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290 Service and Maintenance
The engine oil and filter must be
changed at least once a year and
the oil life system must be reset.
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. SeeEngine Oil Life
System 0216.
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 0255.
. Check engine oil level and oil
life percentage. If needed,
change engine oil and filter, and
reset oil life system. See Engine
Oil 0213 andEngine Oil Life
System 0216. .
Check engine coolant level. See
Engine Coolant 0219.
. Check windshield washer fluid
level. See Washer Fluid 0224.
. Visually inspect windshield wiper
blades for wear, cracking,
or contamination. See Exterior
Care 0278. Replace worn or
damaged wiper blades. See
Wiper Blade
Replacement 0229.
. Check tire inflation pressures.
See Tire Pressure 0249.
. Inspect tire wear. See Tire
Inspection 0254.
. Visually check for fluid leaks.
. Inspect engine air cleaner filter.
See Engine Air Cleaner/
Filter 0217. .
Inspect brake system. See
Exterior Care 0278.
. Visually inspect steering,
suspension, and chassis
components for damaged, loose,
or missing parts or signs of
wear. See Exterior Care 0278.
. Check restraint system
components. See Safety System
Check 060.
. Visually inspect fuel system for
damage or leaks.
. Visually inspect exhaust system
and nearby heat shields for
loose or damaged parts.
. Lubricate body components. See
Exterior Care 0278.
. Check starter switch. See Starter
Switch Check 0228.
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Maintenance Schedule
Additional Required
Services - Normal12 000 km/7,500 mi
24 000 km/15,000 mi
36 000 km/22,500 mi
48 000 km/30,000 mi
60 000 km/37,500 mi
72 000 km/45,000 mi
84 000 km/52,500 mi
96 000 km/60,000 mi
108 000 km/67,500 mi
120 000 km/75,000 mi
132 000 km/82,500 mi
144 000 km/90,000 mi
156 000 km/97,500 mi
168 000 km/105,000 mi 180 000 km/112,500 mi
192 000 km/120,000 mi
204 000 km/127,500 mi
216 000 km/135,000 mi
228 000 km/142,500 mi
240 000 km/150,000 mi
Rotate tires and perform Required Services.
Check engine oil level and oil life percentage.
Change engine oil and filter, if needed.@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
Replace passenger compartment air filter. (1)@ @@@@@
Inspect evaporative control system. (2)@ @@
Replace engine air cleaner filter. (3)@@@
Replace spark plugs. Inspect spark plug wires.@
Change transfer case fluid, if equipped with
AWD. (4)@
Drain and fill engine cooling system. (5)@
Visually inspect accessory drive belts. (6)@
Replace brake fluid. (7)
Footnotes—Maintenance
Schedule Additional Required
Services - Normal
(1) Or every two years, whichever
comes first. More frequent
passenger compartment air filter
replacement may be needed if
driving in areas with heavy traffic,
poor air quality, high dust levels, or environmental allergens.
Passenger compartment air filter
replacement may also be needed if
there is reduced airflow, window
fogging, or odors. Your GM dealer
can help determine when to replace
the filter.
(2)
Visually check all fuel and vapor
lines and hoses for proper
attachment, connection, routing, and
condition.
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Maintenance Schedule
Additional Required
Services - Severe12 000 km/7,500 mi
24 000 km/15,000 mi
36 000 km/22,500 mi
48 000 km/30,000 mi
60 000 km/37,500 mi
72 000 km/45,000 mi
84 000 km/52,500 mi
96 000 km/60,000 mi
108 000 km/67,500 mi
120 000 km/75,000 mi
132 000 km/82,500 mi
144 000 km/90,000 mi
156 000 km/97,500 mi
168 000 km/105,000 mi 180 000 km/112,500 mi
192 000 km/120,000 mi
204 000 km/127,500 mi
216 000 km/135,000 mi
228 000 km/142,500 mi
240 000 km/150,000 mi
Rotate tires and perform Required Services.
Check engine oil level and oil life percentage.
Change engine oil and filter, if needed.@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
Replace passenger compartment air filter. (1)@ @@@@@
Inspect evaporative control system. (2)@ @@
Replace engine air cleaner filter. (3)@@@
Change automatic transmission fluid.@@@
Change transfer case fluid, if equipped with
AWD. (4)@@@
Replace spark plugs. Inspect spark plug wires.@
Drain and fill engine cooling system. (5)@
Visually inspect accessory drive belts. (6)@
Replace brake fluid. (7)
Footnotes—Maintenance
Schedule Additional Required
Services - Severe
(1) Or every two years, whichever
comes first. More frequent
passenger compartment air filter
replacement may be needed if
driving in areas with heavy traffic, poor air quality, high dust levels,
or environmental allergens.
Passenger compartment air filter
replacement may also be needed if
there is reduced airflow, window
fogging, or odors. Your GM dealer
can help determine when to replace
the filter.
(2)
Visually check all fuel and vapor
lines and hoses for proper
attachment, connection, routing, and
condition.
(3) Or every four years, whichever
comes first. If driving in dusty
conditions, inspect the filter at each
oil change or more often as needed.
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Service and Maintenance 299
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip Lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or Dielectric Silicone Grease (GM Part No. 12345579, in Canada 10953481).
Maintenance Replacement Parts
Replacement parts identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.
Part GM Part Number ACDelco Part Number
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 15278634 A3083C
Engine Oil Filter 19330000 PF63E
Passenger Compartment Air Filter 20958479 CF179C
Spark Plugs 12622561 41-109
Wiper Blades
Front Driver –63.0 cm (24.8 in) 20945799 —
Front Passenger –53.0 cm (20.9 in) 20945800 —
Rear –30.0 cm (11.8 in) 22814081 —
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302 Technical Data
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0298 for more information.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling System 11.3 L 11.9 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 5.7 L 6.0 qt
Fuel Tank 83.3 L 22.0 gal
Transfer Case Fluid 1.0 L 1.0 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 190 Y140 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.
Engine Specifications
Engine VIN CodeTransmission Spark Plug Gap
3.6L V6 Engine DAutomatic 0.95–1.10 mm (0.037–
0.043 in)
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328 Index
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 207
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 217
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 68
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 63 Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 108
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Alert
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 193
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 182, 228
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 182 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Armrest Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 216
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Index 331
Electrical System (cont'd)Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 233
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 212
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Cooling System Messages . . . 125
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Overheated Protection Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Engine (cont'd)
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 178
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 316
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 143
F
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 144
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 216
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Front Seats
Heated and Cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Requirements, California . . . . . 197
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 233
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
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Messages (cont'd)Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Object Detection System . . . . . 127
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 129
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Park Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 38
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 171
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 216
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 73
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 307
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 320
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Operating Mode
Overheated Engine
Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 313
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode . . . . 223
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
P
Parade Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 229
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 177
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158