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Service and Maintenance 357
Maintenance Schedule
Additional Required
Services - Severe12 000 km/7,500 mi
24 000 km/15,000 mi
36 000 km/22,500 mi
48 000 km/30,000 mi
60 000 km/37,500 mi
72 000 km/45,000 mi
84 000 km/52,500 mi
96 000 km/60,000 mi
108 000 km/67,500 mi
120 000 km/75,000 mi
132 000 km/82,500 mi
144 000 km/90,000 mi
156 000 km/97,500 mi
168 000 km/105,000 mi 180 000 km/112,500 mi
192 000 km/120,000 mi
204 000 km/127,500 mi
216 000 km/135,000 mi
228 000 km/142,500 mi
240 000 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)@ @@@@@
Inspect evaporative control system. (2)@ @@
Diesel Engine Only: Replace fuel filter. (3)@@@@@
Replace engine air cleaner filter. (4)@ @@
Change automatic transmission fluid.@@@
Change manual transmission fluid.@@@
Replace spark plugs. Inspect ignition coil boots.@ @
Drain and fill engine cooling system. (5)@
Visually inspect accessory drive belts. (6)@
Replace brake fluid. (7)
Replace brake/clutch fluid. If equipped with
manual transmission. (7)
Footnotes—Maintenance
Schedule Additional Required
Services - Severe
(1) Or every two years, whichever
comes first. More frequent
passenger compartment air filter replacement may be needed if
driving in areas with heavy traffic,
poor air quality, high dust levels,
or environmental allergens.
Passenger compartment air filter
replacement may also be needed if
there is reduced airflow, window
fogging, or odors. Your GM dealer
can help determine when to replace
the filter.
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(2)Visually check all fuel and vapor
lines and hoses for proper
attachment, connection, routing, and
condition.
(3) Or every two years, whichever
comes first. The diesel fuel filter
cartridge may need to be replaced
more frequently, based on biodiesel
usage, driving in severe dust
climate or off-road driving or towing
a trailer for extended periods.
(4) Or every four years, whichever
comes first.
(5) Or every five years, whichever
comes first. See Cooling
System 0277.
(6) Or every 10 years, whichever
comes first. Inspect for fraying,
excessive cracking, or damage;
replace, if needed.
(7) Replace brake fluid every five
years. See Brake Fluid 0284.Special Application
Services
.
Severe Commercial Use
Vehicles Only: Lubricate chassis
components every oil change.
. Have underbody flushing service
performed. See "Underbody
Maintenance" in Exterior
Care 0342.
Additional
Maintenance and Care
Your vehicle is an important
investment and caring for it properly
may help to avoid future costly
repairs. To maintain vehicle
performance, additional
maintenance services may be
required.
It is recommended that your dealer
perform these services —their
trained dealer technicians know
your vehicle best. Your dealer can
also perform a thorough
assessment with a multi-point
inspection to recommend when your
vehicle may need attention.
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UsageFluid/Lubricant
Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Latch, Pivots, Spring Anchor, and
Release Pawl Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in
Canada 89021674) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2,
Category LB or GC-LB.
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Door Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip Lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or Dielectric Silicone Grease (GM Part No. 12345579, in Canada 10953481).
Maintenance Replacement Parts
Replacement parts identified here by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.
Part GM Part Number ACDelco Part Number
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 1.4L L4 Gas Engine (LE2) 13367308 A3202C
1.6L L4 Diesel Engine (LH7) 39030321 A3220C
Engine Oil Filter
1.4L L4 Gas Engine (LE2) 12674698 UPF64R
1.6L L4 Diesel Engine (LH7) 55588497 PF2264G
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Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in English and metric conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0361.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling System 1.4L L4 Gas Engine (LE2) 5.9 L 6.2 qt
1.6L L4 Diesel Engine (LH7) 4.5 L 4.8 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 1.4L L4 Gas Engine (LE2) 4.0 L 4.2 qt
1.6L L4 Diesel Engine (LH7) 5.0 L 5.3 qt
Fuel Tank Base Diesel 51.3 L 13.5 gal
Base Gasoline 51.7 L 13.7 gal
LS Trim with Automatic Transmission 45.6 L 12.0 gal
DEF Tank (LH7 Only) 14.3 L 3.8 gal
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396 Index
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 368
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 239
Driver InformationCenter (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 137
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 242
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 28
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 204
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 206
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
E
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Electrical System
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 294
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 267
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Cooling System Messages . . . 141
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 222
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engines
Diesel Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 381
Exhaust Fluid Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 158
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
F
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Replacement (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 161
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 275
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Diesel Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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LocksAutomatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 132
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 352 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 126
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 174 Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Diesel Exhaust Fluid . . . . . . . . . . 142
Diesel Particulate Filter . . . . . . . 143
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 141
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Object Detection System . . . . . 144
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 146
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Mirrors
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 54
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
N
Navigation OnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 210
O
Object Detection System
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 273
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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Oil (cont'd)Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 86
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 372
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 385
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 169
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 378
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Parking (cont'd)
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 287
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 221
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 240
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 79
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 264
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Phone
Apple CarPlay andAndroid Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 181
Hands-Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Port
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Power (cont'd)
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 219
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 71
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 381
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 375
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .264, 285, 336
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 379
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
RadiosAM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 240
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361