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Maintenance Schedule
Additional Required
Services - Severe12 000 km/7,500 mi
24 000 km/15,000 mi
36 000 km/22,500 mi
48 000 km/30,000 mi
60 000 km/37,500 mi
72 000 km/45,000 mi
84 000 km/52,500 mi
96 000 km/60,000 mi
108 000 km/67,500 mi
120 000 km/75,000 mi
132 000 km/82,500 mi
144 000 km/90,000 mi
156 000 km/97,500 mi
168 000 km/105,000 mi 180 000 km/112,500 mi
192 000 km/120,000 mi
204 000 km/127,500 mi
216 000 km/135,000 mi
228 000 km/142,500 mi
240 000 km/150,000 mi
Rotate tires and perform Required Services.
Check engine oil level and oil life percentage.
Change engine oil and filter, if needed.@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
Replace passenger compartment air filter. (1)@ @@@@@
Inspect evaporative control system. (2)@ @@
Replace engine air cleaner filter. (3)@@@
Change automatic transmission fluid and filter.@@@
Change transfer case fluid, if equipped with
4WD. (4)@@@
Replace spark plugs. Inspect spark plug wires.@
Drain and fill engine cooling system. (5)@
Visually inspect accessory drive belts. (6)@
Replace brake fluid. (7)
Footnotes—Maintenance
Schedule Additional Required
Services - Severe
(1) Or every two years, whichever
comes first. More frequent
passenger compartment air filter
replacement may be needed if
driving in areas with heavy traffic, poor air quality, high dust levels,
or environmental allergens.
Passenger compartment air filter
replacement may also be needed if
there is reduced airflow, window
fogging, or odors. Your GM dealer
can help determine when to replace
the filter.
(2)
Check all fuel and vapor lines
and hoses for proper hook-up,
routing, and condition.
(3) Or every four years, whichever
comes first. If driving in dusty
conditions, inspect the filter at each
oil change or more often as needed.

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.To avoid break-down or failure to
start the vehicle, maintain a
battery with full cranking power.
. Trained dealer technicians have
the diagnostic equipment to test
the battery and ensure that the
connections and cables are
corrosion-free.
Belts
. Belts may need replacing if they
squeak or show signs of
cracking or splitting.
. Trained dealer technicians have
access to tools and equipment
to inspect the belts and
recommend adjustment or
replacement when necessary.
Brakes
Brakes stop the vehicle and are
crucial to safe driving.
. Signs of brake wear may include
chirping, grinding, or squealing
noises, or difficulty stopping. .
Trained dealer technicians have
access to tools and equipment
to inspect the brakes and
recommend quality parts
engineered for the vehicle.
Fluids
Proper fluid levels and approved
fluids protect the vehicle’s systems
and components. See
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0373 for GM approved
fluids.
. Engine oil and windshield
washer fluid levels should be
checked at every fuel fill.
. Instrument cluster lights may
come on to indicate that fluids
may be low and need to be
filled.
Hoses
Hoses transport fluids and should
be regularly inspected to ensure
that there are no cracks or leaks.
With a multi-point inspection, your
dealer can inspect the hoses and
advise if replacement is needed. Lamps
Properly working headlamps,
taillamps, and brake lamps are
important to see and be seen on
the road.
.
Signs that the headlamps need
attention include dimming, failure
to light, cracking, or damage.
The brake lamps need to be
checked periodically to ensure
that they light when braking.
. With a multi-point inspection,
your dealer can check the lamps
and note any concerns.
Shocks and Struts
Shocks and struts help aid in control
for a smoother ride.
. Signs of wear may include
steering wheel vibration, bounce/
sway while braking, longer
stopping distance, or uneven
tire wear.
. As part of the multi-point
inspection, trained dealer
technicians can visually inspect
the shocks and struts for signs

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Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1™ specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. AC Delco dexos1 Synthetic Blend is recommended. See Engine
Oil 0279.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL
®Coolant.
See Engine Coolant 0287.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19299818, in Canada 19299819).
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.
Automatic Transmission DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Chassis Lubrication Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Front Axle (Four-Wheel Drive) SAE 75W-90 Synthetic Axle Lubricant (GM Part No. 88900401, in Canada 89021678).
Rear Axle SAE 75W-85 Synthetic Axle Lubricant (GM Part No. 19300457, in Canada 19300458).
Transfer Case (Four-Wheel Drive) DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.

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UsageFluid/Lubricant
Front Axle Propshaft Spline or One-Piece Propshaft Spline
(Two-Wheel Drive with Auto. Trans.) Spline Lubricant, Special Lubricant (GM Part No. 19257121, in
Canada 19257122).
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood Hinges, Power Assist Steps, and Outer
Tailgate Handle Pivot Points Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip Lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or Dielectric Silicone Grease (GM Part No. 12345579, in Canada 10953481).
Weatherstrip Squeaks Synthetic Grease with Teflon, Superlube (GM Part No. 12371287, in Canada 10953437).
Maintenance Replacement Parts
Replacement parts identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.
Part GM Part Number ACDelco Part Number
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 22845992 A3181C
Oil Filter 89017525 PF63
Passenger Compartment Air Filter 22808781 CF188
Spark Plugs 12622441 41-114
Wiper Blades
Driver Side –55 cm (21.7 in) 22756331 —

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Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0373 for more information.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling System 16.5 L 17.4 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 7.6 L 8.0 qt
Fuel Tank Short Wheelbase 98.4 L 26.0 gal
Long Wheelbase 119.2 L 31.5 gal
Transfer Case Fluid 1.5 L 1.6 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 190 Y140 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.

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Index 407
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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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