be in the
vehicle for the system to operate.
If the pushbutton start is not
working, the vehicle may be near a
strong radio antenna signal causing
interference to the Keyless Access
system. See Remote Keyless Entry
(RKE) System Operation 027. To shift out of P (Park), the vehicle
must be in ACC/ACCESSORY or
ON/RUN and the brake pedal must
be applied.
Stopping the Engine/LOCK/
OFF (No Indicator Lights) :
When
the vehicle is stopped, press the
ENGINE START/STOP button once
to turn the engine off.
If the vehicle is in P (Park), the
ignition will turn off, and Retained
Accessory Power (RAP) will remain
active. See Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) 0203.
If the vehicle is not in P (Park), the
ignition will return to ACC/
ACCESSORY and display the
message SHIFT TO PARK in the
Driver Information Center (DIC).
See Transmission Messages 0152.
When the vehicle is shifted into
P (Park), the ignition system will
switch to OFF.
Do not turn the engine off when the
vehicle is moving. This will cause a
loss of power assist in the brake
and steering systems and disable
the airbags.

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384 Index
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Active Fuel Management
®. . . . . . 205
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 224
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 259
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 269
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 80
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 75
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 127
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 238
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 216
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

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Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 135
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
M
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . 220
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 344 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 129
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Messages (cont'd)
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 146
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Object Detection System . . . . . 148
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 150
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Mirror Child-View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Mirrors (cont'd)
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 46
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Noise Control System . . . . . . . . . . 280
O
Object Detection System
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 267
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 123
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 86
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 363

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OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
OnStar®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 376
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 369
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 282
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 205
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 231
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 80
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 261
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 203
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 71
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 372
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 366
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .261, 278, 326
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 370
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Rear Climate Control System . . . 178
Rear Seats Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 114
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 330
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 27
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacement Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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Replacement Parts (cont'd)Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 85
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 371
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ride Control Systems Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 359 Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 73
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 71
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 371
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 366
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 54
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 53
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 103
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 262
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 356
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 357
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 366
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

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ShiftingInto Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 238
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Special Application Services . . . . 350
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Steering System Messages . . . . . 151
Steps Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Storage Areas
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 106
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173, 373
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 363
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 43Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 306
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 305
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Terminology and Definitions . . 301
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 315