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Technical Data 307
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
ApplicationCapacities
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.
Engine Cooling System 2.0L L4 Engine 7.4 L 7.8 qt
2.4L L4 Engine 7.1 L 7.5 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 2.0L L4 Engine (FWD) 4.7 L 5.0 qt
2.0L L4 Engine (AWD) 5.7 L 6.0 qt
2.4L L4 Engine 4.7 L 5.0 qt
Fuel Tank 2.0L L4 Engine (FWD) 70.4 L 18.6 gal
2.0L L4 Engine (AWD) 74.0 L 19.5 gal
2.4L L4 Engine 70.4 L 18.6 gal
Wheel Nut Torque 150 Y110 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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326 OnStar
from each other and use a
combination of letters, numbers,
and symbols to increase the
security.
. Change the default name of the
SSID (Service Set Identifier).
This is your network’s name that
is visible to other wireless
devices. Choose a unique name
and avoid family names or
vehicle descriptions.
OnStar Wi-Fi
®Hotspot (If
Equipped)
The vehicle may have a built-in
Wi-Fi hotspot that provides access
to the Internet and web content at
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.
After initial set-up, your vehicle’s
Wi-Fi hotspot will connect
automatically to your mobile
devices. Manage data usage by
turning Wi-Fi on or off on your
mobile device, using the
RemoteLink mobile app, or by
contacting an OnStar 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.
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336 Index
Driving (cont'd)Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 160
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 162
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Track Events and
Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
E
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 113
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 238
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Engine (cont'd)
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 215
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cooling System Messages . . . 127
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 176
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 321
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 143
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 143
F
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 145
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 221
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 200
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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338 Index
Instrument PanelStorage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 42
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 129
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 26
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 245
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 144
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . . 111
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Lamps (cont'd)
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 202
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .113
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . .113 Lights (cont'd)
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . .116
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . .117
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 143
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . .115
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 109
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
StabiliTrak®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . .116
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 118
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Index 339
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 294 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 111
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Messages Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 127
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Messages (cont'd)
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Object Detection System . . . . . 130
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 131
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 42
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 166
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 220
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 72
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 312
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 325
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Operation
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 318