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Hoses
Hoses transport fluids and shouldbe regularly inspected to ensurethat there are no cracks or leaks.With a multi-point inspection, yourdealer can inspect the hoses andadvise if replacement is needed.
Lamps
Properly working headlamps,taillamps, and brake lamps areimportant to see and be seen onthe road.
.Signs that the headlamps needattention include dimming, failureto light, cracking, or damage.The brake lamps need to bechecked periodically to ensurethat they light when braking.
.With a multi-point inspection,your dealer can check the lampsand note any concerns.
Shocks and Struts
Shocks and struts help aid in controlfor a smoother ride.
.Signs of wear may includesteering wheel vibration, bounce/sway while braking, longerstopping distance, or uneventire wear.
.As part of the multi-pointinspection, trained dealertechnicians can visually inspectthe shocks and struts for signsof leaking, blown seals,or damage, and can advisewhen service is needed.
Tires
Tires need to be properly inflated,rotated, and balanced. Maintainingthe tires can save money and fuel,and can reduce the risk of tirefailure.
.Signs that the tires need to bereplaced include three or morevisible treadwear indicators; cordor fabric showing through therubber; cracks or cuts in thetread or sidewall; or a bulge orsplit in the tire.
.Trained dealer technicians caninspect and recommend the righttires. Your dealer can alsoprovide tire/wheel balancingservices to ensure smoothvehicle operation at all speeds.Yo u r d e a l e r s e l l s a n d s e r v i c e sname brand tires.
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IndexA
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Active Fuel Management®......275
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 345
Adding a Snow Plow or
Similar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Additional Information
OnStar®...................... 491
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Adjustable Throttle and
Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Agreements
Trademarks and License . . . . . 231
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 367
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 82
Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 75
Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Light On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
On-Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 137
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Servicing Airbag-Equipped
Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Alarm
Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 191
Antenna
Fixed Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 292
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Antilock Brake System(ABS) (cont'd)
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Appearance Care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Apple CarPlay and
Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Assistance Systems for
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 302
Audio
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . 182
Audio Players
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Automatic
Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . 363, 366
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Automatic Transmission (cont'd)
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Auxiliary
Roof Mounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 176
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Avoiding Untrusted Media
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Axle, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
B
Battery
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Voltage and Charging
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Battery - North America . . . . 378, 432
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 384
Blind Spot Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Bluetooth
Overview . . . . . . . . 216, 217,221, 226
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Brake
Pedal and Adjustable
Throttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 140
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Brakes (cont'd)
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 267
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Ta i l l a m p s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 7
Ta i l l a m p s , T u r n S i g n a l ,
Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
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Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 171
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 173
F
Fan
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Features
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Fixed Mast Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 175
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
FlexFuel
E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 117
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Fluid
Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 363, 366
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Fluid (cont'd)
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 306
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 284, 379
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 141
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Front Fog Lamp
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 144
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 275
Fuel (cont'd)
Requirements, California . . . . . 312
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393, 395
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Gauges
Engine Coolant
Te m p e r a t u r e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 3
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 132
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ta c h o m e t e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 1
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 451
To w i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 5
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Lamps (cont'd)
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 174
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 138
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Ta i l l a m p s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 7
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Lane Departure Warning
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 309
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 142
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Te t h e r s f o r C h i l d r e n . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Light
Hill Decent Control . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 177
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 140
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 173
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 142
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 134
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
StabiliTrak®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
To w / H a u l M o d e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 1
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak®.......... 143
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 144
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 452
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 138
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
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Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 389
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
W
Warning
Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 307
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Warnings
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Wheels
Alignment and Tire Balance . . 418
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 94
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Windshield
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Winter
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 384
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Wiring, High Voltage Devices . . . 389