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automatically to cool the air inside
the vehicle or to dry the air needed
to defog the windshield faster.
h:Press to turn on recirculation.
An indicator light comes on. Air is
recirculated to quickly cool the
inside of the vehicle or reduce entry
of outside air and odors.
Auto Defog : The climate control
system may have a sensor to
automatically detect high humidity
inside the vehicle. When high
humidity is detected, the climate
control system may adjust to
outside air supply and turn on the
air conditioner. If the climate control
system does not detect possible
window fogging, it returns to normal
operation. To turn Auto Defog off or
on, see "Climate and Air Quality"
under Vehicle
Personalization 0124.
Rear Window Defogger
=:Press to turn the rear window
defogger on or off. An indicator light
on the button comes on to show that
the rear window defogger is on. The defogger only works when the
ignition is in ON/RUN. The defogger
turns off if the ignition is in the ACC/
ACCESSORY or LOCK/OFF
position.
The rear window defogger can be
set to automatic operation; see
“Climate and Air Quality”
under
Vehicle Personalization 0124.
When auto rear defog is selected,
the rear window defogger turns on
automatically when the interior
temperature is cold and the outside
temperature is about 4 °C (40 °F)
and below. The auto rear defogger
turns off automatically after about
10 minutes. At higher speeds, the
rear window defogger may stay on
continuously.
For vehicles with heated outside
rearview mirrors, they turn on when
the rear window defogger button is
on and help to clear fog or frost from
the surface of the mirrors. See
Heated Mirrors 044.
Caution
Do not try to clear frost or other
material from the inside of the
front windshield and rear window
with a razor blade or anything
else that is sharp. This may
damage the rear window
defogger grid and affect the
radio's ability to pick up stations
clearly. The repairs would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
MorL:If equipped, press to turn
the heated seats on or off. See
Heated Front Seats 054.
(:If equipped, press to turn the
heated steering wheel on or off. See
Heated Steering Wheel 099.
Remote Start Climate Control
Operation : If equipped with the
remote vehicle start feature, the
climate control system may run
when the vehicle is started remotely.
The system uses the driver ’s
previous settings to heat or cool the
inside of the vehicle. The rear defog
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based on cold ambient conditions.
The rear defog indicator light does
not come on during a remote start.
If the vehicle has front heated seats,
they may come on during a remote
start. The heated seat indicator
lights do not come on during a
remote start. SeeRemote Vehicle
Start 054 and Heated Front
Seats 054.
Sensors
The solar sensor, located on top of
the instrument panel near the
windshield, monitors the solar heat.
The climate control system uses the
sensor information to adjust the
temperature, fan speed,
recirculation, and air delivery mode
for best comfort.
If the sensor is covered, the
automatic climate control system
may not work properly.
Air Vents
Use the louvers located on the air
vents to change the direction of the
airflow.
Use the thumbwheels near the air
vents to control the amount of
airflow or to shut off the airflow.
Operation Tips
.
Keep all outlets open whenever
possible for best system
performance.
. Keep the paths under all seats
clear of objects to help circulate
the air inside the vehicle more
effectively.
. Use of non-GM approved hood
deflectors can adversely affect
the performance of the system.
Maintenance
Passenger Compartment
Air Filter
The filter reduces dust, pollen, and
other airborne irritants from outside
air that is pulled into the vehicle.
The filter should be replaced as part
of routine scheduled maintenance.
See Maintenance Schedule 0303.
See your dealer regarding
replacement of the filter.
Service
All vehicles have a label underhood
that identifies the refrigerant used in
the vehicle. The refrigerant system
should only be serviced by trained
and certified technicians. The air
conditioning evaporator should
never be repaired or replaced by
one from a salvage vehicle.
It should only be replaced by a new
evaporator to ensure proper and
safe operation.

