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326 Service and Maintenance
Maintenance
Schedule
Owner Checks and Services
At Each Fuel Stop
.Check the engine oil level. See
Engine Oil 0243.
Once a Month
. Check the tire inflation
pressures. See Tire
Pressure 0278.
. Inspect the tires for wear. See
Tire Inspection 0284.
. Check the windshield washer
fluid level. See Washer
Fluid 0253.
. Engine, power electronics, and
high voltage battery pack
coolant level checks. See
Cooling System (Engine) 0248
or Cooling System (High Voltage
Battery) 0248 orCooling
System (Power Electronics and
Charger Modules) 0249.
Engine Oil Change
Every 24 months or when the
CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON
message displays, change the
engine oil and filter as soon as
possible, within the next 1 000 km/
600 mi. The engine oil and filter
must be changed at least once
every 24 months. After each oil and
filter change, the oil life system must
be reset. See Engine Oil Life
System 0245. More frequent
changes may be required when the
vehicle is exposed to a corrosive
environment, such as areas of high
humidity, along an ocean coast,
and/or areas that apply road salt
during winter.
Your trained dealer technician can
perform this work. If the engine oil
life system is reset accidentally,
service the vehicle within 5 000 km/
3,000 mi since the last service.
Reset the oil life system when the
oil is changed.
Tire Rotation and Required
Services Every 12 000 km/
7,500 mi
Rotate the tires, if recommended for
the vehicle, and perform the
following services. See Tire
Rotation 0284.
. Check engine oil level and oil
life percentage. If needed,
change engine oil and filter, and
reset oil life system. See Engine
Oil 0243 andEngine Oil Life
System 0245.
. Check engine coolant level. See
Engine Coolant 0250.
. Check windshield washer fluid
level. See Washer Fluid 0253.
. Visually inspect windshield wiper
blades for wear, cracking,
or contamination. See Exterior
Care 0314. Replace worn or
damaged wiper blades. See
Wiper Blade
Replacement 0258.
. Check tire inflation pressures.
See Tire Pressure 0278.
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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 0243.
Engine Cooling System Premix DEX-COOL
®(GM Part No. 12378390, in Canada 10953456). See
Engine Coolant 0250.
High Voltage Battery Cooling System Premix DEX-COOL (GM Part No. 12378390, in Canada 10953456). Power Electronics Cooling System Premix DEX-COOL (GM Part No. 12378390, in Canada 10953456). Brake Hydraulic 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.
Electric Drive Unit DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Hatch 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.
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Index 367
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 293
Connections OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Control Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 249 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 196
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Customer Information
Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 350
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 348
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 354
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 353
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Delayed Charging Override . . . . . 217
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 340 Drive Unit
Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 203
Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . . . 106
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Driver Selected Operating
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 208
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 169
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 171
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Driving for Better Energy
Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
E
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Electric Drive Unit Messages . . . 134
Electric Drive Unit Shift LockControl Function Check . . . . . . . 258
Electric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
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Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 188
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 111
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Electrical Requirements for Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Electrical System
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Energy Efficiency Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 242
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . 248, 249 Engine (cont'd)
Cooling System Messages . . . 134
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 186
Engine Unavailable Out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 353
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Extended Range Mode . . . . . . . . . 180
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 149
F
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 152
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Fluid Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 210
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .116
Requirements, California . . . . . 230
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Function Check Electric Drive Unit Shift
Lock Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
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Lamps (cont'd)License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 109
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 211
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 213
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 113
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Lifting the Vehicle, Tires . . . . . . . . 237
Light Hold Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Vehicle Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Lighting (cont'd)
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . 111
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . .114
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . .115
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 151
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Mountain Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 107
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . .114 Lights (cont'd)
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 116
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 326 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 109
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133