
GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-9803770) - 2017 - crc - 7/12/16
OnStar 401
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.

GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-9803770) - 2017 - crc - 7/12/16
410 Index
Drive SystemsAll-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 236, 302
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 254
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141, 144
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 259
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 27
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 218
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 220
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 237
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 135
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Electrical System
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 307
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 285
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Cooling System Messages . . . 150
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Engine (cont'd)
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 233
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 396
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 169
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 171
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
F
Features
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 173
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 291
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-9803770) - 2017 - crc - 7/12/16
412 Index
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 218
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 242
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 136
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 205
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 49
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 151
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 29
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 317
Lamps
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 171
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 132
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 265
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 267
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 136
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Light Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 136
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 174
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 134
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 135
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 138
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 171

GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-9803770) - 2017 - crc - 7/12/16
Index 413
Lights (cont'd)Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 130
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 138
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 139
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 368 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 132
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 150
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Object Detection System . . . . . 152
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 154
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Messages (cont'd)
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 49
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-9803770) - 2017 - crc - 7/12/16
Index 417
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 387
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 47Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323, 324
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 325
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 324
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Sealant andCompressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Tires (cont'd)
Terminology and Definitions . . 320
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 334
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 272
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 272
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 354
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Trailer
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 332
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 165
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 381
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-9803770) - 2017 - crc - 7/12/16
418 Index
Vehicle (cont'd)Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 157
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle Care Storing the Tire Sealant
and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 344
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Vehicle Hold
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Vehicle Hold (AVH) Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 306
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 267
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Warnings
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 334
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 93
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 303
Wipers Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Wiring, High Voltage Devices . . . 306