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Driving and Operating 253
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information
Only use towing equipment that has
been designed for the vehicle.
Contact your dealer or trailering
dealer for assistance with preparing
the vehicle for towing a trailer. Read
the entire section before towing a
trailer.
For towing a disabled vehicle, see
Towing the Vehicle0327. For
towing the vehicle behind another
vehicle such as a motor home, see
Recreational Vehicle Towing 0327.
Driving Characteristics
and Towing Tips
Driving with a Trailer
When towing a trailer:
.
Become familiar with the state
and local laws that apply
specifically to trailer towing. .
Do not tow a trailer during the
first 800 km (500 mi), to prevent
damage to the engine, axle or
other parts.
. Then, during the first 800 km
(500 mi) of trailer towing, do not
drive over 80 km/h (50 mph) and
do not make starts at full throttle.
. Vehicles can tow in D (Drive) but
Manual Mode is recommended.
See Manual Mode 0215. Use a
lower gear if the transmission
shifts too often. The Tow/Haul
Mode may be used in both
modes. See Tow/Haul Mode
0 216.
. For vehicles with Sport Mode,
use that mode when towing for
better shifting and weight
management.
. Turn off Parking Assist when
towing.
. Turn off Lane Keep Assist (LKA)
when towing. See Lane Keep
Assist (LKA) 0247. .
Do not use Adaptive Cruise
Control (ACC) when towing. See
Adaptive Cruise Control 0226.
. The Forward Automatic Braking
system should be set to Off
when towing. See Forward
Automatic Braking (FAB) 0241.
. The Front Pedestrian Braking
system should be set to Alert or
Off when towing. See Front
Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System 0243.
{Warning
When towing a trailer, exhaust
gases may collect at the rear of
the vehicle and enter if the
liftgate, trunk/hatch, or rear-most
window is open.
When towing a trailer:
. Do not drive with the
liftgate, trunk/hatch,
or rear-most window open.
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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 226
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 261
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 272
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 176, 180
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 90
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Airbag System (cont'd)
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 85
Airbags Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 139
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 245
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 281
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 217 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 235
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Lamps (cont'd)Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 245
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 247
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 143
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . 103
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Lighting (cont'd)
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 142
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 142
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 145
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 168
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 137
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 146
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 341
Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 140
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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SeatsHead Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 68
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 64
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 63
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111, 113
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 265
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 351
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 352
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 361 Service Electric Parking
Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 245
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Special Application Services . . . . 346
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Storage Areas Cargo Management System . . .118 Storage Areas (cont'd)
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 117
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175, 368
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 358
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 50Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126