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RelaysUsage
10 Cooling fan
11 Headlamp washer
13 Cooling fan
14 Low-beam headlamps
15 Run/Crank
17 Rear window defogger
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block
The instrument panel fuse block is in
the instrument panel, on the driver
side of the vehicle. To access the
fuses, open the fuse panel door by
pulling down at the top.
Press in on the sides of the door to
release it from the instrument panel.
Pull the door toward you to release it
from the hinge.
The vehicle may not be equipped with
all of the fuses, relays, and features
shown. Fuses Usage
1 Wireless charger module Fuses Usage
2 Body control module 7
3 Body control module 5
4 Radio
5 Infotainment center stack displays/
Head-up display/
Instrument cluster/
Rear seat
entertainment
6 Power outlet 1
7 Power outlet 2
8 Body control module 1
9 Body control module 4
10 Body control module 8
11 Front HVAC blower
12 Passenger Seat
13 Driver seat
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slight pull to the left or right,
depending on the crown of the road
and/or other road surface variations
such as troughs or ruts, is normal.
If the vehicle is vibrating when driving
on a smooth road, the tires and
wheels may need to be rebalanced.
See your dealer for proper diagnosis.
Wheel Replacement
Replace any wheel that is bent,
cracked, or badly rusted or corroded.
If wheel nuts keep coming loose, the
wheel, wheel bolts, and wheel nuts
should be replaced. If the wheel leaks
air, replace it. Some aluminum wheels
can be repaired. See your dealer if any
of these conditions exist.
Your dealer will know the kind of
wheel that is needed.
Each new wheel should have the same
load-carrying capacity, diameter,
width, offset, and be mounted the
same way as the one it replaces.
Replace wheels, wheel bolts, wheel
nuts, or Tire Pressure Monitor System
(TPMS) sensors with new GM original
equipment parts.
{Warning
Using the wrong replacement
wheels, wheel bolts, or wheel nuts
can be dangerous. It could affect
the braking and handling of the
vehicle. Tires can lose air, and
cause loss of control, causing a
crash. Always use the correct wheel,
wheel bolts, and wheel nuts for
replacement.
Caution
The wrong wheel can also cause
problems with bearing life, brake
cooling, speedometer or odometer
calibration, headlamp aim, bumper
height, vehicle ground clearance,
and tire or tire chain clearance to
the body and chassis.
Used Replacement Wheels
{Warning
Replacing a wheel with a used one
is dangerous. How it has been used
or how far it has been driven may
be unknown. It could fail suddenly
and cause a crash. When replacing
wheels, use a new GM original
equipment wheel.
Tire Chains
{Warning
Do not use tire chains. There is not
enough clearance. Tire chains used
on a vehicle without the proper
amount of clearance can cause
damage to the brakes, suspension,
or other vehicle parts. The area
damaged by the tire chains could
cause loss of control and a crash.
Use another type of traction device
only if its manufacturer
recommends it for the vehicle's tire(Continued)
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Automatic (cont'd)Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Level Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Voltage and Charging Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . 244
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
High Intensity Discharge(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . 299
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Check
Malfunction Indicator Engine
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . 82
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94, 95
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
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Engine (cont'd)Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Overheated Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 152
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . 157
F
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . 154
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 231
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Fluid (cont'd)
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . . . . 208
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Front Seats Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 126
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 248
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 251
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
G
GaugesEngine Coolant Temperature . . . . 117
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Warning Lights andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . 287
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
H
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . . . 154
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Headlamps Adaptive ForwardLighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
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Headlamps (cont'd)High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 152
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159, 163
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . 171
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159, 163
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Instrument Panel
Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Keyless Entry Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
L
Lamps
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . 153
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . 152
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Lamps (cont'd)
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . 123
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a Crash . . . . . . 93
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Level Control Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Light Adaptive Forward Lighting(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Lighting
Adaptive Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Antilock Brake System (ABS)Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123