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60 Seats and Restraints
.If recalling the exit position,
press and hold the appropriate
manual control for the exit
feature not recalling for
two seconds. Then try recalling
the exit position again.
If the memory position is still not
recalling, see your dealer for
service.
Seatback Latches
If equipped, lift the latch to fold a
seatback forward.
{Warning
If either seatback is not locked, it
could move forward in a sudden
stop or crash. That could cause
injury to the person sitting there.
Always push and pull on the
seatbacks to be sure they are
locked.
To return a seatback to the sitting
position, push the seatback
rearward. Push and pull on the
seatback to make sure it is locked in
place.
{Warning
When returning the seatback
upright, make sure the safety belt
is routed properly and is not
caught behind the seatback latch.
You could be seriously injured,
or even killed, by not wearing the
safety belt properly. See How to
Wear Safety Belts Properly 063.
In some vehicles, when the
seatback is folded forward, some
power seat adjustments may not be
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available. SeePower Seat
Adjustment 057 and Reclining
Seatbacks 058.
Heated and Ventilated
Front Seats
{Warning
If you cannot feel temperature
change or pain to the skin, the
seat heater may cause burns. To
reduce the risk of burns, people
with such a condition should use
care when using the seat heater,
especially for long periods of
time. Do not place anything on
the seat that insulates against
heat, such as a blanket, cushion,
cover, or similar item. This may
cause the seat heater to
overheat. An overheated seat
heater may cause a burn or may
damage the seat.
Driver and Redundant Passenger
Controls
If equipped, the driver buttons are
on the center stack. To operate, the
ignition must be on.
Press
CorMon the left side of the
climate control panel to ventilate or
heat the driver seat. A ventilated
seat has a fan that pulls or pushes
air through the seat. The air is not
cooled.
Passenger Controls
The passenger buttons are also on
the right side of the instrument
panel under the air vent. Press
L
or{to heat or ventilate the
passenger seat. The driver can also
turn on or off the passenger heated
and ventilated seats using the
buttons on the right side of the
climate control panel.
Press the button once for the
highest setting. With each press of
the button, the seat will change to
the next lower setting, and then to
the off setting. The indicator lights
show three for the highest setting
and one for the lowest. If the heated
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Vehicle ReminderMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 132
Washer Fluid Messages . . . . . . 132
Window Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 132
Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . . 139
Universal Remote System Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Universal Remote System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Controls
Steering Wheel
Adjustment
Press the control to move the tilt
and telescoping steering wheel up
and down or forward and rearward.
Both the tilt and telescoping steering
column positions can be stored with
your memory settings. See Memory
Seats 058.
Do not adjust the steering wheel
while driving.
Steering Wheel Controls
The infotainment system can be
operated by using the steering
wheel controls. See "Steering
Wheel Controls" in the infotainment
manual.
Horn
Press near or on the horn symbols
on the steering wheel pad to sound
the horn.
Windshield Wiper/Washer
The windshield wiper/washer lever
is on the right side of the steering
column.
With the ignition in ACC/
ACCESSORY or ON/RUN/START,
move the windshield wiper lever to
select the wiper speed.
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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Active Fuel Management
®. . . . . . 188
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 217
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 237
Air Dam, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 73
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 70
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 107
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 196 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 212
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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Lamps (cont'd)Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 108
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Latches, Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Lifting the Vehicle, Tires . . . . . . . . 221
Light Electronic Stability Control
(ESC), Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Gear Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 146
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Lights (cont'd)
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .110
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . .110
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . .113
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . .113
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 143
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 106
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . 208
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 114
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 307 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 108
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Matching Active Rev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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Parking (cont'd)Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 187
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 212
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 73
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 220
Performance Data Recorder (PDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 186
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 67
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 336 Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 330
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .220, 248, 292
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 334
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 212
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 296
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 27
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 79
Replacing Safety Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 335
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Ride Control Systems Enhanced TractionSystem (ETS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Roof Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 323
Run-Flat Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 68
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 67
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 335
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 330
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Seatback Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 61
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 57
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 57
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . 86
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Security (cont'd)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
OnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 223
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 319
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 320
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 330
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Shifting (cont'd)
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Special Application Services . . . . 312
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 89
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291