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OnStar 403
to the vehicle in a crash, or wirelessphone network congestion orjamming—may prevent service.
SeeRadio FrequencyStatement0393.
Services for People with
Disabilities
Advisors provide services to helpSubscribers with physical disabilitiesand medical conditions.
PressQto help:
.Locate a gas station with anattendant to pump gas.
.Find a hotel, restaurant, etc.,that meets accessibility needs.
.Provide directions to the closesthospital or pharmacy in urgentsituations.
TTY Users
OnStar has the ability tocommunicate to deaf,hard-of-hearing, or speech-impairedcustomers while in the vehicle. Theavailable dealer-installed TTYsystem can provide in-vehicle
access to all OnStar services,except Virtual Advisor and OnStarTurn-by-Turn Navigation.
OnStar Personal Identification
Number (PIN)
APINisneededtoaccesssomeOnStar services. The PIN will needto be changed the first time whenspeaking with an Advisor. Tochange the OnStar PIN, contact an
OnStar Advisor by pressingQor
calling 1-888-4ONSTAR.
Warranty
OnStar equipment may bewarranted as part of the vehiclewarranty.
Languages
The vehicle can be programmed torespond in multiple languages.
PressQand ask for an Advisor.
Advisors are available in English,Spanish, and French. Availablelanguages may vary by country.
Potential Issues
OnStar cannot perform RemoteDoor Unlock or Stolen VehicleAssistance after the vehicle hasbeen off continuously for 10 dayswithout an ignition cycle. If thevehicle has not been started forfive days, OnStar can contactRoadside Assistance or a locksmithto help gain access to the vehicle.
Global Positioning
System (GPS)
.Obstruction of the GPS canoccur in a large city with tallbuildings; in parking garages;around airports; in tunnels andunderpasses; or in an area withvery dense trees. If GPS signalsare not available, the OnStarsystem should still operate tocall OnStar. However, OnStarcould have difficulty identifyingthe exact location.
.In emergency situations, OnStarcan use the last stored GPSlocation to send to emergencyresponders.
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408 Index
Audio (cont'd)
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . 154
Automatic
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 210
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Avoiding Untrusted Media
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Axle, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
B
Battery
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Voltage and Charging
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Battery - North America . . . . 300, 348
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 305
Blind Spot Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Bluetooth
Overview . . . . . . . . 187, 188,192, 197
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Brake
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 120
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 232
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Ta i l l a m p s , T u r n S i g n a l ,
Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
California
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .280, 300, 348
Camera
Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Ta i l g a t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 101
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Charging
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 118
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Front Seats (cont'd)
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 124
Requirements, California . . . . . 267
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
G
Gauges
Engine Coolant
Te m p e r a t u r e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Ta c h o m e t e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Gauges (cont'd)
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 365
To w i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 0
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 149
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 125
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 147
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 125
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208, 210
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 223
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 258
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 121
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 255
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158, 160
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208, 210
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Ignition Transmission Lock
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Indicator
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . 110, 112
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Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 69
Replacing LATCH System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing Safety Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 394
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Ride Control Systems
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 382
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 57
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 394
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164, 165
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 389
Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 47
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 46
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 91, 96
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
OnStar®...................... 398
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Service
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 208
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 281
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 378
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 379
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 389
Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
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Shifting (cont'd)
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Spare Tire
Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Special Application Services . . . . 372
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Starting the Vehicle
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Steering System Messages . . . . . 137
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Storage Areas
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Storage Areas (cont'd)
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Underseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 100
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153, 396
T
Ta c h o m e t e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4
Ta i l g a t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5
Ta i l l a m p s
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Te x t M e s s a g i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 1
Te x t Te l e p h o n e ( T T Y ) U s e r s . . . . 3 8 6
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 37
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Tires (cont'd)
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 326
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 325
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Te r m i n o l o g y a n d D e f i n i t i o n s . . 3 2 1
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 334
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
To w / H a u l M o d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 5
To w / H a u l M o d e L i g h t . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1
To w i n g
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 270
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275