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86 Seats and Restraints
Securing Child Restraints
This vehicle has airbags. In
addition, the vehicle has a
passenger sensing system which is
designed to turn off the front
outboard passenger frontal airbag
under certain conditions. See
Passenger Sensing System073
and Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator 0107 for more information,
including important safety
information.
Never put a rear-facing child seat in
the front. This is because the risk to
the rear-facing child is so great if the
airbag deploys.
{Warning
A child in a rear-facing child
restraint can be seriously injured
or killed if the front outboard
passenger frontal airbag inflates.
This is because the back of the
rear-facing child restraint would
be very close to the inflating
airbag. A child in a forward-facing
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Warning (Continued)
child restraint can be seriously
injured or killed if the front
outboard passenger frontal airbag
inflates and the passenger seat is
in a forward position.
Even if the passenger sensing
system has turned off the front
outboard passenger frontal
airbag, no system is fail-safe. No
one can guarantee that an airbag
will not deploy under some
unusual circumstance, even
though it is turned off.
Secure rear-facing child restraints
in a rear seat, even if the airbag
is off. If you secure a
forward-facing child restraint in
the front outboard passenger
seat, always move the seat as far
back as it will go. It is better to
secure the child restraint in a
rear seat.
SeePassenger Sensing System
0 73 for additional information. Rear-facing child restraints should
not be installed in the vehicle, even
if the airbag is off.
Do not secure a child seat in a
position without a top tether anchor
if a national or local law requires
that the top tether be anchored, or if
the instructions that come with the
child restraint say that the top strap
must be anchored.
In Canada, the law requires that
forward-facing child restraints have
a top tether, and that the tether be
attached.
When using the lap-shoulder belt to
secure the child restraint in this
position, follow the instructions that
came with the child restraint and the
following instructions:
1. Move the seat as far back as it will go before securing the
forward-facing child restraint.
Move the seat upward or the
seatback to an upright position,
if needed, to get a tight
installation of the child
restraint.

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When the passenger sensing
system has turned off the front
outboard passenger frontal
airbag, the off indicator on the
passenger airbag status
indicator should light and stay
lit when you start the vehicle.
SeePassenger Airbag Status
Indicator 0107.
2. Put the child restraint on the seat.
Remove the safety belt from
the guide by sliding the
webbing through the opening
on the guide. Do not secure the
child restraint with the safety
belt routed through the guide.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions
of the vehicle’s safety belt
through or around the restraint.
The child restraint instructions
will show you how.
4. Push the latch plate into thebuckle until it clicks.
Position the release button on
the buckle, away from the child
restraint system, so that the
safety belt could be quickly
unbuckled if necessary.5. Pull the shoulder belt all theway out of the retractor to set
the lock. When the retractor
lock is set, the belt can be
tightened but not pulled out of
the retractor.

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6. To tighten the belt, push downon the child restraint, pull the
shoulder portion of the belt to
tighten the lap portion of the
belt, and feed the shoulder belt
back into the retractor. When
installing a forward-facing child
restraint, it may be helpful to
use your knee to push down on
the child restraint as you
tighten the belt.
Try to pull the belt out of the
retractor to make sure the
retractor is locked. If the
retractor is not locked, repeat
Steps 5 and 6. 7. Before placing a child in the
child restraint, make sure it is
securely held in place. To
check, grasp the child restraint
at the safety belt path and
attempt to move it side to side
and back and forth. When the
child restraint is properly
installed, there should be no
more than 2.5 cm (1 in) of
movement.
If the airbag is off, the off indicator in
the passenger airbag status
indicator will come on and stay on
when the vehicle is started.
If a child restraint has been installed
and the on indicator is lit, see “If the
On Indicator Is Lit for a Child
Restraint ”under Passenger
Sensing System 073.
To remove the child restraint,
unbuckle the vehicle safety belt and
let it return to the stowed position.
If the top tether is attached to a top
tether anchor, disconnect it.
Return the safety belt into the guide
by sliding the webbing through the
opening on the guide.

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Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On ElectricalEquipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Driving Information
Distracted Driving
Distraction comes in many forms
and can take your focus from the
task of driving. Exercise good
judgment and do not let other
activities divert your attention away
from the road. Many local
governments have enacted laws
regarding driver distraction. Become
familiar with the local laws in
your area.
To avoid distracted driving, keep
your eyes on the road, keep your
hands on the steering wheel, and
focus your attention on driving.
. Do not use a phone in
demanding driving situations.
Use a hands-free method to
place or receive necessary
phone calls.
. Watch the road. Do not read,
take notes, or look up
information on phones or other
electronic devices. .
Designate a front seat
passenger to handle potential
distractions.
. Become familiar with vehicle
features before driving, such as
programming favorite radio
stations and adjusting climate
control and seat settings.
Program all trip information into
any navigation device prior to
driving.
. Wait until the vehicle is parked
to retrieve items that have fallen
to the floor.
. Stop or park the vehicle to tend
to children.
. Keep pets in an appropriate
carrier or restraint.
. Avoid stressful conversations
while driving, whether with a
passenger or on a cell phone.
{Warning
Taking your eyes off the road too
long or too often could cause a
crash resulting in injury or death.
Focus your attention on driving.

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Warning (Continued)
.Do not leave an
unsecured child restraint
in your vehicle.
.When you carry
something inside the
vehicle, secure it
whenever you can.
Starting and
Operating
New Vehicle Break-In
Follow these recommended
guidelines during the first 2 414 km
(1,500 mi) of driving this vehicle.
Parts have a break-in period and
performance will be better in the
long run.
For the first 322 km (200 mi):
.To break in new tires, drive at
moderate speeds and avoid hard
cornering.
. New brake linings also need a
break-in period. Avoid making
hard stops. This is
recommended every time brake
linings are replaced.
For the first 800 km (500 mi):
. Avoid full throttle starts and
abrupt stops.
. Do not exceed 4000 rpm. .
Avoid driving at any one
constant speed, fast or slow,
including the use of cruise
control.
. Avoid downshifting to brake or
slow the vehicle when the
engine speed will exceed
4000 rpm.
. Do not let the engine labor.
Never lug the engine. With a
manual transmission, shift to the
next lower gear. This rule
applies at all times, not just
during the break-in period.
. After the first 800 km (500 mi),
change the engine oil on
vehicles with the LT1 engine, the
LT4 engine, the Z51 package,
or the Grand Sport package.
For the first 2 414 km (1,500 mi):
. Do not participate in track
events, sport driving schools,
or similar activities.
. Check engine oil with every
refueling and add if necessary.
Oil and fuel consumption may be
higher than normal.

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Automatic (cont'd)Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
B
Battery Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Voltage and Charging Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Battery - North America . . . . 248, 292
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 251
Boost Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . .110
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 181
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Bulb Replacement (cont'd)
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 253
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .220, 248, 292
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Cargo Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2 Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 91
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 108
Check
Malfunction IndicatorEngine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 81
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Clutch, Hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 331
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Competition Oriented Tires . . . . . 265
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . . . 205

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G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 139Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Gauges Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Engine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Gear Shifting Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 306
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
H
Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 145
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . .114
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 143
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . .115
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 272
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 175
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 199
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 44
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 126
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 27
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 266
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 143
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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Messages (cont'd)Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Convertible Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 125
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 127
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Mirrors (cont'd)
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 44
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Net Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 181
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 235
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Oil (cont'd)
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 80
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 327
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 341
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 333
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
P
Panel, Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 251
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188