2017 GMC SIERRA 1500 ABS

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Front Position–All Other Models
If the flat tire is on the front of
the vehicle (all other models),
position the jack under the
vehicle, as shown.Rear Position –1500 Models
5. If the flat tire is on the rear, for 1500 models position the jack
under the rear axle about 5 cm
(2 in) inboard of the shock
absorber bracket.Rear Position –All Other Models
For all other models, position
the jack under the rear axle
between the spring anchor and
the shock absorber bracket.
If a snow plow has been added
to the front of the vehicle, lower
the snow plow fully before
raising the vehicle.
Make sure that the jack head is
positioned so that the rear axle
is resting securely between the
grooves that are on the
jack head.

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5. Use a clamping devicedesigned for towing to ensure
that the front wheels are locked
into the straight position.
6. Turn the ignition to LOCK/OFF.
Four-Wheel-Drive Vehicles
{Warning
Shifting a four-wheel-drive
vehicle's transfer case into
N (Neutral) can cause the vehicle
to roll even if the transmission is
in P (Park). You or others could
be injured. Set the parking brake
before shifting the transfer case
to N (Neutral).
To dolly tow a four-wheel-drive
vehicle from the rear: 1. Drive the rear wheels onto the dolly.
2. Set the parking brake. See Parking Brake 0282.
3. Put the transmission in P (Park). 4. Secure the vehicle to the dolly
following the manufacturer's
instructions.
5. Use a clamping device designed for towing to ensure
that the front wheels are locked
into the straight position.
6. Shift the transfer case to N (Neutral). See “Shifting into
N (Neutral)” underFour-Wheel
Drive 0274 for the proper
procedure.
7. Turn the ignition to LOCK/OFF.
Appearance Care
Exterior Care
Locks
Locks are lubricated at the factory.
Use a de-icing agent only when
absolutely necessary, and have the
locks greased after using. See
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0447.
Washing the Vehicle
To preserve the vehicle's finish,
wash it often and out of direct
sunlight.
Caution
Do not use petroleum-based,
acidic, or abrasive cleaning
agents as they can damage the
vehicle's paint, metal, or plastic
parts. If damage occurs, it would
not be covered by the vehicle
warranty. Approved cleaning
products can be obtained from
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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Active Fuel Management
®. . . . . . 266
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 334
Adding a Snow Plow or Similar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Agreements Trademarks and License . . . . . 225
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 355
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 75 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 68
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Light On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
On-Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 132
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184, 186
Antenna Fixed Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 281

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Antilock Brake System(ABS) (cont'd)
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Appearance Care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Assistance Systems for
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 291
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . 177
Audio Players
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . 352, 354
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Automatic Transmission (cont'd)
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Auxiliary
Roof Mounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 171
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Axle, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
B
Battery Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Battery - North America . . . . 366, 418
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 372
Blind Spot Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Bluetooth Overview . . . . . . . . 210, 212, 216, 220
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Brake
Pedal and AdjustableThrottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 134
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Brakes (cont'd)
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 258
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 301

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Lamps (cont'd)Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 298
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 136
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Light
Hill Decent Control . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 172
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Lights (cont'd)
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 134
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 138
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 139
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 168
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 136
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 129
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 138
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Locks (cont'd)
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 139
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 438 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 133
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Manual Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11