
GMC Sierra/Sierra Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-9955992) - 2017 - crc - 5/3/16
Customer Information 461
GM Mobility
Reimbursement Program
This program is available to
qualified applicants for cost
reimbursement of eligible
aftermarket adaptive equipment
required for the vehicle, such as
hand controls or a wheelchair/
scooter lift for the vehicle.
For more information on the limited
offer, visit www.gmmobility.com or
call the GM Mobility Assistance
Center at 1-800-323-9935. Text
Telephone (TTY) users, call
1-800-833-9935.
General Motors of Canada also has
a Mobility Program. Visit www.gm.ca
or call 1-800-GM-DRIVE (463-7483)
for details. TTY users call
1-800-263-3830.
Roadside Assistance
Program
For U.S.-purchased vehicles, call
1-888-881-3302; (Text Telephone
(TTY): 1-888-889-2438).
For Canadian-purchased vehicles,
call 1-800-268-6800.
Service is available 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
Calling for Assistance
When calling Roadside Assistance,
have the following information
ready:
.Your name, home address, and
home telephone number.
. Telephone number of your
location.
. Location of the vehicle
. Model, year, color, and license
plate number of the vehicle.
. Odometer reading, Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN), and
delivery date of the vehicle.
. Description of the problem.
Coverage
Services are provided for the
duration of the vehicle's powertrain
warranty.
In the U.S., anyone driving the
vehicle is covered. In Canada, a
person driving the vehicle without
permission from the owner is not
covered.
Roadside Assistance is not a part of
the New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
General Motors North America and
GMC reserve the right to make any
changes or discontinue the
Roadside Assistance program at
any time without notification.
General Motors North America and
GMC reserve the right to limit
services or payment to an owner or
driver if they decide the claims are
made too often, or the same type of
claim is made many times.
Services Provided
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:
Delivery of enough fuel for the
vehicle to get to the nearest
service station.

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Index 485
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 469
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 166
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 168
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Features
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Fixed Mast Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 170
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 110
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Fluid AutomaticTransmission . . . . . . . . . . . 352, 354
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 Fluid (cont'd)
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 295
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 274, 367
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 136
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Front Seats
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 139 Fuel (cont'd)
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 266
Requirements, California . . . . . 301
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379, 381
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 162Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Transmission Temperature . . . . 128
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 437

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488 Index
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
MessagesAirbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 146
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Object Detection System . . . . . 148
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 149
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Mirrors (cont'd)
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Trailer Tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 45
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
N
Navigation OnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Noise Control System . . . . . . . . . . 370
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Off-Road (cont'd)
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 351
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 126
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 81
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 460
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 473
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Operating Mode Overheated EngineProtection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 466

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492 Index
Tires (cont'd)Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 404
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 304
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 304
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 423
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 333
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 333
Tow Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . 352, 354
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 128
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Truck-Camper Loading Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 403
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 162Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Updates
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193, 196
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 452
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 153
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 137
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 376
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128