GMC Canyon Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-10122677) -
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Service and Maintenance 373
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
This maintenance section applies to vehicles with a gasoline engine. If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see the
recommended fluids and lubricants section in the Duramax diesel supplement.
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission DEXRON
®-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Chassis Lubrication Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL
®coolant.
See Engine Coolant 0292.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1™ specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 Synthetic Blend is recommended. See Engine Oil
0 284.
Floor Shift Linkage Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in Canada 89021674) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2 Category LB or GC-LB.
Front (If Equipped With Four-Wheel Drive) and Rear Axle SAE 75W-90 Axle Lubricant (GM Part No. 88863089, in
Canada 88863090).
Hydraulic Brake/Clutch System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19299818, in Canada 19299819).
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378 Technical Data
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0373.
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 2.5L L4 9.1 L 9.6 qt
3.6L V6 12.4 L 13.1 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 2.5L L4 4.7 L 5.0 qt
3.6L V6 5.7 L 6.0 qt
Fuel Tank 80 L 21 gal
Transfer Case Fluid 1.9 L 2.0 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.
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Index 411
Locks (cont'd)Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 123
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 364 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 117
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 169
Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Messages (cont'd)
Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 132
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Object Detection System . . . . . 134
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 135
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Messaging
Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Mirrors (cont'd)
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 39
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166N
Navigation OnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 231
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 286
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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412 Index
Oil (cont'd)Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 69
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 384
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 397
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Operation
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 390
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 156
P
Pandora Internet Radio . . . . . . . . . 166
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Parking (cont'd)
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 302
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 238
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 63
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 278
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Phone
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . 186, 187, 191, 196
Port
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 172
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 236
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 55 Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 392
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 387
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .278, 298, 346
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 391
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
RadiosAM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . 160, 162
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 164
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 258
Rear Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Recognition Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 349