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(4)Do not directly power wash thetransfer case and/or front/rear axleoutput seals. High pressure watercan overcome the seals andcontaminate the transfer case fluid.Contaminated fluid will decrease thelife of the transfer case and/or axlesand should be replaced.
(5)Or every five years, whichevercomes first. SeeCoolingSystem0292.
(6)Or every 10 years, whichevercomes first. Inspect for fraying,excessive cracking, or damage;replace, if needed.
(7)Replace brake/clutch fluid everyfive years. SeeBrake Fluid0299.

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Maintenance ScheduleAdditional RequiredServices - Severe
12 000 km/7,500 mi24 000 km/15,000 mi36 000 km/22,500 mi48 000 km/30,000 mi60 000 km/37,500 mi72 000 km/45,000 mi84 000 km/52,500 mi96 000 km/60,000 mi108 000 km/67,500 mi120 000 km/75,000 mi132 000 km/82,500 mi144 000 km/90,000 mi156 000 km/97,500 mi168 000 km/105,000 mi180 000 km/112,500 mi192 000 km/120,000 mi204 000 km/127,500 mi216 000 km/135,000 mi228 000 km/142,500 mi240 000 km/150,000 mi
Rotate tires and perform Required Services.Check engine oil level and oil life percentage.Change engine oil and filter, if needed.@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Replace passenger compartment air filter. (1)@@@@@@
Replace engine air cleaner filter. (2)@@@
Inspect evaporative control system. (3)@@@
Replace spark plugs. Inspect spark plug wires.@
Change automatic transmission fluid and filter.@@@
Change manual transmission fluid.@@@
Change transfer case fluid, if equipped with4WD. (4)@@@
Drain and fill engine cooling system. (5)@
Visually inspect accessory drive belts. (6)@
Replace brake/clutch fluid. (7)
Footnotes—MaintenanceSchedule Additional RequiredServices - Severe
(1)Or every two years, whichevercomes first. More frequentpassenger compartment air filterreplacement may be needed if
driving in areas with heavy traffic,poor air quality, high dust levels,or environmental allergens.Passenger compartment air filterreplacement may also be needed ifthere is reduced airflow, window
fogging, or odors. Your GM dealercan help determine when to replacethe filter.
(2)Or every four years, whichevercomes first. If driving in dustyconditions, inspect the filter at eachoil change or more often as needed.

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(3)Visually check all fuel and vaporlines and hoses for properattachment, connection, routing, andcondition.
(4)Do not directly power wash thetransfer case and/or front/rear axleoutput seals. High pressure watercan overcome the seals andcontaminate the transfer case fluid.Contaminated fluid will decrease thelife of the transfer case and/or axlesand should be replaced.
(5)Or every five years, whichevercomes first. SeeCoolingSystem0292.
(6)Or every 10 years, whichevercomes first. Inspect for fraying,excessive cracking, or damage;replace, if needed.
(7)Replace brake/clutch fluid everyfive years. SeeBrake Fluid0299.
Special Application
Services
.Severe Commercial UseVehicles Only: Lubricate chassiscomponents every oil change.
.Have underbody flushing serviceperformed. See "UnderbodyMaintenance" inExteriorCare0356.
Additional
Maintenance and Care
Yo u r v e h i c l e i s a n i m p o r t a n tinvestment and caring for it properlymay help to avoid future costlyrepairs. To maintain vehicleperformance, additionalmaintenance services may berequired.
It is recommended that your dealerperform these services—theirtrained dealer technicians knowyour vehicle best. Your dealer canalso perform a thoroughassessment with a multi-pointinspection to recommend when yourvehicle may need attention.
The following list is intended toexplain the services and conditionsto look for that may indicateservices are required.
Battery
The 12-volt battery supplies powerto start the engine and operate anyadditional electrical accessories.

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Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids andLubricants0375.
ApplicationCapacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type andcharge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling System
2.5L L4 9.1 L 9.6 qt
3.6L V6 12.4 L 13.1 qt
Engine Oil with Filter
2.5L L4 4.7 L 5.0 qt
3.6L V6 5.7 L 6.0 qt
Fuel Tank 80 L 21 gal
Transfer Case Fluid 1.9 L 2.0 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 190Y140 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in thismanual. Recheck fluid level after filling.

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Index 409
Check
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 304
Malfunction Indicator
Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 71
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 96
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 208
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . 110, 112
Clutch, Hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 390
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Connections
OnStar®...................... 399
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Control Light
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Coolant
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Engine Temperature Gauge . . .115
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208, 210
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Te x t Te l e p h o n e ( T T Y )
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Customer Information
Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 392
Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 390
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 396
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 395
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Diagnostics
OnStar®...................... 401
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 382
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126, 129

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Driving
Characteristics and
To w i n g T i p s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 0
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 25
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 223
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 225
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
E
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Electrical System
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Emergency
OnStar®...................... 398
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Engine (cont'd)
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 283
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Cooling System Messages . . . 133
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 241
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 395
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 146
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 147
F
Fan
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 149
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 290
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 247, 301
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Front Fog Lamp
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Lumbar Adjustment (cont'd)
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 366
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 118
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Media
Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 170
Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 133
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Messages (cont'd)
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Object Detection System . . . . . 135
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Messaging
Te x t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 1
Mirrors
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 40
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
N
Navigation
OnStar®...................... 399
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 232
O
Object Detection System
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 288
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 70
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 386
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
OnStar®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
OnStar®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 399
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 401