
Chevrolet Impala Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9921197) -
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Service and Maintenance 335
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1™ specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 Synthetic Blend is recommended. See Engine
Oil 0256.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL
®Coolant.
See Engine Coolant 0262.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19299818, in Canada 19299819).
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.
Automatic Transmission DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
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).

Chevrolet Impala Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9921197) -
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OnStar 357
.Obtain and customize the Wi-Fi®
hotspot name or SSID and
password, if equipped.
Press
Qto connect to an
Advisor to:
. Verify account information or
update contact information.
. Get driving directions.
. Receive a Diagnostic check of
the vehicle's key operating
systems.
. Receive Roadside Assistance.
. Manage Wi-Fi Settings,
if equipped.
Press
>to get a priority connection
to an OnStar Advisor available
24/7 to:
. Get help for an emergency.
. Be a Good Samaritan or
respond to an AMBER Alert.
. Get assistance in severe
weather or other crisis situations
and find evacuation routes.
OnStar Services
Emergency
Emergency Services require an
active, OnStar service plan
(excludes Basic Plan). With
Automatic Crash Response, built-in
sensors can automatically alert a
specially trained OnStar Advisor
who is immediately connected in to
the vehicle to help.
Press
>for a priority connection to
an OnStar Advisor who can contact
emergency service providers, direct
them to your exact location, and
relay important information.
With OnStar Crisis Assist, specially
trained Advisors are available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to
provide a central point of contact,
assistance, and information during a
crisis.
With Roadside Assistance, Advisors
can locate a nearby service provider
to help with a flat tire, a battery
jump, or an empty gas tank.
Security
If equipped, OnStar provides these
services:
. With Stolen Vehicle Assistance,
OnStar Advisors can use GPS to
pinpoint the vehicle and help
authorities quickly recover it.
. With Remote Ignition Block™,
if equipped, OnStar can block
the engine from being restarted.
. With Stolen Vehicle Slowdown
®,
if equipped, OnStar can work
with law enforcement to
gradually slow the vehicle down.
Theft Alarm Notification
If equipped, if the doors are locked
and the vehicle alarm sounds, a
notification by text, e-mail, or phone
call will be sent. If the vehicle is
stolen, an OnStar Advisor can work
with authorities to recover the
vehicle.

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360 OnStar
OnStar AtYourService
OnStar Advisors can provide offers
from restaurants and retailers on
your route, help locate hotels,
or book a room. These services
vary by market.
OnStar Hands-Free Calling
Make and receive calls with the
built-in wireless calling service,
which requires available minutes.
Make a Call1. Press
=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.”
2. Say “Call.”System responds:
“Call. Please say the name or
number to call.”
3. Say the entire number without pausing, including a “1”and the
area code. System responds:
“OK, calling.”
Calling 911 Emergency
1. Press=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.” 2. Say
“Call.”System responds:
“Call. Please say the name or
number to call.”
3. Say “911”without pausing.
System responds: “911.”
4. Say “Call.”System responds:
“OK, dialing 911.”
Retrieve My Number
1. Press=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.”
2. Say “My number.” System
responds: “Your OnStar
Hands-Free Calling number is,”
then says the number.
End a Call
Press=. System responds: “Call
ended.”
Verify Minutes and Expiration
Press=and say “Minutes” then
“Verify” to check how many minutes
remain and their expiration date.
Diagnostics
Advanced Diagnostics provides a
status of the vehicle’ s key systems
with a monthly e-mail, or by
pressing
Q. If equipped, Diagnostic
Alerts can be received in real-time
via e-mail or text. The Proactive
Alerts feature (if available) can help
predict and alert of potential
upcoming maintenance issues with
select components on the vehicle,
before they become a problem.
OnStar can also monitor and report
tire pressure, if the vehicle is
equipped with a Tire Pressure
Monitoring System.

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Index 371
High Voltage Devices andWiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 292
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 196
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 217
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 202, 204
Ignition Transmission Lock
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Indicator
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 47
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jack Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 134
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 30
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 286
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 150
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 120
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Lamps (cont'd)
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 235
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 152
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 122
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 123

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372 Index
Lights (cont'd)Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 126
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 150
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 124
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . .118
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 125
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 126
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 326
Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 120
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 165
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 132
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Messages (cont'd)
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Object Detection System . . . . . 135
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 136
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 47

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374 Index
Proposition65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . . 250, 269, 311
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 352
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Radios
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 229
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 314
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Replacing Safety Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 353
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Ride Control Systems Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 341 Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 68
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 67
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 353
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 348
SD Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 60
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 56
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 56