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to the vehicle in a crash, or wirelessphone network congestion orjamming—may prevent service.
SeeRadio FrequencyStatement0482.
Services for People with
Disabilities
Advisors provide services to helpSubscribers with physical disabilitiesand medical conditions.
PressQto help:
.Locate a gas station with anattendant to pump gas.
.Find a hotel, restaurant, etc.,that meets accessibility needs.
.Provide directions to the closesthospital or pharmacy in urgentsituations.
TTY Users
OnStar has the ability tocommunicate to deaf,hard-of-hearing, or speech-impairedcustomers while in the vehicle. Theavailable dealer-installed TTYsystem can provide in-vehicle
access to all OnStar services,except Virtual Advisor and OnStarTurn-by-Turn Navigation.
OnStar Personal Identification
Number (PIN)
APINisneededtoaccesssomeOnStar services. The PIN will needto be changed the first time whenspeaking with an Advisor. Tochange the OnStar PIN, contact an
OnStar Advisor by pressingQor
calling 1-888-4ONSTAR.
Warranty
OnStar equipment may bewarranted as part of the vehiclewarranty.
Languages
The vehicle can be programmed torespond in multiple languages.
PressQand ask for an Advisor.
Advisors are available in English,Spanish, and French. Availablelanguages may vary by country.
Potential Issues
OnStar cannot perform RemoteDoor Unlock or Stolen VehicleAssistance after the vehicle hasbeen off continuously for 10 dayswithout an ignition cycle. If thevehicle has not been started forfive days, OnStar can contactRoadside Assistance or a locksmithto help gain access to the vehicle.
Global Positioning
System (GPS)
.Obstruction of the GPS canoccur in a large city with tallbuildings; in parking garages;around airports; in tunnels andunderpasses; or in an area withvery dense trees. If GPS signalsare not available, the OnStarsystem should still operate tocall OnStar. However, OnStarcould have difficulty identifyingthe exact location.
.In emergency situations, OnStarcan use the last stored GPSlocation to send to emergencyresponders.

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Index 501
General Information (cont'd)
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 175
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 144
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 173
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 145
Heated
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heater
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Heating and Air
Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
High Voltage Devices and
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 407
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 256
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 297
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 141
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 294
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186, 188
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
I
Idle System
Fast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Ignition Transmission Lock
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Indicator
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Instrument Panel
Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 50
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jack
Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 153
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 36
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 399
Lamps
Auxiliary Roof
Mounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

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Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacement
Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 88
Replacing LATCH System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Replacing Safety Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 483
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ride Control Systems
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 471
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 73
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 71
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 483
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 478
Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 63
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 59
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 59
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 65
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 106
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
OnStar®...................... 487
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Climate Control
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 353
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 466
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

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Service (cont'd)
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 467
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 478
Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Special Application Services . . . . 458
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Steering System Messages . . . . . 156
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Storage Areas
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 115
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Switches
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 485
System (cont'd)
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
T
Ta c h o m e t e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 1
Ta i l g a t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2
Ta i l l a m p s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 7
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Te x t Te l e p h o n e ( T T Y ) U s e r s . . . . 4 7 5
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 45
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

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Tires (cont'd)
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 408
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 407
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Te r m i n o l o g y a n d D e f i n i t i o n s . . 4 0 3
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 418
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
To w / H a u l M o d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 2
To w / H a u l M o d e L i g h t . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 1
To w i n g
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 315
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 315
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 437
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 344
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Traction
Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Traction (cont'd)
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Trademarks and License
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 344
To w M i r r o r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
To w i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 8
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . 363, 366
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Truck-Camper Loading
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Turn Signal
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 417
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 168
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Updates
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 201
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 467
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 159
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
To w i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 6
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 142
Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Vehicle Data Recording and
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484