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186 Driving and Operating
Example 3
1.Vehicle Capacity Weight
for Example 3 = 453 kg
(1,000 lbs).
2.Subtract Occupant
Weight @ 91 kg
(200 lbs) × 5 = 453 kg
(1,000 lbs).
3.Available Cargo Weight
= 0 kg (0 lbs).
Refer to the vehicle's Tire and
Loading Information label for
specific information about the
vehicle's capacity weight and
seating positions. The combined weight of the driver, passengers,
and cargo should never exceed
the vehicle's capacity weight.
Certification Label
Label Example
A vehicle-specific Certification
label is attached to the vehicle's
center pillar (B-pillar). The label
may show the gross weight
capacity of the vehicle, called
the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
(GVWR). The GVWR includes
the weight of the vehicle, all
occupants, fuel, and cargo.
{Warning
Things inside the vehicle can
strike and injure people in a
sudden stop or turn, or in a
crash.
.Put things in the cargo
area of the vehicle. In the
cargo area, put them as
far forward as possible.
Try to spread the weight
evenly.
.Never stack heavier
things, like suitcases,
inside the vehicle so that
some of them are above
the tops of the seats.
.Do not leave an
unsecured child restraint
in the vehicle.
.Secure loose items in the
vehicle.
.Do not leave a seat
folded down unless
needed.

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258 Vehicle Care
Fuses Amps UsageF12 – –
F13 – –
F14 – –
F15 – –
F16 5A Rear vision camera
F17 – –
F18 – –
F19 7.5A Heated steering wheel
F20 25A Sunroof
F21 25A Heated seats
F22 – –
F23 – –
F24 – –
F25 5A Side blind zone alert
F26 30A –
F27 30A Passive entry/ Passive start
F28 – – Fuses Amps Usage
F29 – –
F30 – –
F31 30A Amplifier
F32 – –
Relays Usage R01 Run/Crank
R02 Run
R03 –
R04 –
R05 –Wheels and Tires
Tires
Every new GM vehicle has
high-quality tires made by a
leading tire manufacturer. See
the warranty manual for
information regarding the tire
warranty and where to get
service. For additional
information refer to the tire
manufacturer.
{Warning
.Poorly maintained and
improperly used tires are
dangerous.
.Overloading the tires can
cause overheating as a
result of too much
flexing. There could be a
blowout and a serious
crash. See Vehicle Load
Limits 0183.
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Vehicle Care 263
Tire Designations
Tire Size
The following is an example of a
typical passenger vehicle
tire size.
(1) Passenger (P-Metric) Tire:
The United States version of a
metric tire sizing system. The
letter P as the first character in
the tire size means a passenger
vehicle tire engineered to
standards set by the U.S. Tire
and Rim Association.
(2) Tire Width
:The three-digit
number indicates the tire section
width in millimeters from
sidewall to sidewall. (3) Aspect Ratio
:A two-digit
number that indicates the tire
height-to-width measurements.
For example, if the tire size
aspect ratio is 60, as shown in
item 3 of the illustration, it would
mean that the tire's sidewall is
60 percent as high as it is wide.
(4) Construction Code
:A letter
code is used to indicate the type
of ply construction in the tire.
The letter R means radial ply
construction; the letter D means
diagonal or bias ply
construction; and the letter B
means belted-bias ply
construction.
(5) Rim Diameter
:Diameter of
the wheel in inches.
(6) Service Description
:These
characters represent the load
index and speed rating of the
tire. The load index represents
the load carrying capacity a tire
is certified to carry. The speed
rating is the maximum speed a
tire is certified to carry a load.
Tire Terminology and
Definitions
Air Pressure:The amount of
air inside the tire pressing
outward on each square inch of
the tire. Air pressure is
expressed in kPa (kilopascal)
or psi (pounds per square inch).
Accessory Weight
:The
combined weight of optional
accessories. Some examples of
optional accessories are
automatic transmission, power
windows, power seats, and air
conditioning.
Aspect Ratio
:The relationship
of a tire's height to its width.
Belt
:A rubber coated layer of
cords between the plies and the
tread. Cords may be made from
steel or other reinforcing
materials.

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Index 343
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 225
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Agreements Trademarks and License . . . . . 167
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 235
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 69
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 65
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 106
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Alert Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 213
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Antenna Backglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 200 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

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Driving (cont'd)Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 181
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 183
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 201
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 110
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 252
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Engine (cont'd)
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 231
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Cooling System Messages . . . 120
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 197
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 331
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 133
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
F
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 135
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 235
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Index 347
Fuel (cont'd)Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .113
Requirements, California . . . . . 217
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 252
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 130Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Gauges (cont'd)
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 302
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 135
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . .114
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 134
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . .114
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 181
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 203
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 187, 189
Ignition Transmission Lock
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Indicator
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 44
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2