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Service and Maintenance 305
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
This maintenance section applies to vehicles with a gasoline engine. If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see themaintenance schedule section in the Duramax diesel supplement.
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.
Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission DEXRON®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Chassis Lubrication, Parking BrakeCable GuidesChassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) orlubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL®Coolant.SeeEngine Coolant0227.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1™specification of the proper SAE viscositygrade. ACDelco dexos1 Synthetic Blend is recommended. SeeEngineOil0219.
Front Wheel Bearings Wheel bearing lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category GC orGC-LB (GM Part No. 1051344, in Canada 993037).
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19299818, inCanada 19299819).
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, inCanada 10953474).
Power Steering System GM Power Steering Fluid (GM Part No. 19329450, in Canada 89021186).
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Index 337
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Auxiliary
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Avoiding Untrusted Media
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
B
Battery
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Voltage and Charging
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Battery - North America . . . . 236, 282
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 239
Bluetooth
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Brake
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 104
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 175
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) . . . . . . . . . 244
Front Turn Signal,
Sidemarker, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 241
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 244
Ta i l l a m p s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 3
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
California
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .215, 236, 282
Camera
Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Carbon Monoxide (cont'd)
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cargo
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cargo Door Relocking . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 101
Check
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 239
Malfunction Indicator
Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 68
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 81
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 158
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Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 36
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
N
Navigation
OnStar®...................... 328
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Noise Control System . . . . . . . . . . 237
O
Object Detection System
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Off-Road
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 221
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . 97
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 66
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 315
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
OnStar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
OnStar®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
OnStar®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 328
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Operation
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 321
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 135
P
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 239
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 182
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 215
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Phone
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 180
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 53
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 324
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 318
Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .215, 236, 282
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 322
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Radios
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130