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492 OnStar
.Turn the vehicle's Wi-Fi hotspot
on/off, manage settings, and
monitor data consumption,
if equipped.
For OnStar RemoteLink information
and compatibility, see
www.onstar.com (U.S.) or
www.onstar.ca (Canada).
Remote Services
Contact an OnStar Advisor to
unlock the doors or sound the horn
and flash the lamps.
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 Call
1. 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.
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502 Index
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 486
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 178
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 180
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Features
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Fixed Mast Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 182
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 121
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Fluid AutomaticTransmission . . . . . . . . . . . 368, 371
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Fluid (cont'd)
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 310
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 289, 383
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 147
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 62
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Fuel (cont'd)
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 150
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 281
Requirements, California . . . . . 316
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396, 398
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 174Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 137
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Transmission Temperature . . . . 139
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
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Lamps (cont'd)Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 313
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 148
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
LATCH System
Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Light
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Lighting (cont'd)
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 184
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 148
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 145
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Check Engine (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 149
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 150
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 180
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 147
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 140
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Lights (cont'd)
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 149
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 150
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 455
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Maintenance Schedule (cont'd)Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 144
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Manual Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 159
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Object Detection System . . . . . 161
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 161
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Messages (cont'd)
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Trailer Tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 50
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203N
Navigation OnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Noise Control System . . . . . . . . . . 386
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 367
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 137
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 87
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 477
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 491
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
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Tires (cont'd)Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408, 410
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Pressure Monitor Operation . . .411
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 410
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Terminology and Definitions . . 406
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 421
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 320
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 320
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 440 Towing (cont'd)
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 349
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 349
Tow Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . 368, 371
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 139
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Truck-Camper Loading Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 420
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 174Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Updates Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206, 208
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 469
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 166
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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Vehicle (cont'd)Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 148
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 392
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 312
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 421
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 93
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Winter
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 388
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Wiring, High Voltage Devices . . . 392