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OnStar 397
4G LTE speed. Up to seven mobile
devices can be connected. A data
plan is required. Use the in-vehicle
controls only when it is safe to
do so.1. To retrieve Wi-Fi hotspot information, press
=, wait for
the prompt, then say “Wi-Fi
settings.” On some vehicles,
touch Wi-Fi Settings on the
screen.
2. The Wi-Fi settings will display the Wi-Fi hotspot name (SSID),
password, and on some
vehicles, the connection type
(no Internet connection, 3G,
4G, 4G LTE), and signal quality
(poor, good, excellent).
3. To change the SSID or password, press
Qor call
1-888-4ONSTAR to connect
with an Advisor.
OnStar RemoteLink
®Mobile App
(If Equipped)
Download the OnStar RemoteLink
mobile app to select Apple
®iOS,
Android™, BlackBerry®,
or Windows®mobile devices. OnStar Subscribers can access the
following services from a mobile
device:
.
Remotely start/stop the vehicle,
if factory-equipped.
. Lock/unlock doors, if equipped
with automatic locks.
. Activate the horn and lamps.
. Check the vehicle’s fuel level, oil
life, or tire pressure,
if factory-equipped with the Tire
Pressure Monitor System.
. Send directions to the vehicle.
. Locate the vehicle on a map
(U.S. market only).
. Turn the vehicle's Wi-Fi hotspot
on/off, manage settings, and
monitor data consumption,
if equipped.
For OnStar RemoteLink information
and compatibility, see
www.onstar.com (U.S.) or
www.onstar.ca (Canada).
Remote Services
Contact an OnStar Advisor to
unlock the doors or sound the horn
and flash the lamps.
OnStar AtYourService
OnStar Advisors can provide special
offers from restaurants and retailers
on your route, help locate hotels,
or book a room.
OnStar Hands-Free Calling
Make and receive calls with the
built-in wireless calling service,
which requires available minutes.
Make a Call
1. Press
=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.”
2. Say “Call.”System responds:
“Call. Please say the name or
number to call.”
3. Say the entire number without pausing, including a “1”and the
area code. System responds:
“OK, calling.”
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Driving (cont'd)Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 202
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 204
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308, 311
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Engine (cont'd)
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 278
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Cooling System Messages . . . 154
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 137
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 220
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 392
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 174
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 176
F
Fan Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 178
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 282
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Four-Wheel DriveTransfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 225, 294
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
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Front Automatic Braking(FAB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Front Seats Heated and Cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 147
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 219
Requirements, California . . . . . 256
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308, 311
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 171Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Gauges Engine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 137
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 363
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 178
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 148
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 176
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 148
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Heated and Cooled Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 322
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 202
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 232
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Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 210, 212
Ignition Transmission LockCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 56
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 156
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . 32, 34
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 31
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 316
Lamps
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 176
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 142
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 252
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 254
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 145
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . 105
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Level Control Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 179
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 144
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 176
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 140
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
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Lights (cont'd)Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 146
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 147
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
M
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . 234
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 364 Maintenance Schedule (cont'd)
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 142
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 154
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Object Detection System . . . . . 157
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 158
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Messages (cont'd)
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Mirror Child-View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 56
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Noise Control System . . . . . . . . . . 296