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338 Customer Information
Vehicle Data
Recording and
Privacy
The vehicle has a number of
computers that record information
about the vehicle’s performance and
how it is driven. For example, the
vehicle uses computer modules to
monitor and control electric drive
unit performance, to monitor the
conditions for airbag deployment
and to deploy them in a crash, and,
if equipped, to provide antilock
braking to help the driver control the
vehicle. These modules may store
data to help the dealer technician
service the vehicle. Some modules
may also store data about how the
vehicle is operated, such as rate of
energy consumption or average
speed. These modules may retain
personal preferences, such as radio
presets, seat positions, and
temperature settings.
Event Data Recorders
This vehicle is equipped with an
event data recorder (EDR). The
main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near
crash-like situations, such as an air
bag deployment or hitting a road
obstacle, data that will assist in
understanding how a vehicle’s
systems performed. The EDR is
designed to record data related to
vehicle dynamics and safety
systems for a short period of time,
typically 30 seconds or less. The
EDR in this vehicle is designed to
record such data as:
.How various systems in your
vehicle were operating;
. Whether or not the driver and
passenger safety belts were
buckled/fastened;
. How far (if at all) the driver was
depressing the accelerator and/
or brake pedal; and,
. How fast the vehicle was
traveling. These data can help provide a
better understanding of the
circumstances in which crashes and
injuries occur.
Note
EDR data are recorded by your
vehicle only if a non-trivial crash
situation occurs; no data are
recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal
data (e.g., name, gender, age, and
crash location) are recorded.
However, other parties, such as law
enforcement, could combine the
EDR data with the type of
personally identifying data routinely
acquired during a crash
investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR,
special equipment is required, and
access to the vehicle or the EDR is
needed. In addition to the vehicle
manufacturer, other parties, such as
law enforcement, that have the
special equipment, can read the
information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR.
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Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . . . 115
Driver InformationCenter (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Driver Selected Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 222
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 196
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 197
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Driving for Better Energy Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
E
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Electric Drive Unit Messages . . . 137
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 210
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 119
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Electrical Requirements for Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Electrical System
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Energy Efficiency
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Energy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 338
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 148
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 150
F
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 151
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Fluid Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 224
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Fuses
Instrument Panel FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Underhood Compartment . . . . . 264
G
Gauges Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Driver Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Power Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Warning Lights andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 310
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
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General Information (cont'd)Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Hands-Free Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 151
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 123
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 150
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 123
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
High Voltage Battery Gauge . . . . 115 High Voltage Devices and
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 196
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 212
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
I
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Information Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Instrument Panel
Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 49
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 155
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 137
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 33
KeyPass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 272
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 150
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 227
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 229
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 120
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Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LATCH SystemReplacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Light
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Vehicle Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 152
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .118
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . .119
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 150 Lights (cont'd)
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . .116
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Service Vehicle Soon . . . . . . . . . .118
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 121
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
M
MaintenanceAir Conditioning RegularOperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 311 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Object Detection System . . . . . 138
Propulsion Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 140
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Mirror Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Mirrors
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Mirrors (cont'd)Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 49
Mobile Applications KeyPass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Modes Driver Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
N
Navigation OnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 201
New Vehicle Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
O
Object Detection System
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 81
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 326 OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
OnStar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 342
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Operation
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 156
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 335
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Underhood Compartment . . . . . 253
Owner Checks and Services . . . . 313
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Parking Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 219 Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 74
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 121
Pedestrian Safety Signal . . . . . . . 105
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 249
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Hands-Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Indicator Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 203
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 66
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PrivacyVehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 338
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 332
Programmable Charging . . . . . . . . 124
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .249, 257, 295
Propulsion Power Messages . . . 139
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 336
Radios AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 219
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 107
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 299
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 337
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Requirements Electrical Battery Charging . . . 246
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Ride Control Systems
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327, 329
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 68
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 66
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 337
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety Signal Pedestrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 332
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289