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can be removed by rubbing with a
clean cloth. SeeRecommended
Fluids and Lubricants 0386.
Tires
Use a stiff brush with tire cleaner to
clean the tires.
Caution
Using petroleum-based tire
dressing products on the vehicle
may damage the paint finish and/
or tires. When applying a tire
dressing, always wipe off any
overspray from all painted
surfaces on the vehicle.
Wheels and Trim —Aluminum
or Chrome
Use a soft, clean cloth with mild
soap and water to clean the wheels.
After rinsing thoroughly with clean
water, dry with a soft, clean towel.
A wax may then be applied.
Caution
Chrome wheels and other chrome
trim may be damaged if the
vehicle is not washed after driving
on roads that have been sprayed
with magnesium, calcium,
or sodium chloride. These
chlorides are used on roads for
conditions such as ice and dust.
Always wash the chrome with
soap and water after exposure.
Caution
To avoid surface damage, do not
use strong soaps, chemicals,
abrasive polishes, cleaners,
brushes, or cleaners that contain
acid on aluminum or
chrome-plated wheels. Use only
approved cleaners. Also, never
drive a vehicle with aluminum or
chrome-plated wheels through an
automatic car wash that uses
silicone carbide tire cleaning
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Caution (Continued)
brushes. Damage could occur
and the repairs would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
Brake System
Visually inspect brake lines and
hoses for proper hook-up, binding,
leaks, cracks, chafing, etc. Inspect
disc brake pads for wear and rotors
for surface condition. Inspect drum
brake linings/shoes for wear or
cracks. Inspect all other brake parts.
Steering, Suspension, and
Chassis Components
Visually inspect steering,
suspension, and chassis
components for damaged, loose,
or missing parts or signs of wear at
least once a year.
Inspect power steering for proper
attachment, connections, binding,
leaks, cracks, chafing, etc.
Visually check constant velocity joint
boots and axle seals for leaks.

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Hoses
Hoses transport fluids and should
be regularly inspected to ensure
that there are no cracks or leaks.
With a multi-point inspection, your
dealer can inspect the hoses and
advise if replacement is needed.
Lamps
Properly working headlamps,
taillamps, and brake lamps are
important to see and be seen on
the road.
.Signs that the headlamps need
attention include dimming, failure
to light, cracking, or damage.
The brake lamps need to be
checked periodically to ensure
that they light when braking.
. With a multi-point inspection,
your dealer can check the lamps
and note any concerns. Shocks and Struts
Shocks and struts help aid in control
for a smoother ride.
.
Signs of wear may include
steering wheel vibration, bounce/
sway while braking, longer
stopping distance, or uneven
tire wear.
. As part of the multi-point
inspection, trained dealer
technicians can visually inspect
the shocks and struts for signs
of leaking, blown seals,
or damage, and can advise
when service is needed.
Tires
Tires need to be properly inflated,
rotated, and balanced. Maintaining
the tires can save money and fuel,
and can reduce the risk of tire
failure.
. Signs that the tires need to be
replaced include three or more
visible treadwear indicators; cord
or fabric showing through the
rubber; cracks or cuts in the
tread or sidewall; or a bulge or
split in the tire. .
Trained dealer technicians can
inspect and recommend the right
tires. Your dealer can also
provide tire/wheel balancing
services to ensure smooth
vehicle operation at all speeds.
Your dealer sells and services
name brand tires.
Vehicle Care
To help keep the vehicle looking like
new, vehicle care products are
available from your dealer. For
information on how to clean and
protect the vehicle’s interior and
exterior, see Interior Care 0370 and
Exterior Care 0366.
Wheel Alignment
Wheel alignment is critical for
ensuring that the tires deliver
optimal wear and performance.
. Signs that the alignment may
need to be adjusted include
pulling, improper vehicle
handling, or unusual tire wear.
. Your dealer has the required
equipment to ensure proper
wheel alignment.

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HeatedRear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 196
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 335
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 210
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 240
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 196
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 218, 220
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Instrument Panel
Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 57
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 164
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . 32, 34
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 31
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 329
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 185
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 145
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Lamps (cont'd)
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 261
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 263
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 148
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . 106
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Level Control Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 187
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 147

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Lights (cont'd)Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 150
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 151
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 184
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 142
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 149
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Locks (cont'd)
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 151
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
M
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . 243
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 376 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 145
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Messages (cont'd)
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 162
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Object Detection System . . . . . 164
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 166
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Mirror Child-View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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SeatsHead Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 69
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 65
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 64
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 117
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 286
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 389
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Service (cont'd)
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 390
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 399
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 261
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Special Application Services . . . . 382
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Starting the Vehicle
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Steering System Messages . . . . . 168
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 121
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257